Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-02-25
COLORADO ITEMS

The University of Denver has be.
gun the erection Of a gymnasium
building.
Harry Tarbell will continue to per-
form the duties of coiner at the Den
yer mint until March 1. G
Asahel Sutton, for more than twen-
tys years cashier of the First National
Bank Of Colorado Springs, died sud
denly on the 14th inst. of angina
pectoris.
The body of Reuben Dougherty. ono
of the American victims of the Pri-
nero mine explosion, was taken from
the mine on the 14th inst, bringing
the total of bodies recovered to sixty
six.
The Laymen's Missionary convention
will be held at Grand Junction. March
9Th to Sth. Special trains will be run
on the western slope and it is expect
ed that 1000 delegates will be in at.
tendance.
Judge Dixon of the Denver County
Court has held the act regulating
horseshoers and requiring them to be
was passed in 1897, to be unconstitn.
tiOnal.
1t Is announced that a new theater
and hotel will be built in Greeley on
the old Catholic church property, at
cost OF 100000. The structure will
be 10Ox190 feet and will have a seat
ing capacity of 100.
In a circular issued by Trinidad
miners Union, No. 1913. Western Fed
GRAFTON OF Miners. charges are made
against the competency of State Coal
Mine Inspector John ID. Jones, Super
intendent Fitzpatrick. and Mine Boss
Williams Of the Primero mine, and
against the management OF the Colo
RADIO Fuel & Iron Company in the Pri-
nero disaster.
City Attorney McKesson Of Colorado
Springs has sent notices to the direc-
tors OF every club in the town. includ-
ing fraternal and social organizations.
instructing them that the only legal
manner in which liquor can be kept
for club members Is in separate lock-
ers. 1t must be used by the owner
only. and cannot be given away to fel-
low members.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron Compa-
ny has Just obtained contracts for the
San Diego & Avijano railroad Of Mex
leo for 5000 tons OF steel rails. to cost
about 100000. They will be used for
an extension of that road. 1t will re-
quire 200 freight cars to carry the
shipment to the Pacific coast, from
which place the rails will be distrib-
uted along the proposed road.
An echo OF one of the most sensa-
tional murder trials ever heard In
Weld county. when in 1895 Josiah vii.
kinson was tried and acquitted OF the
murder of Richard Berry. a wealthy
farmer. Is the suit filed by Bessie and
Fred Wilkinson Of Pueblo. children OF
Josiah. to quiet title to Greeley
house and lot which H. E. Churchill
claims as attorney fees for services
in acquitting Wilkinson.
The Boulder City Council. County
Commissioners and a delegation from
the Boulder Commercial Association,
met at a luncheon with the manage
ment OF the Boulder Colorado Santa.
rum and discussed plans for the en-
lGIgement OF the institution to cores
Lond with the Battle Creek Santa
rum. The project is backed by the
Advent churches Of Wyoming. Colora-
do. Nebraska. Kansas and Missouri
The institution already represents an
outlay OF about S15O.0O0 and annually
pays out 100000 to $4,000.
The manager OF the Denver Reser.
voir and Irrigation Company states
that by March l Barr lake. south OF
Hudson. enlarged to five times its pre-
vious size, and with its system OF
bitches providing irrigation for 10000
acres. will be ready to furnish water.
By April the Greeley Denver Valley
district will receive its water. and by
June / Milton lake. south Of La Sale,
will be completed and in use, making
the Denver.Greeley Valley the first
bonded irrigation district in northern
Colorado ready for use. Including the
five large ranches recently purchased
southeast of Kersey by the company
to be provided soon with water. $50.
900 acres will be supplied by the com
pany this summer. Over 1000 acres
OF this immense tract has been plowed
James A. Warford. charged with thc
murder of Chris Miller and Ike LeibS
in 1904. has just been released from
Jail in Canon City. where he has beer
held since his trial. During the elec
ton OF 1904. Warford is alleged Il
have killed at Goldfield. Colo, Chris
Miller and Ike Leibo, shooting then
dead as they sat on a fence. He was
convicted and sentenced to life i'm
prisonment. but was granted n ne"
trial on a writ of error issued by tn
State Supreme Court. Securing :
change of venue. his second trial II