Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-05-02

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Ground for the Frederick H. Cos
slit hall, the new mems building at
Colorado College has been broken.
Alta Phipps, favorite in the old
curtis theater stock company at Den
yer dozen years ago, is dead in New
York
A school for teachers will be held
his summer at the Agricultural col
ege at Fort Collins from June 16 to
'uly 23.
Identified as holdups. Thomas Kin
ella, nineteen years of age. and
Joseph E'aes, twenty, are in the Den
yer city all.
Marjorie Hamilton Cunningham,
beauty, is legally separated from her
husband. Walter C. Cunningham, &C.
cording to his statement.
That papers and money were stolen
from Frederick A. Gorham, the man
who lost his identity in Denver was
limited by friends of the man.
Officers of the Woman's Club have
commenced movement under which
two vacant lots will be planted in
gardens by children of Fort Collins.
The body of Mrs. Kathryn Burton,
who died at the home of her son, A.
C. Burton in Denver, was sent to st.
Petersburg. Pa. for interment.
Alexander Mitchell. negro. one hun
dred and three years OF age, feels now
that he is getting old and that death
is only a question of ten or twelve
years.
An early morning fire practically
destroyed the contents of the Dewar
trunk factory in Denver. The total
damage is estimated to be close to
$4,000.
The ninty-fourth anniversary Of the
organization of the order of the Odd
Fellows was celebrated at the Audi
torium in Denver with music, speech
making and dancing.
Mrs. II. Z. Knapp. wife of the sales
man for a Denver typewriter COM
pany, alleged to have attempted to
hold up the First State Bank of Agui-
lar, will fight in Denver for her hus-
bands release.
Martin w. rrester, charged with
the murder of his housekeeper, Miss
Maud White, Nov. rs, 1912, by a
criminal operation, was freed in the
West Side court of Denver after a
trial lasting three days.
Governor Ammons who has been
advocating the columbine as the
national flower of the United States.
has been informed that by act OF
Congress many years ago the olive
was declared to be the national flower
President Woodrow Wilson, who, it
was hoped. would attend the Cover
nor's conference in Colorado Springs
next August. will be unable to come.
according to letter received by the
directors of the Chamber of Com
merce from Congressman H. H. Sell
domridge.
The entire fortune of the late Alon-
20 Thompson, Sr., spiritualist, who
died recently, will be divided equally
between his son, Alonzo Thompson.
Jr. and Mrs. E. p. Lindley, a daughter
by his first wife. A copy of the will
has reached Denver. His holdings
amount to approximately $500 900
$4,000 representing personal property
and the remainder real estate.
.'Salida's dark blue granite will res
cue Colorado from any financial pre-
dicament which may result from the
removal of the tariff OH sugar or wool,
just as Cripple Creek came to the res.
cue when free silver darkened the
horizon" declared David w. Heaton,
president of the Salida Commercial
Club and head of the granite mining
industry there, in an address to the
Denver Chamber of Commerce. Heaton
was formerly general manager of the
Elkton mine at Cripple Creek. Heaton
made the startling assertion that or
ders for Salida granite, If there were
facilities to handle it, would be
worth s3S,0oO,O0O this year.
The funeral of the late Jared L.
Brush, former Lieutenant Governor of
Colorado, was one of the largest ever
held in Greeley. State officials were
represented by Governor Ammons,
State Auditor Kenehan and Judge
John C. Bell and there were represen-
tative citizens attending from all
parts of the state.
A wife has as much right to go out
evenings and return early in the
morning intoxicated as has husband,
according to ruling by Judge Ira
Rothgerber OF Denver.