The Springfield herald., 1904-07-08
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

with impressive ceremonies.
Colorado Is the only state in the
Union which has a publicly bureau at
the Worlds Fair in ST. Louis.
Reports received at the state engi-
neers Office show that this has been an
unusually good year for water all over
the state
There were 800 enlistments in the
navy from Colorado last year-and
hardly water enough in the state for
single heavy dew.
The Colorado Springs and Denver
teams of the Western Baseball League
continue handsomely in the lead over
their four eastern competitors.
Wallace Colby. fifty-four years OF age
and one of the pioneer mining men of
the district, was killed in runaway
accident at Leadville, June 9th.
An immense alfalfa crop is being cut
condition of the soil nearly everywhere
is such as to insure another good cut
ting.
Raymond Wolf. the eight-year-old
son of C. w. Wolf. manager of the
Greeley Tribune. was seriously injured
by being run over by the wheels of q
All the damage suits arising out of
the disaster of last January at STRAIT
tons Independence mine have been
settled excepting two cases and nego-
tiations for the settlement of these are
In progress.
Recent floods have again seriously
damaged the famous Rainbow Falls. in
the Ute pass at Manitou, by cutting a
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less soon be filled and the falls re-
stored to their normal beauty.
The cottony maple tree scale is doiSg
great damage to the shade trees in GER
tain parts of Denver. Mrs. Shute, sec
retary of the State Board of Horticul-
ture, says they can only be saved by n
thorough spraying at least once year.
Bert Hughes. Roy Reeves and Will
lard FELTON,. three lads who found the
body of Pearl Holland. aged eight, in
the Royal Gorge June cath. are entitled
to the $50 reward offered by the Salida
City Council shortly after the accident
on Memorial Day.
Charles He'll is in Jail at Denver
charged with having killed James Hen
ry in fist fight, beating in the lace and
kicking him until he died. Henry was
smelter and He'll was engaged as clerk
in the smelter store.
The body of Esther Morgan. one OF
the victims of the Salida footbridge
accident, was found in the river few
miles above Canon City, June Both, by
a party of young people walking along
the river bank The body was caught
on some trees near the bank.
1f NJ, -or
unanimously voted to select John ID.
McGilvray of San Francisco formerly
of Denver, as the chief orator at the
unwilling of the statue of Robert Burns
in the City park July 4th. The statue
is of bronze, heroic size, on pedestal
of solid gray granite.
The Empson Packing Company at
Longmont will give reception July
9th to which everybody is invited. Ihe
capacity of the plant for canning peas
has been increased to 10000 cans an
hour and the machinery used is well
worth inspecting. A special train will
carry Denver visitors.
Members of the Pueblo Business
Mems Association are advocating
plan for another excursion around the
circle, taking in Las Anlmas. Lamar
egat.pn of professional and business
men. Such trip was taken last year
with excellent results.
Thomas w. Dougan. member OF the
Victor Miners Union, is in Boston in
the interests of the Western Federa-
ton of Miners and for the next fort
night will address the boston unions on
the situation in that state and request
financial aid for men who have been
arrested or deported, and their fam
lilies.
Warrants were Issued from the Unit
ed States Court at Denver July 1st for
the arrest of A Woop. San Juan. Pa
tricio Conach and Siwaw. four Indians,
charged with the murder of medi-
cine man, Wap, in the southern part OF
the state. The case has been once be-
fore the state courts. but was dismissed
for lack of Jurisdiction.
Work has begun on the new s1,000,-
900 cemetery and crematory to be con-
structed by Philadelphia capitalists
near Monument park. north of Colo
RADIO Springs. H. d. Patton sent from
PHILADELPHIA to supervise the work, has
a corps of surveyors plating and sur
yeying the ground. The enterprise
probably will be completed by fali'
Judge F. T. Johnson of the District
Court at Denver, in hearing in cham
bers. gave the Denver Union Water
Company until July 26th to file their
answer in the suit brought by the Col
orado & southtrn Railway Company
The suit is over the washing out OF
large amount of track caused by the
breaking of a reservoir owned by the
Water Company.
The Denver Boulder lnterurban
Railway Company claims to have Sc
cured all the right of way between
Louisville and Bloomfield. and most OF
the right of way between Louisville
and Boulder 1t also claims that most
of the right of way has been secured
between Bloomfield and Denver. AT
Denver connection is to be made with
the Tramway company. at Boulder
with the Boulder Electric Light and
Power Company. thus 'insuring en-
frances into each city.
A reunion of the pioneers of st.
Vrain valley who came 10 the country
before 1871 was held at the Dickens
Opera house in Longmont. June 3Oth.
At noon an elaborate banquet was
served. and in the afternoon there were
music and speeches. the speakers. be
ing John Wells. J. w. Bacon, c. j. Coff-
man. n. H. Coffin and w. w. Burch
Sovoptyppa men and einhty-thTeP la