The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-28
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


Boulder on the 18th inst.
1t is rumored that a number OF
Greeks will try to buy out the leading
bootb!ack stands in Denver and estab
lsh a bootblack trust
The Knights of Columbus have sub
scribed $l5, 900 toward the erection of
a $50 900 club building in Denver and
expect to raise the balance soon.
The new Steele hospital at Denver
for contagious diseases will be opened
soon and will be one Of the best
equipped institutions of the kind in the
country.
Mrs. Schier of Pueblo thickened her
soup with rat biscuit. which she mis-
took for crackers. and only the vigor-
Gus use OF stomach pump saved the
lives OF the family.
Prof c. A. Bradley, principal OF the
Manual Tlaining high school in Den
[ ber, says that more than one-thlrd OF
the pupils who complete the grammar
school enter the high school.
I The churches of Denver are planning
revival services on large scale to be-
gin January 1st J. Wilbur Chapman.
4 noted evangelist of New York CITY,
will have charge of the meetings.
The Pueblo Business Mems Associa-
/ ton has selected a committee OF hve
to confer with two woolen manufactur-
ers for the purpose Of installing plant
| that vii employ 200 men at the start.
Governor Peabody has appointed DR..
Leroy c. Hedges OF Grand Junction as
a member of the State Board of Medl-
! cal Examiners, to fill the vacancy
I caused by the resignation of Dr.. c. r.
I Slough.
/ DR.. w A. Bell has purchased the
Mansions hotel and the site of the for
| mer Manitou house adjoining, in Mani
| tOu, from the ManitOu- Mansions Hotel
Company. The sale was made to salts
! fly mortgages.
| Gen Frank D. Baldwin. commanding
the Department of the Colorado. will
ask from the coming Congress an ap-
preparation of $780, to be used in the
enlargement and improvement of Fort
Logan at Denver.
The tax levy of the town of Greeley
for the year 1904 has been placed at
l5 mills. one mill less than for last
year. The total valuation Of city prop
erty is s1.3Ss. .655 This will give an in
come of 500, o,s29S2
Judge Ben B. Lindsey. who has be
come famous through his juvenile
court work in Denver. is to write a
book book on The Problem OF the
Child for the Macmillan Publishing
Company of New York.
The motor cycle run from Fort Lo
gan, at Denver, to albuquerque, New
Mexico. by Sergeant Capron and Pri,
vate Bolen was so delayed by bad
roads and washouts south of Ration
pass that no record was made.
Capt Charles E. Eymann Of the Den
yer Fire Department died November
21st from the effects of nitric acid
fuEes inhaled at the time of the disas-
ter in the etching room Of the Denver
Post, being the fourth person to die
from that cause.
For the purpose Of starting fund
to build home for invalid and enfee
bled mail carriers of Denver the Den
yer Letter Carriers Band of the Ma
tional Association of Letter Carriers
will give concert and ball at Coli
scum hall on November 18th.
Prof. l.. D. Grain, head of the de
partment of electrical engineering at
the Agricultural College, has been re-
quested by the American Institute OF
Electrical Engineers to form branch
student organization among the stu
dents of electrical engineering at the
college.
T.. w. Wetter, who finished serving
sentence at Cripple Creek October
24tt, was Immediately rearrested on
his release, charged with desecratins
the flag by posting small miniatures OF
prlc nf w ri
printed on the stripes of the national
emblem.
The railway south from Durango to
Tucson, Arizona. under survey, added
another corps sent out from Durango
a few days ago. to work from the San
:. Juan river In New Mexico north to
connect with the division working
south from Durango, Colorado, setting
grade and slope stakes.
Secretary of State Cowie overruled
the protest entered against the nomi,
nation of Clarence c. Hamlin for dis
trict attorney in the Fourth judicial
district. The secretary refused to hear
testimony and made the ruling that the
committees nomination seemed to be
regular and should go on the ticket.
The City Council of Central City has
accepted the rates of the Gilpin County
Light, Heat and Power Company for
the lighting OF the streets for five
years. For nearly four years the
streets have not been lighted on &C
count of the failure Of the company to
make rates considered reasonable by
the City Council
The State Historical Society is anx-
ious to acquire the fine collection OF
prehistoric relics made in western New
Mexica by Captain Cecil A. Deane. The
captain is not only an enthusiastic col
lector but a patriotic Coioradoan. and
will sell them to the society cheaper
than he would to eastern purchasers. A
subscription has been started to secure
the necessary funds.
Mrs. Mary Ann Motley died at st.
Iosenh,s hnsuital in Denver. October