The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-23
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

The State Christian Endeavor con-
vention will meet at Boulder, October
18th to 10th.
The corner stone of the new $4,000
Congregational church at Colorado
City was laid on the 18th.
The Moffat road reached Arrowhead
on the 18th inst. and regular trains
will be running as soon as the track -
properly ballasted.
The annual encampnent of the Colo
rado Grand Lodge OF Odd Fellows will
he held at Glenwood Springs October
18th to 20th. 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 ostsber
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
ing consul.
/ County Assessor J. c. Wylie has COM
/ pleted his assessment for Weld county.
1t Shows a total valuation Of $l2, 49,
600 OF this amount $5,112,500 repre-
sents farming and grazing land and $3,-
O53,o4l corporate property.
! Millions of gallons of Colorado oil
are to be utilized by the Denver &
Rio Grande railroad for laying the
dust along its lines. The first expert
ments will be made along the road
from Denver to Salt Lake City.
/ Sheriff Bell of Cripple Creek went
to Topeka on the 18th inst. to person
ally investigate the confession made
by Robert Roman, in the county Jail
there. in regard to the Vindicator and
Independence depot explosions.
The total mileage of telephone and
telegraph wires in Colorado. owned
and operated by the Colorado Tele-
phone Company, is 17,092.50, on which
a value of $929,514.5O is placed. The
total value of the company's wire and
equipment is estimated at $1,70l ,562.
Captain Goertenbach of the drill team
of Camp No. I'LL, Modern Woodmen.
has returned to Pueblo from his trip
to st. Louis with the team which won
the seventh prize in the national con-
test There were 1928 contesting teams
and the Pueblo men made score OF
81"
Governor Peabody has appointed
Charles F. Allen OF Denver as mem
ber of the examining committee which
is going over the books in the State
Land Board and the treasurers Office.
The vacancy on the committee was oc-
casoned by the resignation of Newland
C. Vincent
The suit of Judge Moses Hallett to
prevent the construction of an audi
torium by the city of Denver was tried
before Judge Malone in the District
Court at Denver on the 18th inst.
Whatever his decision may be the case
will doubtless be carried to the State
Supreme Court.
Attorney General Miller will try to
secure the testimony of regular army
officers who have commanded posts on
the Arkansas river as to the flow of
water in that stream in past years, II
the secretary of war will consent to
have them subpoened in the Kansas
Colorado water suit.
Lieutenant Drum, aide-de-camp for
Brigadier General Baldwin, command
ing the Department of Colorado of the
United States army. has completed ar
rangements for the first annual depart
ment athletic competition and military
exercises at Fort Logan. near Denver,
on October 4th. 5th and 9th.
All Denver camps and circles of
Woodmen of the World will meet for a
joint rally and entertainment at the
Coliseum in Denver September 2Gth
The gathering will be preliminary to
the Woodmen's festival in Denver, Oc-
tober 18th, 14th and 18th, to include
camps from all over the state.
Many certificates of nomination are
now being received at the Office Of the
secretary of state at Denver. The filing
of these certificates is a 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.
The Denver, Northwestern and Pa
cific railroad (the new "Moffat Short
Line"), from Denver, Colorado, to Salt
Lake City, Utah. will construct it's own
telegraph line. and thus be iadepend
ent of the telegraph companies. Later
contracts probably will be entered
into with one Of the big companies for
service. and the cost of construction
assessed against the company receiv-
ing the contract.
Steps have been taken to annex the
National Union Printers Home, near
Colorado Springs, to the city. This
will be an advantage 20 both the in
stitution and the municipality. The
trustees of the home have accepted
plans for the Cummings Memorial Lii
brary and work will begin on the
structure as soon as the remaining
$4,000 necessary to complete the
building fund is secured.
The Boulder correspondent of the
Denver Republican says: For several
nights the residents in the west end
of town near Sixth and Hill streets,
have been awakened by some wild ami.