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

A dressed turkey Weighing ioit!
pounds was raffled of at greeley
meat market on Christmas,
The Denver lodge OF Elks sent out
500 baskets fun OF provisions TO that
many poor families on Christmas.
A justice OF the peace at Colorado
Springs gives away snap shot photo-
graph with each marriage ceruhcate-
The date of the state fair at Pu-
eblo next fall has been iixed upon. IL
will begin September oath and con-
tinue until the close o. the 2sth.
William Kammelar. Denver bi-
cycle thief. has been sentenced py
Judge Malone TO term OF from nSe
to ten years in the pen!tentiary.
Recruiting for the United States
Navy will be conducted In Denver DUR
ing the two weeks from January 4th,
Lieutenant George Pettingell is in
charge.
Members of the Pueblo Fire Depart
ment were presented with medals on
Christmas Day by the city government
in appreciation OF their excellent work
during the year.
County Assessor De Vault reports the
valuation of property in Teller county
at sl1 .672 600 The valuation in Grip
pie Greek is 1865 900 and in the city
OF Victor l,064 900.
Richard Tremayne. one OF the most
prominent citizens of Park. owning
large ranch and stock interests on
West -Four Mile, recently suffered
severe stroke OF paralysis.
Russell Boles, who is charged with
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the murder OF Harold Friedborn on the
might OF December 81. 1901, was ar
raigned in the District Court at Den
ver December 18th and pleaded not
guilty.
The Rev. W. T. Jordan, pastor of
the Calvary Baptist Church in Denver,
has resigned for the purpose oil De
voting his whole time 70 the work OF
tn Colorado Woman's College to be
established at Denver under Baptist
auspices.
L. c. Dubois of Salida, well-known
mining man and engineer. died at Salida
of pneumonia December 25th. He waS
a member of the American Institute
of Mining Engineers. the Masons. Elks.
Woodmen. Maccabees and the Ameri-
can Yeomen.
John Ryan and Miss Leonora Zor-
mig We're drowned in Berkeley lake at
Denver on the night OF Sunday. De
cember 10th. They were skating on
the lake and broke through the ice.
Their bodies were not discovered IN
til Tuesday. Ryan was butler for
private family and Miss Zornig was
employed at a boarding house.
The Colorado Telephone Company
have greatly improved their service
during the past few months. BY the
use of copper wires on their long-dis-
tance service one can talk two hundred
miles as easily as two blocks Many
now using their service. and find it of
great benefit to their business.
The time for holding the Fremont
County Farmers Institute has been
fixed by the executive committee for
January 18th and 14th. Several mem-
bers of the faculty of the State Agri-
cultural College at Fort Collins will bs
present. as well as Hon. j. w. Crow
ley OF Rocky Ford. all of whom will
address the institute on matters of in
terest
The Union reservoir, which has just
been completed, adds materially to
northern Colorado's already splendid
system for storing water Union res
ervoir is located three miles northeast
of Longmont, has a capacity of S50,-
900 900 cubic feet, covers $50 acres and
will water the land under the Union
and Latham bitches. something over
1000 acres. The cost of building the
reservoir WAS $40 600
A Washington dispatch says that
the division Of the Southern Ute In.
dian reservation has been decided
upon. The dividing line runs north
and south following the course of the
Animas river The eastern half re,
mains under control of Joseph Smith,
superintendent at Ignacio, and tho
western half passes to the charge OF
Peterson of Fort
Lewis school,
After serving one year of twenty,
five-year sentence for the murder OF
Charles j. Withern at Coaldale, two
years ago. Street Mccoy died in tha
penltentiary at Canon City, December
I'd. About five minutes after hjs
death a pardon arrived from Governor
Peabody. Mccoy had been sick for
some weeks, and an effort was made
to secure pardon so that he might
die at his home
Attorney James II. Teller, Pueblo
has directed an open letter to the Cir,
iZens' Alliance. in which he condemns
the action OF both the alliance and tho
police department in ordering G "A.
Mover. president of the Western Fed.
Grafton OF Miners to leave the civ,
He asserts that the rights of individ
ual citizenship have been usurped and
that such conditions are fair samnlas
of the monarchial rule that prevails in
Russia. ''
Edward Somins, a boy on,v tu.,uo
years old. was arrested az CoIorado
Springs December 10Th on the charge or
having caused the wreck of n Rocls lei
and train near Elsmere on the 15th
inst. dne ne damages to which were near
ing placed seven-eightbs Incl -.