Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-08-07

ier aug. 27-2S.
Cantaloupes are now being shipped
from Grand Junction.
Five thousand Pueblo Slavs are pre-
pairing to rally to the support OF Ser
via.
Earl Hoase was reelected president
Of the Denver Trades and Labor AZ
sembly. r
The Democratic congressional con-
vention for the First district will be
held Aug s.
One thousand loaves of bread and
five beeves were provided for the Fort
Morgan barbecue.
The county commissioners of Lin
coin and Elbert counties will probably
appoint an agricultural expert.
The people of the town of Grand
Valley are watching the Developments
In the DeBeque oil fields with interest.
In the crowded waiting room Of the
Denver union depot Mrs. 1. F. McCul-
ioch Of Elmodena. Cal. dropped dead
from heart failure.
Colorado day was celebrated at City
park In Denver by thousands OF school
children. citizens of Denver in general
and forty-five fraternal and patriotic
Organizations.
Charles A. Murnan of Denver stole
a march on his friends when he went
to Littleton with Miss Bessie Boards
ley, sister OF his divorced wife, and
was secretly married to her.
Several hundred children Of the
Pixies Peak region Joined In pageant
at Colorado Springs that depicted the
history of Colorado for the thirty-eight
years that 1t has been in the union Of
states.
Austrian subjects in Colorado are
preparing to leave for their nativa
country in event Of war betkeen Aus
tria-Hungary and Servia. There are
4.o3S subjects OF the dual monarchy In
Colorado. according to the latest
United States census report on fors.gn
population.
Ethelbert Stewart, governiS2t me-
diator. who last fall represented the
Department Of Commerce and Labor In
attempts to mediate the Colorado coal
strike. is in Denver again. Stewart is
here on government business and
states 1t is in no manner connected
with the coal strike.
A cloudburst which swept over q
section of Clear Creek and Gilpin coun-
ties temporarily suspended the opera
ton Of railroad trains between Den
yer and Central City and Black Hawk
and delayed trains on the South Park
N 10 e.
road for several hours.
The city commissioners of Denver
suspended the permit for the Sunday
tabernacle for one week until all prop
erty owners in the vicinity of Tenth
and Eleventh avenues and Lincoln and
Sherman streets should have an oppor.
tunity to appear and express their sen.
timents for or against the frame struc-
ture
DeBeque. in the northern part of
Mesa county. has an oil we'll which
flows about 500 barrels day. shoot
ing the oil 60 feet into the air because
the owners are unable to cap" the
hole until the tools at the bottom of
the well can be recovered. The oil
is of paraffine base and is said to be
of high quality. though no analysis has
yet been made.
Arraigned in Justice Stapleton's
court in Denver upon a charge of
grand larceny preferred by her daugh-
ters. Mrs. Minnie Rosenthal, 50, plead
ed that she had stolen to make herself
a home after her children had driven
her from their house. The daughters
are Fannie and Rachel Rosenthal of
1852 West Colfax. They filed charges
that will result in a penitentiary SEN
tence for their mother II she Is found
guilty of them.
Leadville's Little Jonny." which
called worldwide attention to the
Lake county gold belt in 1S94-when
gold was much desired-is once more
In evidence. The lessees working the
Connors lease opened up and shipped
a pocket of high-grade that weighed
little over two tons at the smelter. The
results of the shipment gave twenty
four pounds OF metallics, thirty-two
pounds of rich sacking ore that will
run over 800 to the pound. and two
tons of ore that assayed 303 ounces
gold to the ton. The total gross value
of the find is something over 100000.
John Campbell. formerly justice Of
the State Supreme Court, who was re-
Gently selected by the State Bar Asso-
ciation as non-partisan candidate to
succeed Chief Justice George w. Mus
scr. has notified the bar association
of his acceptance of the nomination.
Charles l.. Parsons. an expert from
the Department OF the Interior. has de-
clared in an official report to Secre-
tary Lane that the successful opera
ton of the radium reducing plant in