The Elbert County tribune., 1903-11-26
COLORADO BRIEFS.


1t is estimated that Colorado Springs
people have invested 100000 in auto
mobiles.
The cogwheel road on Pixies Peak.
has suspended operations for the
winter.
Considerable natural gas is being used
for heatfngpurposes in Boulder since the
strike began. and 1t may finally be pos
sible to beat the entire town In that
After having lived nearly 104 years
without one days illness, b. F. Phelps.
one of the best known citizens OF Col
orado Springs, died November 21st OF
old age.
William Dodsworth OF Victor Miners
Union No. 80, was accidentally killed
by a fall in the Delmonico mine on
Bull hill. near Altman. on the morning Of
November Goth.
Judge Calvin p. Butler. a prominent
Denver lawyer and for a number OF
years judge of the District Court. died
at Denver November 14th OF consump-
luon at the age OF 81.
| The directors OF the Homeopathic
College Of Medicine In Denver have
LEASED the Pioneer building. at the cor.
ner of Fifteenth and Larimer streets.
Il AL q CSic6o
Grant G. Synder. well known to the
printers OF Colorado from his long con-
nection with the type foundry business, )!
died at his home In Craig. November
goth. of typhoid fever.
The county commissioners of Teller
have made a levy for county taxes at
the rate OF IL mills on a total vaIua-i
ton Of $12.000,000. The tax for prop
erty within Cripple Creek is TN mills
In the District Court at Glenwood
Springs, Judge Shumate sentenced Har-
| dy II. Fuller. who was convicted Of
horse stealing, to a term OF not less
| than two nor more than three years
in the penitentiary.
The Charity Organization Society Of
Denver reports great difficulty in get,
ting coal enough from the dealers to-
supply the needs of the poor. COM
panies that claim to have coal fail to
deliver It when ordered.
The following Colorado postofiice ap-
pointments have been made: Norr1e,.
,Pitkin country. Francis johnson, vice
IF. =. Gowan resigned: Perry Park.
Douglas country. Ida M. Barrett. vice
II. Il. Hastings, resigned.
Father Lepore, the Italian Catholic
priest who was wounded in a quarrel
Will duihcppo oOAiCC Ut thO SheA SAA ~
Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Den
yer, died of his injuries and Sorice
only survived him few hours.
1t is reported at the state engineers
once that there is more snow on the
ranges than is usual at this time OF
year and that 1t is well packed, SO that
1t il likely to remain and be available
for irrigation next summer.
Most of the striking miners who have
left Fremont county are reported to
have taken considerable sums OF money
with them. Thousands OF dollars have
been In this way taken out. and about
1000 of this has gone to Italy.
President Anderson Of the State
School Of Mines, will soon publish a
pamphlet on the Twentieth Century
Engineer" which deals largely with the
advantages that institution offers TO
students Of mining and metallurgy.
j In the District Court at Leadville on
the 18th inst, Judge Overs sentenced
Robert Powell and Leonard NJ. Smith,
the two prominent brokers recently
convicted OF forgery and embezzlement.
each to three years in the penitentiary.
The secretary of the interior has au-
thorized the grazing Of $4,000 head OF
cattle and horses In the Battlement
| Mesa forest reserve, Colorado, during
| the season of 1904. under the same con-
ditions as governed such privileges
during last year.
| Fewer cattle have been marketed
| from Grand county this fall than usual
/ owing to the low prices prevailing. Per-
| haps not over 5000 head have been
| driven to market thus far. though
there are many thousands fat enough
for market
The coroner's jury at Victor. in the
inquest over the body OF William Dods-
worth, who was killed in the Delmon-
leo mine, brought in a verdict censur-
ing the management of the mine for
| alleged neglect in not having the shaft
properly timbered.
Joe Patrick and Joe Goorca, Austrian
miners, were killed on the 18th inst.
by an explosion in an old powder
house near the Mt. Lincoln coal mine
at Palisade. They found some old pow
| der and were examining 1t to see IL 1t
was spoiled, as unfortunately 1t was
not.
The representatives Of the Colorado
| Terminal Lines Association met in
| Denver November goth. and decided to
| make q rate of one fare and a third
| for the round trip for the holiday sea-
son. The tickets will be placed on sale
| December Gath, 25th and 31st and jan
uary LIST.
For assaulting his cousin, girl four
teen years old. George Weber. twenty
| years of age, was tried and convicted
| in the county Court at Trinidad and
sentenced to twenty years in the State
Reformatory at Buena Vista Weber
was section foreman for the c. & S. at
Watervale.
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AHidavits were sworn to by Jesse G.
Waters. general manager OF the Denver
| q. Southwestern railroad system, and