The Colorado statesman., 1905-07-15
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

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le1ridzs we're eoTered with szoz o.
it1e morning q the ID q JaIy-
1lizz Jos5e z Gibson Of Nisso<.-f has
ben appointed nurse zt the Grand
Junction Indian School ~ Z szIz-y q
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TIE Coso-zdo & Sc1thern Re zlrozd
Z Cozpzny has deposited z8.eg5 trout
tfry II TIE river IL Bailey. all zbcu- six
f-c1es II Ie1g-
Thz Denver Chamber Of connerce
e arranging 70 OEer cash prizes fo- az
ricultursI products for both frrizztsd
and ro1-5rrigzred lands
Alexander Gordon, foreman Ct Ten
Nile Mining Company sr Robi1sOn.
vas Instantly killed On the 9Th ins- D.
Z falling down q shaft
Hereafter the State Capitol Billing
~ Denver is 70 be kept open O. sat
urdzy afternoons and HOLIDAYS. a. last
/ during the sumner months
Mrs. Clidz n Adams, wife Of Ava
2. Adams and dzughter-in-Izx q for
mer GoFernor Adams. died at Puz5lo
July 4tn. after = short illness
The woman's Civic Society u Trinf-
dad proposes TO enforce the Szntsy
closing ordinances and TO prosecu-s n.
gambling houses and wine ROOM
The floral parade at the BouIdsr Fes-
tiTsl On the 7th inst was one q the
finest ever seen in the state Boil car
Tisges and automobiles took part II il
At Denver, July 9Th, Mrs. W. D.
Schmidlap shot and killed her husband
at the Place where he was Tooning-
They had been separated for about z
year
twenty-five counties Of CoIorzdo are
represented in agricultural exhibits at
the Chamber Of Commerce building in
Denver. and specimens are wanted
from other counties.
There we're fourteen fires in Denver
On the Fourth Of July. but the loss in
each cage was small, except at Hurl-
butts store, where the damage nay
reach nearly $4,000.
In the Western Baseball League Des
Noines and Denver are close compel
tors for first place and Colorado
Springs and St Joseph are nip and
tuck for the BOBBY prize
Colorado postofce appointments
have been made as follows: Jefferson,
Park county, Charles F. Peake, vice
Schattinger, resigned: Muriel, Huer-
fano county, Wilmer 3. Kenny, vice E.
l.. Reubendale. resigned
The Boulder Farmers mill at Boul-
der has been burned to the ground, in.
yolying a loss of about S35, 900, with
s29. 900 insurance. Previous TO the fire
the safe at the mill was broken open,
but It contained no money.
June proved very good month for
collections by the State Land Board,
and shows that the business Of the of
fee Is increasing steadily year by year.
! The June collections for the past three
years have been as follows: 1909 $780,
191; 1904, s1S,293; 1905. s2i ,e3s-1s.
Pueblo has raised subscription of
| 5000, pledged for the maintenance of
the Arkansas Valley immigration Bu-
reau. The object Of the bureau is to
run homestead excursions from east
ern farming districts and to advertise
the advantages of the valley exten-
sively.
John NJ. G. Wadlin has sold to
Thomas /. Valentine OF Peoria, Illinois.
2.10O acres OF land and the Wadlin
reservoir fifteen miles east of Greeley
| for s26, 900. The capacity Of the reser-
voir is 45.000.000 cubic feet and this
will be nearly doubled by the pur-
| chaser.
The following patents have been is
sued to Colorado inventors: Aaron NJ.
Beam, Denver, ore treating furnace;
John Crone, Greeley, valve cap; Bar
nett Dodd, Boulder combined door
1 - Re- Oh n
Independence. pipe coupling; A. A.
Smith. Paonia, brake shoe.
The Colorado Supreme Court has de-
cided that the fiat tax law passed by
the Thirteenth General Assembly is
valid. The law places tax Of two
| rents on each 81 900 of capital stock
in domestic corporations capitalized in
excess OF S25 200. and four cents per
$1,000 on foreign corporations.
Roscoe Harris. aged sixteen years,
and the only child of former Mayor
| Ira Harris OF Colorado Springs, was
shot through the heart and almost in
| stantly killed at Colorado Springs on
the 5th inst. by the accidental dis
| charge OF a rifle in the hands of Mat
thew DAILY. young friend with whom
he was arranging to go out hunting
Three hundred and sixty acres of
land near the Union Printers Home on
Mob hill. and $1,000 in cash for the
construction of the building has been
pledged respectively by two citizens of
Colorado Springs for tha National Let
! ter Carriers Home, should the national
convention at Portland. Oregon, next
september. choose the Springs as the
site.
At Golden July 10th Judge Garri-
gues of Greeley, who was sitting in
the District Court for Judge De
France. sentenced Aubury Church to
the penitentiary for not less than five
| nor mora than twentv vears for Grim