Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-05-09
STATE NEWS
OF INTEREST TO ALL
c O L o r A D o
PEOPLE
DATES FOR CoMING EVENTS.
,estern Newspaper Union News Service.

June 26-29.-Christian Endeayor State
Convention at Lonsmont. s,,o,
Convention at Greeiey; -
1ulyMst9Ee dy Ma n}{e, Postmasters' Association
July 2s.--Pacific Jurisdiction. w. o.
w. at Colorado Springs,
A1g; roncia isaS'@Thirty SECOND nrienm,nl nan
Aug. ls-so.-Ameriean Association of
| Park Snperintendents. at Denver.
Aug. lS-29.-aArmy of the philippines
M Mati9nal Society. at Denver: nr,,.i: =, Red
Aug. 2F.-Conference of Governors at
COLORADO Springs. c,a
Lodge Meeting at Trinidad. ,
sept;-National Association of First
Oct; 21.-Coiorauo State Baptist Asso-
eiati9n at Pueblo. 90. North
l915.-IaSt Grand Council or North
American Indians, Denver
Patrick H. Mullen. City, Supervisor
and wealthy milling man. died at his
home in Denver.
For the year to date the Denver
market shows an increase Of $4,000
cattle and $4,000 sheep.
Judge Black denied an injunction
to restrain the board of trustees from
closing the saloons ut Gunnison.
At sale of dairy COWS at Fort Col
Inns. the highest price paid was $3.50.
and the average for the entire offering
$3.50.
The Cripple Creek districts output
of gold ore for April amounts to S0,S52
tons, carrying gross bullion value of
s1,194,232.
Canon City paid homage to Pomona,
the goddess of fruit trees, by bios
som day" celebration under the direc-
tion of the Civic Improvement League.
Silas Edwin Hoskins. pioneer Colo
RADIO railroad man, the conductor who
brought the first train into Denver.
died at his home, 43 West Ellsworth
street.
Harry C. James has been named by
Mayor Arnold to succeed the late
Moses Hallett as one of the five trus-
tees of the Clayton School for Boys
In Denver.
Gov. Elias NJ Ammons launched
Colorado's tourist season when he
pulled rope which hoisted the Amer.-
can flag to the top of the pole on the
top OF the Chamber of Commerce
building in Denver.
After attempts, extending over half
score of years, to give Denver fair
worthy of the agricultural and amman
breeding resources of Colorado and its
adjoining states, the Interstate Fair
Exposition Association. whose build
ings are located at Overland park. has
given up the ghost
With Governor Ammons, Roady Ken
nehan, former Lieutenant Governor E.
r. Harper and other state officials in
attendance, the funeral of the late
Jared L. Brush was held from the fam
lily home in Greeley. The Rev. F. ].
Estabrook officiated and paid glowing
tribute to the Greeley pioneer.
The Colorado Passenger Association
has been requested by the Greater
Colorado bureau of the Denver Cham
Der of Commerce to grant low round
trip rate to Denver from all agricul-
tural points in the state to permit
farmers to attend a plowing carnival
to be held near Aurora, May 20 and "a.
That the recent freeze did consider
able damage to the peaches, apricots
the statement made at Fort Collins by
C. p. Gillette. college entomologist
who returned from weeks visit to
Delta, Eckhart, Grand Junction and
other towns on the Western slope,
where he has been investigating the
condition of the fruit crop.
At the first meeting of the new city
administration at Colorado Springs.
Mayor C. l.. McKesson announced the
appointment of Henry C. Hall as
city attorney. The appointment was
confirmed by the Council. Mr.. Hall
served one term as mayor several
years ago.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany settled the suit brought by the
Government for the cancellation of
patents by the company on $500
acres of land in Las Animas county.
by returning to the public domain g.
$50 acres of the land in controversy.
which was obtained through the for
est lien" law. The lan6 now will be
thrown open to entry under the pro-
visions governing coal lands.
The German government. through
its ambassador at Washington and
consul IN Denver. is investigating the
killing o. Oswald Heinriches, Ger
man miner, by Frederick Kemper, at
Alma, Colo, February 5 of this year.
the investigation was ordered follow
ing charges sent to Berlin by Mrs.
Sophia Hoffman, friend of the dead
man, living at Alma, that he was
killed for his money and mining prop
erty.
Mrs. Nancy McGee, sixty-five. and