The Glenwood post., 1904-12-31
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

The Durango weather bureau office
has its equipment all in place and the
first observation was telegraphed to
the Denver office December 2lst.
On December 2lst, the Fort Collins
sugar factory finished slicing $4,000
tons OF sugar beets, after a successful
run OF seyenty-two days without In
termission.
The prisoners in the city Jail at
Pueblo were given an excellent Christ
mas dinner and showed their breeding
by polite letter of thanks to Chief of
Police Shoup.
Alfred A. Thompson, an old resident
OF Denver and formerly a grocer, cele-
brated Christmas convivially and came
to his death by falling down flight of
stairs at the Apex saloon.
New postoffice appointments in Colo
RADIO are: Fort Garland, Costilla
county, Helen c. Peters, vice Charles
John, resigned: Perigo. Rio Grande
county, D. Cronian, vice ]. Moody. re-
signed.
Otto Mears is said to be preparing
to test track automobile on the Sill
verton Northern railroad between Sill
verton and Animas Forks, with view
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business.
Judge E. E. Armour, in the hearing
Of the county judgeship contest in
Adams county. decided in favor OF A.
H. Gutheil. and made permanent the
Injunction forbdding Rice w. Means
to act longer as judge.
A new machine works which will
make specially OF manufacturing air
brakes of various patterns is to be es-
tablished in Denver within the next
six months. Half block of ground
has been purchased for the site in
West Denver.
The Uintah railroad, which has just
been completed from Mack. Colorado,
into the Uintah reservation in Utah.
has ordered two large track automo-
biles to carry passengers. 1t has had
one automobile car in service several
months, giving excellent satisfaction.
Owing to stress of private business
Judge J. C. Helm, co-receiver with
Richard NJ. Malone of the Fidelity Saw
ings Association at Denver, has re.
signed from the receivership and trans
ferred his entire responsibility for the
property Of the association to Mr.. Ma
lone.
George Walker, alias John Mayo. and
c. T. Putnam, awaiting trial on a
charge Of horse stealing, and John
Adolado, Greek, awaiting trial on a
charge of stealing 5000 from persons
with whom he was boarding, escaped
from the county Jail at Trinidad on the
evening of December goth by tunneling
under the wall.
The direct and highly compliment.
ary reference to the Colorado Juvenile
Court and Judge Lindsey's work made
by President Roosevelt in his last mes.
sage to Congress has brought a flood
of inquiries from all parts of the ma
ton. asking for the Colorado juvenile
laws, the history of the court. its pro
cedure and results.
Attorney George Morris has flee
suit in Denver against the Colorado
= Midland railroad for $4,000, which he
considers the value of his vote. Mr.
Morris was in Glenwood Springs the
: day before election and wreck on the
, Midland road delayed him twelve
, hours, SO that he arrived in Denver
, after the polls had closed.
; The Anti-Saloon League, Ministerial
r Association and Christian EndeavoI
, Union Of Colorado Springs have de
cided to cooperate in the placing of q
, good government ticket in the field al
the spring election. A committee has
been appointed to report January 2nC
upon the records of prominent persons
with view to naming them as candi
dates.
, At the end of a protracted spree Pat
rick Brennan shot and mortally
wnnD6ad MrS of StnNlftnn
about three miles from Leadville, or
the night of Christmas. Then he shot
himself, inflicting dangerous wound
Brennan, who is twenty-eight years o.
age, had been engaged to Mrs. Low
, ney, widow of thirty-three with three
children.
Secretary E. w. Palmer OF the
4 Pueblo Business Mems Association has
5 received letter from Gov. La Fol
lette of Wisconsin to whom he had
written for Information on the primary
. election laws of Wisconsin. With the
letter he sent large quantity Of mat
ter pertaining to the statutes and ex
pressed the hope that Colorado would
soon enact such law.
Theodore Anderson was found deaC
in the kitchen of the residence o
AXel j. Hulquist at Leadville. Decem
Der 26th. He had been rooming at the
house. Anderson was 81 years OLE
| and single. He leaves a sister, Mis-.
Hilma Anderson, living at Lincoln, Ne
, braska, and brother living in Chi
, cago. Heart disease is supposed t.
have caused his death.
I Mamie Hendrix, demented yount
I woman at Denver, made her thirteenth
, unsuccessful attempt at suicide the
) day after Christmas. This time it wa.
by drinking bottle of red ink. Whel
Police Surgeon Duln was called sh,
attacked him with an iron skillet. Sh,
was taken to the county hospital aftel
a sharp fight and will probably have tt
, be removed to the insane asylum.
One-third of the sum necessary TO
: the construction of the Amos J. Cum
mings Memorial library. to house thu
} books donated to the National Hon,
/ of the International Typographical
, Union, at Colorado Cprings. Colorado