The Springfield herald., 1904-08-05
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Hereafter sheriff Clarke of Las Ami
mas county will run down criminals
with. first class automobile.
Up to July 26th the secretary OF the
fish and game commission of Colorado
at Denver had Issued LAO hunting
permits this year.
Harry f. Mulnix has been given a
contract to audit the county books or
Pueblo county, for which service he
is to be paid $l,430.
President Meyer OF the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners says that the coop
erative stores at Cripple Creek and
Victor will be reopened for business.
1t is estimated that there is now
lover 5,000.o00,0O0 cubic feet of
stored water in the Poudre valley
available for the maturing OF crops
this season.
Gus White. the 8-year-old son OF G.
A. White, fruit dealer Of Pueblo, ran
away a few days ago and was neard
from three days later at Great Fails
Montana.
Thomas Clark has offered reward
of $25 for Information leading to the
arrest of the parties who dynamited
his fish pond near Longmont and
killed wagon load of fish.
The fall. circuit of the Arkansas val
ley Racing Association will hold races
in Leadville for three days, August IL,
~ and 13. under the auspices OF the
new Leadvil,e Racing Association.
John Alexander Dowie has been
sending large quantities of Zion City
literature to Pueblo and people are
wondering II he is not coming out in
person to try to capture the town.
/ ; A 1hailstorm July 26th between Or
. .chard and Weldon. in the western
part OF Morgan county, did consider
able damage. In some places chick
ems, pigs, sheep and calves were
killed.
Eugene W.. Holmes was burned to
death at Pagosa Springs July 22nd. In
a fire that destroyed Gaylord & Gar
wins saloon. Holmes was about hfty-
Ave years old and had been at the
Springs abou. three years.
A. B. Hail. farmer living near
Sterling, was killed July 9th while
passing from one part of his farm to
another upon the Burlington track.
stepping in front of train that he
failed to see.
Among the successful Colorado
drawers of land in the Rosebud reser-
walton in South Dakota are Charles w.
Meyer of Denver, w. r. Montgomery
of Colorado Springs and John d. Coop
er Of Colorado City.
Walter Wellman. representing the
New York Herald. the Chicago Record
Herald and the Philadelphia Press. one
of the best-known newspaper men OF
the country. has been looking into af-
fairs at Cripple Creek.
The employees of Denver dry goods
establishment gave an excursion on
the Moffat, road a few days ago in
which over 1900 people are said to
have participated. The new line Is
proving highly popular.
Harry Hunter of the Big Greek
ranch near Pearl. in Larimer county.
lassoed a big cinnamon bear near the
ranch few days ago. He afterwards
tied the bear. loaded him into the
wagon and took him to the ranch.
Willie Ennis, the twelve-year-old
son OF F. j. Ennis. living eight miles
west of Fort Morgan. was instantly
killed by lightning on the night OF
July 25th while riding horse on the
prairie. His horse and dog were also
killed and the three We're found to-
gether later in the night. &
Harry Davies, the Colorado snake
!. eharfner received his twenty-seventh
snake bite at Denver a few days ago.
He was only just recovering from;the
bite of a Gila monster. This. last nip
was from a Texas diamond-back. rat
tier, but Davies doesn't mind a little
thing like that.
DR.. T.. d. Bancroft, who has been
in Colorado Springs for some time ne
gotiatlng for the construction OF a
free home for consumptives. has Sc
cured an option on ITO acres directly
west of the Portland mill in Colorado
CITY. and expects to commence actual
construction in the fall. :
Earl Losey, the .14-year-old' son oi
Charles A. Losey of the Colorado
Springs Fire Department, ran; away in
company with another boy short
time ago and on July 25th word was
received that he was killed near Ozone
Junction, twenty-five miles west 'of
Cheyenne, Wyoming, while trying tc
steal a ride on freight train.
To determine whether the rubber
plant can be profitably cultivated in
the lower Arkansas valley the Amer
ican Crude Rubber Company has EN-
ployed botanlst from the olale Az
ricultural College to conduct expert
ments. Pueblo people are interested
and the Business Mems Association
has numerous inquiries from eastern
&, investors.
President Boyle of the Colorado
CITY Chamber OF Commerce is inaug
urating movement to secure several
mapufa ctories. His plan is to have
Colorado Springs and Colorado City
together raise 100000 in bonds, OF
y,hich $1,000 would go for cement
plant, $4,000 for a woolen mill and
100000 for glass factory. with the
remainder in factories of various
/ kinds. j
w. w. Price of Colorado Springs is
having made in Ohio quad" thirty
horse power aluminium automobile, a,
a cost of $3,5OO In which, accompan-
led by H. T. Lowe, l.. G. Carlton and
DR.. s. r. Bartlett. he will tour the
! South and West on trip of nearly A.
600 miles. The party will leave Colo.
RADIO Springs on August 18th, travelling
to Cleveland by rail, and expects to be
I gone about six weeks.
II. c. Mooretouse. the largest bee
! owner in Boulder county, owning over