Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-05-05
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring Over the
state Worth Telling.


opened to the public.
Robert A. Austin, a ranchman, died
at his nome near Alamosa. -
The farmers of Powers county are
5ubilant over the recent heavy rain.
A recent census OF the Windsor dis
trict shows 752 persons Of school age.
Farmers and business men OF Buck
fngham have organized commercial
club. .E
s. ]. Alexander. a member Of the
Colorado Veterans Association, died
in Denver. .
The business men of Idaho Springs
have formed a Merchants Protective
Association.
A deadlock In the new City Council
at Wellington since its organization
has been broken.
Yeggmen made an unsuccessful at
town postoffice.
Salida has raised $1,000 for the G..
A. R. encampment to be held there
June 6. and 8.
AS a result Of quarrel over fake
horse race near Durango, VIM. TRULY
was shot to death.
Great preparations are being made
In ouray for the Elk's Fair to be held
May II, IL and 13.
Judge N. W. Dixon Of Denver was
badly cut and bruised when an auto
struck him in Pueblo.
The eighteen.months-old son of E.
c. Campbell of Loveland, came near
dying from drinking gasoline.
Colorado will have a new flag II Sen
ator Sharpley's bill to create a new
emblem is passed by the House.
The annual May Day festival at the
Agricultural college at Fort Collins
will take place Saturday. May 6.
Rev. R. J. Hunter. pastor OF the
Presbyterian church at Greeley for
fourteen years. has asked to be re.
leased.
The Stearns-Rogers Manufacturing
Company's plant In Pueblo was dam.
aged by fire to the extent of about
$500.
All railroads in the state will grant
rate OF one fare for the round trip
to the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo
this year.
Sheepmen OF northern Colorado
will this year lose $l5O.O0O or an aver.
age OF 81 per head on sheep fed for
market.
The following rural delivery postal
routes have been ordered Established
June 1: Delta. Delta county; Vernon.
Yuma county.
In the last intercollegiate debate OF
the year. held in Boulder. the Univer.
sity OF South Dakota defeated the Uni,
versity OF Colorado.
The Fort Logan baseball team de.
feated the Industrial School team at
Golden in loosely played game. by a
score OF 13 to 6.
Senator Guggenheim has requested
the Indian office to Investigate the
condition Of the Jicarilla Indians in
southern Colorado.
'Muggsy" School Of Cheyenne and
Kid" Rose OF La Junta are matched
for a return go Of twenty rounds at
Cheyenne. May 20.
By twisting their clothing into a
rope A. J. Stearn and Paul Shubeck,
insane patients at the county poor
farm at Pueblo. escaped.
The State Board OF Charities and
Corrections will oppose the bringing
| of a carload Of babies to Colorado by
society OF New York.
John Devara was found guilty o.
the illegal sale Of liquor. fined 5000
and costs and sentenced to twenty
days in Jail in Montrose.
Mrs. David Griffith. aged seventy,
mother Of Attorney General Benjamin
Griffith. died at.her home in Rockvale,
after several months illness.
After firing a bullet into his wife's
breast Henry Brown. Missouri Pa.
cific firthan, committed suicide in the
Mineral Palace park in Pueblo.
Grand Junction Odd Fellows cele
brated the ninety second anniversary
OF the founding Of the order. The Re.
bekahs participated in the program.
Tony Ross, an Italian. aged forty.
one. was instantly killed by being
dragged under the wheels OF q train
about four miles from Crested Butte.
The annual convention OF the wo
mems Christian Temperance Union
for the TN elfth district of Colorado
held a two-days session in Canon City
In a report made by two special
agents Of the land department, the
plan of setting aside Monument park
in Mesa county as a national park is
| approved.
Eddie johnson Of Pueblo and Johnny
Murphy of Denver have been matched
for fifteen.round boxing exhibition be
fore the Business Mems Athletic Asso
citation at Alamosa. May 10.