La Junta tribune., 1904-11-05
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

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pointed postnastsd at Aaneos. vice r
n Hutehinson. deceased.
II IN reported In Denver tHAt . syn
dicate II being formed to build . mag
nidcent big hotel at Steamboat SPRING.
Samuel w. Meyers. auditor OF dis
oursements Of the Rio Grande system.
died OF phsumonia October 18th In b.
Marks hospital. Salt Lake.
County Probation Oflicer Reasoner Of
Colorado Springs has made the club
women angry by asserting thai tney
neglect their children This they
strongly deny.
George W. Currier. = prominent pio-
neer and real estate oIner OF Denver.
died 1t his home in DShver on the lst
Inst from . stroke OF apoplexy. he
was kxty-nve years old
The viii of Fred w. Kohler. Who re-
Gently committed suicide At Boulder.
has been admitted to probate. He leaves
an estate valued at $15o.00o. and his
wife Is appointed executrix.
Extensive arrangements are being
made in Denver to entertain the dele
I gates to the annual meeting OF the Ma
tional Live Stock Association. which
will be held during the week beginning
January Sth-
Mrs. Lucy Cowan was burned 70
death near Longmont on the 3oth oit.
by the breaking Of . lamp. Taicn set
ore TO her clothing. She was hfty-hve
years of age and leaves = husband anu
two daughters.
| The Supreme Court has sustained
the order OF Judge Northcutt OF tne
District Court at Las Animas restrain
I l~- -4~; {vd~ nf election from
striking OF about l 500 names from the
registration books.
The Dupont Powder Company Is
making arrangements to build big
I powder factory two miles west OF fn-
ablo. near the Rio Grande railroad. u
Is expected that more than 500 men
will be employed.
J. A. Ray. owner Of the old Norris
house in. Manitou, recently destroyed
| By IRE, will construct = $4,000 brick
and sandstone hotel upon the old site.
| The hotel will contain 100 rooms anu
work will begin at once.
Stanley Gorse. . ten-yearold Pueblo
boy. had the unusual experience fsw
days ago Of being run over by switch
engine in the MinneQuA yards ana pc
I ing picked up bruised but not danger
ously hurt after 1t had passed.
A number of Denver men are inter
ested in the Conejos County Reservoir
Company, which plans to impound the
waters OF Elk creek and build large
! reservoir in what are known as tho
lower meadows OF Elk creek. tribu-
tary OF the Conejos river.
David r. Crosby. register OF the
United States Land once At Montrose.
died October 30th At the age OF nfty-
| four years. He was q prominent Mason
and at the time Of his death was grand
high priest OF the Grand Royal Arch
Aasons of Colorado.
| Forty-five young chaps celebrated
Halloween SO vigorously In Denver
that they wound up the celebration in
/ tail for such offenses as tearing up
walks, removing doors and signs, tax
ing carriages to pieces and other more
or less malicious mischief. The police
were hot after them at every oppor-
tunity.
Chief OF Police Delaney of Denver
has been asked by the Chicago police
authorities to forward photograph OF
X. H. Beeler. who II supposed to have
! killed. Otto 0Oette, an aged ranchman
| living near Byers In Arapahoe county.
six years ago. He drove 1000 OF his
victims sheep to market, sold them
and disappeared. 1t may be that he 10
| now in custody.
A Navajo Indian named Hassus has
confessed At the San Juan Indian
agency, near Pennington. New Mexico.
| 10 the murder Of Hoski Yazza. the In
dian who was found dead at Fort Lewis
q few days ago. The Indian had been
beaten to death with stone. Hassus
claims that both he and the man he
killed we're drunk and neither knew
/ what they were doing.
Frank Estes and Charles Lang. ar
\ rested By Chief Game Warden Fled A
| Gordon for violation Of the game laws
were tried before Justice r. N. Eedden
\ q 0lenwood Springs, and found guilty.
Estes was charged with selling game
unlawfully, and hned $50 and costs
amounting to s66.75. Lang had game
| In his possession unlawfully. and was
was fined SIS and costs. amounting to
$35. .95.
At the annual meeting Of the Colo
rado Clin Dweliers' Association in
| Colorado Springs on the 18th ult. all
| the officers were reelected. Mrs. Gil
bert McClurg was elected regent. Mrs
| w. 8. Peabody FIRST vice regent; Mrs.
I'D. Whitmore Of Denver recording
secretary; Mrs. c. E Eldredge cor
responding secretary; Mrs. George T.
Sumner treasurer; Mrs. H. C. Lowe
| trustee.
At the Worlds Fair II st. Louis the
Colorado state school exhibit took
grand prize. the Denver elementary
school took Q gold mccall. the Denver
hish school . gold medal, and the Man
uai Training and Art school a gold
medal. The state of Colorado has
taken three grand prizes. twelve gold
medals, eleven silver medals and four
bronze medals in the educational and
social economy exhibits.
The rail mill and cunverter At the