The Glenwood post., 1905-08-26
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Two shallow wells have struck oil
near Peyton. east of Colorado Springs.
Fort Collins has 2191 children of
school age. of whom 1852 are enrolled
in the schools.
Colorado Springs druggists have OBJ
tanned damages for the seizure of LID
uors by the city officials.
George Moon, would-be counter
feiter, with complete plant, was ar
rested at Denver the other day.
The Farmers National Bank of Ster-
ling has been authorized to begin bust
ness with a capital of $4,000
William N. Williams has been ap.
pointed postmaster at Nathrop, Chat
fee county, vice Charles L. Pearman,
resigned.
Judge D. C. Beaman. the present
owner of Grand Mesa lakes, is ris.
tributing 250,000 young trout In tho
streams of Delta county.
A new society. known as the Sons
of Colorado, and embracing the
younger native-born residents of the
state, has been organized at Denver.
The widows OF three Denver fremen
who lost their lives by the deadly eff
fects of chemicals at fire in the Post
Office, have each sued the Post com.
pany for $1,000 damages.
For more than an hour Thursday
morning the entire town of ST Thomas,
suburb of Sopris, was threatened
with destruction by fire. A bucket
brigade saved it after hard work.
The State Land Board inserted in a
/ deed of sale of state lands a provision
| that the npnn1n n sbn,1i
never be debarred from fishing along
the stream that runs through the land.
George H. Whitley, son of Former
Mayor NJ. S. Whiteley of Boulder, has
started for Oxford. England. to enter
the university there, he having been
granted a Rhodes scholarship last
spring.
William E. Johnson, aged twenty
years, was instantly killed by the ac.
cidental discharge OF a Winchester
J rifle at Baxters station, five miles east
of Pueblo, on Saturday, the 21st inst.
He had been shooting at mark.
On a petition filed before Judge Hal.
/ lett in the federal court the independ.
ent Smelling and Refining Company at
Golden was adjudged bankrupt. The
request of the company for the ap-
pointment Of a receiver was referred
to Referee Harrison.
The board. of stock inspection has
, authorized the state veterinarian to de.
clare any counties from which mango
or other infectious diseases have been
obliterated to be free, thus removing
the quarantine and necessity for In.
spection.
With reservoir No. ! full, and Nos. 2
and two-thirds full, the city of Flor
enCe has enough mountain water for
domestic use for full year. The
water is secured from the head OF
Newlin creek. distance of twenty
miles from Florence.
John Egelin, a workman in the rod
mill OF the steel works at Pueblo, had
his left leg burned off on the 18th inst
by red hot rod that became coiled
around it in coming from the rolls
He was taken to the Minnequa hos
pital and the leg amputated.
| A party Of twenty-three boys and
| girls bound for Hoehne on a moonlight
picnic at late hour Thursday night
met with an accident which may cause
the death of one of the party. They
were riding on hay rack and the
J team ran away.
The Colorado starch factory at Gree
ley has been sold for s24 900 to w. d.
Boutwell, of Waupeca, Wisconsin. Mr.
Boutwell, has been engaged in the
manufacture of potato starch for the
last fifteen years in different parts OF
Wisconsin. He will enlarge the Gree.
ley plant.
| Leon Lenhart, aged thirty-fve years,
son of one of the wealthiest residents
of Trinidad, was found dead under
tree at Trinidad August Goth, the top
Of his head having been blown off by
bullet. All indications point to sui.
eide. although no cause for such an
act is known.
Judge Cunningham, IN the District
Court at Colorado Springs, has denied
the motion for new trial in the case
of ]. B. Belford VS.. the Stratton estate,
and entered Judgment for the plaintiff
in the sum of $4,000. An appeal was
granted to the Supreme Court. Judge
Belford's claim is for services as at
torney during Mr.. Stratton's lifetime.
w. II. Rowe of SOC Plateau avenue,
Colorado City, has received word from
New York relatives that their branch
of the family is entitled to share in
the Ten Eyck estate, valued at sl6,-
100000. Only fifty heirs have been
chancery for ten years. The Rowes be-
long to what is known as the Mohawk
Dutch branch.
Acting Lieut.. Gov. Fred w. Parks
became acting governor when Cover
nor Mcdonald went to the Portland
Exposition. Since January 1, 1905,
Governor Peabody has held the Office
for two terms, one lasting only day,
Adams Ield it for q short term then
Mcdonald, who temporarily left it to
Lieutenant Governor Parks.
Maude Fealy opens the second week
of her closing engagement at Elitch's
Gardens, Denver. Sunday night, in 'n
the Palace of the King" one of the
best plays of the period of Spain in
1870 ever written. Her present en-
gagement is drawing large crowds
thus attesting once more to the popu.
larity of the charming Denver actress