The Dolores star., 1905-10-13
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


Ground was broken on the 30th ul-
tino for the new Central high school
building in dietrict 20. Pueblo
Sheriff Davis Of Trinidad has bought
pair OF bioodhounds. warranted to
follow the scent Of criminals.
w. E. Porter OF Loveland lost two
fingers OF his right hand few days
ago while helping to move heavy
safe
Lee Bostetter was killed by a falling
bucket In a shaft of the Gold Sovereign
mine at Cripple Greek on the I'd In
slant.
Mrs. Kate T. Bennett has been ap-
pointed regular and John 8. Wiltsie
substitute rurcl carrier on Route 2 at
Longmont.
Scarcity of milk in Greeley has oc-
casioned raise in price. dairymen
who formerly charged cents a quart
now charging :.
The Association of American Rail-
way Surgeons, at its meeting In Chi
cago, elected DIR. r. w. Corwin OF Pu-
eblo, Colorado. president.
In the District Court at Cripple
Creek. james Warford and Walter Ken
ley were found guilty of assault with
intent to kill Sheriff Edward Bell.
Judge Dixon has decided that the IN
junction issued by the District Court
OIL Pueblo county against the ticket
brokers will stand until the Supreme
Court can pass upon the matter.
A&out 100000 was collected at the
United States internal revenue office
In Denver during the month Of Septem-
ber. The territory covered by the Of
fee includes Colorado and Wyoming.
Gen. w. ]. Palmer has offered to
bear the expense OF converting Dor
chester park at Colorado Springs into
a pleasure retreat and children's play
ground, provided the city will estab-
lish street grades and approaches.
This will be done at once.
The Boulder Poultry Association has
been organized with membership OF
twenty. The officers are: l.. r. Nelson,
president; NJ. H. Crandall. vice presi-
dent, ami d. w. McNutt. secretary and
treasurer. 4 has been decided to hold
poultry show December 18th to 10th,
inclusive.
The state treasurer's office is making
a record collecting the liquor license
tax this year. In the ten months clos
ing September Both there was collected
$65,325, which is $15, ,425 in excess of
the same period last year. and $11,S00
In excess OF the entire year 1904. The
collections will probably run to $4,000
by January 1st
All records for the production OF
beet sugar by the American Beet Su-
gar Company, with, factories at Rocky
Ford and Lamar. Colorado, will be
broken this season, 1t Is believed by
the officers. During this season, the
factories will give employment to 500
laborers who will receive from 32.1O
to $3.50 per day for their work.
The secretary of the interior has
executed a contract with Orman &
Crook OF Pueblo for the construction
of divisions 10 to 81. inclusive. Of the
south canal of the Uncompahgre val
ley irrigation project, Colorado. BY
the terms of the contract the work
must be completed within one year
from the date of the execution of the
contract.
Following its improvement OF its
station grounds at Colorado Springs,
the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Company will expend several thousand
dollars In enlarging and improving the
building The baggage room, now at
the south end of the depot, will be re-
moved to the north. and the present
building will be occupied by the ex-
press companies.
The first convention of its kind ever
held In any western state. gathering
of secretaries of Colorado chambers of
commerce and boards of trade, will be
held in Denver, Tuesday, October Gath.
The convention will be under the aus
pices of the Colorado State CONNER
cial Association, and all meetings will
be held in the headquarters of the as
sociation, 7O7 Eighteenth street.
Henry Light, former resident OF
Montrose, was killed at Dragon, Utah,
ON the 29th ultimo, by falling of the
wagon bridge near the hotel. His
death was instantaneous. Light was
about seventy years of age and had
been a resident of Montrose for the
last thirteen years. most of the time
being in the employ of the Denver &
Rio Grande Express Company.
Governor Mcdonald has been invited
by the executive committee in charge
to name delegates to the interstate
commercial law convention which is
to be held at the Auditorium hotel.
In Chicago, October Goth and 9th. The
object of the convention Is to urge
upon Congress the necessity for gov
ernment supervision of railroad rates,
along the lines suggested In the Pres
ident's last message.
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, spring chicken
that is not five months old that is the
mother of thirteen young chickens, and
three that are not four months old
that have begun to lay"
One hundred and twenty-seven
homestead entries were made at the
Pueblo land office during the month
Of September. In the Pueblo land
tifstrict there are h2S275 acres Of land