Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-05-12
Small Happenings Occurring over the
State Worth Telling.

planting.
A commercial club has been organ
iged at Platteville with over sixty
members. .... .
Someone entered the garage of Ben
Mccarthy of Carbondale and stole his
automobile.
Fred Hustled. a pioneer iron worker,
aged fifty. committed suicide in Pueb.
10 recently.
Not to be outdone by other towns in
the county, Ault is now going after L
milk condenser. ..
The Denver Association of Congrega-
tional churches met in Greeley in an
nual convention.
Many farmers in the vicinity of
Gienwood Springs have purchased au.
tomobiles recently.
Plans for a big booster banquet
have been started by the Fort Collins
Chamber Of Commerce.
The State Normal school at Greeley
has added a band of eighteen pieces
to its musical department.
According to reports only $4,000
hOTt IS uttutu u Hdht tue Idtoh
canning factory an assured fact.
The Rankin Paving. Brick and Clay
Company of Boulder. with a capital OF
100000. has been Incorporated.
AS the result Of scratch while shoe
ing a horse Harry l. Hiatt. a pionee..
resident Of Grand Junction. died.
The Denver Patriotic League al
ready is active in forming plans for
the celebration Of the Fourth of July.
A pioneer and civic parade is to be
one OF the features Of the celebration
In Colorado Springs July 3o-Aug. 2.
At the school election In Holyoke 1t
was voted to build a $4,000 hign
school building during the coming
year.
Windsor expects to become q model
town. An order to clean up was one
OF the first issued by the new town
board.
Timely hitting. coupled with an er.
ror. enabled the Colorado college ball
team to defeat Denver university by a
score OF 3 to 2.
Edward worrell. aged twenty-five.
was instantly killed at the Yak tun-
mel at Leadville by contact with an
electric trolley wire.
Not later than June Is work will be-
gin on the new high school building
at Greeley to cost between sl25.OO0
and $150.000 when finished.
William Spray. governor OF Utah. is
looking over Colorado's roads. and
studying conditions In the camps OF
the convicts who are building them.
Claude James. arrested several
weeks ago at Colorado Springs on
charge of arson. has confessed to set
ting fire to his home here February
81.
The comptroller OF the currency ap-
proved the application OF the bank OF
Yuma, to change its name to the First
National bank Of Yuma, capital s25..
600.
Colorado will have a bank guaranty
law II the people want one. The Sen
ate adopted the report of a joint con.
ference committee recommending the
original Cove bill. with a referendum
provision.
Weld county farmers, with those of
other sections Of the United States
and Canada, will contest for prizes Of
fered by the American Land and Irri
cation Exposition in New York from
Nov. 2 to IL.
For the month Of April. the report
Of the Denver postoffice shows an in.
crease in receipts Of about one per
cent over last years figures. While
the percentage of gain is not large. it
is considered to be fair showing.
A special train carrying 200 Rus.
sian beet field workers from Globe.
VILE left over the Burlington foT
be distributed in the Platte valley be.
tween Wyncotte and Bridgeport, Neb.
The stae camp of the Modern Wood.
men of America lodge. meeting at Del
ia. has selected the Burlington and
Michigan Central railroads as the Of
ficial route to the triennial meeting
of the lodge at Buffalo, n. Y. week
OF June Is.
A verdict for $4,000 damages. the
maximum amount under the law, was
returned by a jury in the District
Court at Boulder in favor Of Mrs.
Morn P Chatfield OF Lafayette whose
husband. Neil Chatfield was killed Ia
the Rankine mine August 10, 1903.
Seth Maxwell. farmer residing
near Salt Creek, was almost instantly
killed when he was thrown from and
under his heavily laden wagon.
Within the next ten days. force OF
500 men will be placed in the field