Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-09-02
COLORADO
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DeBeque expects to ship $4,000
boxes Of apples.
Two deaths have occurred at Colo
RADIO City from diphtheria.
Milliken will hold an Incorporation
election September 10th.
Denver will try to secure next years
national convention OF gas men.
Charles Woodbury. of La Sale had
his chin bitten off by a vicious bron-
cho.
The new Fruita canning factory has
started its first run on tomatoes and
beans. .
Thomas H. Moore. a resident Of the
Montrose country for about twenty-five
years. died at the age of IS.
Reports Of seventy-five and eighty
five bushels of wheat to the acre con-
tinue to come in from northern Colo
RADIO.
About 1000 men are at work on the
railroad between Pueblo and Walsen.
burg. where the line Is being double
tracked.
Colorado produces one.fourth Of the
beet sugar Of the United States. Last
year the state turned out 280,000. 900
pounds.
Over 100000 trout fry have been
supplied by the fish hatchery at
Creede for stocking streams in New
Mexico.
Elaborate plans are making for the
opening Of the Roosevelt tunnel at
Cripple Creek. though the Colonel will
not be present.
C. J. Kavalec Of Brainard. Nebraska.
was crushed by an elevator at the Ala
mo hotel. Denver. 50 seriously that he
died at the hospital.
The contract for moving 100000 Gu
bic yards Of dirt on the main canal Of
the Pueblo & Rocky Ford Irrigation
Company has been let
Miss Irene Howbert. q resident o;
the Pixies Peak region since 1860 and
member Of one Of Colorado's most
prominent families. died at Colorado
Springs at the age Of 60.
Mrs. william Shaffner killed the
biggest rattlesnake ever seen in the
vicinity Of Pierce. It was four feet
long and six inches In circumference.
She killed II with = stick.
Fire Friday night completely de.
stroyed the Santiago mill. within the
corporate limits Of Georgetown. The
loss is $4,000. fully insured. Said to
be Of incendiary origin.
Rocky Ford sent out 3o.500 crates Of
cantaloupes. sixty-one carloads. Thurs
day. The quality this year II said to
be the best in the history Of the in
dustry in the Arkansas Valley.
Garfield county commissioners have
decided to appropriate $500 to pay the
expenses Of gathering an exhibit to
send to the Interstate Fair at Denver
and the Colorado State Fair at Pu-
eblo.
The Palisade peach rush came. on
20 early and suddenly this year that
by order Of the mayor all the stores
closed one day last week. SO that pro-
prietors and clerks could 20 out and
help with the crop.
Fossils Of q species OF prehistoric
deep-sea dwellers. known to science
as the pearly nautilus. estimated by
Prof. Beardsley Of the State Normal
School to be from 100000 to 5.0O0.-
900 years old. have been found by
workmen near Greeley.
While being returned to the Pueblo
Jail after being fined 500 In court on
a vagrancy charge. Peter Kerr. an al.
legged kleptomaniac. made an attempt
to steal the hat of Magistrate Cham
bers, who assessed the fine. He had
almost reached the Jail to work out
the fine when the deputy discovered
the headpiece under the prisoners
coat. The police say petty thieving
is a mania with Kerr.
For the first time probably since
the ancient cliff dwellers Of the Mesa
Verde, southwest of Mancos. carved
their homes from the sides OF the
mountain, human hands will erect
timbers and construct masonry In the
ruins. The walls and the rooms are
falling outward and an effort will be
made to preserve them by the gov.
ernment. Prof. Edgar Hewitt and
Prof. Jesse Nusbaum, a Greeley boy.
have charge Of the work.
The Colorado Editorial Association
held its midsummer meeting at Buena
Vista Friday and Saturday and were
given a look-in at the new Kuenzel
smelter where ores were being re.
duced to a matte which will be refined
in a department not yet completed.
The editors were also entertained at q
banquet rendered by Warden and Mrs
Felix O'Neill of the State Reforma.
tory. where urgent needs Of the insti.
tuition were pointed out. and the news.
paper men will work to create a more
generous sentiment among their state
legislators in the way of appropria.