Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-06-23


Aug. i@ceIebratIon coiorados Eorti-
eth Anniversary of Statehood. at
Aug. 2-NationaI Convention of Rep
resentatives of Negro Race at Dem
Aug. s-Democratic State Assembly at
Denver.
Arg. is-is-Pickle Day and Fair at
Aug. 22-25-AnnuaI Convention. Grand
Lodge X. of p. at Greeley.
at Fort Morgan.
Sept. 27-29-State Convention BIO. E.
at Trinidad.
The town board has voted that
Brighton shall have Carnegie IL
brary.
The new Baptist church at Virgins,
recently completely, has been dedi-
Gated.
The Fort Morgan city council has
called in $4,000 worth of electric light
bonds.
The Eastlake Congregational church
at Brighton. was almost completely
paid for when dedicated.
A total of $2,65O has been pledged
to meet the expenses of Fort Morgan s
Frontier day celebration in Septem-
ber
An order for the disbanding of the
Second Infantry regiment of the Colo
RADIO National Guard vas issued by
Adjutant General Gample.
A verdict awarding judgment of 81
to w. H. Saylor of Lo"eland against
G. A. Hamilton. was the outcome Of
u slander suit in the District Cour:
at Fort Collins.
The Rocky Mountain dancing camp
for physical culture and Grecian and
Roman games will be established on
Soda creek, a mile and a half north
of Steamboat.
A jury in the West Side Court in
Denver found DR.. Bennett Graft
guilty of murder in the second degree
in having caused the death on Feb.
2, of Mrs. Ruth Camp.
First degree murder and imprison.
ment for life was the verdict returned
by the jury at La Junta against Rob.
ert Harris, negro. slayer of William
MCGEE March of this year.
Joseph C. Benson, "a. a resident OF
Arvada for the last thirty years was
arrested at Golden, charged with hav-
ing deserted his wife in the spring of
1914 and left for California.
The Great Western sugar Company
has organized department OF re-
search for the purpose of promoting
efficiency in the thirteen factories
Eow owned by the company.
A special train of eleven cars left
Denver for Los Angeles with the Dem
yer knights Templar on board on
their way to attend the Thirty-third
triennial grand encampment which
convenes in that city.
The annual rifle matches of the
Colorado National Guard will be held
at the State Range west of Denver,
July 6, Z, s and 3. Teams of five
men each will be enterad for the con
tests between companies throughout
the state.
Silverton's Sunnyside group is stead
| lily sending out carload after carload
| of rich concentrates. One class OF
| lead and copper carries high gold and
silver values, the other is high grade
zinc ore from the electrostatic zinc
ore separator.
At Leadyille some exceptionally
| high settlements have been received
recently for shipments of carbonate OF
zinc from the Jackets lease on Ibex
No. /. One twenty-rive-ton lot shipped
brought net return to the lessees OF
| 5000, an average of s2i a ton.
Capt. A. II. Hardy. rifle expert, who
mas returned to Denver from Column
bus, n. NJ, states that the whole pop
ulation along the American side OF
the line is armed to resist Mexican
invasion. The belief there is that
war is bound to come, and that, until
the Mexicans have been given
whipping. there will be no safety
along the boundary.
Glenn Jones, % years old. probab
ly was fatally injured at the State
Fair Grounds at Pueblo, while his
tride of a month was watching mo
torcycle race from the stand. Ben
Chasteen, 27 years old, also was seri-
-usly injured in the crash. Chasteer
and Jones were taking part in a five
mile motorcycle race being held a.
the grounds during patriotic week.
A disordered mind. due to an over
desc of drugs, led Daniel d. Collins,
until few days ago clerk of camp
No. 3, W. o. w, into believing that
he had been attacked and robbed at
in his office at Colorado Springs, ac-
ccrdirg to his friends. Collins was
found on the floor of his office appar.
emily in an unconscious condition,
with the safe door open and papers
scattered around the rom.
Sacrificing his life in a futile at.
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