The Dolores star., 1904-10-07
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

On the night CT October 1st the luer-
chants Of Pueblo gave the exhibitors
at the state fair a big banquet at the
Maine hotel.
Rural free delivery route No. will
be established November 1st from
Grand Junction: popuiaIlon to be
served. $50; houses on route. 500.
On account of the heavy rains dur
ing the week the state fair at Pueblo
did not close oa Saturday as sched-
uled. but was held open for another
day.
The National Association of Railway
Agents. with membership of 600. will
held its convention in Denver next
year. visiting different parts Of the
state.
When the sheriff OF Weld county
catches a tramp. he sets him at work
on the county road. Six in one day
were sentenced to seventeen days
work each.
Pueblo firemen sent a large wreath
of roses to be placed on the biers of the
Denver firemen who lost their lives by
the explosion OF nitric acid in the rooms
of the Denver Post.
William Richardson, miner in the
DobdhLd uIstIltt, WIZ huS oSch WI
sidered dangerous for some time, has
been adjudged insane by the County
Court OF Saguache county and ordered
taken to the insane asylum at Pueblo.
The eighteen-months old son Of Mr..
and Mrs. c. F. Cummings, living three
miles from Parker. in Douglas county.
on September 26th. drank the contents
of a laudanum bottle and died within
few hours.
At the meeting of the Rocky Noun
tain Hotel Mems Association In Denver
resolution was passed strongly In
dorsing the work of the Colorado Pro
motion and Publicity Committee and
pledging 1t active moral and financial
support.
l.. c. Greenlee has been selected by
the Denver School Board to succeed
Aaron Cove as superintendent Of the
Denver public schools. Mr.. Greenlee
was for many years superintendent OF
the West Denver schools and was Mr..
Gove's assistant when the latter re-
signed.
Agent H. B. Kerr Of the Humane So
ciety reports that the stage horses In
use in the western part of the state are
now in a greatly improved condition
and are being well cared for. Mr.. Kerr
has Just returned to Denver from q trip
to the western slope and says several
drivers have been prosecuted for abus-
ing their animals.
Prof. v. Norman MCGEE. recently
chosen professor of engineering In Col
orado College, died at Colorado Springs
September 28th Of tuberculosis. Pro-
fessor MCGEE was educated In the pub
lie schools of Denver and at Leland
Stanford University. and was profes-
eor of engineering in the Imperial Uni
versity at Tien Tsin, China, when the
Boxer rebellion broke out. 1t was there
his health became undermined.
The trial at Fort Collins Of J. w.
Tilly, Otis Miller. H. E. Eberly. g. w.
Grimes. R. J. Sutton. ]. s. Sheehan and
ID. H. Bonnell. charged with assault
with a deadly weapon with attempt to
kill Benjamin Evans and Thomas Will
son, resulted in verdict Of guilty
against Tilly and Miller. The other de-
PENDANTS were acquitted. Counsel
moved for a new trial for Tilly and
Miller.
A monster eagle attacked the small
son of Cornelius Starr. sexton OF the
Colorado City cemetery few days ago.
and when the father rushed to the
boys assistance the bird kept up its
fight. 1t circled over the heads OF the
two and every now and then swooped
down upon them for an attack. Mr..
Starr meanwhile keeping 1t away with
a shovel. A neighbor came to his as
sistance with a shotgun and then the
bird flew away.
w. F. Porter of Cow creek engaged
in desperate fight with an old female
bear and her three cubs and finally
succeeded in killing all four Of the an
imals few days ago. The Cow creek
country. which is near Ouray. is over
run with bear, and this makes the sec
ond killing reported within a week,
John Gould having killed three others.
The old bear is large specimen of the
cinnamon species.
On September 30th at Durango. the
Colorado-Arizona Railway Company
filed its articles for right-of-way from
Durango to the state line for a rail-
way south from Durango. Similar fl
ings were made at Santa Fe. New Mex
leo. and Tucson, Arizona. This road
Is projected to be built from Durango
to Tucson. 1t is presumed along the
proposed line that the Southern Pacific
10 building this road.
Following are the newly-elected Off
GERS Of the Rocky Mountain Hotel
Mems Association: President, N.
Maxcy Tabor; vice president. c. H.
Morse; secretary, H. Jerome Toy;
treasurer, Samuel F. Dutton, and
chairman of the executive committee.
H. H. Hake. The association will work
in conjunction with the Colorado Pro.
motion and Publicity committee and
the State Realty Association in adver-
tising the state.
William Larson, Of Grover. in Weld
county, had his head badly hurt few
weeks ago by the falling OF horse.
On the last day of September he rode
fifty miles in order to get to Greeley in
time to be hanged. as he said. He
changed horses several times along
the road, taking fresh one when he
! In utnrod hxy Nor.