Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-02-06
COLORADO BRIEFS.

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| abate.
The Burlington railroad is testing the
| value OF northern Colorado Ignite coal
| for use in its locomotives.
Emmett Fox has been appointed
| regular and Bessie Howe substitute
rural carrier at Fort Collins.
Additiosal rural free delivery service
has been ordered established March LIST,
at La Junta. with one carrier.
The next annual meeting of the Colo
RADIO State Federation Of Women's
Clubs viii be held at Fort Collins next
October
Arthur Casady. aged ten, son Of
Harry Casady, treasurer OF the Colo
rado Commission to the Worlds Fair,
died at Boulder. February Ist. OF
diphtheria
A Leadville dispatch OF January 2sth
quotes Dr. Mcdowell of the State
Board OF health as saying that the ty-
phoid fever epidemic is practically over
in Leadyille.
The commissioner OF patents reports
to Congress that 4a4 patents and de-
signs were granted to Colorado people
during 1908, this being one for every
1885 people.
The ownership of the Denver and
Kansas City Baseball Club franchises
in the Western League by George Te-
beau was recognized by the league at
its recent meeting in Chicago.
The Colorado & Southern Railway
Company has had -. 900 trout fry de-
posted in the Platte river at Bailey
The trout are six inches long and Will
be good size to catch when the fish
ing season opens.
Joseph L. Bailey. prominent Den
yer pioneer, for a long time well known
throughout the state as proprietor OF
the Bailey corral on Sixteenth street,
died at his home In Denver February
LIST. in the sixty-ninth year OF his age.
Mrs. Arvilla Meeker of Greeley, wild
ow of y. c. Meeker. is recovering from
a severe attack of pneumonia. She is
ninety years old and it was fearel that
she would not be strong enough TO
overcome the disease.
The trial OF Newton Andrews and
Charles Peters. charged with the muir
der OF Mrs. Amanda Youngblood, was
begun In the West Side Court at Den
yer. January 25th II was decided that
Arnold should be tried separately.
Charles Beall of the confectionery
firm OF Davis 4 Beail at Colorado City.
committed suicide January 25th by
shooting himself through the stomach
with shotgun. The deed is attributed
to despondeLcy occasioned by i'll
health.
Upon the advice OF Attorney ID. NJ.
Campbell the members of Company g
OF the National Guard at Pueblo de-
cided TO make one more plea to Gov
kad for -srts len of their
claims before instituting a suit against
the state.
Eight hundred students have been
enrolled in the State Normal School at
Greeley this year. of whom 300 are in
the normal department proper. COM
posed OF high school and college grad
ua;es, who are studying the art OF
teaching.
The religious census taken by the
united effort of the churches shows
Florence to have / 900 families. 1000
people and religious population OF
about ] 900. These religious people are
considered those directly connected
with churches of some denomination.
Mr.. Dallas J. Osborne. prominent
ranchman and wool man from Las We
gas. New Mexico. has purchased tract
Of land adjoining the Union stock
yards in Denver on which he Is prepar-
ing to build an extensive wool-scour-
ing plant The building will be 15dxi0
feet in size and two stories In height,
and is to be completed by May 1st.
An electric light wire which was
blown down by the wind storm in
Denver February LIST occasioned the
death of two young men. Charles
Ormsby and william Daniel, who sim
uitaneously took hold of 1t TO remove it.
ormsby lived with his father and
mother in Denver and Daniel had re-
Gently came from Butler Missouri.
Joseph J. c. Wooleot. who died at
Denver January 3lst. was probably the
iagest man in the state, his weight be-
ing nearly 400 pounds. He was a vet
eran of the Civil war and at the time
of his death had charge OF the Or
lando fats Mr.. Woolcot was five
feet ten inches in height and of enor-
nous girth He weighed about 400
pounds.
Attorney General Hughes for the
Denver & Northwestern appeared in
the federal court January 25th and in
formed Judge Hallett that the court or
der compelling his road to restore the
Lakewood roads tracks at Golden had
been complied with. Attorney Hughes
then asked for permission to file pc
tition asking a right-of-way through
Golden for the new road.
The ten-months'o boy Of Albert
Busse. farmer living five miles south
west OF Greeley. was accidentally shot
,, and killed on the 1st inst. by Frank
Williams. who was three-quarters OF a
mile distant and out Of sight Of the
house in which the infant lay. Williams
shot at a coyote with a steel-bore No.
80 Savage rifle and the ball was defect
ed upward and went on TO hit the child
in its cradle.
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