The state herald., 1904-09-23
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

18TH TO 10Th.
The corner stone of the new $4,000
Congregational church at Colorado
City was laid on the 10th.
The Moffat road reached Arrowhead
on the 18th inst. and regular trains
will be running as soon as the track Is
properly balasted.
Past Department Commander George
w. Cook of the G. A. r. has been ap-
pointed member of the executive COM
mittee of the national council Of ad
ininistration.
Mayor Speer Of Denver has appointed
Mrs. C. j. Hughes. Jr., and Mrs. Will
liam G. Fisher as members of the Dem
yer Public Library Association. There
are six other members.
The hearing ON the probate of the
will of the late Charles NJ. Stebbins,
who left the bulk of a large fortune to
found an orphans home in Denver,
will come up in the County Court at
Denver, November 10th.
The annual encampment of the Colo
rado Grand Lodge OF Odd Fellows will
he held at Glenwood Springs October
18th to goth, The Rebekahs will hold
their meeting at the same time and
place,
The twenty-third annual national
convention of the board of managers of
the Woman's Home Missionary Society
of the Methodist Church will be held
at Denver September 29th to October
9th.
DR.. Giuseppe Cuneo. the Italian con-
sui at Denver, has gone to California
on trip combining business and pleas
/ ure and may be gone several months.
/ Meanwhile Robert Ferrari will be act
4 ing consul.
County Assessor j. c. Wylie has COM
| pleted his assessment for Weld county
1t shows total valuation of $l2 762,-
/ 600. OF this amount $5,1l2,500 repre-
cents farming and grazing land and 3d.
O53,5il corporate property.
/ Mrs. West. wife of X. L. West, organ
| izer for the Modern Woodmen of Amer
lea, was found dead in her room in the
| Commercial hotel at Trinidad on the
llth inst. having died of heart fall
ure. She came to Trinidad from Okla
homa City.
One of the questions that will come
before the State Supreme Court at its
/ present session in Denver is the consti-
/ tutionality of the statute permitting the
| Humane Society to take charge OF
starving cattle and other live stock and
| care for 1t st the expense of the owner
/ Prof. Samuel l.. Doothroyd, instruc-
Tor in physics at the Colorado Agri-
cultural College, has accepted an ap-
pointment as instructor of descriptive
geometry at Cornell University. New
[ York. He is native of Colorado and
| graduated at the Agricultural College.
The suit OF Judge Moses Hallett to
/ prevent the construction of an audi
Z torium by the city of Denver was tried
I before Judge Malone in the District
4 Court at Denver on the 18th inst
1 Whatever his decision may be the case
viii doubtless be carried to the State
/ Supreme Court.
Prof. William Duane. head of the de-
/ partment OF physics. has been granted
I years leave Of absence from the Uni
/ versity of Colorado. He will spend the
/ time in Europe and will be occupied in
making special investigation in his line
/ of work. The department will be con
I Quoted during his absence by Mr.
] Charles A. Lory.
Many certificates of nomination are
now being received At the office OF the
secretary OF state at Denver. The filing
/ of these certificates Is n legal require
ment Among the first to be sent in
/ were those of James D. Pitcher OF Ala
mosa and Charles A. Morning OF
Yampa. both Republican candidates for
district attorney,
! Following are the assessment yalu-
| ations OF Weld county lands for the
I year 1904: ll,jl5 acres of agricultural
land. 81, 3,Si7. .76O; 957. $50 acres Of grazing
/ land, 81 .2Gi. 7iO: 7.97 acres of coal land
| sl7G.370; improvements ON lands. s97O,-
. 7i0: improvements ON public lands,
I Sl2.770: town and city lots. s53I,5
improvements on town and city lots.
I s9li $50.
Suits against the Dallas. Texas. FL
/ deity Savings Association and other
| defendants are soon to be brought In
/ the interest Of the dcfunct Denver FL
deity Association. and Il is believed by
/ Receiver ]. c. Helm and Co-Receiver
Il H. Malone that these will be the
I means OF saving to the Denver assocla-
I tion thousands of dollars which now
seem TO be lost TO the creditors OF the
wrecked institution.
] Following Is the III Paso county
Democratic ticket: Judge. Il. p. Ady.
| Colorado Springs: sheriff. Andy Nd
ans. Colorado Springs; clerk and re-
corder. J. =. Bates. Colorado Springs:
treasurer. William H. Bates. Colorado
Z city; assessor. Len Cannon. Ramah;
superintendent OF schools. Miss Emma
Goudy. Colorado Springs: commissioner
from Second district. Henry Link.
Fountain. from Third district. J. A.
Fielder. Colorado Springs.
Since the opening of the University
uf Colorado nt Boulder Monday. Sep
tombcr 18th, the enrolment has sur
passed by twenty per cent that Of any
previous year In the history OF the In
stitntiun More than 200 students will
this year take advantage Of the oppor.
tunitioa for higher education offered In
the unworthy proper. and In this num-
ber there are Included absolutely no pre-
parnioty. summer school. music. lecture
or correspondence students. Were these
students listed rs university students
they would swell the total 10 ! 200. Tn,
number given by the university au'
thoriticH. however, as bona tide uni
yetslty students who have completed d
full high school course and could bs
regularly mairlculntcd In any colog,
or university In the country h oyei
zoo OF the total number of students
NJ the University Of Colorado al
uoulder this year oiEhty-iwo per cent