The Dolores star., 1903-10-30
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Inc Pixies Peak poultry show will
De held at Colorado Springs, Decem-
per loth, 11th and 18th. There will also
be dog show.
w. u. Ryan, Denver printer, will
sell his printing establishment and
Walk all the way from Denver to New
health. "''
The Conejos OIL Company of Flor
ence has just closed contract In the
'own OF Manassas for the drilling of
with water.
Moritz Barth, a Denver pioneer who
mas accumulated great wealth through
the rise in real estate. has sold ali his
Denver holdings and will remove with
MS family to Boston.
Miss HOnora de Busk of Trinidad,
colorado. who has been working as a
congregational missionary among the
Indians of New Mexico, is in New Eng
land on preaching tour.
James A. Layton, one of the pio-
neers Of Mesa county, died at Grand
Junction, October 23d. He was promi-
nent in city and county affairs from
the first settlement of the valley.
b. w. Lewis. proprietor OF the La
veta hotel at Gunnison, died suddenly
October 23d. While apparently in the
best Of health he was attacked with
sudden illness and lived only a few
hours
The Carbonate Variety Theater at
Leadville was burned on the morning
OF October 20th, the building and con-
tents being totally destroyed. The en-
tire loss is about $4,000, with no in
surance.
Companies E and G of the Fifth
United States cavalry arrived at Fort
Logan. near Denver, October 21st un-
der the command Of Maj. C. II. Watts.
They will be stationed there during
the winter.
A San Diego, California. dispatch
says that DIR. w. T.. Cowell, of Grand
Junction. Colorado, who was commit
ted to the southern California insane
asylum some six weeks ago, has been
discharged as cured.
The contract for constructing the
new Delta water system will not be let
at present, the City Council having re-
jected the proposition submitted by Mr..
Whitelaw, for the sale of the Dough-
spoon water rights owned by him.
In a cowboy tournament at Glen
wood Springs October 18th and 18th
the prizes for broncho busting were
awarded as follows: First, o. l.. Grims-
ley; second. A. Moore; third, Herb.
Thompson; fourth, Marsh Nuckolls.
The report of Gustave Krause, the
Denver expert who has been examining
the city books at Pueblo. indicates a
shortage of over $4,000 in the ac-
counts of w. L. Smith while City
Clerk. No license register was kept.
T. ID. A. Cockerell. of London, later
secretary of the Colorado Biological
Association, and one Of the most noted
biological scientists in the world, has
been secured by Colorado College to
compile the fauna and flora of Colo
RADIO.
]. p. Glass, who represents the Mis-
souri, Pacific railway at Pagosa
Springs, recently visited Denver to try
to secure more freight cars. Many
car loads of lumber and wool are
awaiting shipment with few cars to be
had.
General William ]. Palmer of Colo
RADIO Springs, has donated $4,000 to
the Salt Lage Y. NJ. c. A. Part of the
money will be used for a railroad build
ing at Salt Lake. and the remainder
for similar structure at Helper,
Utah.
Charles E. Gibler OF Debeque has in
stituted proceedings to attempt to re-
cover $4,000 of money out Of which he
claims to have been swindled in a
fake horse race scheme by Ed. Mccoy,
A. Lounger and G. C. Ryan. of Poca-
tello, Idaho.
On Thursday, October 22d, Miss No
ra Gaynor, who had recently arrived
In Denver from Boulder, stepped of
an electric car while it was In rapid
motion and was killed. The accident
seems to have been due to a temporary
alteration of mind.
Five hundred men, whose sole busi-
ness is the endeavor to divert immi-
grafton to farm lands in the Middle
and Southwest have agreed to make
party tour of Colorado next May. OF
ficially they are agents for the Missou-
ri Pacific immigration Bureau. an ad-
junct of the Gould railway system.
In a shooting ARRAY at Sans Spur,
ten miles north of Placervillea n San
Miguel county, October 24th, Roe Car
rail- shot Henry Knowles three times
with a shotgun, the cause Of the en-
counter being dispute over cattle.
The wounds were considered danger
ous.. Carrall at once started for Ridg-
way to give himself up.
Saturday, October GATH. was mem
orable day in the annals of Colorado
football. The University of Denver