The Dolores star., 1903-10-02
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Bishop Matx.
In an attempt to loop the loop on
bicycle at Pueblo. a few days ago.
Frank Byers, young Bessemer lad,
fell and received some bad bruises
The Santa Fe has taken on LIS Colo
RADIO and Missouri river flyers aites
closing the most successful season yet
experienced. These trains are run 10
accommodate summer travel
Acting Secretary Ryan Of the interi-
or department has approved the seiec-
ton of the Union Pacific Land Com
pany's list No. 81 to 144.41S acres OF
land in the Denver land district.
Allen b. Seaman. prominent attor-
rey of Denver, died of heart disease
on the night of Sept. 24th. He went
to bed apparently in his usual heaith
and was found dead in the morning.
Miss Alfredo Stebbins. late of Lin
coin. Nebraska, has been elected IL
brarian at Fort Collins. She Is an ex-
perienced librarian, having taken
regular course in library work in Phii-
adelphia.
C. w. Wells, engineer in charge OF
the state wagon road to be built IRON
Durango to ORC Fino, has established
his camp midway between and has beeh
exploring the section to determine
upon a route.
The postotfices at Hotchkiss and Pc
onia. Colorado, are among those or
dered to be advanced to the presiden-
tiaI grade October lst, the postmas-
ters' salaries being fixed at $1,lO0 and
$1,000 respectively.
Of hn a n
of a house eight miles east of Aguilar.
n short time since. Elferino Aguilar.
aged IL. was killed and six grown peo-
pie more or less injured. The poy
died from suffocation.
The march of Improvement at Den
yer has driven the Volunteers OF Amer
lea out of their headquarters on Lari-
mer street. which the owners wish TO
remodel, and the Volunteers are now
searching for new location.
In Justice Ruby.s court at Colorado
Springs, William Roberts was fined %
and costs on each of three charges OF
selling tobacco to children under six
teen years of age. Roberts pleaded
guilty to all charges and paid total Of
S3375.
The Pueblo City Council has voted to
spend each year an additional $l,OOa
for the maintenance of the new Carne-
gle library. Carnegie having agreed to
increase his donation of 100000 to $7O,-
900 If the council would make this in
crease.
The International Onyx and Marble
Company. composed of Denver and
English capitalists. has purchased the
Big Bug onyx fields for $15O.0O0. The
beds are extensive and furnish the
translucent sea-green onyx. They are
located near Mayer, Arizona.
In the District Court at Durango. on
September 21st. Judge Russell SEN
fenced negro named Pcrvis to not
less than four nor more than six years
at hard labor, and Ralph Smalley to
fourteen to sixteen months for shoot
ing Ed Lazarus in the ankle.
Rocky Ford is soon to have a new
bank known as the First National
Bank of Rocky Ford The charter has
been applied for to the Washington
authorities and the bank will probably
be in operation inside of thirty days
1t will have capital of $4,000.
General Frank ID. Baldwin. COM
mander of the Department of the Col
orado. has Just returned from attend
ing reunion of the Nineteenth Mich
igan infantry at Otsego. Michigan
General Baldwin has been for twenty
years president of the regimental asso-
citation.
The registers and receivers at Lead
vile and Gunnison have been ordered
TO withdraw from all forms of entry
the following described lands. on ac-
count of irrigation projects: Lead
ville-Sections %. 2S. 33 and "a. town
ship u, range SO; Gunnison-Sections
Z. 8. II. IS. 19 and 20. township IA
south. range 50; and sections 27, IS,
80 and "a, township II south, range SO.
AT Leadville q few days ago. In a
quarrei over matter involving $7.75.
Joseph Coplin, white. emptied his re-
volver at John Ragland, colored, but
failed to hit him or any OF the people
on the street, who ran in all directions
to escape the bullets. Ragand had
Coplin arrested on the charge of as
sault with a deadly weapon, and Cop
lin swore out warrant charging the
negro with robbery.
Patents have recently been granted
to residents of Colorado as follows:
Eugene II. Grubb. Carbondale, as
signor to G. w. Bowen, Pueblo, COM
bined land roller and corrugator; John
q. Leyner. Denver. rock drilling sys-
tenn; Harvey c. Lowrie. Denver, means
for securing circular doors or covers
to casings; Edmund II. Lunken, Dem
yer, window; Philip X. Morcom and
w. G. Schaffer, Denver, self-cleaning
oil burner
On the night of September Goth OIL
yer Creswell. clerk in Barnum & Gris-
wold's hardware store at Trinidad. was
awakened by two burglars who had
broken into the store, where he was
sleeping. He shot and killed one of
them with shotgun and wounded the
other. who escaped. A file and some
steel saws were found on the person
OF the dead burglar. but he was not
identified.
Moses + Kaufman nr tho ,.... 90,