Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-31
uuLE-coLoRAoo ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring over the
state Worth Telling.

in Boulder recently. .r.s-.- ..
John Washer. pioneer of Ault. is
dead. aged Is years. ..g.
Trinidad is likely to have a new
bank within the next few weeks.
Hon. L. H. Dickson was found dead
in bed at his home in Longmont.
Lee Lockwell, a resident Of George
town for thirty-five years. is dead.
The district attorney says gambling
must be stopped in Cripple Creek.
Mrs. Lizzie Oliver of Denver has
been fined for beating her husband.
The Colorado Postmaster's conven-
tion will be held in Denver May 18th.
A large number of convicts have
been put to work on the road north of
Pueblo.
Charles Pearson, aged 40. committed
suicide near La Junta, by hanging him
self to a tree.
From the present outlook the fall
wheat crops in Colorado will be the
best in years.
So far as known Ault has the only
boys band in the county. It was or
ganized recently.
H. X. Mcclure was found dead in
his cabin in South Cripple Creek by
neighbors, recently.
The School of Agriculture at Fort
Collins will soon close with four in
its graduating class.
| 1t is not generally known that there
is an artesian well being drilled with
in four miles of Salida.
Havoc has been wrought by the ap-
pearance Of harem skirt in the win
dow Of store in Greeley.
| Former Congressman Franklin E.
Brooks Of Colorado Springs has been
operated on for appendicitis.
The City Council OF Cripple Creek
passed an ordinance which reduces the
city salary list about $4,000 a year.
The formal dedication of the PioD-
eer monument at Denver. probably
will take place Wednesday. April oth.
The Grand Junction Chamber Of
Commerce is preparing to petition the
census bureau Tor q recount Of that
city.
The milk receipts at the Johntown
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aging better than 1000 pounds daily
and rapidly increasing.
A movement has been started to
have residents Of the Arkansas valley
buy only products manufactured in
that section. when possible.
Diamond rings and a watch valued
at $500 were overlooked by burglars
who entered the home OF W. C. Blanch-
ard at Eaton and secured $50.
The Poudre Valley Anniversary As
ISOLATION OF the Odd Fellows will meet
this year in Denver on April 26th. be-
ing guests OF the Denver lodges.
Employment for every available man
iu the Kersey district will be afforded
by resumption OF work on the Den
yer Reservoir & Irrigation project.
The Denver & Rio Grande is pre-
pairing to advertise Colorado Springs
and Colorado generally by the distri-
button Of 100000 pieces Of literature.
The Colorado & Southern railroad
Is planning to resume train service
locally between Breckenridge and
Como in the near future. possibly Ap-
ril 1st.
A threatened strike Of the engi-
neers OF the Denver & Rio Grande
railroad has been settled by the in
tervention of Charles P. Neill. fed
eral commissioner Of labor.
The economy streak Of Uncle Sam
has reached Denver. Orders are out
for a reduction in the cost OF main
tanning the office Of the surveyor gen.
eral.
The Consolidated Ditch Companies
are preparing to make a hard fight
against the transfer Of thirty-six feet
of water from the Duggan to the Bur
lington ditch at Fort Lupton.
Alleged to have swindled q Denver
man. Albert c. Jahl is under arrest in
Fort Worth. Texas. and will be
brought back to Denver for trial on
the charge OF obtaining money under
false pretenses.
To meet the wishes of the Colorado
Pioneers Society the dedication Of
the Pioneer monument in Denver is
again postponed. Instead OF being
held April 5th the ceremonies will
take place June cath.
With Johnny O'Keefe on the verge
Of being knocked out. Red" Gala.
CHER. the referee. stopped the boxing
contest between OrKeefe and Jimmy
Gardner. of Lowell. Mass, toward the
end Of the sixth round in Denver.
Mrs. Graham E. Babcock Of Colo.
RADIO Springs. will soon receive q
share OF the estate OF her father.
George s. Myers, the St. Louis to-
bacco magnate who died in California.
The estate has been appraised at