The Elbert County tribune., 1903-05-14
COLORADO BRIEFS

At the school election in Boulder.
May 4th. It was voted to issue $50 900
In bonds for the erection OF two new
school buildings.
President Roosevelt's fifteen-minute
stop at Hugo and cowboy breakfast
with tin plate and cup. was the most
picturesque feature of his tour through
Colorado.
The total number OF pieces of bag
gage handled in the Union depot at
Denver during the month Of April was
71.941. as compared with $685. In
April, 1902.
All the cables of the Colorado Tele-
phone Company in Pueblo which have
been erected On poles. have now been
transferred to an underground system
OF conduits.
Nearly all the Inhabitants of Cobra
do Springs. Colorado City and Mani
tou greeted President Roosevelt at
Colorado Springs and the city was pro-
fusely decorated.
Citizens of Orchard Place and Cher
relyn, adjoining Denver on the south,
have petitioned the County Court OF
Arapahoe for incorporation - q town
to be called Englewood.
The Ell Paso County Humane Society
los dttidtd " bAft a bhfti ~
the police officer or agent of the So
ciety making the best record during
the year for humane acts.
Miss Dora Moore, principal of the
Corona school, in Denver. has been
presented by the mothers of some OF
her pupils with a sufficient sum to de-
fray her entire expenses on a trip to
Europe the coming summer.
w. C. Caldwell, who operated a small
dlstillery near Aguilar. was caught in
the machinery on the 8th inst and had
one arm nearly torn from the socket
He refused to have the arm amputated
and died from loss of blood.
Special Agent Tuft of the Humane
Society at Denver has taken charge of
fifteen-year-old Japanese girl. said
to have been purchased in Japan and
brought to Denver for immoral pur-
poses by Japanese woman.
Edgar r. Downs, formerly principal
of the North Side high school. Denver.
but for the past three years superin-
tendent of the city schools of Durango.
has been reelected for a fourth year
by the Durango School board.
There was a very large attendance
at the conference Of the Northeast dis
trict of the State Federation of Wom-
ans Clubs at Longmont May 9th. Ar
rangements were made to select def
mite lines of work for the ensuing year.
The comptroller of the currency has
issued certificate authorizing the
First National Bank of Fountain. Colo
RADIO. to commence business. The bank
has a capital stock of $25. 900. Gordon
Jones will be president and Clifton
George cashier.
Rural free delivery service will be es-
tablished July 1st from Longmont on
routes and 5. The length of the
routes is forty-seven miles. the area
covered sixty-nine square miles. the
population served S35. and the num-
ber OF houses on the routes 167.
Attention of the federal arborculture
experts has been called by the custo-
dians Of the South Platte forest reserve
to scourge that is destroying the pine
trees. 1t is supposed that some insect
is destroying the trees, OF which hun
dreds are turning yellow. The blight
appears to be spreading.
The War Department at Washington
has rejected all bids Tor the driving of
an artesian well at Fort Logan. near
Denver. the cost of which was to have
been about $1,000. 1t is stated that
none of the bids were In compliance
with the specifications. and that new
proposals Will be asked for.
jamestown, in Boulder county, is the
home of a new social lodge. This is
called the Grand Order of Antelopes.
Incorporation papers for the grand
lodge have been filed with the secre-
tary of state. According to the papers.
the lodge intends to organize subordi-
nate bodies IN all parts of the country.
Members will be required to be eight
cen years of age. Social and benefit
features are embodies in the order.
At Brighton. on the Sth inst, the
Jury in the trial q Robert Hubbard.
colored. charged with the murder OF
Adolph Cruetz, returned verdict of
murder in the second degree with rec
concentrations to the court for mercy.
On account of the recommendations of
the Jury, the court set aside the verdict
and Hubbard pleaded guilty to invol-
untary manslaughter and was SEN
fenced to serve not more than eight
years nor less than seven and one-half
years in the penitentiary.
f. r. Woodward and Lee A Rey-
nolds have organized a development
company to bore for oil at a point on
the line OF the Union Pacific fifty
miles from Denver and midway be-
tween Byers and Deer Trail. A town
site has been laid out. a municipality
| Incorporated under the nare OF Peoria,
and the corporation launched as the
Peoria Oil and Gas Company. Timbers
for the erection of derrick and the
necessary machinery for sinking a
s.OO0-foot shaft are on the ground at
Peoria.
John Harlan. twelve-year-old boy.
met with a horrible death on the Sth
| inst. at the ranch of his father. five
miles cast of Hoehne. some forty miles
| from Trinidad. The boy roped a steer