Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1913-07-11


lsi5:-Last Grand Council of North
american Indians. Denver.
The Colorado Kennel club has per-
fected plans for the next bench show,
which will be held October 80 to No
vember l.
Alice Fox. George Cordingly and
Chester Woeber won the aquatic
prizes in the contest at Washington
park, Denver.
Paul Krimmel of New York, the
champion Turner of the United States
won first place in the contest for the
best all around athlete.
The home of John D. Alkire of Den
YER. valued at $4,000, four or five
carriages. barns and live stock, valued
at about $4,000 more were destroyed
by fire at Foxton.
LIE Roy Snodgrass and his bride are
travelling from Los Angeles to the At
lantic coast on a motorcycle. They
arrived in Colorado Springs few
days.
Eddie Johnson OF Pueblo won from
Robert Waugh of Fort Worth in the
u. j
was the heavier and wore his man
down.
The canning factory at Manzanola
closed down recently, having finished
TWO weeks run on gooseberries.
During this time over 1000 crates, or
four carloads, were put up in cans.
Charles Loughren. bricklayer, was
n at r1l 4
charge of bigamy, his first wife claim.
ing that they were not divorced when
he married Miss May Dunn two years
ago.
Interest on school bonds amounting
to 100000, due July 1, will swell the
total appropriations for state schools
for the next six months to 1926, SO
an increase of $4,000 over a similar
period in 1912.
Property owners in Denver who de-
sire to add to the convenience and
comfort of their homes by the cree
ton of sleeping porches, should first
take out a permit as required by the
building laws.
Fred. Kaler, aged sc, for 20 years a
had been ranching at Roggen, 80
miles east of Brighton. for the past
five years. was killed in a runaway
near Brighton.
June marriage licenses reached the
top-notch mark for business of any
single month in the marriage license
bureau in Denver. The previous re-
cord of 319 licenses, issued in June.
1912. was beaten by five points.
Tom Smith. famous Pinon Mesa
bear hunter. killed 700-pound brown
bear 20 miles southwest of Grand
Junction and the carcass and hide
were brought to town. The bear is
the largest ever brought to that city,
il is believed.
State Auditor Ready Kenehan has
turned over to Governor Ammons a
statement which may mean prosecu.
ton of Adams, Ebert and Huerfano
county officials for back taxes and in.
terest withheld for collecting these
taxes.
DIR. Sherman Williams, president OF
the state board of health, is making
an effort to have the 300 heads Of
health boards throughout the state
meet in Denver in the fall and con.
slider methods Of obtaining and classi
flying vital statistics as well as i'm.
proving the public health.
Mrs. E. P. Costigan, president of the
Denver Woman's club, opened the
womans Club day at the University
of Colorado at Boulder with an en-.
thusiastic and appreciative audience,
She acknowledged that she belonged
to the third house." by which is
meant the women in the Legislature.
The sixth annual encampment OF
the United Spanish War Veterans, de
partment Of Colorado and Wyoming
opened at Trinidad with a record
breaking attendance. The feature OF
the program was the initiation oil
forty-five members into the military
Order of the Serpent.
Edward Carlow and Emmitt Pitting
ton were held in the county Jail at
Fort Collins, pending the result OF
the coroner's inquest into the death of
Vernon Barnes. 20 years old. of Love
laud, who died very mysterlously.