The state herald., 1903-08-28
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Labor Day will be generally cele-
brated throughout the state September
7th.
The Pueblo Business Mems Associa-
ton proposes to visit the fairs at Las
Animas and Lamar in large force.
Thomas G. Underhill, prominent
business man of De Beque, was thrown
| from his horse and killed August Goth.
In quarrel over poker game Jerry
Kennedy shot and dangerously wound
er Arthur Bennett at Camp Bowerman
August 10th.
| The order of United Moderns. is ar
ranging for a minstrel jubilee and car
nival at Denver october It'll with Billy
| Williams in charge.
A company has been formed at Boul-
der for the manufacture of white brick
| from a deposit of white clay between
| Boulder and Sunshine.
The State Land Board has ordered
the sale of forty acres of land to the
town of Monte Vista for public park.
The price is fixed at $25 per acre.
Leo w. Kennedy. clerk in the sur
veyor generals office at Denver, has
been promoted to $1,000 per annum.
and ordered to duty at Montrose.
Professor j. Emmett Kemp, for the
last five years principal of the Park
street high school at Trinidad, died of
Bright's disease NJ ST. Anthonys hospl-
tai in Denver August Goth.
The Colorado Sptings laundry at
| Colorado Springs Was burned on the
morning of August 18th, the loss on
I'm h,i Nd hain
mated at upwards of $1,000.
According to Presided ]. c. Sullivan
| of the State Federation OF Labor, the
| striking miners of the Grippe Creek
district will be fed and clothed by the
Western Federation of Miners.
Juan Chavez. who had been in the
county Jail at Trinidad for several
weeks charged with the murder of Ad-
elaide Valdez, committed suicide BY
taking poison on the 18th instant.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron Compa
ny's barn at the Maitland coal camp
was totally destroyed by fire on the
morning Of August 18th and nineteen
mules and two carloads of hay were
| burned.
William II. and James +. Mcclure,
I brothers ard prominent pioneer resi-
dents of Canon City. held reunion OF
their families and friends a few days
ago to celebrate the thirty ninth ami
versary of their arrival in the city.
George L. HORNE. a prominent resi-
dent of Fairplay and member Of the
Colorado bar, having served Park coun-
/ ty as county Judge, and clerk of the
! District Court, died August 18th, leav-
ing 4 widow and two little children.
On Sunday, the 10th instant, Mr.. and
| Mrs. Edwin II. Roberts of Denver were
thrown from a carriage on Colfax ave
nue., Mrs. Roberts receiving injuries
| from which she died the next day. Mr..
| Roberts suffered dislotation Of the
shoulder
The large sawmill plant CT the Pa
gosa Lumber Company at Pagosa
junction in Archuleta county was
burned on the night of August Goth.
/ The lumber yards. which contained
great amount Of lumber. were saved by
hard work.
The Telluride Gun Club has effected
arrangements Tor shooting tourna-
ment to be held September eth and sth.
! Nearly $1,000 will be distributed In
prizes and II Is expected that gun ex-
perts from all over the western slope
will participate.
Mrs. Storer. wife OF Bethany Storer.
United States ambassador TO Austria,
together with General Palmer and 9TH
ers, is considering a project to estab-
lish fine art works AT Colorado Springs
to utilize the valuable clays and native
gems Of Colorado.
The Colorado Press Bureau OF In
formation at Denver is planning for an
unique entertainment this fall. To take
the place of the fall festival. This is
an automobile day to be held in Dem
yer either September Sd or as near
thereafter as is possible.
The general contractor for interior
finish OF the new Denver mint build
ing has been authorized 10 substitute
Alberene stone for marble in the as
sayer's furnaces and acid laboratory
room. This change involves an addl-
tional expense 10 the government OF
81 ,095.
The proposed new city charter OF
Denver ON which the people will vote
September 22nd occupies more than
, twenty-ono columns OF solid nonparell
type In the eight-column daily papers
OF Denver. or 52ils inches column
length. Specially patriotic citizens will
take week off and read II.
Colonel Charles L. Taylor. formerly
n resident OF Denver, died at the Hud-
son street hospital In New York City
August Goth. Colonel Taylor was for
some time president Of the Colorado
Mining Stock Exchange and was large
ly instrumental in the erection OF the
Mining Exchange building in Denver.
The people of Routt county will hold
carnival at Steamboat Springs Sep
| TENDER 10Th. llth and eth. A bucklng
| broncho contest the first prize for
which Will be n championship belt and
sl25 In cash; relay race iorcow ponies,
! ball. games. and pyrotechnc display
each night OF the carnival. are among
| the events promised. A total OF 81 800
In prizes Will BE- awarded,
After fourteen years OF faithful ser.
| vice In the Denver department, "old
| John" the veteran IRE horse. Ia dead.
| He was the best trained animal In the
department, being Of great use in the
breaking In Of new horses. For two
years he wa ON special duty, Even
! In his last DAYS. when his end was near
| he would leap 10 his feet when the gong
sounded. and Hhow M much excitement
ms any younRTtcr In the service.
Patents were issued August 18th TO
Inventors residing In Colorado ~ fol-
lows: John Cary. Denver, bcamlcas
air-brakc; George NJ, vi Il, broom hold
er, Claude N Grove. Colorado SPRING..
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