The Springfield herald., 1905-01-20
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


large piece of territory contiguous to
the city.
The grand jury investigating cleo
tion frauds at Pueblo returned forty
one indictments on the 18th inst.
Judge ]. w. Coulter, chairman of the
Pueblo Democratic county committee,
tied on the 14th inst. of apopleXy.
The banks of Boulder hold $1,52S.-
sos. .65 on deposit and have outstanding
loans and discounts to the amount of
$500, ,574.G2.
The President on the 9th inst. NOM
mated Frederick c. Perkins as regis
ter of the land office and Daniel l..
Sheets as receiver OF public moneys at
Durango.
Two great automobile events in Colo
RADIO next summer will be race be-
tween Denver and Colorado Springs
and an endurance contest from Colo
RADIO Springs to the top of Pixies Peak.
A large crowd of revivalists, both
men and women, marched through the
slum districts of Denver the other
night, singing hymns, after which they
went to the Curtis Theatre and held a
rousing midnight meeting.
The proposed issue of 100000 worth
of bonds for an entirely new system of
water works for the city of Montrose
was carried by a large majority at the
special election, there being only 10
votes cast against the project.
The special grand jury at Pueblo, in
vestigating election frauds, has issued
a great number of indictments. If all
those indicted are convicted the Pu-
eblo county Jail will be close rival
of Denver in the number of its in
mates.
Azel d. Galbraith, in the penitentiary
at Canon City under sentence OF death
for the murder of his wife and child,
has been granted n further reprieve or
forty-ive days pending the decision of
the Supreme Court on the capital pun
ishment law.
Following are the newly-elected ofi-
GERS of the Denver Chamber of Com
merce: President, J. S. Temple; first
vice president, A. J. Spengel; second
vice president, c. II. Reynolds; treas
urer. Max Kuner; secretary, Arthur
Williams.
George T. Higgins, who died at Pu-
eblo on the 10th inst, at the age OF
seventy-four, was one of the pioneers
of the city and large real estate
owner. He was also a heavy property
owner in Leadville, Salida. Creede and
other camps.
The new officers of the Colorado
Springs Chamber of Commerce are as
follows: President, J. r. Fisher: first
vice president, d. V. Donaldson; sec
ond vice president, J. r. Mckinnie:
secretary, Henry Russell Wray; treas
urer, C. l.. Hemming.
County Assessor Carey of Pueblo
county in retiring from Office an
nounced that when he took the Office
five years ago the assessed valuation
of realty and OF personal property was
$13,00O,000 and that to-day Is is more
than double that amount.
George Messina and Felix GULL,
Italian miners who were preparing to
go to work in the Carlton coal mine
of the Pixies Peak Fuel Company,
north of Colorado Springs, were killed
by the explosion of steam radiator
in the engine room of the mine.
The entire exhibit OF the mining and
horticultural departments at the
Worlds Fair arrived at Denver from
st. Louis on the 9th inst. There were
three carloads, and the exhibits are
now stored in the west and south en-
frances of the capitol building.
The last official act of Governor Pea
body was the signing of a pardon for
James j. Geary, confined In the Den
yer county Jail for involuntary man
slaughter. BY coincidence, the first
official act of Governor Peabody was
to sign pardon releasing boy from
the county jail.
Harry Tarbell of Saguache county
has been appointed coiner of the new
mint by the federal government. He
is at present clerk of the Colorado
House of Representatives. The new
position pays a salary of $4,000 a year
and he will assume work July 1st,
when the mint begins coinage.
The state fish and game commits
sioner, up to January 18th, had issued
.225 hunting licenses for the new year.
many of these being the renewals of
duck hunters. Last year his office put
out over 3,400 licenses to use guns for
hunting purposes. AS each county
clerk is authorized to issue the licenses
the number of the documents actually
issued is probably far more than twice
the above figures.
Frank NJ. Tate, who retired from the
office Of sheriff of Prowers county on
the Tuesday previous after having
served seven years, was found dead In
bed at his residence at Lamar on the
18th inst. Mr.. Tate was widely
known and popular officer. He was
shot about two years ago by the des-
peradoes who robbed the Carlton post
office and lost the use of his right
arm as a result of his wound.
At Fort Morgan, on the 9th inst, at
sheriffs sale, all the right, title and in
terest of the Morgan County Independ-
ent Telephone Company, including its
lines all over the county. with ex-
changes at Fort Morgan and Brush,
were sold to George e. Settle for 49,.
900. This was under an execution
from the District Court, in settlement
of Judgment due ]. p. Curry of the
First National Bank of Fort Morgan.
Antonio Pechecho, a sheep herder,
was found frozen to death on the 14th
Inst. in his tent in ravine near the
Colorado-New Mexico line, south of
Fort Garland. The body was stiff
when found, and many of the younger
and weaker sheep in his flock also had
succumbed to the bitter cold of the
preceding few days. Pachecho's shep-