Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-01-19
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring Over the
State Worth While.

The Fort Lupton bank has declared
dividend of twenty per cent.
The bridge in Grand Junction to
cost $67.215. has been started.
w. S. Sewer of Eaton is one of the
aeirs to an estate valued at sS,O00.O00.
The Capitol Heights Presbyterian
church. in Denver, was recently dedi-
Gated.
The city authorities of Rocky Ford
nave abolished the office of heal n
officer.
H. Madenick was found guilty of
oootlegging at Loveland and fined 5000
and costs.
Range stock in eastern Colorado are
lying of thirst on account of water
:reezing.
Victors new auto fire truck has
been given a tryout and found salts
factory.
The Buena Vista dancing pavilion
vas burned with loss of $500. with
10 insurance.
Rev. Clarence E. Campbell of Chi
,ago has been called to the Presby-
:erian church at Greeley.
Mangled beyond recognition, an un-
Identified man was killed in the I'm
on Pacific yards in Denver
Mrs. NJ. V. Catorra, A native of
Italy, but resident of Boulder coun-
y for twenty-five years, is dead.
Snow is causing more delay and
:rouble to trains in Colorado than it
1as at any time in twenty-five years.
w. H. Caywood, of Meeker. the wide
y known wolf and bear hunter. who
was recently operated on, is recover
ing.
Reports say there are $500 head
Of cattle starving to death in the
snowbound region near Craig. Moffat
county.
The Exchange National Bank of
Colorado Springs has purchased $685.
900 worth of school bonds at a pre-
MUM of $3.50.
To vote an additional $4,000 in
bonds for completion of the Greeley
High school. district No. 6 will hold
a special election.
considering the adyisability of estab-
fishing up-to-date sightseeing automo-
biles in the Pixies Peak region.
The proposed federation OF railway
trainmen on the Denver & Rio Grande
has fallen through because of the re-
fusal of the engineers to join 1t.
Judge Lewis in the Federal Court
has issued an order enjoining Otero
county from collecting taxes assessed
against the Santa Fe railroad.
Lyman Robinson. one of the wealth.
est and best known citizens of Canon
City and Fremont county. died at his
,,sidencc on South Canon of paraly-
sis.
In the District Court at Central
City the trial of Jack Dunn and Tom
Costello for stealing drills from the
Concrete mine resulted in verdict of
guilty.
Judge Burke of Wray sentenced
Tom Conn, arrested on a charge Of
forgery, and John Roberts. held for
grand larceny, to the reformatory at
Buena Vista.
The Panama California commission
for Colorado will ask the Legislature
for s250.OOO for a building for the Col
Francisco in 1915.
Economy in the management OF
Greeley's affairs has put a surplus OF
$15,1S0 in the treasury after all ex'
penses for the last twelve months
have been paid.
The largest single shipment of po.
tatoes from the Greeley district this
season was twenty-three cars, which
went to Kansas and Oklahoma, and
was valued at $4,000.
For the theft of a woman's hand
bag and $12 which it contained,
Douglas Murphy. bellboy employed
at the Oxford hotel, was sentenced by
Magistrate Thrush to sixty days in the
county Jail in Denver.
Following conference with District
Attorney Carlson, three clubs in Fort
Collins which have been providing
members with liquor announce that
they will stop the practice. They are
tue Esiho, SlOoSe' anu f-aSiSo Siuo.
In the game of Billiards in Denver re.
Gently. played between Joe Carney and
Alfredo De Orc. for the world cham
pionship as well as for the Lambert
trophy. Carney won by a score of SO
to so.
The recent land muddle. as result
of which between fifty and seventy.
five families on the Little Beaver, near
Meeker. were deprived of their homes,
may be adjusted and the filings per
mitted to stand.
Plans are maturing for the erection
of club house by the Farmers Club
of Weld county The building will be