The Springfield herald., 1903-11-06
COLORADO BRIEFS.

ty. died October 2Sth of pneumonia. He
reached the Grand valley on the same
day that the Indians left.
Prof. II. Chester Crouch. head of the
department of mechanical engineering
at the University of Colorado, died at
Boulder, October 29th of typhoid fever,
after an illness of about month.
In the automobile races at Denver
October 2yth. Barney Oldheld, with his
racer. the Gordon Bennett, made three
new records: Five miles, 4:45H; ten
miles, 9:34H; fifteen miles, 14:24A.
John Rodell. an old-time prospector
and miner, died October 2Sth at his
cabin, on Spring creek, near Creede
He was well known in Summitville.
Bonanza and in the San Juan country.
The beautiful new chapel at the
Oakes Consumptives' Home in Denver
was dedicated by Bishop Olmstead on
October 26th. The cost of the building
Is about 100000 and 1t comfortably
seats 200 people.
The report of Secretary E. E. Car
rington OF the Colorado Springs Asso-
ciated Charities. shows that the total
receipts for the year were $5,5S7. O2;
number of meals furnished, 1l,OlO, and
number of beds, 3,400.
1
Pueblo who appeared before Justice
of the Peace Hart for trial on charge
of embezzling 5000 of the city's money.
was dismissed by motion of Assistant
District Attorney Wells.
The University of Colorado is to
have two interstate debates this year.
One Is to be with the University OF
Texas and the other with the Univers-
lty of Kansas The Kansas Colorado
debate comes to Boulder this year.
II. X. Sullivan, fifth vice president
of the International Brotherhood of
Transfers, has been in Denver for
some time, laboring to perfect the local
organization. Out of 5000 teamsters
he found only about 800 organized.
C. E. Wantland, land agent for the
Union Pacific, has received a letter
from Commander Frederick Booth
Tucker. who thanks the real estate men
/, Of Denver for providing cow for the
Cherry Tree Home in Amity.
The management of the Overland
Racing Association will offer a purse
of 1900 for 2:20 trotters at the meet
ing to be given in Denver next June.
This is but one of a number OF cpecial
purses that will be offered during the
meeting.
Morley A. Howard, Denver Rio
Grande fireman living at Denver, was
struck on the head by a water crane at
the Castle Rock watering tank October
29th, and knocked off the cab, falling
under the train, which cut of both his
legs. killing him instantly.
The comptroller of the currency has
issued certificate authorizing the
| First National Bank of Walsenburg.
| CoI- hue NO
bank will employ capital of $4,000.
Fred o. Roof will be president and
James B. Dick, vice president.
At its meeting in Colorado Springs
the Colorado State Baptist Association
elected DR.. b. E. Harl president for the
ensuing year, and w. p. Pope corre-
spending secretary. The sum of 81 900
was raised in few minutes to make
up the deficiency in the state mission
fund.
The following Colorado postmasters
were appointed October 2sth: Boreas.
Summit county, Albert NJ. Dow, vice
John w. Soper. resigned; Eden Pueblo
county, Isham NJ. Barnard, vice F. H.
| Cunningham, resigned; Lees, Pueblo
county. Joseph C. Lees, vice Percy
Lees. dead.
~ Laramie Wyoming, dispatch. OF
| October 26th says: Mrs. Annie Burns
| of Denver and Jacob May of Laramie
were married here to-day. The bride
secured a divorce from John Burns,
her fourth husband. in Denver few
months ago. Mr.. May has been mar
ried three times.
A Denver jury has awarded judg
ment of $500 against a clairvoyant,
Madam Georgiana Astle, alias Short
house, alias Lowell, in favor OF Mary
| A. Campbell. whom the clairvoyant in
claimed to be worthless piece Of al
legged mining property near Fairplay.
Gordon NJ. Fathergill. near Fort Col
lins. has Just gathered phenomenal
onion crop From sixteen acres he
harvested 5000 sacks of saleable on
| ions, anaverage of 1926 sacks to the acre.
From one measured piece OF ground
containing one and one-fourth acres,
he took AGO sacks Of fine onions.
Drs. H. w. Hoagland and c. F. Card
iner of Colorado Springs have been
| taking the blood pressure of several OF
| the Colorado College athletes, meas
| urements being taken before and after
| football practice, with an eye to dis
cerning the effect of exercise in high
altitude.
At Delta October 31st, at a special
meeting of the City CouncA, 1t was de-
cided to purchase a decree of four feet
| of water from George H. Whitelaw for
| $1,000 The water is for the use of the
| new city water plant which will be a
| gravity system and will afford an am
| pie supply for 5000 inhabitants.
Steps have been taken in Denver to
organize Colorado Society for the
| Friendless. The Society for the
| Friendless is a non-partisan, non-sec-
tartan, interdenominational, inter
state org;t ization, laboring for the
prevention and cure of crime. The So
ciety now operates leagues in the pris-
ons of Kansas, Missouri. Oklahoma,
| Colorado, New Mexico and in Utah;
around every city and county Jail the
society endeavors to organize COM
mittee to look after both the spiritual
and temporal needs of the prisoners.
At their meeting in Denver the di-
rectors of the Society for the Friend
less organized by choosing William
NJ. Danner president, the Rev. David
Utter vice-president. the Rev. Mona
Brooks secretary. Judge Ben b. Lind
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