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Newspaper
Rocky Ford Enterprise
Location
Rocky Ford, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1903
Page
6
A collage of satirical lines and short notices from a historical paper touches on politics, society, and culture. It references Carnegie, Miss Stone, the New York Stock Exchange, Russia Manchuria, and various social foibles with a wry, period voice.
Governor Peabody reports District Attorney McMullin finds no valid damages claim from William Radcliff over a Grand Mesa hatchery destruction. State recovers taxes from 1500 liquor dealers, funds to cover World’s Fair, and several portents of state activity including royalties on Victor coal mines and new traveling library commission. The report details pardons, monument planning, and Flag Day events as well as forest land treaties and Leyden coal operations with tramway connections.
Enos A. Mills, a special deputy of State Engineer Carpenter, made a six day inspection of Colorado’s water supply starting from Leadville and reaching Estes Park. He traversed Mosquito range to Alma and viewed headwaters including Michigan Jefferson Geneva creeks, trekked snow covered passes at 13 000 feet, camped without cover, and noted elk deer and two bears along the route. He covered about 120 miles on foot and endured severe snow storms during wintery travel.
State Game and Fish Commissioner J M Woodard names five chief wardens from Creede Grand Junction Glenwood Springs Steamboat Springs Fort Collins and appoints 72 special wardens to be unpaid but share one third of fines. Fishing season opened June 1 with 2000 posters printed including 1000 in Italian.
President Roosevelt and W A Richards are asked to approve a swap of over 600000 acres of Colorado forest lands for government agricultural lands to safeguard river water. Forestry chief Henry Michelson presented the plan in Cheyenne. action is expected in Washington.
Fire losses total about 40000 with 15000 insured. Died June 6 Idaho Springs veteran Daniel Kooken. Cripple Creek snow and June openings. trout season from June 1 to Oct 31. Denver chamber aids Kansas flood victims. Lawrence Phipps contributes 100. Colorado State Rifle Association shoot August 23 24 at Denver club. Boulder drills Palm well May 30. Gunnison murders bound over. spring cold harms crops. Harvard Lampoon editor Leonard Carpenter Colorado Springs. University of Colorado commencement May 21. Stockgrowers elect officers June 6. Trust losses lower than expected. Lightning kills Cripple Creek Cripple Creek man James Bolinger. Postmasters raises totals. Union Pacific contract between Kearney and Silver Creek. Colorado College wins intercollegiate title. Byers avenue renamed in Hot Sulphur Springs. Downing released pending October trial. Agriculture report notes rain cold harming fruit veg. ranges improve. Mrs Ryder dies from celery medicine overdose. Bear killed by fall snow near Gillett. Pueblo Suburban Traction offers 1000 reward for two streetcar robbers. Albert Phillips dead by lightning. Martinez family scene. Pueblo Steel Works May payroll record high at 324422.76. June 20 payroll 375000. Boulder weather records. May coldest on record by 4.5 degrees. Colorado College engineering fundraising reaches 40000 pledged.
Judge Advocate General Davis sent an opinion to the secretary of war clarifying disputed points in the new militia statute. He reviews sections 14 and 15 on funding and joint maneuvers with regular forces, asserts state governors retain control, and notes pay provisions for militia officers. He also discusses section 18 and past drills to determine eligibility for benefits.
A South Carolina cloudburst caused severe flood damage with at least 80 deaths and property losses around 3.5 million dollars. Pacolet and Clifton mills suffered heavy destruction, with Clifton No 2 and No 3 mills partly or wholly ruined, and Pacolet Nos 1 and 2 destroyed. Rescue efforts and relief drives mobilized as towns like Union faced isolation and workers faced dire need.
Alvaro Hemenway was found dead near Fountain Creek in Colorado Springs with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His son Orin E. Hemenway led searches. no inquest will be held. In Denver, Francis Marion Roberts, grand recorder of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, shot himself to avoid turning over office records amid a $1,000 shortage.
The Liban passenger steamer on a Bastia voyage was run down by the Insulaire off Maire island. Of about 240 aboard, it is feared over 100 perished, with many others missing. The two Fraissenet Steamship Company vessels were involved in the tragedy.
Reports from St Louis describe a breached levee near Madison causing fifteen deaths among American Car and Foundry workers. Some 150 trapped on crumbling levee sections were rescued by a small steamer and the Annie Russell could not reach them. The Mississippi rose to 36.9 feet, flooding farms and rail lines north of East St Louis and damaging Merchants' Bridge approach.
Filius Franks a ranchman from near Marigold Colorado fought a wildcat on a hill trail while returning for medicine. He was unarmed and managed to drive off the animal after a struggle but suffered deep scratches and torn clothing.
Mazatlan merchants petition the federal government to reopen the port to commerce as the plague has completely disappeared from the city.
Omaha report shows ten months ending April 30 with net earnings over 18 million dollars. April gross earnings gain near 500 thousand and net earnings up 228 854 dollars.
Mrs. Robert Broderick of San Antonio Texas reports kidney trouble pain and headaches from 1902 eased after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She cites lasting relief with only slight recurrences over a year and endorses keeping a box on hand. A free trial offer is available by mail from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY with druggist sales at 60 cents a box.
Government statistics reveal jackals kill or abduct more children in India than tigers, a claim juxtaposed with everyday ads and anecdotes about starch, tobacco, bread, and a Chicago social quip, reflecting a chaotic early 20th century newspaper page.
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