The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-06-23
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

in Boulder county has been raised
Sill. 455 over last year.
Superintendent Frank Harris OF the
Burlington railroad recently placed
10000 trout in the North fork OF the
st. Vrain river at Lyons.
The summer school of the Colorado
Normal School has begun work with
an excellent attendance. The school
will continue six week. closing July
22d.
Rev. Robert F. Coyie, pastor of. the
Central Presbyterian Church OF Dem
yer. has accepted position as member
of the board OF trustees OF Colorado
College.
Corporations must pay taxes upon
their franchises under the revenue law
of 1902. according to the decision hand
ed down by Judge NJ. s. Bailey OF Free
mont county.
Edward Gibbons. the -year-old
son of Dennis Gibbons of Denver. who
was bitten by vicious dog few days
ago. has been sent to Chicago to be
treated at the Pasteur Institute.
The total assessed valuation of cor
poration property in Pueblo is about
s3.5oo.000. The property Of the Santa
Fe is valued at 81 .01S.994 and that OF
the Rio Grande at S1,472, 100.
Detective Samuel II. Enrich. who
was convicted Of the murder OF VIII
liam Malone. saloonkeeper, in Den
yer. has been sentenced to term OF
fourteen to sixteen years in the peni-
Tertiary.
Harry White. a ranchman living two
miles from Longmont, was killed on
the 18th inst. by a stroke of lightning
while at work irrigating a field. He
leaves a widow and two children, the
youngest but nine days old.
The Colorado Springs Joint agency OF
the Western Passenger Association re-
ports more than 1.l00 tickets on deposit
up to June 18th. gain of 202 over tho
same period last year Most OF the tour
lists are from Chicago and Missouri riv-
er points.
w. W. Wolf and wife of Boulder
have returned from trip to Palestine.
having gone as delegates to Jerusalem
with a steamboat load of other dele
gstes to the International Sunday
School convention, which was held
there last May.
Beekeepers in Boulder county are
well pleased with the outlook for a big
crop OF honey this year. ii. C. Moore
house has $50 stands of bees. all doing
nicely and from the present outlook he
will be able to ship a carload of honey
by September. Other beekeepers report
similar prospects.
The residence of +. w. Brush, county
assessor at Buena Vista. was struck by
lightning during an electric storm on.
the 18th inst. and the chimney torn
from the wall. His wife and six-year-
old daughter were severely shocked,
the latter being badly burned about the
chest and arms.
Leslie w. Popejoy has Withdrawn his
claim against the W. s. Stratton es-
tate from the probate division OF the
County Court in Colorado Springs and
announces that he will institute a suit
for sS.000000 in the District Court He
alleges partnership with Stratton at.
the time his great discoveries we're
made.
The experimental station owned by
Nicola Tesla on Knob hill, at Colo
RADIO Springs. and which was recently
attached to satisfy judgment for $3.50
will not be sold by the sheriff The
Colorado Springs Electric Company, In
whose favor the judgment was given,
has received check from Mr.. Tesla
covering the amount of the bill.
After the authorities refused to as
sumo any responsibility for the safety
OF the Cleora wagon bridge crossing the
Arkansas river two miles east of Sail
da. the torch was applied to 1t by I'M
known parties. II was regarded as dan
gerous and its condition attracted spe-
cial attention after the fall of the foot
bridge at Salida ON Memorial Day.
County Attorney L. Z. HubbelI of
Pueblo county is planning to test the
right of Judge of the County Court
to order the treatment of those ed.
dicted to the habitual use of intoxicat-
ing liquors at the expense OF the
county. The county commissioners
have recently refused to pay bills in
CURED in this way and the matter will
be appealed to the District Court for
q final decision.
William Z. Harmon, town marshal
and also deputy sheriff of Pitkin, was
shot and almost instantly killed on the
10th inst, by Timothy Sullivan, whose
wife had sent for Marshal Harmon to
protect her. Sullivan just before the
shooting had made threats of beating
his wife and the entire neighborhood
in the vicinity OF his home was dis
turbed. Sullivan and his wife had been
separated for some time.
During an electric storm at Idaho
Springs on the night of June 18th the
family OF Elmer Gustafson had a mar
row escape from death by lightning.
Their home, situated on Spion Kopje,
south of Idoho Springs. was struck by
lightning and the four inmates knocked
to the floor. but not seriously injured.
The electric light wires were fairly torn
from the building. the windows demol-
ished and one side of the cottage badly
wrecked.
Sheriff Andrew SHndberg of George
town was in Idaho Springs on the 18th
inst. serving subpoenas on forty-slx
witnesses for the Sun and Moon dyna-