Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-19

Colorado Letter Day."
The city of Montrose has Just paid
n $4,000 water bond.
Frank ]. Croke. brother of Senator
Thomas B. Croke. died at Sacramento
Cal. of heart disease.
Thirty-three Indictments were re.
turned by the federal grand Jury in
its report to Judge r. L. Lewis at Den.
yer.
Joseph Allesia, two years old, of Pu.
eblo, plunged into bathtub full of
boiling water and was scalded to
death.
More than 100000 books from the
Denver public libraries were read in
the city last year. according to the an
nual library report.
Chiropractors of the state are MAX
ing determined effort to have enact
ed their bill regulating the practice of
chiropractics.
For the first time in three years
Denver public schools celebrated
Abraham Lincoln's birthday anniver-
sary by closing for the day.
For the third time in four years fire
destroyed the hotel and all out-build-
ings of the Weiner summer resort on
Turkey creek, twelve miles from Nor
rison.
The upper tunnel on La Veta pass
on the Denver & Rio Grande railroad,
which was destroyed by fire Jan. 13,
has been repaired and opened for pas
senger trains.
Although his wife inherited $1,000
in cash and s25,OOO An property, J.
Hervey Nichols of Denver. must pay
Mrs. Nichols $50 month for the sup
port of their child.
The possibility that Denver house
wives may have to pay Z. or even
cents loaf for bread now retailing at
cents has struck many housewives
with unpleasant force.
The Daughters of Colorado enter
tanned Mrs. George A. Carlson, wife
of Governor Carlson, who is also
native daughter of this state, by
luncheon and theater party in Denver.
fractional differences were forgotten
by eighty Progressives and Republi-
cans, gathered in Denver to pay hom-
age to the memory of Abraham Lin
coin. patriot, emancipator and mar
tyred President.
Frank l.. Andre, eighty-one. re-
tired mining man, was instantly killed
IN Denver when he was struck by an
inbound Lawrence street tramway car.
His skull was crushed and his right
foot was mangled.
Mrs. Harriet J. J..McAdoo. eighty-three,
the oldest plaintiff in a damage suit
on record in the Denver District Court,
was awarded a verdict of $1,000 by the
jury which heard her case against the
Denver City Tramway Company.
Don't forget that March / is ALL
Colorado Letter Day. when each resi-
dent of the state should send at least
one letter to a friend in some other
state, pointing out some of the re-
sources and attractions of Colorado.
OF all the innumerable advantageous
features that should attract the atten-
ton of people of the East and South
this year to Colorado are the wonder
ful mineral springs in different parts
of the state and their well known heal
ing waters.
Requests for a new contract with
the Great Western Sugar Company,
made by a committee from the Inter
state Farmers Association meeting in
Denver to Chester S. Morey and other
heads of the Great Western. were re-
fused by the company officials.
Plans of Governor George A. Carl
son of Colorado and Governor John b.
Kendrick of Wyoming. for conferences
of legislative committees of the sister
states with a view to enactment of
uniform industrial legislation were
shattered when the Wyoming Senate
voted not to send committee to
Denver.
Within twenty-four hours of the
burial of his wife, Mrs. Sallie Mathes,
who died of pneumonia George w.
Mathes died at his home in Denver OF
paralysis. At the time his wife died
Mathes' condition was low, but grief
over his wife's death hastened his end.
Mathes was eighty-two years old and
a retired physician.
Solorauo stanus IN class by Itself
in the matter of fixing compensation
rates for workmen in it's coal mines
and the situation will have to be care.
fully studied, in the opinion of Cyrus
w. Phillips, general deputy for the
New York Industrial Commission, one
of two experts in Denver who will aid
the Legislature IL. perfecting the work
mems conversation and industrial re-
lations bills.
His motion for a new trial over
ruled Tony Perry. who was convicted
on New Years day of the murder of
Stava Koiuharnff at tho uacI, r,ina