The Dolores star., 1904-12-30
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

The Boulder-C Colorado sanitarium At
Boulder will take NO consumptive pa
tients after January 1st.
Texas IL said to be planning for
1000 visitors to the Denver Epworth
League convention In July. 1905.
The Colorado Telephone Company
has increased its capital stock from
$5.000.0 900 to 10000. 900. In view Of ex-
tensive improvements.
The Durango weather bureau once
has its equipment all In place and the
first observation was telegraphed to
the Denver once December 21st.
On December z1st, the Fort Collins
sugar factory finished slicing 10000
tons Of sugar beets. after q successful
run Of seveaty-two days without In
termission.
An alarm was sent in over the new
fire alarm system at Greeley a few
days ago for the first time. 1t worked
perfectly and called out the depart
men.-just twelve hours later.
Judge f. E. Armour. in the hearing
Of the county judgeship contest In
| Adams county, decided in favor Of A.
II. Gutheil. and made permanent the
Injunction forbidding Rice w. Means
to act longer as Judge.
One hundred and fifty or more Of the
business and professional men OF
Denver will make trade expansion
trip into Texas and New Mexico next
month, leaving Denver January 10th,
and being gone six days.
DIR. T. ID. Bancroft, who built the
Bancroft free home for the poor in
Kansas City, has started a movement
to establish a home for poor cOnsump-
uves at Salida. The plan is to sur
round 1t with farms and gardens.
There has been considerable sympa-
thy manifested at Greeley for the
starving people of Ireland. whose po-
tato crop was a failure. Mayor Wat
son says that the Greeley farmers will
donate 100 carloads to help relieve their
distress.
A new machine works which will
make a specially of manufacturing air
brakes OF various patterns is to be es-
tablished In Denver within the next
six months. Half a block of ground
has been purchased for the site in
West Denver.
The Uintah railroad, which has Just
been completed from Mack, Colorado.
into the Uintah reservation in Utah.
has ordered two large track automo-
biles to carry passengers. 1t has had
one automobile car in service several
months, giving excellent satisfaction.
Owing to stress of private business
Judge ]. c. Helm, co-receiver with
Richard M. Malone of the Fidelity Saw
ings Association at Denver. has re-
signed from the receivership and trans
ferred his entire responsibility for the
property Of the association to Mr.. Ma
lone.
George Walker. alias John Mayo, and
c. T. Putnam, awaiting trial on
charge of horse stealing. and John
Adolado, a Greek, awaiting trial on a
charge Of stealing 5000 from persons
with whom he was boarding, escaped
from the county jai, at Trinidad on the
evening Of December goth by tunneling
under the wall.
The Colorado State Forestry Asso.
citation has elected the following dele.
gates to the American Forestry Con.
! gress, which meets in Washington, D.
c., January I'd to 9Th: l.. G. Carpen.
ter, Denver: William T. Kirkpatrick,
Durango; Dal Deweese, Canon City;
Gen. u. g. Hollister. Denver; James P.
Maxwell. Boulder.
| A0 hAeA-oalUOu lCo8ut,
Association and Christian Endeavoi
Union Of Colorado Springs have de
cided to cooperate In the placing Of q
good government ticket in the field al
the spring election. A committee has
been appointed to report January End
upon the records Of prominent persons
with view to naming them as candi
dates.
Secretary e. w. Palmer of the
Pueblo Business Mems Association has
received a letter from Gov. La Fol.
7lette Of Wbconsin-to whom he had
written for Information on the primary
election laws Of Wisconsin. With the
letter he sent a large quantity of mat
ter pertaining to the statutes and ex
pressed the hope that Colorado would
soon enact such q law.
The coroner's jury in the case Of J.
w. GLADDEN., who was shot and killed
by lis wife while he was threatening
her in drunken rage. near Elkton, In
the Cripple Creek district, found in
their verdict that he was killed by hel
in self defense. She was arraigned be
fore a Justice Of the peace and released
on a bond Of 5000. furnished by hei
brother. ]. Eddy Of Aspen.
On the night Of December 22nd, al
Cripple Creek, John Gasser. a grocery
clerk. accused w. ]. Hardin of steal.
ing turkey from in front Of the store
running after him to bring him back
In the quarrel that ensued, Hardin
shot Gasser through the hand and waa
arrested on the charge Of assault with
intent to kill, carrying concealed weap
ons aid larceny of a turkey.
The Grand Junction City Council has
granted a franchise to George Smith,
former representative of Mesa county
to the State Legislature, to construct
an electric road through the streets oi
Grand junction, work to commence
within ninety days after the passage OF
the ordinance. The road as projected
nv Mr. Smith is to run from Palisades
| tn Grand Iunctian and nrnhah hlu fn