The Springfield herald., 1903-04-10
COLORADO BRIEFS.

SiOlQen are considering lie p'oJSSe ~
erecting a Woodmen temple provided
suitable location can be seSapsd~- >
The stockmen and cowboys of Hugo
want President Roosevelt to stop and
accept their hospitality for twenty-five
minutes on the morning OF May Atm.
The Colorado Editorial association
and the Arkansas Valley Press asso-
citation will hold Il joint midsummer
meeting at Glenwood Springs, June 9Th
and 9th.
Permits for the erection OF new
buildings to the value of $572.395 were
taken out in Denver last month. rms
is considerable increase over the
same period last year.
John A. Randall of Newton. Kansas,
in behalf of the Midland National
bank of that town. has taken posses
sion of the plant of the Evening Star
at Cripple Creek, under mortgage.
The Denver Retail Grocers Associa-
tion is making elaborate preparations
to entertain $4,000 people at their com
ing Pure Food Show to be given at
Coliseum hall in Denver from April ~
to May 2.
The sixth biennial convention of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen VIII
meet in Denver May 10th, and an at
tendance of delegates and their fami-
lies to the number of 5000 or more Is
expected.
The first practice game of the season
between the Denver and Colorado
Springs baseball clubs was played at
the Springs, March 29th and resulted
in a victory for the Denvers by score
of 16 to 10.
The people of Montclair, one OF the
suburban towns that are or are not
included in the newly created county
of Denver. are taking steps to have
the question of jurisdiction brought pe-
fore the Supreme Court.
Anthony Bott has offered free site
for the $4,000 public library building
to be built by Andrew Carnegie in Col
orado City. The site is on the south
side of the city Other offers will be re-
ceived by the City Council before ac-
cepting.
Mrs. Laura McRayFrantz, aged So
years. committed suicide by inhaling
chloroform at the American house in
Denver on the night of March 29th.
She had lost a fortune in the failure OF
the Wheeler Frantz McRay Furniture
Company.
The strike of the Cooks and
Walters union. by which most of the
big restaurants and some of the small
ones were closed. hit several hundred
Denver men below the belt. They
called it foul. but there was no fowl
at the restaurants.
Six girls. ranging in age from thir-
teen to eighteen years. were before the
Police Court in Pueblo, April list. on
the charge of shoplifting. They con-
fessed that for several months they
had been taking dry goods from the
large stores in the city.
The new road from Loveland to
Estes Park is being pushed by large
force of men. About $50 men are
working on the road work in the
Thompson canon and it is believed that
this road will be completed to the
park by the first of July.
AT Trinidad. Judge J. G. Northcutt
has handed down decision in the case
of the People versus Walter G. Moss.
manager of the Trinidad Opera house,
in which he sustains the defendant.
and holds that the law against Sunday
theaters is unconstitutional
President Dan Macdonald and Sec
retary Smith, of the American FEEDER
alton of Labor. have issued an official
call for the sixth annual convention
of that organization to convene in
Denver May and continue until all
business has been completed
George Norris, the colored man who
took the money from the safe at the
Denver Club. was sentenced on the 31st
ult. by Judge Mullins to serve from
one to four years in the penitentiary.
Thomas Harris. also colored, was dis
missed for turning states evidence.
Willis Sweet, who was resident of
Denver in 1879 and became well known
at Leadville and other parts of the
state. has been named by Senator Hey
burn of Idaho. who was requested by
the President to suggest man for the
appointment, to be attorney general of
Porto Rico.
A Denver Republican correspondent
says that farmers in the great wheat
belt adjacent to Monte VISTA stimulat-
ed by the prospect of an abundance of
water for irrigation, are putting in an
unprecedented acreage of grain this
spring, counting on the biggest harvest
ever gathered
Charles M. Waters of Denver has
been designated acting superintendent
of the division of salaries and allow
ances for the postoffice department at
Washington, to succeed Superintend-
ent Beavers, who resigned several days
since Mr.. Waters is considered one OF
the experts in the department.
A syndicate of Denver and Boston
capitalists has purchased 11.O00 acres
of land in Estes Park. together with
about 10000 acres of range lands. com
prising the former holdings of the Earl
of Dunraven and of the Estes Park
Land and Improvement Company. 1t
is proposed to build a hotel and sana-
torium. and also to conduct a large
general store.