Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-08-04

Sept. 5-S-Frontier Days ceieprhtio"
Sept. 1IEMeeting Midland Trail Assn
In Denver.
Sept. 27-29-State Convention bP.o. L.
at Trinidad.
Pueblo is making elaborate plans
for the State Fair.
Governor Carlson has announced
his candidacy for second term.
Many stockmen met at Glenwood
Springs to formulate plans for op-
posing the proposed herd law.
Gordon Jones of Denver has re-
fused appointment as one OF the four
members of the federal farm loan
board.
Denver's building permits issued in
July amounted to more than $3OO,OOo
the largest for the same month
since 1912.
The Cold Spring mine. under lease
from the Wolf Tongue Mining Com
pany at Nederland. is producing
twenty-five tons of ore per day.
The biggest electric show ever
given in Denver will be held the first
week in December. according to plans
which are under way by the cleo
tricians.
Seven cars of an extra eastbound
Denver & Rio Grande freight train
were derailed west of Riverside. be-
tween Salida and Leadville. No one
was injured.
Colorado will receive this year $685.
$50 for highway improvements out Of
the $5.O0O.OOO appropriation recently
made by Congress. If the state puts
up a like amount.
The Woman's Republican League
of Colorado held an executive commit
tee meeting at the league headquar-
ters in Denver and elected Mrs. Julia
e. Killam president.
whitefield and associates, who re-
Gently purchased the Charles Porter
lease at the sixth level of the c. o.
d. mine, in Poverty gulch. are mining
ore of high average grade from the
stope of the main C. o. d. vein.
A plan to reach the North pole and
explore the Arctic regions by means
Of modern aircraft was announced by
DR.. Frederick A. Cook, Arctic ex-
plorer and claimant to the honor OF
having first reached the North pole.
who is in Denver.
F. w. Koehler and associates, who
opened tungsten mine on the old
Bismarck claim above Gladstone.
made their first shipment to the
Yukon mill. near Silverton. They
are breaking and sorting from six to
seven sacks day.
Three Gold Hill properties-the
Howard shaft of the Mary Mckinney
Mining Company, the Brown and
johnson lease of the same company
on the old Anaconda ground, and the
Callie mine of the Stratton estate
are holding out ore shipments.
Mrs. Richard Crawford Campbell.
his only daughter. is the sole heir to
the estate of the late Thomas NJ. Pat
terson. 1t became known that SEN
ator Patterson left no will Instead
the statutory laws of descent will pre-
vail, the entire estate going to the
daughter. the only direct heir.
The resources of the state banks
under the supervision of the State
Bank Commission have increased $2,-
$4,000 during May and June. accord
ing to report issued by Bank Com
missioner McFerson. The reserve of
cash In the banks. as compared with
the bank deposits, Is 29.2 per cent.
Miss Meta Lawrence, school teacher
at Monte Vista. who was awarded ST.
100 by the County Court in Monte
Vista in suit brought by her against
John Wertz, whom she charged with
| slandering her, was made defendant
ln-error in writ of supersedeas ap-
piled for in the State Supreme Court
]. H. Jenkins. president of the
Spanish Trail-Grand Canon Highway
Association, has issued a call for the
annual meeting to be held at Wolfe
| Creek Pass, between the San Luis
Valley and the San Juan district ION
the Continental divide), at 2 D. M,
| Aug. 81, on the occasion of the cele-
bration of the opening of the new
state road.
Sister Hannah, the eldest member
of the Sisterhood of ST. John the
Evangelist, whose kindly face and
white bonnet have been known in
Denver for twenty-five years when.
ever there was sickness or sorrow,
celebrated her eighty-seventh birth.
day.
The War Department has notified
state commanders that all college
students mustered in with militia
units will be mustered out of service
in time for them to re-enter their
classNs at the opening OF the college
terms in the fall.