The Springfield herald., 1902-10-17
COLORADO BRIEF S.


ing placed underground
President James H Baker OF the
University OF Colorado, returned from
Europe on the Sth instant
Mrs. George Baldesarri. an Italian
resident OF Shverton,- was erusheti 70
death October 9Th by the oSerturnlng
OF load of baled hay.
'Ad5utant General Gardner says the
Colorado troops that attended the
army maneuvers in Kansas will De
benefited by the experience
The George W. Cook Drum Corps
from the Centennial State were very
much in evidence at the national en-
campment OF the G. \. R in Washing-
ton
Mrs. C. H. Stoiber of Silverton has
taken out nonresident hunters IL
cense in Montana, being the first wom7i
an TO whom such license has Deeh
granted
The Baptist convention. which meets
in Denver october goth, will be IN seS-
sion for three days. Among the things
to be considered are the plans lot the
Woman's College at Denver.
There are giants in these days. The
lightesr man in the University OF Ne
braska eleven. who defeated the Uni
versity OF Colorado in the football
game at Boulder. weighed 1S5 pounds
The colleges and high schools of Col
orado are going in for football this sea-
son as never before and the crop OIL
! broken limbs from this most strenuous
OF sports promises to be large one
H. e. Mulnix. OF the Worlds Fair
board, is making tour OF the state TO
visit the county commissioners ana
urge them to make adequate appropria-
tiuns for a creditable display at st.
Louis in 1901
Grand county has its first bank. 1t
is called the Bank of Grand County and
was opened for business October lst
at sulphur Springs. County Judge
j. T Wills is president and Frank \.
Briggs is cashier.
Hazel cottage. the handsomest
cottage on the Boulder Chautauqna
| grounds. was destroyed by tre oeto-
Der 9Th. The cottage cost upward OF
81 coo. and was the property of John
| Duncan OF Boulder.
The town of Colorado City will pur-
| chase for the sum OF s27 600 water
right No of the Findley ranch on
Fountain creek and will construct
water system of its own, if present
! plans do not miscarry.
! John NJ. Houk. Denver grocer, COM
mitted suicide on the 4th inst, by swal-
/ lowing carbolic acid. The act was due
to i'll health and dependency. HoPk
| is said to have been member of the
a. o. L. w. and p. o. S. of a.
| Prominent business men of Colorado
/ Springs will confer with Chief Hydro
! grapher F. A. Newell relative to the
1 construction OF a reservoir on site;
seven miles south of the city, to store
the flood waters OF the Fountain.
The University OF California, after
careful investigation. will give full
credit to students for diplomas in the
following Colorado schools; North
Side high school. East. Denver high
school and West Side high. school of
Denver; Pueblo high school. Pueblo.
AT its meeting in Fort Collins Octo-
| ber sth. the Northern Colorado Lum-
| bermen's Association elected the fol-
| lowing officers: President. Senator w.
! l.. CLAYTON of Greeley; vice president.
| Lambert Sternberg of Boulder, secre-
| tary and treasurer L. R.. Haywood Of
/ Loveland. .
R. R. Taylor, tried at. Colorado
| Springs for the murder of Frank H.
| Shader last August. was acquitted.
| Taylor's plea was self-defense. and evil
| dence was submitted TO show that Sha-
! der had threatened to kill him and was
| in the a I of reaching for a revolver
when TAYLOR shot -,-...-s..r
| Mrs Mary E. Barry. sentenced to
three years in. the penitentiary for
| stealing house at Victor. and moving.
| it to Cripple Creek, and who was re
leased from the penitentiary under
writ of supersedeas and granted new
trial has been acquitted by jury in
! the Dist rict Court at Cripple Creek.
The site for the new postoffce in La
| Junta has been selected by the depart
ment in Washington. The property be-
| longing TO ] H Sipington was select
ed The owner will erect building
| and lease it to the government for a
| term of years at stipulated sum. This
! is expected to locate the postottice per-
manentiy for at least ten years.
The annual convention of the United
| Mine Workers of America for Colo-
| rado.; Wyoming. New Mexico, at its
| session in Colorado Springs. elected
the following officers: William How
ellis, Coal Creek. president; William
| McAliister, Lafayette. vice president;
John Simpson, Aguilar. secretary;
William Price, Palisades. executive
! board member.
The Colorado Association of Elocu-
! tionists has been organized in Denver
| The society has already invited the
| National Association of Elocutionists
| to meet in Denver next June and the
! invitation has been accepted. Miss
| Martea Could Powell has been elected
| president of the new organization; Joe
| Newman. vice president; Mrs Dorothy
| Shinn Brokate, secretary; Mrs. Liska
| Stillman Churchill, treasurer