Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-06-02
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union Nows Service.

vention at Salida.
June 1i-1S-Semi Annual Epworth
League Convention at Colo. Springs.
June 17-Nineteenth annual Strawber-
~ Festival and Carnival at Glen
wood Springs.
June 22-25-Colo. Christian Endeavor
Convention. at Greeley.
Aug. l-Celebration Colorado's Forti-
eth Anniversary of Statehood. at
Aug. National Convention of Rep
resentatives of Negro Race at Den
Aug. 8-Democratic State Assembly at
Denver
Aug. is-1s-pickle Day and Fair at
Plattevilie.
Aug. ~ -a5-AnnuaI Convention. Grand
Lodge II. of T.. at Greeley.
Sept. 5-S-Frontier Days celebration
at Fort Morgan.
Rocky Ford is to have a new city
hall.
The two banks at Callbran have
consolidated.
The Sun and Moon mine at Idaho
Springs will open soon.
Taylor d. Geer has been selected
for postmaster at Delta.
VIM. d. Prey dropped dead in his
office at the Denver stock yards.
Vi ptot Stto"h'
was killed by rock falling on him
in the Mendoza mine.
The Florence Chamber Of Com
merce has contributed 800 for
Fourth of July celebration.
The American Automobile Associa.
tion has. for the sixth time, named
Ralph w Smith of Denver vice pres
ident.
ban was put on grocers' and bak-
ers' cats by the Housewives League
at its last monthly meeting of the
season in Denver.
A grand total of 27S members was
rolled up by the workers in the Y. NJ.
C. A. campaign. according to a COM
pilation of reports.
Through a confession made by Ed
ward Ives. 80, Denver police found
nearly $1,000 in loot in rooms of
three bandit suspects.
Frank James O'Neill, contractor
and builder of the first cable street
car line in Denver, died at his resi-
dence at AL South Lincoln street.
II. ~. hlCt, WIZ CohuuCtS thc beh-
nett ranch east of Glenwood, is
charged with furnishing a weapon to
a convict in a complaint made by the
district attorney.
jefferson county authorities have
granted a franchise for the estab-
lishment of tracklsss trolley sys-
TEN in Bear Creek Canon to connect
Denver with Evergreen.
Denver Typographical Union. No.
40, held its annual election OF officers.
Robert F. Jones and Frank ]. Pull
yer were selected as delegates to the
convention at Baltimore in August
j. ID. McCurdy. GO. of Windsor, was
taken to Greeley and placed in the
county Jail. charged with non-support
and desertion. This is Beamer's sec
ond offense of that kind within less
than a year.
Denver played its part in the world
wide celebration of the Shakespeare
tercentcnary and paid tribute to the
master who presides Immortality over
the language and literature of two
great nations.
Increases in wages, made generally
on profit-sharing plan. which will
effect approximately 5000 metal min
ers, will be made by leading Colorado
metal mine operators, effective for
the month of June.
Half a hundred bequests, ranging
from 500 TO $4,000, are contained in
the will of the late Michael ]. Ahern
of Montclair, who died on May 16.
Four church organizations and Craig
Colony will benefit.
The Arkansas Valley Smelter at
Leadville handled sixty-ounce gold
ore-Sl 200 to the ton-from the Con-
nors lease in the seventh level of the
famous IbeX C'Little Jonny'D gold
mine, which was developed in 1894.
Colorado is piling up wealth every
day In her banks. The abstract Just
completed by the State Bank Commits
sioners Department from the call sent
out May l shows an increase in the
total resources since March 7, of $2,-
393, ,S31S9.
At Grand Junction, the county com
missioners passed resolution author.
izing Road Overseer James II.
Bertholf to arrange for sprinkling the
state roads in the six road districts
beginning at once at cost not to ex-
coed 800 a month for each district.
Policeman John A. Schumacher, OF
Denver. who shot and killed Daniel
BaldGsari. while he was trying to es-
cape with stolen automobile on the
Fourteenth street viaduct, May Is.
was found not guilty of the charge of
murder by a jury in the West Side
Court on a verdict directed by Judge
Wright.