The Elbert County tribune., 1903-10-01
COLORADO BRIEFS.

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In an attempt to loop the loop on
bicycle at Pueblo. few days ago.
Frank 1yers. young Bessemer lad.
fell and received some bad bruises
The Santa Fe has taken OF its Colo
rado and Missouri river flyers after
closing the most successful season yet
experienced. These trains are run to
accommodate summer travel.
Acting Secretary Ryan of the Interi-
or department has approved the selec-
tion 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-
ney of Denver, died of heart disease
on the night of Sept. oath. He went
to bed apparently in his usual health
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 Phil
adelphia.
C. w. Wells, engineer in charge OF
| the state wagon road to be built from
Durango to Oro Fino. has established
his camp midway between and has been
exploring the section to determine
upon route.
The postofices at Hotchkiss and Pa
onia, Colorado. are among those Or
dered to be advanced to the presiden-
tial grade October list, the postmas-
ters' salaries being fixed at Sl,lO0 and
81 200 respectively.
BY the caving In of the earthen root
of house eight miles east of Aguilar.
short time since, Elferino Aguilar,
- nd Gf neO-
pie more or less injured. Inc poy
died from suffocation.
The march OF improvement at Dem
ver 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 50
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 S1,OOO
for the maintenance of the new Carne-
gle library, Carnegie having agreed to
increase his donation of 100000 to slO,-
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 Sl50.00o. 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 sem
fenced a negro named Pervis 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 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 D. 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 "a, rs. 33 and "a, town
ship IL. range SO; Gunnison-Sections
Z, 8. II, is. 10 and 20. township IA
south. range So; and sections 81. 2S.
33 and "a, township IL south. range SO.
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quarrei over a matter involving $775,
| 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 objections
| to escape the bullets. Ragland 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 H. Grubb. Carbondale, as
| signor to G. w. Bowen, Pueblo. COM
| bined land roller and corrugator; John
| G. Leyner Denver, rock drilling sys-
| tenn: Harvey C. Lowrie Denver, means
for securing circular doors or covers
to castings; Edmund II. Lunken. Den
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 & Girls
| 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 f. Kaufman. of the large Colo
RADIO Springs department store CT