The Springfield herald., 1904-09-23
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Welu county mas E4S miles OF Tdll-
road which the assessor values at ST.
918,117.
The State Christian Endeavor con-
vention 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 nth 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. K. has been ap-
pointed member of the executive COM
mittee of the national council of ad-
ministration.
Mayor Speer of Denver has appointed
Mrs. c. j. Hughes, Jr., and Mrs. VIII
liam G. Fisher as members of the Den
yer Public Library Association. There
are six other members.
The hearing on the probate Of the
will of the late Charles NJ. Stebbins,
who left the bulk of large fortune to
found an orphans home in Denver,
will come up in the County Court at
Denver, November 10th.
The annual encampment of the Colo
Cado Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows will
lie held at Glenwood Springs October
18th to goth. The Rebekahs will hold
their meeting at the same time and
place
The twenty third 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 total valuation of $12, 2,762,-
900. or this amount $5,1l2,50O repre-
sents farming and grazing land and 3d.
O53,541 corporate property.
Mrs. West, wife of K. E. West, organ
izer for the Modern Woodmen of Amer
lea, was found dead in her room in the
Commercial hotel at Trinidad on the
18th inst, having died Of heart fail
ure. She came to Trinidad from Okla
homa City.
One of the questions that will come
before the State Supreme Court at its
present session In Denver Is the consti-
tutionality of the statute permitting the
Humane Society to take charge OF
starving cattle and other live stock and
care for it at the expense of the owner.
Prof. Samuel L. Doothroyd. instruc-
tor in physics at the Colorado Agri-
cultural College. has accepted an ap-
pointment as instructor of descriptive
geometry at Cornell University, New
York. He is a native of Colorado and
graduated at the Agricultural College.
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.
Prof William Duane. head of the de-
partment of physics. has been granted
a years leave of absence from the Uni
versity of Colorado. He will spend the
time in Europe and will be occupied in
making special investigation in his line
of work. The department will be con-
Quoted during his absence by Mr..
Charles A. Lory.
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.
Following are the assessment valu-
atoms of Weld county lands for the
year 1904: 211,515 acres of agricultural
land. $1,264, TAO; 1877 acres of coal land,
$176,37O; improvements on lands, $780,
74O; improvements on public lands,
$12,770; town and city lots. $537 $50;
improvements on town and city lots,
$911 $50.
Suits against the Dallas, Texas, FL
deity Savings Association and other
defendants are soon to be brought In
the interest of the defunct Denver FL
deity Association. and it is believed by
Receiver j. C. Helm and Co-Receiver
r. H. Malone that these will be the
means of saving to the Denver associa-
ton thousands of dollars which now
wrecked institution.
Following is the FL Paso county
Democratic ticket: Judge. R. P. Ady.
Colorado Springs; sheriff, Andy Ad
ans, Colorado Springs; clerk and re-
corder, ]. P. Bates, Colorado Springs;
treasurer, William H. Bates, Colorado
City; assessor, Len Cannon, Ramah;
superintendent of schools, Miss Emma
Goudy, Colorado Springs; commissioner
from Second district, Henry Link,
Fountain; from Third district, ]. A.
Fielder, Colorado Springs.
Since the opening of the University
of Colorado at Boulder Monday, Sep
tember 18th, the enrolment has sur
passed by twenty per cent that of any
previous year in the history of the in
stitution. More than 700 students will
this year take advantage Of the oppor-
tunities for higher education offered in
the university proper, and in this num-
ber there are included absolutely no pre-
paratory, summer school, music. lecture
or correspondence students. We're these
students listed as university students
they would swell the total to 1900. The
number given by the university au-
thorities, however. as bona flde uni
yersity students who have COMPLETED a