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Newspaper
Rocky Ford Enterprise
Location
Rocky Ford, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1902
Page
4
A compilation of satirical and eclectic notes touching on religion politics crime fame and fashion. It rails at anarchists praises morale frailty in divorce cases mocks palmist claims and lampoons figures from Carnegie to Morgan while tossing in quirky statistics and international curiosities.
The Ways and Means Committee favorably reports adjournment from December 20 to January 6. Bills seek repeal of desert land and homestead commutation provisions. Senate panel delays on a supplementary treaty with Denmark West Indies. Pettus backs Merriam promotion to major general. House passes gifts bill. tariff reform for Philippines urged. New Mexico prosperity noted. boundary survey funds extended. Supreme Court upholds life policy payout despite suicide clause. Various measures target stamping anti monopoly and could affect press freedom and postal appointments. Interstate rate hikes to be investigated. San Francisco delegation discusses government transport privatization. Dewey memorial and canteen issue dominate coast trip. Grow’s speech urges capital and labor cooperation and profit sharing. National Anti-Saloon League pushes against army canteen repeal and defends moral stance. Interior proposes timber sales and reserve use fund, with bills to follow.
A. R. Gumner to build a handsome Florence opera house. Rocky Ford forms a cold storage company with $30,000 capital. Colorado Springs financiers plan a $100,000 national bank. L. P. Bansback named Stanford 1903 captain. Kathryn Maloney named South Arapahoe schools superintendent. Berthoud Pagosa Springs Rifle post offices rise to presidential class from Jan 1. A White River Ute murder case in Durango District Court. Fort Collins Elks plan a new two to three story block. Beet sugar factory at New Windsor bid $150,000 for 600 tons daily. Santa Fe seeks Copper King smelter site for Trinidad shops. State land lessees in Baca county seek new surveys. Boulder Gas Company sells lignite and petroleum gas. Andria Offret found not guilty on one charge in Denver federal court. Colorado Section of EEs organized in Denver. Hunter of Denver loses mind and may be institutionalized. Boulder County and railroads tax compromise totals $22,133.58 for 1901. Pueblo suicide ends quarrel with wife and son. Roosevelt nominates Downer and Milsom for mint posts in Denver. Denver game dispute ends with resignation talks. Several Colorado men named in G A R orders. Grand Junction Indian Institute funding added to 1903 Indian appropriation. Colorado Agricultural College appoints W. R. Thomas to chair. DAR announces 1903 prize essay conditions. Deer poaching conviction in Hinsdale county. Colorado Springs woman killed by train while coal hunting. daughter and another girl witness.
New York dispatch recalls Gen Fitzhugh Lee speaking to the Patri a Club on The United States and Cuba. He argues Cuba was well governed by Spain, laments Congress indifference, and faults humane motives for withholding Cuba. He recounts threats faced in Cuba, including an encounter with Gen Frederick Funston and claims Blanco’s officers bore no blame for the Maine explosion.
Denver December 13 The Republican reports that David H Moffat has secured funding for the Denver Northwestern and Pacific rail line A party including Mrs Moffat and W G Evans returned from New York City where financing details were completed Moffat cites opposition from Harriman and other northern road financiers but vows to proceed with surveying and construction The project aims to open new territory to Denver merchants and boost regional trade and development
Two gunmen robbed the Sierra County bank at Hillsboro New Mexico at 2 30 pm taking vault gold and currency over 30 000. Manager W H Bucher and clerks were held at gunpoint as the pair fled toward the mountains toward Kingston after emptying the vault. The Hillsboro bank, led by president John W Zollars, serves mining and cattle concerns and had just received a 30 000 cattle payment.
Admiral Dewey reports the combined squadrons assembled off Culebra for maneuvers. The search problem is completed with Rear Admiral Sumner’s group successful. Forty men‑of‑war participate as officials from the Navy and War Departments monitor actions through January.
Topeka Kansas reports a severe coal shortage across parts of the state causing suffering. Kiowa and Pratt counties face fuel famine despite available money, while railroads reportedly confiscate much coal bound for western Kansas, intensifying the crisis.
San Francisco hosts a Palace hotel reception for Clarence H. Mackay G W Ward William H Baker and Edgar C Bradley as laying starts on the San Francisco to Honolulu cable. Ward predicts a global reach with a 10 000 nautical mile line from San Francisco to Maula via Midway and Guam and aims for June completion. The first section to be finished by Christmas or January first.
Havana reports a definite reciprocity treaty for Cuba and the United States signed at 11 o clock Thursday night by General Bliss and Secretaries Zal do and Montes. It awaits only signatures of Hay and Quesada and approval by the two senates to become operative. The pact includes a uniform twenty per cent tariff cut on Cuban goods entering the United States and a parallel list detailing item by item reductions by both sides.
St. Louis on December 13 reports John H. Schnet tier former member of the House of Delegates was convicted of bribery related to a suburban franchise deal and sentenced to four years in prison. It marks the ninth boodle case disposed of thus far.
The State Home for Dependent Children in Denver reports on a new South Denver building planned to better serve 151 children. The recommendations seek 10000 to finish the school, funds for two new cottages for boys, dining room expansion, 8000 for further enlargement and a hospital erection.
The ad touts Dr. August Koenig's Hamburg Drops as a remedy for liver disorders and a health boost for the whole system. A humorous dialogue follows about Henpeck and Henrietta noting a marriage rather than a death.
A fragment mentions settlers heading to the Sunny San Luis valley this fall with access to gilt edged water rights. Instructions invite interested buyers to contact Zeph. Chas. Felt at 614-616 Majestic Building, Denver Colorado for particulars.
Advertisement urges working women not well to write to Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts for free medical guidance. It cites a testimonial from a New York City woman who credits Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief from backache sleep issues and general health, urging readers to take no substitute.
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