The Glenwood post., 1904-09-24
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

The State Christian Endeavor con-
yention 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 10th.
The Moffat road reached Arrowhead
on the 18th inst. and regular trains
will be running as soon as the track is
properly ballasted.
/ Past Department Commander George
/ W. Cook of the G. A. r. has been ap-
| pointed a member of the executive COM
mittee of the national council of ad-
ministration.
The annual encampment of the Colo
rado Grand Lodge of odd Fellows will
| he held at Glenwood Springs October
18th to GOTH The Rebekahs will hold
their meeting at the same time and
place.
The firm of Orman & Crook, of Pu-
eblo, mas been awarded big contract
on the new Gunnison tunnel project
The contract was let In nine sections
and the Pueblo firm has secured three
of these.
The twenty-thrd 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 October
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 ]. C. Wylie has COM
pleted his assessment for Weld county.
1t shows a total valuation of ST., 1872
600. OF this amount $5,11250O repre-
sents farming and grazing land and So
Oo3,541 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 1929, ,514.50 is placed. The
total value of the company's wire and
equipment is estimated at $1,70I, ,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 1913 cont asting teams
and the Pueblo men made a score OF
91.2.
Governor Peabody has appointed
/ Charles F.. Allen of Denver as a 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-
casioned by the resignation of Newland
c. Vincent.
Practically opening the social sea-
son of the woman's clubs in the Mas
sachusetts state federation will be the
breakfast to be given in honor of Mrs.
Sarah Platt-Decker of Denver, recent
ly elected president of the General
Federation of Women's Clubs on Oc-
tober 1st
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, il
the secretary of war will consent to
have them subpoened in the Kansas
Colorado water suit.
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,
citic railroad the new 'Moffat Short
| Line'O, from Denver, Colorado, to Salt
Lake City, Utah. will construct its own
! telegraph line, and thus be independ-
ent of the telegraph companies. Later
contracts probably will be entered
] lutO WIFI One Vi lHe DlS companies 1OT
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 TO both the in
stitution and the municipality. The
trustees of the home have accepted
plans for the Cummings Memorial Ii
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
NAL. The sound reused people from
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