The Dolores star., 1904-01-08
COLORADO BRIEFS.

iieehses were taken out by Colorado
sportsmen.
During the past year 1896 900 trout
Try We're turned loose in Colorado
streams through public appropriation.
1t is estimated that reservoirs now
uhuer construction in Colorado will
aud looO,OOO acres to the irrigable area
Ihe county house of Weld county, at
ureeiey, recently finished cost triiie
over $3,OOO and will comfortably ac-
eohmodate the poor of the county.
Ihe new county hospital of Weld
county, at Greeley, has been complet-
ed at cost of $4,000 and is now one
vi the best equipped hospitals in the
state.
The Secretary of the Interior has
approved the selections of the state OF
colorado of IL ,520 acres located in the
Akron land district for school pur
poses.
The production of crude oil from the
Florence oil fields in 1903 was approx
imately 2O,OO0,000 gallons, or 100000
barrels of forty-two gallons, which
were produced and refined.
Ralph Hammerslough, prominent
trinidad merchant. dropped dead in a
store on Fifth avenue in Chicago De-
cember 29th. He went to Chicago to
be treated for Bright's disease.
Niagara w. Hall, a prominent citizen
or Greeley, and one of the pioneers
of the Union colony, died at his home
in Greeley December 29th OF neural
gia of the heart. in the sixty-ninth year
of his age
In the Boulder oil field twenty-six
lc ~.
OF crude oil a day. and while the pro-
duct is small, the output is said to be
of the highest grade produced in the
world. Other wells will be drilled.
The coroner's jury which investigat-
ed the death of little Margaret Aims
worth. who was run over by an cleo
trio car at Colorado Springs. stated.
in their verdict, that her death might
have been averted by greater care on
the part of the motorman.
NJ. c. Parker. aged seventy-five years.
father of the wife of William A. Guz-
man, prominent Colorado Springs
contractor, was struck and instantly
killed by Rock Island train near
Roswell station, short distance from
Colorado Springs, December 31st.
Bloodhounds have been sent to Pa
gosa Springs Junction to be used in
running down incendiaries who are be-
lieved to be responsible for three bad
fires which have occurred at that place
entailing an actual loss of more than
$65,000 on the Pagosa Lumber Com
pany, of which Whitney Newton, state
treasurer, is president.
Ora Rice, young man who owns
considerable property in live stock and
ranches. became insane at Fort Collins
a few days ago and terrorized the
neighborhood by display of firearms.
He was arrested, after severe conflict
by Deputy Sheriff Richart and Night
Watchman Ganders and his relatives
were notified of his condition.
A Detroit. Michigan. dispatch of De-
cember 29th says: Jacob Houghton.
well known in Michigan and Colorado
mining and railroad circles, died at his
home here to-day, aged seventy-six
years. In 1878 he became manager OF
the Moose mine. in Colorado. and presi-
dent of the Synclinal Mining Company.
In 1890 he returned to Michigan.
A Colorado Springs correspondent
under date of December 29th says:
Mrs. Anthony Bott of Colorado City,
wife of one of the earliest settlers of
WY, Is lut pSsSCosol
of large bed OF violets in full bloom.
So far as know this is the first case OF
violets blossoming in the open air in
this state during the month of Decem-
ber.
Among the notable plants established
in Denver last year was that of the
Western Rubber Company at 1888
Blake street. This is the company
x,-Ii ie- sri, W in tho ,,,nr M
facture of rubber out of the shrub
found in Chaffee county. which has
been called the rubber weed. 1t is
hoped that this new industry may be-
come one of the largest in the state.
Mai. NJ. v. b. Wason died on the
| night of December 9th at his ranch in
Mineral county, two miles below
Creede,, from pneumonia. at the age of
| seventy-two years. Major Wason has
been for many years one of the most
prominent men in that part of the
| state and will be greatly missed. He is
Y,lrvived by his wife, Mrs. H. Wason,
| the well-known poet, and an adopted
| son.
Colorado College. Colorado Springs,
| has completed its new laboratory build
| ing, which it has taken two and one
| half years to construct. 1t is regard
| ed as one of the best structures for
| scientific purposes in the country and
| 1t is to be dedicated with a series OF
| scientific conferences Feb. % and %,
! which will be attended by large num-
| Der of the leading scientific men of the
country.
In the act of turning off an electric
| light in the greenhouses at Elitch's
| Gardens in Denver, Thomas Woolen,
keeper of the animals there. received an
electric shock which rendered him in-
conscious for several minutes. Shortly
after recovering he took hold of an
other electric light to show compan-
ion how he had been shocked the first
time. and received current which
caused instant death.
At Colorado Springs December Goth.
| ,yhila here narentS were blSy hacking