The state herald., 1905-10-27
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

A"Stuio otVrCl ITUIll pOthtoeo'
A sea gull. measuring more than
four feet from tip to tip OF its wings,
was recently shot near Florence.
The new sugar factory at Holly has
begun operations and 1t Is expected to
handle over $4,000 tons OF beets this
season.
Martin Y. Turpin, who died at Lead
vile un the 18th inst, was Civil War
veteran and one of the pioneers OF
the camp.
A postofilce will be established at the
west portal OF the Gunnison tunnel, to
be called Lujane, with II. Il. McCOllum
as postmaster.
The Denve. Republican says that
Joel F. Vaile will be candidate be-
fore the next Legislature for election
to the United States Senate.
Simon Guggenheim has given $1,000
to The West Side Nelghborhood house
in Denver. It will be made the nucleus
for a fund to erect a new building.
Fred J.. Paddleford has resigned as
n member OF the board of control Of tho
State Industrial School for Girls. In
doing so he did not make his reasons
public.
A Settlers Forest Reserve conven-
ton. under the auspices of the Roaring
Fork and Eagle River Stockgrowers
Association has been called to meet at
Glenwood Springs. December 1st.
John Doyle. employed In the rail
mill at the Bessemer steel works, was
drawn into the machinery and in
stantly killed. He was twenty-five
years of age, unmarried, and had for
merly lived in Denver.
Thomas c. Clayton believes he has n
good prospect for placer mining on
some land the state owns near Castle
Rock. The State Land Board has
leased him 100 acres on the terms of a
ten per cent. royalty on the gross out
put.
The first report of the new Weather
Bureau station at Lake Moraine. on
Pixies Peak. 10000 feet above sea
level. was issued October 18th. The
instruments were imported from
France through the generosity of Gen.
w. J. Palmer.
Fifty dollars reward is offered by
State Game and Fish Commissioner ].
w. Woodward for information leading
to the conviction of the person or per
sons who killed two fine elk on Sleepy
Cat mountain in Rio Blanco county re-
Gently.
Ex-Mayor H. C. Watson Of Greeley,
accompanied by his wife. has started
for a trip around the world. A crowd
of friends met at his house the even
Ing before his departure and presented
him with valuable pair OF field
glasses.
Judge Moses Hallett, of the Federal
Court. has refused TO modify an in.
junction recently issued restraining
the Ute Coal & Coke Company, of
Durango. from trespassing on govern
ment land from which the company has
been mining coal.
Colorado militiamen are to be trained
in athletics. Sergeant Mckay OF Troop
c. First squadron cavalry. has been as
signed to conduct the athletic work.
He will visit the various armorics and
put the men through training exer-
cises. This will include various forms
Of athletics. leaping, running, sword
exercises. etc.
Through the generosity OF Simon
Guggenheim the State University has
acquired an important set OF plants
from Routt county-a region hitherto
little known to botanists. He re-
Gently placed sum Of money at the
disposal of the regents for the pur-
chase Of museum specimens and the
collection OF plants.
The fa,orite rife OF Daniel Boone.
carried by him during his hunting and
trapping excursions In Kentucky. is in
possession OF Mrs. e. +. Perkins OF
Florence. She secured II through her
father. Daniel Pruitt. who was u part
ner of the famous hunter. On the rifle
stock Is engraved the name Of Boone.
The gun Is an old muzzle loader, cap
and ball weapon, and is highly pol
ished.
This is the way Fremont county
cackles In the Denver Republican,;
III. a. Tennis OF Florence has the most
productive hens ever raised In Ere.
mont county. He has one hen that has
brought on three settings OF Young
ones this year, -four that laid every day
during the summer, n spring chicken
that liz not Ave months old that Is the
mother OF thirteen young chickens, and
three that are not four months old
that have begun TO lay"
Typhoid fever was responsible for
forty.onc deaths In Colorado In Sep.
tembcr. according TO the health bulie-
tin for that month. issued from the
Office OF the State Board OF Health. The
total number of deaths from all causes
wns Stp Thor. wgr, fnup fatal ..u.a
OF diphthoria and three Of scarlet fever.
As compared with August. there was
an incrcas. of elghiy-slx cases OF ty.
phold and n decrease of seventeen
eases of smallpox. four Of scarlet fever
and one OF diphtherla.
Plans for escape Of twenty-five prIs.
oncrH at tho Weld county Jail nt Groc.
ley were frustrated by Sheriff Florence
and his deputies. who watched the
Jail nj night and heard the prisoners
discussing the scheme. Tho officers
then mad. n thorough search and dis.
covered four bars gone from IN. top OF
the main cage and In their place barr.
of wood closely resembling the iron.
The bars had been sawed on by John
cnmminr. the In Sailo bold.up. who
had fourteen steel slN.inch saws,
doubtless furnished by parties from
outside.
Al It's last meeting. The State board
of Audit allowed the bill OF the nnnkH
Law Publishing Company of Chicago
and III. state treasurer hnA cnsh.d a
warrant for II. The bill amounted 10
t..i6s with interest. and portions of II
have been running for nearly ten y.arn.