The state herald., 1905-12-29
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

John Leigh, aged fifty-four, was
killed on the 10th inst between Lafay.
ette and Louisville by being thrown
from his buggy in a runaway.
Sixteen designs for the proposed sol.
diers' monument at the capitol in Den.
yer have been submitted and are now
on exhibition at the governors Office.
William Van Horn was sentenced in
the District Court at Pueblo to from
one to two years in the penitentiary
for murderous assault on colored
porter.
A big clock is to be installed in the
clock tower of the city hall at Den
yer, on which the handless dials have
long reproached the folly Of the mu-
nicipal builders.
Former State Labor Commissioner
J. w. Brentlinger died at Pueblo few
days ago. His funeral was held in the
| Fountain Presbyterian church and was
largely attended.
| There were 736 deaths in Colorado
| during the month of November. OF
this number twenty-six were caused by
typhoid fever, which is much less than
during the previous month.
The annual report OF the Denver
Board of Public Works ending Decem.
Der 10th has been made public. In
that time $600,7S9.50 had been ex-
pended in public improvements.
Charles G.. Kennison, former presi.
dent OF Miners Union No. 40, and an
active participant in labor troubles in
the Cripple Creek district, died at To.
nopah, Nevada, December 16th, of
pneumonia.
Representative Brooks has intro.
duced bill authorizing the resurvey
OF fifty townships In Baca county.
These lands were surveyed many years
ago, but the old markings are practi-
cally obliterated-
Wilson Finney. foreman for W. S.
, Scott of Nederland, on the Graham
lease near that town, was accidentally
killed December 18th by an explosion
OF dynamite which he was handling.
He leaves widow and three children.
A Washington dispatch says that
Lyman l.. Pierce, formerly Of Denver,
for the past five years general secre-
tary of the Young Mems Christian As
sociation, has resigned. to take effect
December 81, on account OF impaired
health.
Ten loaded coal cars at the Garfield
coal mine at Coal creek in some man.
ner started down the tipple into the
mine. and after travelling at almost
lightning speed for nearly 1000 feet,
struck the face of the coal and most
OF them were demolished.
The citizens OF Boulder have Just fin
ished raising funds amounting to more
than $4,000, for the erection Of a
Young Mems Christian Association
building. Boulder has never had an
association, but is preparing to start
in the right way with an adequate
home for It's young men. This will be
the second building TO be owned by a
Y. NJ. c. A in Colorado.
The Greeley correspondent OF the
Denver Republican says: The people
in Ault and vicinity are agitating the
propriety OF dividing Weld d6unty into
two parts. The proposed division
would be made few miles north OF
Greeley. All the country north OF that
line would be known as Ault county.
with Ault as the county scat, and Gree
ley would remain the county seat OF
the southern tract
Nearly twenty y.cight miles Of sewers
have been constructed In Denver this
year. There are now fifty.seven miles
OF streets surfaced with disintegrated
granite. The paved streets OF Denver
measure 351, miles. And there are
nearly 2lS miles OF sidewalks in the
city limits. The total value OF the pub
lie Improvements In the city under the
care OF the Board OF Public Works
Is placed at 3s.5s5. .sot.3s.
A Cheyenne dispatch says that 81
mon Smith. the richest colored man
In Wyoming: J. Il. Booth and Albert
Jones have purchased the HalfDia'
mond.Dot ranch, In South Park. Colo.
RADIO. for Si05.375. and will take charge
OF the property July LIST. Smith. who
started his fortune at Cheyenne a few
years ago as city garbage removal con
tractor. has a $4,000 Interest In the
deal. The ranch is TO be managed by
Smiths twenty.yearold son Carl. who
is the champion negro broncho buster
OF Wyoming.
IL Denver seaport? Charles L.
Tut OF Colorado Springs has named
Denver as the port OF entry OF his
yacht, the Anemone. On the 18th inst
the Anemone left New York on II. .00C
mile trip around the Horn to San
Diego. California. II will arrive there
abont April and Mr.. and Mrs. Tut and
party will take three months cruise
around the waters Of southern Califor
MIA. In June and July they " " so far
ther north to Puget sound. whore MIR
Tut can oversee his great copper
property nt Waldo, Oregon.
The following new patents have been
issued TO ColorndanS; Robert II. Bow
man. Canon City. combination tool
Peabody A. Brown. Denver, thcrmo
stat: Walter c. Cunningham and W. A,
StobbIns. Denver. edge ironing and
shaping machine: Frank II. Frankon
burg. Pueblo. lawn mower, Henry w
Grommeir. Denver. combined socket
and plug for incnndoscont lamps. Kate
Mercer. Greeley. attachment for pickle
casters: Herman y. Neptune. Boulder.
nhlnglc rngc; David Plattner. Denver,
hay stacker, George W. Skinner. Jr..
Denver. centrifugal pump.
Mrs. Mary Weston died nt her home.
near Buona Vista. December 17th. nj
the age Of ninety years. She was the
Oldest ro,tlcr living In the valley. hay.
ing lived In the stone house where she
! died for nearly forty years. She came
TO Colorado In the early sixties, cross.
inK the, plains In wagon.
stpyc Auditor Bent says that tho
| present state administration Nv likely
/ to break all previous records. except
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