La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1904-12-21
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


The machinery Ii being set Mp fos
the new rubber extraction plant II Sa
Ida
The national convention OF the bill
postefs' organization Will be held In
Denver next year.
A company has been Incorporated In
Denver to manufacture ornamental ar.
ticlea from cactus dber.
Representative Bonynge has intro
duced in Congress . bill granting TO
Boulder a large tract Of land to be
owned and maintained by the city for
park purposes
The supervising architects oAAce At
Warrington has cAleld for bids which
win be opened December goth. for in
staliinx heating apparatus In the
Leadviile public building.
The international Epworth League
convention meets ut Denver next sum
mer. July 5th to sth. The national en-.
cAmpment OF the G. A. r. follows dur.
ing the nrst week In September.
Gen William J. Palmer has offered
q site and $3.50 cash for the erection
OF q home In Colorado Springs for the
detention of Juvenile deiinQuents In
the event that like amount he raised
elsewhere.
The report Of Warden John Cieg-
horn OF the state penitentiary will
show that among the inmates are
three school teachers. two lawyers.
two doctors. two actors. one banker
and one bartender
w. E Hood, conductor Of the Colo
rado l. Southern switch crew at Love
land Was run over by q loaded beet
car at the sugar factory on the sth
inst and literally cut to pieces Death
was instantaneous.
The following rural carriers have
been appointed for Colorado routes:
Dolores. regular. George s. Gardner;
substitute, Mamie Gardner. Mont
clair. regular. Felix T. Jones: substI
tute. James A Jones.
The application OF s. G. Hurst, }. c,
Twombly, Il. +. Twombly. d. w
Strong and q. b. kinsey TO organize
the First National Bank Of Brighton,
with SIS 900 capital. has been approved
by the comptroller OF the currency.
II became necessary n few days ago
for the MofYat road to borrow = snow
plow from the Colorado Midland To
clear the track between Mammoth and
Arrowhead An immense rotary. on its
way from the East. had not yet ar
rived.
More than 200 stores and ofices in
Colorado Springs were closed from
10:30 q. m. to ] o'clock on the 18th
inst. on account Of a great revival
meeting at the Temple theater under
the direction OF the Rev. J. Wilbur
Chapman.
The Colorado State Grange will
convene In Denver January 10th. 11th
and 18th, at Britannia hall. third door.
1899 Arapahoe street. An excellent
programme has been arranged. includ'
ing speakers from the State Agricul-
tural College.
The efforts Of the Young Mems
Christian Association OF Boulder 10
secure funds for the erection Of a
building are meeting with considerable
success The subject has been taken
up by the churches and numerous
pledges secured.
The mandamus proceedings brought
by the newly-eiected Officers OF Arapa-
hoe county to compel the omcials ap'
pointed by Governor Orman to vacate,
was heard at Golden by Judge DE
France and a verdict rendered in IA
vor OF the petitioners.
Three prisoners escaped from the
county Jail at Montrose on the night
Of the 18th inst. V. A. Laughlin. be-
ing held for obtaining money under
false pretenses: Alex Moore for forE
cry, and Paul Gregerson for burglary
broke the locks and got safely away.
Major William Cooke Daniels Of the
Daniels & Fisher Stores Company,
Denver. recently arrived at Singapore
in the British East Indies after year
spent In connection with scientific
expedition In the work OF exploring the
island OF Papua. New Guinea
While burning OF pasture land on
his ranch near Parlin few days age
Wilson Moore, q pioneer Of Gunnison
county. was overcome by the exertion
and fell into the flames. An Italian
with him quickly beat out the dre
around his body. but Moore was dead
The International Typographical I'm
ion has raised approximately $4,000 oi
the $50. 200 required for the erection
of the A. J. Cummings memorial build
ing, which will be built rs an annex tc
the Union Printers Home In Colorado
Springs. The value of the property
including $4,000 for eighty acres oi
improved land. is S237.137.ss.
Rev. Franklin Spencer Spaldins. rec
tor Of st. Paul's Episcopal Church OF
Erie, Pennsylvania. for the past nine
years. was consecrated bishop OF Salt
Lake. At Erie. on the 14th inst. Bishop
Spaiding's father. now deceased. was
consecrated bishop Of Colorado in the
same church as the son. almost ex
actly thirty-one years ago.
The Montrose City Council has
passed an ordinance calling for a spe
cial election to be held January 10th
| to vote on the issuance OF 100000 In
bonds. II issued, the money will b<
used to build an entirely new system
OF water works. A reservoir covering
1s0 acres OF land will be located or
! Cerro Summit. eighteen miles from
\ Montrose. Title to the site wa