The Dolores star., 1903-05-15
COLORADO BRIEFS

Leadv1lle has rock-pickihs pees es
cry Sunday afternoon to clear the
ground for the new race track.
Congressman H. NJ. Hogg OF the Sec
ond district is arranging to change his
place of residence from Telluride to
Pueblo.
At the school election in Boulder,
May 4th, ii was voted to issue $3o.ooo
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 6G,955 In
April. 1902.
All the cables of the Colorado Tele-
phone Company in Pueblo which nave
been erected on poles. have now been
transferred to an underground system
OF conduits.
Nearly all the inhabitants of Colpra-
do Springs, Colorado City and Mani
tou greeted President Roosevelt at
Colorado Springs and the city was pro-
fusely decorated.
Citizens Df Orchard Place and Cher
relyn, adjoining Denver on the south.
have petitioned the County Court OF
Arapahoe for incorporation as town
to be called EnglewooG.
The Ell Paso County Humane Society
has decided 20 give a silver medal to
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 sufficient sum to de-
fray her entire expenses on trip to
Europe the coming summer.
w. C. Caldwell. who operated a small
distillery near Aguilar. was caught in
the machinery on the Sth 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
a 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 fourth year
by the Durango School board.
There was 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 capital stock of $25,OOO. Gordon
Jones will be president and Clifton
George cashier
Rural free delivery service will be es-
tablished July LIST from Longmont on
routes and S. The length of the
routes is forty-seven miles. the area
covered sixty-nine square miles. the
population served 1886. 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 hum
dreds are turning yellow. The blight
appears to be spreading.
The War Department at Washington
has rejected all bids for 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 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 8th inst, the
jury in the trial of 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 verdic,
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-hal1
years in the penitentiary.
F. R. Woodward and Lee A. Rev.
nolds have organized development
company to bore for oil at point or
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, municipalit,
incorporated under the name of Peoria
and the corporation launched as the
Peoria Oil and Gas Company. Timber.
for the erection of derrick and tn.
necessary machinery for sinking {
3.000-foot shaft are on the ground al