The state herald., 1903-05-22
COLORADO BRIEF S


time in the latter part of June.
The Miners Union at Idaho Springs
| VIII run general store in order to
be independent of the merchants
| league.
DIR. o. G. Place has purchased the
Roberts hotel. at Boulder, containing
twenty-five rooms, and will establish
private sanitarium.
A flock of ten mountain sheep came
down a few days ago and grazed for
Two or three hours in plain sight OF
the people of Empire.
Bishop Earl Cranston has been
chosen to preside at the Colorado con
ference of the NJ e, church to be held
In Denver next August.
Il. l.. Wooton, former sheriff of Las
Animas county aud member of the Col
orado Legislature, has been appointed
chief of police of El Paso, Texas.
DR.. J. N. Hal OF Denver has been
elected first vice president of the
American Therapeutic Society, which
met in Washington on the 18th inst.
Frederick w. White, Jr., manager of
the Pueblo Star-Journal, died at St.
Marys hospital in Pueblo, May 1ith.
after ten-weeks' illness of typhoid
fever.
A party of Harvard men will make
geological explorations in Colorado
this summer and will establish a camp
in the Needle mountains about the
middle of J,p1
The people Of Orchard Place and
Cherrelyn, suburbs of Denver on the
south, have voted to unite forces and
incorporate a new town under the
name of Erglewood.
Gilbert NcClurg, secretary of the
Colorado Springs Chamber of Com
merce, has been giving highly sue
cessfui ...-, Css stereopticon lectures
IA New England cities.
The Midiummer joint meeting of the
Colorado state Editorial Association
citation will be held at Glenwood
Springs. June sth and 9th.
DR.. Pfeffer of Denver, one of the
regents o, the State University, has
presented the institution 1l0 shade
trees. Three new avenues will be laid
out and these trees used for shade.
The new armory of Company !. n.
G. c.. at Fort Morgan. was opened on
the night of May 1ith with an inspec-
ton of the company by Captain Brooks
from Fort Logan, followed by mill
tary BALL
Up to Thursday. the 14th inst. the
Colorado Springs baseball team of the
Western League had played thirteen
games and won eleven OF them. They
seem to have the other teams entirely
outclassed.
At Pueblo. May 18th, Father Greg
ory. assisted by other Benedictine
priests Of southern Colorado, laid the
cornerstone to the new Benedictine
College. The college. when complet.
ed, will cost about $4,000.
The Rev. u, Paul RAIDER of Denver.
who recently became almost entirely
blind from the effects of injuries re.
ceived in football game last year,
has recovered his sight under treat.
ment by Chicago specialists.
Union Grange he's Just completed
n fine new hall, with seating capac-
ity of $50 persons. four miles south
of Fort Collins. 1t was dedicated on
the 18th inst. by j. A. Newcomb of
Golden. master of the State Grange.
George w. Washington, a we'll
known colored man of Pueblo, presi-
dent of the Standard Publishing Com
pany. was found dead in the Bessemer
ditch, near Garlic park. on the 18th
inst. He had been missing for two
days.
The safe of the Black Hawk livery
stable a: Loadville was broken open
on the night Of May 18th and robbed
OF $3.50. The drawer above the one
that was pried open contained $500.
but this was not taken. The proprie-
tors of the stable are Edwards a Don.
men.
II is stated that John Brlsben Walk.
cr, Jr., son OF the publisher OF the Cos
mopolltan Magazine. is interested in
company that proposes to erect n
large hotel at Morrison. Denver peo.
pie are expected to patronize IL large
ly and It viii be advertised In the
East.
W. ]. Downing the ranchman who
shot Samuel G. McMullln at Grand
Junction, May llth, was taken before
Judge Joseph p Sweeney. charged
with attempt TO murder. He pleaded
not guilty and was bound over to the
District Court IN bail OF $500. Not
being able to secure bail. he was re-
manded back TO jail TO await trial.
]. c. Conway OF Buffalo. New York,
representing the Consolidated Oh and
Gas Company. arrived In Boulder on
A.. N,a Tha 4.
gas well Just east Of town. MIR. Con-
way gave an order for six miles OF FIVE
inch gas pipe. which is 10 be used TO
conduct the gus into town and to the
various customer, A contract was al
20 let 10 sink two additional wells near
the present one.
The Central District Christian En-
deavor convention at Cripple Creek
elected the following officers for the
ensuing year; President. L. II. Liy.
crmorc OF Colorad, Springs: vlco pres.
idcnJ J. H. Ryder Of Victor; treasur.
or. orno E, Tyler Of Cripple Creek.
Tho watchword of the meeting was
Denver '03." ana large delegation
Is assured for the big national con.
yontion In July.
The annual ora,orical contest Of rep
rcHcn,atiycs OF tho high schools OF Col
orado. arranged by the University OF
Colorado at Boulder. took place May
18th and was won by John Booth OF
the Colorado Springs hleh school, llar-
ry Howard OF Monte Vista won second
place. and Maurice Meyers OF Pueblo
received third The contest was wit.
messed by several hundred students Of
the different hlgh schools Of the ftato