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Newspaper
Rocky Ford Enterprise
Location
Rocky Ford, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1908
Page
4
A Pittsburg swindle lure for royal presentation sparks outrage and satire on snobbery. Micro-biography notes Prof Albert Michelson as a Nobel laureate and Roosevelts peace prize, with broader summaries of parliamentary moves, court cases, and notable deaths across the world.
The Maine papers note a continued drop in school age children in rural districts. some districts combine to fewer pupils, with only a dozen in consolidated schools. The Boston Herald calls the scene melancholy but finds parallels in Massachusetts hill towns. The item also mentions cocoa crop shortages raising chocolate prices and hints at London women adopting silliness as a fad.
Socialists led by Dr. Benjamin L. Reitman tried a lakefront parade for the unemployed in downtown Chicago. Police clashed with about 200 marchers on Michigan Avenue and Adams Street, breaking the column with clubs. Reitman was arrested after resisting officers and proclaimed brutal treatment as a crowd gathered.
Lieutenant General Stoessel faces a courtmartial as Colonel Vershini testifies at Port Arthur that civilians suffered during the siege. Prices for food were extremely high with a cow costing $800 and eggs at $1. Mme Stoessel allegedly profited from cattle and poultry. The prosecutor’s case is nearly complete while defense witnesses remain.
John Sharp Williams was chosen by the Mississippi Legislature to fill the U. S. Senate seat of H. D. Money, whose term ends March 4, 1911. Williams, fifty four, long time House minority leader, recently had a pugilistic on floor clash with Missouri Democrat De Armond after a quarrel over a committee assignment. He was born in Tennessee and is serving his eighth House term.
There were 382 registered delegates attending the Trans Mississsippi Dry Farming congress and 882 votes were cast for the new president Gov. B. B. Brooks of Wyoming. Nominations were made by a committee with no contests. Executives include C. R. Root of Colorado H. B. Henderson of Wyoming J. B. Tinsley of New Mexico. First vice president F. E. Birrell of Montpellier Idaho. second vice president W. H. Campbell of Lincoln Nebraska. third vice president Gov. George Curry of New Mexico.
A roundup of Colorado notices covers religious activities in Greeley, a Greeley convention, and early film theater openings. farmers near Grand Junction form an independent telephone line. honors and appointments in Weld County. a Civil War veteran’s death near Fountain. inheritance tax data. coyote mange concerns in Weld County. immigrant statistics. Denver Pueblo engineering plans. a desert land irrigation push. a fatal train accident in Niwot. an inaugural Colorado Industrial Exposition in Denver. public health push to curb house fires. hotel lease for Mount Princeton hot springs. a new college of education at University of Colorado. hunting book by Moffat Road. Arkansas river pollution talks among Pueblo, Canon City, and Salida boards.
Denver report shows American National Live Stock Association voting 386 to 32 in favor of Roosevelt era range reform. The committee outlines Burkett bill aims: grant secretary of agriculture local board power, set grazing fees, require appeal rights, and protect water rights while promoting homesteading and school funding.
A Swedish girl made a unique tapestry needle work purchased by the State Normal School for the industrial museum. It blends painting and embroidery and depicts King Alfo of Sweden playing a harp by the sea.
Senator Guggenheim introduces a bill to allow second entries under the desert land act. It would grant those who lost or forfeited desert entries through no fault of their own the rights of desert land laws as if they had not made the original entry, provided the initial entry was not abandoned or sold for valuable consideration.
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