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Newspaper
Rocky Ford Enterprise
Location
Rocky Ford, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1905
Page
2
A collage of wry quips and snippets from various sources. It jokes about postmasters, drownings, tornadoes, political papers, science gags, and social manners. It cites remarks from the Philadelphia Inquirer and New York Tribune, plus notes on fashion, laws, and odd anecdotes from the era.
Western Colorado faces record floods as the Arkansas and Crystal rivers rise to new highs. Bridges wash out at Salida Glenwood Grand Junction Rifle and other towns while dams collapse near Glenwood. Crystal River dam failure floods Thomas Creek valley. ranches along the Roaring Forks suffer losses. Animas river reaches six inches above 1854 high water as rail lines and roads are inundated.
George H. Graham a prominent Denver politician and former county sheriff died at home on Eleventh Street at 6 30 pm from neuralgia of the heart. Born in 1849 in Niagara Canada he lived in Rochester and Illinois before moving to Colorado in 1869 where he engaged in politics and business including meat and furniture ventures with Mortimer Wheeler and A I Weber.
The Pennsylvania road set a new speed record for the New York to Chicago run. Two special trains completed the 897 mile journey in seventeen hours, with the New York to Pittsburg leg in eight hours fifty minutes and the Pittsburg to Chicago leg in eight hours ten minutes.
Pardons board refuses reprieve for Antone Wood. May hailstorm rips Arvada to Golden, May 27. Gov Folk to visit Colorado en route home from Portland Exposition. Denver hosts June Fair and Festival June 21 to July 1. Trinidad workers head to Durango to Farmington railroad project. Edwin Williams dies May 24 in Idaho mining. Tol land peat fuels planned. Crater Dog Fish and other dams fail during May storms near Delta Holyoke. Nellie Donahue acquitted of $1446 misappropriation. Pryor child dies after kitchen fire. Imprey pardons for Gertrude Miller case. J M Holland sells cattle ranch near Pueblo for $65,000. Empson Canning expands Longmont plant to 20,000 cans per hour. State Land Board receipts rise. May $25,502.25. Colorado to send 20 delegates to Toronto Sunday School convention. Sia Tieng Ang dies at Oakes Home. Railway unions plan housing and sanitariums in Colorado. Boulder Fort Collins railbed improvement approved. $45,000. Liquor license collections rise to projected $65,000 by year end. Cripple Creek wireless station site chosen on Bull Hill. Conductor Harry Mills dies after railway accident. Colorado bank conversions to national banks approved. National homes and sanitariums expand in Colorado Springs and Denver. Tax law requires multi-county property owners to file schedules or penalties apply. Postmaster salary changes announced for several towns.
President Roosevelt from the White House signaled the Lewis and Clark centennial exposition in Portland on June 2. Vice President Fairbanks and other dignitaries attended a literary program, while Mayor Williams and Speaker Cannon drew crowds. The electric start sent flags fluttering as Goode announced the moment.
Denver, June 2. The death toll rose to six when Herman Okerman of Denver was found in the Gunnison tunnel. Ben Taylor and Fred Groff were rescued and expected to recover. The bodies of four victims lie buried beneath the cave. Steele and Okerman were recovered. Victims listed: Floyd Woodruff of Montrose thirty to thirty men, engaged to Mabel Olds. H. C. Steele of Montrose, former Ruggles physician, married with two children. Edward Shuler, Get tysburg, Pennsylvania. Charles Hornhart of Montrose. James Cassidy of Montrose. Herman Okerman of Denver, married, thirty five.
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt will begin his southern tour in mid October and will not summon Congress for an extraordinary session until after the November elections. In Denver a Colorado & Southern conductor James Walsh was instantly killed by lightning during a violent storm near his hotel.
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