The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-22
COLORADO BRIEFS.

The Agricultural College has been
| admitted to the State O.atorical Asso-
citation.
Quite colony of beavers has just
| been discovered on the Arkansas river
close to Florence
| The Colorado Hardware Dealers AS
| sOciation will hold its annual conNeh~
tion at Denver February nth
The Colorado Telephone Company
completed its line to Grand Lake Jan
! uary l4th and opened an office.
Justice Ruby of Colorado Springs has
| sentenced George Whitfield. a coal
miner. to six months in jail for beating
his wife.
The Longmont postoftice receipts for
1903 reached the $4,000 mark, and free
mail delivery will be inaugurated after
| July /, 1904, when the government IFS
cal year commences.
| A big well at Galien. on the Burling-
ton road, caved in on the 18th inst. and
the entire pump house and engine dis
appeared. The well was twelve leet
square and 300 feet deep.
John Peterson was killed and Charles
Benson dangerously injured by an eX-
plosion of dynamite which they We're
thawng out at the Grant smelter dump
in Denver on the 18th inst.
Charles Andridge, awaiting trial in
the county Jail at Lamar on the charge
of passing forged checks. broke hole
through the wall on the 18th inst and
made his escape.
J. c. Craig was reelected president
of the Denver Citizens Alliance at the
recent annual meeting. The Alliance
| wnrLinp ,npIDhprS be-
| sides many associate members.
The fifth annual exhibition of the
Colorado Poultry Eanciers' Association
was opened in Denver Oh the 18th inst.
with remarkably fine display of all
the leading varieties.
The postoffce at University Park. in
the suburbs of Denver, near the Uni
versity of Denver. has been dscontin-
ued and the Park people will hereafter
get their letters from the Denver office
by carrier
The second smallest baby born in
this state arrived at the home OF MIR.
and Mrs. James w Graham of Coal
Creek few days ago. 1t weighs just
two pounds, but apparently is strong
and healthy.
John +. Shairoth, Jr.. son of Con-
Eressman Shafroth, is about to enter
the preparatory school OF the United
States Naval Academy AT Annapolis.
He has been a student in the East Den
yer high school.
The Farmer Club of Longmont has
asked the City Council for franchise
to run the apparatus for an independ-
ent telephone company in the streets
of the city. An exchange covering the
si nd Inr far tprrtpisV
proposed.
Arrangements are being made for a
big coyote roundup in the neighbor-
hood of Evans January eth. 1t is eX-
pected that upwards of a thousand peo-
pie will cover an area of some fifteen
square miles in section where coy
Otes abound.
Ex-Lieut Gov. David c. Coates has
left Denver to take charge of the Amer
lean Labor Union Journal. the official
paper of the American Labor union,
The paper is printed in Butte. Mont,
and Mr.. Coates will make his head
quarters in that city.
Jake Zipperan, tried at Durango for
the murder of Matt Luxsinger at Pine
River last November. was found guilty
and sentenced to the penitentiary for
life. Motion for a new trial was de-
MED. Fifty days time was allowed the
defense to file a bill of exceptions.
J. Rogers who was arrested at Red
Cliff under the belief that he was
George Seigrist. wanted in Clear Creek
county as one OF the defendants in the
sun and Moon conspiracy case, cstab-
Iished his identity and was discharged
from custody with many apologies for
the mistake.
The Denver Real Estate Exchange
has ratified the action of its advertising
committee in merging the Colorado
Press Bureau of Information with the
newly formed Colorado Bureau of Pub
licity. which is raising a fund of So
O0O to advertise the state at the St
Louis Exposition,
The supervising architect of the
Treasury Department expects that the
Denver Mint will be turned over to the
department about July lst, when the
present government assay Office in
Denver will be moved into it, The
coinage machinery will be exhibited at
the St Louis Exposition before being
installed in the mint.
X. r McGregor. for niue years chief
of the Fort Collins Fire Department
has retired from the position and is
succeeded by John Cameron. a valuable
gold watch and chain were presented to
Mr. McGregOr as a token of the high
esteem in which he was held by the
members of the department.
owing to alleged lack of funds the
county commissioners of Pueblo coun-
ty have discontinued the Office known
as the juvenile court officer and de
posed the Rev. A. A. Hoskin, who has
for several months been serving in
that capacity. Since the establishment
of the court about 500 juveniles have
leen looked after by the officer.
Alexander Bracci the Italian scuIp-
tor who killed John Bogota. a bartend-
cr. in front of a Market street saloon
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