The Grit-advocate., 1902-06-06
COLORADO BRIEFS

w. S. Stratton has about completed
all his street car extensions at Colo
RADIO Springs and will now inaugurate
IL system of transfers.
The county commissioners of Arap-
ahoe county will allow boys to use
the public baths in the court house at
Denver two days in the week.
Bands have been engaged from As
pen. Grand junction and Leadvile 10
take part in the Strawberry Day festi-
val at Glenwood Springs.
OF the eleven pupils graduating al
the La Junta high school this spring.
nine nre clasSed as sweet girl grad
yates" there being but two boys i'll
the class.
Harry d. Zimmerman. the Colorado
Springs boy who ranked first in the
recent West Point examination. has
passed all examinations and will enter
the institution June 10th.
Over 10000 people saw the two base
ball games between the Denver ana
Milwaukee teams ut Denver on Me
mortal Day. Denver won the first
game and Milwaukee the second.
Now that Congress has authorized
The expenditure of 100000 on the
Denver mint it is not thought impossi-
bic that the building may be complet'
ed sometime in the remote future.
The tillable land that remains open
for location in Rio Blanco county CON
will require long bitches. There is
good opening for companies or colonies.
The Ell paso County Good Roads
.ASsocia ton. of which J. A. Hayes is
president. will urge the enactment of
city ordinance compelling all heavy
wagons to be provided with four-inch
tires.
The Democratic State Editorial As
sOciation met at Denver May 10Th and
discussed plans for the coming pollt-
ical campaign. There was a large at
tendance from nearly all parts of the
state.
The session of the grand jury in the
Gabrn poisoning case at Denver still
drags its slow length along. Detective
Carberry has brought Mrs. Van
Fossem. the nurse. back from Idaho to
! testify.
Ben Bowen, an eighteen year-old
aerOnaut. fell from a collapsing bal
loon at Manhattan Beach. i'll Denver,
May Goth. and was drowned in the
waters of the lake. a large crowd wit
messed his fall
The Memorial Day parade in Denver
May Both was the best seen for many
years, the veterans turning out in large
numbers. reinforced by troops from
Fort Logan. the National Guard and
High School cadets
rborlos HnsSay r MORGAN and n
| Blake. charged with the murder of
Oscar Noegel at Leadville a few
months since. We're tried and acquitted
May 29th, the prosecution failing to
| make case against them.
The Cripple Creek school board has
reduced the salary of the superintend-
ent of schools from $500 to $3.50
and the pay of the principals in about
the same proportion. Teachers in the
grades will receive the same as last
| year.
Cass Damron. professional juggler.
shot and killed his wife and afterward
killed himself at Denver. May 9th.
He was the son of Judge C. \. Dam
ron of San Bernardino, California. His
wife was a daughter of John Lowe Of
Denver.
While working on placer ditch al
Workman. in Lake county. Dan Me
Dougald was struck by Il flying rock
from a blast. May 9th. and had one
leg crushed and n bad hole torn in
his side He was taken TO the hospital
| at Leadville.
Catherine Whalen of Prince Ed
wards Island has received a verdict
in the District Court Il; Ltadville