The Grit-advocate., 1903-11-06
COL OR ADO BRIEF S.

As a hospital lUr the county SILK ...
poor.
f. ". Johnson. one Of the puu,... -
and prominent citizens OF Delta co .
", died October 18th OF pneumonia ..-
reached Tho Grand valley On rhe sa..u
day that the Indians lett
A free employment office has .
opened III the Office Of The police ..-
tron OF the city jail in Denver. ...
services of the Office will be free to ak
unemployed persons in the city
Prot. II. Chester Crouch. head OF the
department of mechanical engiuceI.--
at the University OF Colorado died d.
Boulder October 29th OF typhoid tcycg.
after an illness of about month.
In the automobile races at Den pr
October 18th. Barney Oldfcld. with has
racer, the Gordon Bennett. made IL .,r
new records. Five miles, 4.+5i., 'uu
miles. J:3+l2, fifteen miles, II a.
John RodelI. an O!d-tIme prospep..r
and miner, died October 18th at AIS
cabin, on Spring creek near Greco.
He was well known in SummItNl.",
bonanza and in the san Juan COun rs.
At Denver and many other place i'm
northern Colorado a brilliant dIsplay ut
aurora bOrealis was seen by the few
people who happened to be out Of doors
about 4 o'clock on the morning Of Sal
urday, October 3lst.
Former City CLERK W. l.. Smith I
Pueblo, who appeared before Jusr..r
Of the pcac" Hart for trial on a charg-
of eubeZzing $500 OF the city's mou,s.
tiisr,iGg.I I,,rn of A -F.r.. .r
District Attorney Wells.
The management of the Overland
Racing Association will offer purs"
OF $500 Tor 20 trotters at the mr'f-
ing to be given in Denver next June
This is but one OF a number Of special
purses that will be offered during the
meeting.
Morley A. Howard, a Denver 4 RIO
Crande fireman living at Denver. wa-
struck on the head by "A water crane al
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 a certificate authorizing The
First National Bank of Walscubure.
Colorado. to begin business. The U,W
bank will employ a capital of $50,u'n
Fred o. Root will be president and
James b. Dick. vice president.
At its meeting in Colorado Springs
the Colorado State Baptist Association
elected Dr. B Z. Harl president tor he
ensuing year, and W. p. Pope CORE
spending secretary. The sum of 81 WDU
was raised in Il few minutes to maxi"
up the deficiency i'll the state mission
fund.
The Kilton mill in Boulder has been
purchased by the Great Western Bri X.
Tile and Pottery Company, of when
Professor \. b. Langridge is pres dCul,
and will be utilized for the mauufar-
ture OF all kinds of brick tile and other
sunshine district
Manager Sells Of the Mauttou &
Pixies rcak Cog Road Company. has
been in conference with Manager TaT
of the Pixies Peak Hydro-ElecrrIc Com
pany. which has immense power
houses in the vicinity Of Maniruu. IN
regard to the project of running rhe
cars of the road by electricity. and
Mr. Taft pronounccs the plan 10 De
feasible.
In the federal court at Pueblo Oc-
tOber 21th. Judge iaIlett sentenced NJ.
IalesQuCS to SIX months in the county
Jail and to pay a fine of 500 Tor sell
ing liquor to Indians. J. {. Bradley.
who pleaded guilty Of impersonating
Il United States detective for the rur-
pose of securing money. was sentenced
to three years in the government pris-
on at Fort Leavenworth.
Manager George b. Tripp Of The
Colorado Springs Electric Company.
summoned as an expert witness betLre
Appraiser Elstun of the StrattOn estate.
appraised the value of the Colorado
Springs street railway exclusive of he
real estate at Si15,?5j. This embraces
tnirty-siX miles of track. all overhead
appliances, apparatus and machinery.
together with the cars and track.
The Rocky Ford correspondent, of he
Denver News says: The final returns
are all in for the Canllloup"s shipped
from Rocky Ford station the past sea
son. The amount paid tn" growers was
little over $1UO.OUU. NewdaIe. three
miles east OF Rocky Ford, reports
about $35 900 for the crop Of hat vi
cinity Wictzer, four miles wesr. a
new shipping station, shipped melons
TO the value Of Sl2.5VQ
The Colorado Fuci and Iron Com
pany at Pueblo has begun anew the
| construction of reservoir 80. .. and
several hundred men and teams with
| large grading machines are employed.
| I he reservoir is located on Sa,. Creek.
| three miles from Lake Mnupgua, and
when completed will be on, If the
largest bodies of water in the state 1t
/ will be one mile wide and nearly thro"
miles in length. The water WIIl b" ia
| ken from the St. Charles and Arkansas
( rivers.
David Jones. master mechanic in the
. shops Of the Manltuu d fTk"s Peak
| Cog RoaL Company. is working on d
iorty-eigiS horse power gasoline auto
| mobile, in which he expects rD make
. the trip TO the summit OF tn, peal, in
. forty minutes The train rrIrs ono