La Junta tribune., 1900-12-15
COLORADO NOTES.

! The dairy stables OF ID. ]. Horkan al
I Leadyille were burned on the otn ihst'
and thirty-seven COWS burned to death'
| The sheriff of Archuleta county, H.
B. Sanderson, has issued notice 10 sd
| looms TO stop all gambling In Archuieth
county.
John Hopwood. while driving 10,
ward Meeker, fell from his wagon and
was run over and instantly killed. he
leaves u wife and child.
Judge Charles Wright, formerly at
torney general OF Colorado, died al
Tuscon, Arizona. OF appendicitis, after
a short Illness. sir. Wright was al.
torncy general of Colorado in 1879 ana
1880
The American Beet sugar Company
shut down It's factory at Rocky foru
for the season December sth. II has
worked 1900 tons OF beets ana mace
1850 tons OF line beet sugar.
A number OF Itnllans Of Ouray have
organized n patriotic order which was
Incorporated rs the Society OF George
Washington. Fred Scala John Cresto
and f Zunella are the incorporatoSs'
+. A. Faikenburc, head consul OF TIE
western Jurisdiction Of the Woodmen
of the World. has taken S4,SO TO Cal
weston, Texas. donated by jurisdlcloh
for distribution among the storm SUI
ferers.
Mrs. NJ. Yoss of No. 10 Irving avenue,
Atlantic City. New Jersey, hasn't seen
or heard of her husband, Albert In ten
years. and asks Governor Thomas To
help her ascertain II he has been III
Colorado.
In the District Court at Telluride
Angelo Silver. convicted OF assaun
with intent 10 kill. was sentenced by
Judge Stevens 10 the penitentary Tor
a term of not less than three nor more
than five years.
The twenty-sixth annual session OF
the Colorado Teachers Association VIII
be held at the East Denver high school,
December 2Gth, 9th and 18th. Numer-
GUS papers OF highly instructive
character Will be read.
The Democratic state central com
mittee reports thai Its receipts during
/ the last campaign were S16,265 ana its
expenditures SIG, 19l.s5, leaving bal
ance In the treasury of SI3.lo. Cover
nor Elect Orman contributed $500.
The large meteor that passed over
Denver December 18th was seen by
Rev. Mr.. Earle OF the Baptist church
Oh asItu .hl- it say AAS hiSN'NA
I fell several miles north of Red noun
tain. An attempt will he made to To-
cate II.
Acting Governor Akers of Arizona
has honored the requisition from Colo
RADIO for Antonio Semenza, wanted in
. Telluride for the embezzlement of
$500. Sheriff Fountain of Telluride is
after the man. who has been located at
Bisbee.
The date for the annual poultry ex-
hibit of the Southern Colorado Poultry
Association at Pueblo, has been set for
January 18th. and the five days sue
cecding that day. Officers of the asso-
citation plan to have an even larger
show than in previous years.
The Colorado x Canadian Valley
railroad is a proposed new Cripple
Creek road. The line may be built
from Cripple Creek to point on the
Red river, near the mouth of the Wa
shita river. The headquarters of the
company are in FL Reno. Oklahoma.
Governor c. s. Thomas is one Of the
owners of coal mine in southern Col
orado. The property is near the sta
ton OF Pryor, on the line of the Colo
RADIO L. Southern, between Walsenburg
and Trinidad. Coal men predict good
shipper when the mine Is fully opened.
The corner stone of the new First
Presbyterian church at Canon City
was laid December 9th. The building
will be of white stone and will cost
about $4,000. 1t will have Sunday
school rooms. a reception room, dining
room and kitchen of the most modern
and commodious style.
George Batchelder, aged eighty sew
en- and wife aged eighty-three, old
timers in Colorado. are making prepa-
radons for grand celebration of the
sixtieth anniversary of their wedding,
January 8, 1901. The celebration is to
take place in Denver. Over 200 inyi-
tations will be sent out
Lieutenant Governor Carney arrived
in Denver from Ouray December 10th,
and assumed the duties Of the office
during the absence of Governor Thorn
as In Washington. His first official act
was to sign the requisition papers per-
mitting the return Of George Rlgler,
alias Rigley, etc, to Lincoln, Nebras-
kaL
1t is expected that within week or
ten days the Lacombe company will be
ready to furnish Denver with electric
| light. Most of the machinery is now
in place in tie West Denver shop. The
| present company threatens to carry on
| the war to the end and not only meet
| the reductions of the Lacombe people,
but go below them.
Mrs. Mabel Barnaby Conrad of Hell
! ena. Montana. was married Septem-
ber 21st at Territt. Switzerland, to Mr..
I George Choate Kendall of New York.
Mr.. Kendai' is the son of prominent
merchant. Mrs. Conrad was formerly
the wife of ]. H. Conrad. with whom
she lived in fashionable part of Hell
ena. and whose divorce created SEN
eation at the time. She will be remem-
bered in Colorado as the daughter of
Mrs. Barnaby who was mysteriously