The Delta independent., 1902-12-05
COLORADO BRIEFS.


highly commends the present condition.
of the State Industrial School for Girls
Colorado Springs ladies are arrang-
ing to raise $1,000 with which to en-
ploy coach for the Colorado College
football team next season.
In the District Court at Glenwood
Springs DR.. j. w. Collins, dentist
at Rifle, was acquitted of the charge
of criminal assault on young woman
patient
j. F. Wolf of Denver, who has had
three trials in the District Court at
Greeley on charges of obtaining money
by false pretenses, was finally acquit-
ted of all charges.
The Commercial Club of Lamar pro-
poses to guarantee any company that
wishes to build sugar factory 5000
acres of sugar beets for a term of flve
years.
The vote on the Rush amendment
in Arapahoe county stood 1888 for
and 10.750 against The vote on the
Bucklin amendment was 1O,755 for
and 21,075 against.
Dr.. F. II. Welles of the Victor hos
pital, whose foot was amputated sew
eral days ago, will receive 100000 for
the loss of the member. He was in
sured in an accident company.
Nearly every large town in Colorado
had one or more football games on
Thanksgiving Day and the number OF
players more or less injured will prob
ably foot up eleven or more to each
| team.
Guy Russell, a guard at the State
Reiormatory at Buena Vista, was
J found dead on the morning of Noyem-
| ber 24th on the floor of the tailor shop.
| His death was caused by hemor-
| rhage.
Philip Davis. the miner who, it is
| believed, tried to blow up the house
occupied by Superintendent Griffith at
Tercio. short time ago. has been ad-.
| judged insane in the County Court at
Trinidad.
In the District Court at Canon City
| Fred Shockley, the colored man tried
on the charge OF killing a woman at
Chandler was found guilty of inyol-
untary manslaghter and sentenced to
one year in the state penitentiary.
i The Reed Investment Company of
| Colorado Springs is preparing plans for
the construction of $4,000 one-story.
brick business block IN Grand juno
! ton. The block will take the place OF
Iue hotel originally planned by Mr.. V.
/ z. Reed.
| The dolls of all nations will be ex-
| bibited by the Woman's Club of Den
yer December Sth, 9th and 10th among
| the attractions will be the internauon-
| al doll exhibit, which is a collection OF
500 dolls gathered from all quarters
of the globe.
fire in the Belle Vista hotel at
Golden on the morning of November
25th. was eNtinguished before much
| of the building was destroyed, but the
damagSs are estimated at about Sl.Jo)
The postoffice. which is located in the
building. was not injured.
Hot sulphur Springs will erdeavor
20 secure the shops and round houses
Of the first division of the Denver.
Northwestern and Pacific railroad.
The owners OF the townsite will give
twenty acres of land to the company
as site for the building and tracks.
FL Paso county is sl7, 900 richer by
decision rendered in i;s favor by
Judge Moses Hallett of the United
States Circuit Court. compelling the
railroads owning property in the coun-
ty to pay the twenty-five per cent.
withheld by them from the 1897 levy.
Fifteen minutes after the pupils had
left the Victor high school building on
the afternoon of November 2ith, an
explosion in the trench that was be-
ing dug in the street for a big conduit
in front OF the building broke the win
dows. injured the walls and desks and
made holes in the floor.
A company composed largely of Den
yer men has been formed To utilize the
water power of the Grand river in
Gore canon in the extreme western
end of Grand county. Engineers have
Just completed survey and find that
they can get fall of 800 feet in four
miles There is about LOCO feet OF
water in the Grand river at this place,
Active work on the pipe line and plant
is to be commenced early next spring,
A large number of farmers and bust
ness men met at Lamar on the night
of November 29th to consider the uues-
ton of securing a beet sugar factory.
w. c. Gould was elected president of
the organization, l.. Writ Markham,
secretary. and C. C. Hindleston. treas
urer committee consisting OF A. +.
Rent. NJ. Strain. w. J. johnson. l..
| Writ Markham and n. n. Mclean
was appointed to promote the enter
prise.
In the District Court at Denver
Judge Carpenter decided to the effect
that osteopaths may legally put the
word doctor" before their names.
| The State Board of Medical EXamin-
crs prosecuted John T. Bass, an os
teopathist, for practicing medicine
, without license. Judge Carpenter
decided that as Bass had not been Civ
\ ing drugs or using instruments in the
| treatment Of the sick he had not
| broken the law.
| Captain S. Doertenbaugh. Pueblo
| taSidermist, has received what he be
| lieyes to be the best specimen of n
harry eagle that has ever been killed
in Colorado. This species is exceed
ingly rare in the United States. and IL
has been believed not to exist in this