Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-07-29
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bank.
A central chmarity organization is
being formed at Salida.
T. w. Robson of Hartman got 473
bushels of wheat from six acres.
The Cottonwood dam near Molina
will be raised five feet higher.
Somerset athletes have organized
an association and laid out field.
September 23rd is the date set for
the annual harvest carnival at Ault.
The annual reunion Of the pioneers
at Cope will be held August 18th and
18th.
September 14th will be Northern
Colorado Day" at the Denver Interstate
Fair. ....
Montrose Masons have incorporated
with capital of $4,000 to build a
temple.
Jose veletes. Mexican of Salida,
was given sixty days for stabbing
Harry Rose.
A colony Of beavers on Dry creek
near Waverly has attracted many Wis.,
itors lately.
The water in the Cache la Poudre is
in ten years.
Contracts have been let for the con-
struction Of fifty miles of new roads
in Bent county.
The Burlington City Council has
purchased block Of ground which
will be made into a park.
The Town Council at Rifle is inves-
tigating a park proposition in connec-
tion with the famous Rifle falls.
Edwin W. Baxter. a resident of
southern Colorado for forty years.
died at Pueblo at the age of sixty.two.
Things are beginning to brighten
up at the State house In preparation
for the extra session Of the Lesisla-
ture.
The contract for the section OF tha
new Santa Fe trail" between Rocky
Ford and Fowler has been let at
38.sS5.
Colorado Springs has received the
endorsement Of the South Dakota Dry
Farming Association for the 1911 Con.
gress.
The Basalt Eagle carries a depart.
ment Of fishing records. and the fig
ures range from II to 6b for one days
catch.
The Colorado Telephone Company
Is spendins $4,000 for improvements
In the Arkansas valley. $4,000 of 1t
In la Junta.
The work Of grading for the Den.
yer. Laramie & Northwestern be-
tween Greeley and Severance will
start In . few days.
Delirious from typhoid fever. Otis
Kret1er. an employe Of the Pueblo
county poor farm, cut his throat with
q razor. death resulting.
The Pueblo Commercial Club has
started q movement for the decora-
tive lighting Of Union avenue from
the union depot to the court house.
The new hotel to be built at Fowler
will be three stories In height and
equipped with elevator. electric lights.
baths. and other modern convent.
ences.
The federal Bureau OF Mines. re.
Gently instituted. has decided upon
Trinidad as one OF the first points
at which a mine rescue station will
be established.
E. L. Estep of East Holbrook mar
keted 1888 bushels Of wheat at La
Junta. which he threshed from forty
five acres. an average yield Of thirty
four bushels to the acre.
A new town will be established on
the Denver 4 Rio Grande between New
Castle and Silt. to be called Chapman.
a town company has been organized
and petition made for 4 postoffice.
While feeding the crusher at the
Pennsylvania mill At Argentine Thurs
day John Belliti had foot and leg SO
badly crushed that amputation was
necessary. He died from the opera
ton.
Colorado fisherman who persist in
taking fish from the public streams
OF the state and then selling them in
market, without any form Of license,
will be prosecuted by the state game
and fish commission.
Harold Stevens of Grand Junction
will receive an automobile as the re-
suit of his hustling qualities in q sub
scription contest conducted by an
eastern fruit paper.
Howell ]. Williams was found dead
in his room at hotel in Fort Morgan.
supposedly from an overdose Of chloro-
form. as he was found to have been ad-
dicted to the use OF the drug.
The heavy rains last week in Clear
Creek county destroyed the homes Of
II. b. Baker. n. r. Graham and Rob.
ert Zoller at Idaho Springs and SO
damaged the Spring Creek and Chi
cago Gulch roads that the hauling OF
ore will be sediously affected for