Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-05-26

According to the latest reports Den
yer is face to face with a water fam
inc.
The forest fires in Ute Pass has
been put out by government fire fight
ers.
Cripple Creek is to have a safe and
sane Fourth, Of July celebration this
year.
The Durango Board OF Trade added
131 members in a three-days cam
paign.
Mrs. John Gregory. aged 73. and
pioneer of Colorado. died at her home
in Cripple Creek.
Victor Lemons, a Mexican, wanted
for murder at Fort Collins. was cap
tured near Pierce.
Colorado Springs is again a wet
town, liquor license having been
granted two hotels.
The Colorado Association of Letter
Carriers will meet in convention in
Boulder June 2Sth.
Holyoke and Julesburg played
good game of ball at Holyoke. Score:
Holyoke. Z; Julesburg. 6.
The thirty-second annual encamp-
ment of the G. A. r. will be held at
Salida June 9Th. eth and Sth.
Fire destroyed the Keen Lumber
and Supply Company's buildings at
Fort Lupton. with loss of $500.
The two-year-old son of Jack Lewis
of Windsor. was fatally injured by
falling into n tub Of boiling soapsuds.
The Colorado Postmaster's Associa-
tion went on record In Denver in
favor of Sunday closing of postof-
fices.
The annual Larimer County Sunday
School convention met in Loveland
with delegates present from every part
OF the county.
The big pumping plant OF James
Smith on Orchard Mesa near Grand
junction was destroyed by fire with a
loss of $4,000.
Edward Lundberg. I2 years old, was
killed at Colorado Springs when
horse threw him against culvert,
crushing his skull.
a great many OF the Alamosa resi-
dents are planning to cooperate in
building a club house in the Conejos
Canon this summer.
About three hundred skilled beet
raisers from Globeville have reached
Alamosa to take up the culture of
sugar beets in the valley.
Construction OF a metallic circuit
between Steamboat Springs and
Craig has been commenced here by
the Colorado Telephone Company.
The army headquarters at Denver
is the only one that will be abolished
under the new order creating the
three grand military divisions in the
United States.
The planning mill of the Colorado &
Southern railroad In Denver was de-
stroyed by fire when the building
caught fire from sparks from n pass
ing locomotive.
Arrangements have been completed
by which the baseball team of the
State Prep school at Boulder
meet Pueblo high school for the cham
pionship of the state. May 27th.
Greeley may offer inducements to
half a dozen Italian families to take
up their residence there to abolish the
dandelion pest. as the Italians value
the dandelion highly for greens and
make a wine from them.
That the farmers of northern Colo
RADIO use too much water for irriga-
ton is the opinion of 4. VI. Shay Of
Eaton, who has received three diplo-
mas from the national corn exposition
at Columbus, Ohio, for superior wheat
raised last season.
According to report Just issued
by the United States geological sur
vey, Colorado now leads all states in
the production of coke. In 1910 the
production was 1,346.2ll short tons,
valued at s4.27S.sO5. This is an in
crease of 9i.IO6 tons over 1909.
Horace Bien, chief legal adviser of
the reclamation service. E. f. Hon
nald. assistant legal adviser. and Phil
ip T. Welles, of the Department of the
Interior. have arranged with the
Water Users Association for bring
ing into one enterprise the ditch and
water systems OF the Uncompahgre
valley.
Maps and statements of the enlarge
ment of Riverside reservoir, which
will cost 100000. have been filed and
show that this will impound one of
the largest bodies of water in the vi
cinity of Fort Morgan.
The United States Circuit Court of
Appeals at St. Paul, sustained the TEN.
porary injunction issued by Judge
Lewis in the Colorado District Fed
eral Court restraining the Denver
public utilities commission from dis.
posing of ss.o00.0OO bonds voted by
the people for a municipal water
plant.