Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-08-26
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The new Congregational church at
Molina has been dedicated.
Bud Haley Of Salida killed two bears
on Little Rock creek the other day.
The Union Pacific grade has been
finished from Dent to Fort Collins.
The D. & R. G. is preparing to build
a handsome new depot at Del Norte.
Brandon is hoping the Missouri Pa
cific will make that town a division
point.
B. A. Gano, a farmer living near
Loveland. has mysteriously disap-
peared.
Olathe has already shipped forty
ing loaded daily.
Palisade has a full crop of fruit this
season and will ship more than during
any previous year.
The beet crop around Wiley is re-
ported as about 80 per cent better than
that Of last year.
The new Odd Fellows temple at
Colorado Springs will be dedicated
September sth.
The Western Slope Baptist Associa-
tion has selected Montrose as next
years meeting place.
During the Watermelon Day festivi-
ties at Rocky Ford the sugar factory
| will be open to visitors.
Mayor Houston of Greeley has de-
clared war on all games Of chance. in.
cluding church raffles.
Fremont county fruit prospects are
reported as follows: Apples so per
cent, pears so. plums 80.
Bertha Dresser. eyed 6. fell from a
carousal at Golden. receiving injuries
which resulted In her death.
The Union Pacific will establish mo-
tor car service on its new Denver-Boul-
der line about November 1st.
Willard Patton. aged 10, died at
Grand Junction as a result Of being
kicked In the head by q horse.
G. E. Miles and N. J. Jay Of Mays
Vile have invented an electric incu.
bator which is said to be a success.
A license to marry was issued at
Colorado Springs to Jacob Ogan. aged
70. and Mrs. Josephine Basby. aged 60.
It has been ruled that the Greeley
volunteer fire laddies cannot continue
to held beer parties and also hold their
Jobs.
Mesa county estimates are that l..
800 cars of fruit will be shipped ex-
elusive Of small fruits and canta-
loupes.
C. D. Robinson. 27 years old. was
killed BY tightening seven miles south
OF Two Buttes while riding on the
open range.
Greeley authorities have ordered
removed all barber poles. Indian ci.
gar signs and other stationary side
walk obstructions.-
Rev. John Lindberg Of Greeley was
presented with q purse OF 500 by
three congregations which he has
been serving as pastor.
The directors Of the Latham Rcser-
voir Company at Greeley will expend
$4,000 to largely increase the storage
capacity Of their pond.
John Berrelen. a farmer near wav-
erly. killed himself when a gun which
he was pulling from a binder by the |
muzzle was discharged accidentally.
Henry Mackey. aged 25 and single.
was killed Wednesday in the sixty. |
six.foot level Of the Gold Pioneer mine. |
Las Animas county. by a fall of rock. |
A commercial club has been organ |
lied at Moffat and the first meeting |
was largely attended by citizens en-
thusiastic over the outlook for their |
town.
The old Gold Issue cyanide mill at |
Cripple Creek was struck by lightning. |
causing Its destruction by fire. with an
estimated loss OF $150.000 to 100000.
Mrs. Clyde vickers OF Marshall Pass
is the proud mother Of triplets, two |
boys and a girl. Mrs. vickers is 10 |
years Of age and weighs ninety-eight
pounds.
The stork brought handful Of girls
three. count 'em-to the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Grant Jones. living near Gree.
ley. The little lassies weighed between
five and six pounds each.
The State Highway Commission has
made the following appropriations: To
Mesa county. for the road from De-
Beque to Palisade. $500: to Prowers
county. $1,000; to Montrose county, ST.
500; to Archuleta county. $1,000.
Beet factories in the Arkansas val
ley have made concessions in prices to
growers which. 1t Is predicted. is "an
insurance Of the most prosperous time
the Valley Of Content has ever expert.
enced."
Greeley authorities have decreed that
boys and girls between thirteen and
seventeen must keep off the streets at
unreasonable hours of the night or at
tend juvenile court seance. Parents