The state herald., 1905-06-09
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

boy murderer.
A good deal of damage was done by
destructive haistorm between AT.
vada and Golden on the afternoon OF
May 27th.
Gov. Joseph Folk Of Missouri is ex'
pected to visit Colorado this summer
on his way home from the Portland
Exposition.
The five Grand Army posts OF Den
yer will unite in holding great 'June
Fair and Festival at Denver June 2lst
to July 1st.
Many men are going from Trinidad
to work on the construction OF the new
railroad from Durango TO Pennington,
New Mexico.
Edwin Williams, formerly at the
! head of the sampling works at Bonl'
der, died May oath in Idaho. where he
was engaged in mining. :
Many thousands acres of peat
lands have been discovered near lol'
land on the Moffat road, and plans are
being formulated for the manufacture
of fuel from 1t.
Heavy storms on May 27th caused
| the breakage of the dams OF the Crater
anu Lug II 1871 Ttstl Npil q h'ai AD~a'"'
Hanson's reservoir near Paonia, and
the Irwin dam near Holyoke.
Miss Nellie Donahue, ex-city treas
urer of Victor, was acquitted by jury
of the charge of misappropriating the
sum of $l,4iG, city funds, during the
time she was in office from 1900 to
1902.
The six-year daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Ryan of Pryor. Huer-
fano county, set her dress on hre whlle
working at the kitchen stove on the
10Th ult., and was so badly burned that
she died next day.
Stephen and Charles lmprey, con
vIcted of statutory crime against
Gertrude Miller at Leadville, have
been pardoned. The girl last winter
made an affidavit that she swore
falsely against the men.
j. NJ. Hollands big ranch, twenty
nine miles northeast of Pueblo mas
been sold TO j. j. Rose OF Colorado
Springs for sG5,00O. The ranch com
prises many acres and several thou
sand head of cattle.
The Empson Canning Company at
Longmont is increasing the capacity oil
its plant for the seasons run on peas.
When the machinery now arriving is
in place. the factory will have capac-
ity of 10000 cans of peas per hour.
May receipts with the State Land
Board show that the business OF the
office is growing gradually. The re-
ceipts last month were s25,502.25. In
May, 1908, the receipts were S2O, O,I23.ll,
and in 1904 they were s23, ,l52.3i.
Colorado is entitled 10 twenty dele
gates to the eleventh International
Sunday School convention. which will
be held in Toronto. Canada, June 23d'
eth, and 1t is expected that many be.
sides the delegates will take the-trip.
Sia Tieng Ang, Chinese graduate
OF the University Of Denver, and a
Young man of much ability. died of con
sumption at the Oakes Home In Den
yer, June I'd. Mr.. Sia had many &C.
quaintances in Denver and was very
popular.
The United Brotherhood OF Railway
Trainmen, the Eagles, the letter car.
riers' union and the carpenters union
are considering the building of homes
and sanitariums in Colorado for the
benefit OF their members throughout
the country
Authority for the expenditure OF si5,'
600 for the improvement of the road
bed between Boulder and Fort Col
Inns on the Colorado & Southern has
been signed by President Frank Trum.
bull. The track will be slagged for the
entire distance.
In 1908 the collection for liquor H.
cense.i by the state treasurer amounted
TO sl7 .SI5. and in 1904 they reached the
sum of s53.575. 1t looks now as II by
the end of the fiscal present year In
December next. the collections will
reach the sum of sG5,O0O, This result
Is due TO putting out the collectors
over the state.
c. Il. Cooper Of the American De
Forest Wireless Telegraph Company
has selected a site for the main receiv.
ing station for the Cripple Creek dis
trict. IL is at a point west OF the Amer.
lean Eagles mine on Bull hill. at which
point a receiving station will be estab'
hshed. The altitude OF Bull hill is
above 10000 feet.
Harry A. Mills, between twenty-five
and twenty-eiRht years OF age. con.
was killed at S O'Clock on the morning
of May 2sth. at Midway. In the Cripple
/ Creek district. His death was ht first
attributed TO shock OF electricity.
but later II became evident that he
was caught between the cars.
The conversion ofthe following named
Colorado banks into national banks has
been approved BY the comptroller Of
! the currency: The Salida State Bank
of Salida into the Commercial National
Bank of Salida. with 100000 capital:
the poudre Valley Bank OF For, Col.
lins into tho Poudrc Valley National
Bank of Fort Collins, with slo0.O00
capital.
Colorado Springs and Denver are
becoming cities OF national homes A
national snnitariuin for Swcdcs. and
| another for members of the Evangcl'
ical Lutheran Church. as well as n
/ third devoted to the order OF B'nai
! Birth. are located In Denver. Colorado
Springs now has tho International
| Printers Home aud the National
Lodge OF Odd Fellows Is planning to
build.
| In the revenue law Is n clause which
requires all corporations In the state
that are not assessed by the State
Board and which own property In more
than one county to file a tax schedule
ally Of 500. and fino OF 500 n day
for every day this Is ncglcc,cd. Most
OF the corporations arc ncglccting II