The state herald., 1904-03-25
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

10th at Loveland, with one carrier.
The members of the Durango City
Council has united in requesting Con
gresham Hog to support the forest re
serve bill.
The Denver team of the Western
Baseball League will be brought to-
gether in Denver, March 25th to be-
gin practice
The shaft house of the Gunnell mine
near Central City was burned on the
18th inst. The loss is estimated at
$4,000 or upward.
1t is expected that as many as twen-
ty-fiye Colorado high schools will be
represented at the state interscholas-
tic athletic contest this spring.
Roy NJ. Rose, aged nineteen years.
who lived with his father, f. M. Rose.
four miles from La Junta, shot and
killed himself on the evening of the
10th inst.
The State Preparatory School ca
diets at Boulder have been granted per-
mission to use the tenrs and equip
ment Of the state militia for spring
encampment.
The University of Colorado has fin
twelve men to compete at the inter
collegiate athletic meet at Colorado
Springs May 7th.
1t is reported that the Steamboat
Springs Town Company has given an
option upon its interests in the town.
which include all the hot springs and
much other property.
A company from Kalamazoo, Michi-
gan, has taken long lease on the
Manhattan Beach summer resort in
Denver and proposes to- make extern
sive improvements.
The Oldest inhabitant has (been)
turned up at Durango. Workmen in
excavating for n building found what
is believed to be the fore-crown and
face of an Aztec skull.
The bucket tram at the Sufiield coal
mine, near Bowen, Las Animas coun-
ty, has been completed. 1t is 5000
feet long and has sixteen buckets, 200
feet apart. with capacity of half
ton each.
Samuel Wade. who for several years
represented the counties OF Gunnison.
Pitkin. Montrose, Delta and Mesa in
the Colorado Legislature. died at his
home in Blaine in the state OF Wash
ington on the 18th inst.
At wedding celebration In Denver
where liquor was provided for the
guests, two fourteen-year-old boys
stole In and took enough to become
drunk. which led to their arrest and
confinement in the city jail.
The Loup Reservoir Company has
been Incorporated By John Il. Law,
Bruce G. Eaton and Ellis Smith. to
build reservoir covering ninety.twd
acres near Greeley. the water being
taken from the Cache la Poudre river
There is said to be a prospect Of the
early resumption OF the Overland Cot
ton Mills at Denver. which went into
the hands OF trustee in bankruptcy
January 2lst. When in full operation
the mills can give employment to 500
people.
The Pueblo City Council grant
cd an extension of the franchise
OF the Pueblo and lnterurban Railway
Company. which secured franchise
about a year ago to build and operate
street railway along Mesa avenue
and other streets,
At meeting Of the farmers Of
South Boulder and Boulder valley at
Jackson's Resort, two miles east OF
Boulder. resolutions were adopted ap.
proving the application for right OF
way for the proposed Denyer-Boulder
street car line.
Frank GILL who Is being held TO the
July term Of the District Court to an
swer to charge Of numbering Alfred
Sayles on February 7th. has been re-
moved from Sterling on account OF the
weakness Of the Logan county jail and
Will be confined In the Jail at Denver.
J. +. Harris, a convict at tho State
Reformatory at Bueua Vista. escaped
on the afternoon OF the 10th inst, dur.
ing a binding snow storm. lie was
working In the carpenter shop and had
asked permission 10 put ON a pair OF
oycralls over his stripes. This done
he went outside on some preteNt. and
disappeared,
The Henry Electric Equipment Com.
pany. owner OF the Henry patents for
sclfllghting railroad and street cars
by electricity, will erect n large fac
tory In Denver for the manufacture Of
the electric appliances. The ilrHt In
vestment will Involve 100000, II will
be Increased ns the needs OF the bust
ness may require,
The Board Of County Commissioners
Of Garfield county has requested State
Engineer Carpenter 10 roRdvcrtiso for
bids for state bridge 10 be built
across Grand river a few miles below
Rife Bids were received some time
nFo. but the board ot construction
considered them excessive aud refused
90 let contract.
sixteen male students went 20 the
Colorado Springs High School on St.
PntricKs bay In very loud" green
costumes and refused 20 leave when or,
dorod 10 do 30 by the superintendent
But they wore induced By the police
TO take a free ride In the patrol wagon
10 the city lookup whore they We're rc,
leased hftor being warned not 10 70
peat the oitonsc.
The June meet Of tho DcnyoroYor.
land Racing Association nt Denver ho'
glns June 18th and lasts until July ith.
The prize offoru amount 10 fi0.0 In
purses ard specials and will attract
a large number Of very fast trottcra
and PAGERS Among the stakes are
three for $1,000 each and one for
81 800 There will hc four or more
running races each day,
AT Pubolo on tho night of tho 10Th
inst. Frank A. AlHln was olcCtrucutod
by shock received from the wire
rome extending from an are liFht TO a
poi1 On OfmHn avenue The HIGHT had