The Grit-advocate., 1905-02-24
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


summer.
Extensive beds of gypsum have been
located eighteen miles west of Pueblo
and it is proposed 10 put up a mill.
Rock breaking has been commenced
on the Pennington railroad south OF
Durango.
1t is now stated that the Manitou &
Pixies Peak cog road will not be elec-
tritied this year as has been contem-
plated.
Isaac Rosskam, who died AT Phila-
deiphia recently. left 81 900 for the Ma
tional Jewish Hospital for Consump-
tives al Denver
William f. Jones. auditor OF the Mof-
fat road, who has recently returned
from the East. states positively that
the road has moi been sold.
1t is said that creamery men
throughout the state propose to take
active steps to enforce the law in re-
lation to oeomargarine' and butterne.
The name, San Cristobal," as ap-
| piled to a body Of water in Hinsdale
county has received the approval of
the United States Board on Geograph-
icaf Names.
Chris Laib Of Longmont was badly
| frozen while trying to walk from Ned
erland TO Caribou on the 18th inst. and
it may be necessary to amputate some
of his limbs.
The Colorado Springs Municipal
| League has been formed by leading
| citizens TO investigate the manage
maut of city affairs. a paid secretary
viii be- employed.
The Fruit and Produce Association
Of Colorado Springs has induced the
express companies to deduct twenty
| five per cent. from the gross weight OF
poultry shipments as an allowance for
| ice.
Oscar c. Reitze, former pres dent OF
the ReitZe Wall Paper and PaiIt Com
pany at Denver. coEmittel suicide by
| shooting himself through the head in
his room at the Baltimore hotel at Vic
tor February 18th.
Mrs. Jennie Peabody. widow of the
| late Jesse Peabody and sister-in-law
| of Gov. James II. Peabody. died at her
home in. Canon City February 18th,
eight days after having suffes ed
stroke of paralysis.
| Several members of band of gyp-
|
Denver few days ago. The gypsies
have been travelling through the coun-'
try, supported mostly by the earnings
| of the women as fortune tellers.
The late F. A. Falkenburg will be
! succeeded as head consul OF the Wood
men of the World by John II. Foley.
| head adviser of the order until meet
| ing OF the head board of managers
| |, 'hxlI ,nl- CO.
| lection.
| Mrs. Elizabeth Sopris, widow of
| Richard SOpris, former mayor OF Den
yer, celebrated her Goth birthday ami
versary at Denver on the 18th inst.
! Richard Soprs. was the first represen-
tative of the pixies Peak country" in
the Kansas Legislature.
Fifty-fve carloads of lambs, num-
bering 1900 head, left the depot at
Greeley for Omaha, St. Joseph and
| Chicago February 10th. 1t is estimated
that about one-half of the sheep being
fattened for market in northern Colo
rado have been sold.
President Sells of the Maintou &
| Pixies Peak cog road, who has just
| returned from an eastern trip, says
| that everybody in the East is headed
| for Colorado this year, and predicts
the largest number of Colorado tour
| lists in the history of the state.
Miss Margaret Prendergast. first as
| sistant in the Department of Domestic
| Art at the Colorado agricultural Col
| lege, has ben elected to the professor
| ship of domestic science and art at the
| Wyoming Agricultural College and will
IhprI
| ger.
The first shipment from Greeley of
| potatoes for Kansas and Texas points.
| after the cold snap. was made on the
| 18th inst. and consisted Of twenty car
loads. the price being 80 cents for
| pearls and 50 cents for rurals. Far
mers Will soon begin sorting 10 haul
| to the starch factory.
At the city election April 4th the
people of Greeley will vote on the is
sue of s250.0OO bonds to enlarge the
water works. 1t is proposed to bring
water in pipes from the Cache La
Poudre at a point Just above the con-
huence of the north fork of the Pou
DIRE with the main stream.
The second annual convention of the
first district association. knights of
Pythias, at La Junta, February 10th,
was largely attended and in every way
a success. The following officers were
elected: President, A. B. Wallis of La
Junta: secretary, G. II. Winchell of
La Junta: treasurer William Welles
of ManZanOla.
The trial OF Charles Wynn, alleged
TO be Wellington Llewellyn. for the
murder of Policemen Thomas Clifford
and William Gri.fiths, will be held at
Denver during the second week in
March. 1t is claimed that many wit
nesses will swear to the identity OF
Wynn and Ii b ellyn. which the de
fense will deny.