Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-09-16
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
ELM COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
poINes AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
WESTERN.

John d. Roselair. convicted Of wife
murder in Washington county. Oregon.
was hanged Thursday. Roselair de-
clared the killing OF his wife wassac-
cidental.
California is about to submit to the
electors proposal to levy special
tax OF $5.000.000 to finance the Pana-
ma-Pacific exposition in San Fran
cisco In 1916. .-..
Elnathan B. Shores, aged 70. and
Rosaltha Gerr. aged 7S. were married
at the court house In Kansas City
Thursday by the Rev. H. s. Church.
Both were from Denver.
A disease that recently broke out at
Radersburg. Mont. resulting In the
death Of two persons. the illness OF
several others and the paralysis OF all
those afflicted. Is believed by Helena
physicians to be poliomelitis.
In the heart OF San Mateo county.
California. the most beautiful orchids
in the world are raised. and this fact
is being recognized by King George v.
Of Great Britain. who has sent $1,000
for one Of the rare plants for the
Sandringham conservatories.
After the divorced wife OF Clarence
Stanley killed his second wife Tues
day at Campbell. NO.. by shooting her
ten times. Stanley set hre to the home
Of his first wife. twice wounded his
brother. engaged in a pistol duel with
his uncle and intimidated officers with
shots. He IL now In Jail.
At Salt Lake City Interstate Com
merce Commissioner C. A. Prouty con-
cluded Wednesday the hearing OF the
protest Of the railroads against the
proposed schedule OF freight and pas.
senger rates decided on by the COM
mission last June in what Is known Ms
the Salt Lake rate case.
John s. Parry OF San Francisco was
elected vice president OF the Fraternal
Order OF Eagles. defeating John +.
Cline OF Cleveland by more than 400
votes ut the annual convention held In
St. Louis. Thomas +. Grady Of New
York. automatically advances from
vice president to president under the
constitution Of the order.
A heroic statue Of the Rooseveltian
bird-the stork-will adorn the fac
ade of the new court house Mt Tulsa.
Okla. which is to be built at once In
official recognition Of the anti.race
suicide tendencies Of. the people of
Tulsa county where the birth rate
since statehood was established has
overwhelmingly exceeded the death
rate.
The government is preparing to
build what will be the longest fence
ever constructed in the world. II will
extend from FL Paso to the Pacific
coast and will divide the United States
and Mexico. q distance of over 1000
miles. The fence will be Of barbed
wire. five-strnnd. Work on the big un-
tertaking will commence within a few
weeks.
California; legislature. convened in
special session three days ago by call
of Governor Gillett. passed the two
state constitutional amendments
Thursday that provide $4,000. 900 for
the Panama-Pacifc International ex-
position at San Francisco In 1915. The
two amendments mean a total of Sl7.-
SOC. 900 with which San Francisco will
go before congress in December when
asking the governments approval Of
the exposition. as $500. 900 is the sum
San Francisco subscribes voluntarily
to the exposition fund.
GENERAL