Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-04-16
STATE NEWS
OF INTEREST TO ALL
c o L O r A DO
PEOPLE
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

June S-ll-G. "A. II. encampment at La
Sept 27-oct. s.-Meeting international
Dry Farming Congress at Denver
Grand Junction people are rejoicing
over improved train service.
Ore taken from six Telluride mines
in 1914 was worth S2,500,0O0
The Gold King mine in the Silverton
district has resumed operations.
The new highway between Bowie
and Somerset will soon be open.
Alamosa water users complain of
increased rates under the meter sys-
tenn.
Shipping ore has been found in Long
tunnel in the Victor mine at White
Pine.
a carload of the oil rig for the Pa
onia district was unloaded at Hotch-
kiss.
Clean up and paint up" is the or
der of the day in many cities and
towns.
Ida Valdez. 17-year-old girl, was
arrested at Trinidad for passing
forged checks.
There is a report that the beet
sugar factory at Monte Vista may be
moved to Durango.
The Lady Maccabees of the World
will hold a two-day convention in Den
yer April 22 and 90.
The fourth annual state convention
of the Knights of the Maccabees was
held in Denver.
The leasers on the Frisco mine,
above Animas Forks, have accumu-
winter.
1t was reported in Grand Junction
that apricots were in bloom on Easter
and peach trees in full bloom the fol-
lowing week.
A report was received in Silverton
that the Silver Lake mill has been
leased by the Garfield Smelling Com
pany to e. w. Waybright.
A special train conveyed the mem
bers of Fort Collins Lodge No. S04,
BP. .O.E, to Loveland, to attend the in
stallation of Loveland lodge.
Colorado has the only woman in
surance commissioner in the United
States. Mrs. d. NJ. Rolph was ap-
pointed to that position by Governor
Carlson.
At Silverton, the Sunnyside lis grad
ually increasing its force of men at
the mine and building an addition to
their zinc plant, and putting in bins
at the mill for storage purposes.
| -Four marriages, five divorce cases
and three husbands constitute the
singular record of Mrs. Mary E. Rose,
who has just started her latest d.
vorce action in the District Court in
Denver.
| A petition filed before Judge Harry
S. Glass at Golden asks that grand
jury be summoned to investigate the
wage system in effect at the mines
operated by the Leyden Coal Com.
pany.
Zell Wheeler of Erie, who was ar
rested at Boulder for perjury after he
had left the stand at the Hecla trial,
was released under bond for s1,500 for
appearance in the District Court
Monday, April 10.
An important gold strike, which is
promising to liven up the little mining
camp of Liberty is reported to have
been made in the Golden Treasure
mine on Pole Creek, a short distance
from that place.
The motion to quash the indictment
charging DIR. Robert J. Mason with
conspiracy in connection with the
death of Miss Ruth X. Merriweather
last December was sustained by Judge
/ ., Nor,
yer.
At Colorado Springs j. G. Matthews,
Rio Grande fireman, was buried
beneath the fuel in his engine and
escaped with only a bruised knee.
The train crew came to Matthews
rescue and saved him from a horrible
death.
Betting on the outcome of the John.
son-Willard battle was not heavy in
Denver, few caring to risk their mon.
ey on the uncertainties of a finish
fight The largest known bet was
that made by Cal. Cheairs of Sterling
who won about $4,000.
| p j. Preston, a Denver civil en-
gineer who specializes in irrigation
matters, has been named by Secretary
of the Interior Lane as the third mem
ber of the federal board of review
which is to look into various items oil
expenditure in connection with the
construction of the big reclamation
projects of the West.
The enactment in the House of Sen
ate Bill No. so, by Senator Robert E
Winbourn, paves the way for the es
tablishment of an experimental sta
ton for the study and cure of dis
eases that affect potatoes. The fed
eral and state governments are tt
join in the operation of this station