La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1905-02-11

The American De Forest Wireless
Telegraph Company has begun the In
stallAtion Of its plant ar Denver.
The thirteenth annual banquet OF the
Denver Bar Association viii be held
II the Brown Palace hotel February
2lst
iiAtely on the Pennington branch OF
the Denver 4 Rio Grande. below Dur
ango-
George Bauer Of the Bauer Mercan-
tile Company and Bauer Bank At Man
eos. died At a sAnitarium in Guadala-
lara. Mexico. January 3lst-
The Grand Aerie OF the Fraternal
Order Of Eagles will be held In Den
yer next August and is expt cted 10 At
tract nearly 5000 visitors
Colorado College. at Colorado
Springs. mas an endowment fund OF
$500 zoo. and will make 4 vigorous ef'
fort To increase il TO ti.ooo.ooe-
George II. Crosby. formerly Of Den.
yer. has been appointed freight tramc
manager for the Burlington in place OF
the late Thomas Miller. who died re-
Gently.
The United States Senate has con-
firmed the nominations of =. NJ.
Downer as superintendent, Wilbur
Hodgson assayer and j. W. Nilsson
melter and refiner OF the Denver mint
Ray b. Leese was unanimously re-
appointed secretary OF the State Board
OF equalization and clerk of the Board
Of Auditors at a recent meeting Of the
board.
hA xrfs fpa fQS
decided tha; the law prohibiting mi
enforced against newsboys engaged In
selling papers.
George w. Berger. a prominent
blacksmith Of Greeley. committed sui
eide February I'd by taking chloroform
There was nothing in his business OF
domestic relations to explain the act
John U. and Bruce Z. Watkins OF
the firm of Watkins Brothers at Pu
eblo. are Informed that they are heirs
with five others to an estate in Pitts
burg. Pennsylvania, valued at $4,000.
900.
Postmaster o. W. Richardson OF
Longmont died on the 9th inst at the
age Of 72 years. He had been post
master for six years. During the civil
war he served In the Twelfth Illinois
cavalry.
The new Fremont county hospital al
the poor farm near Canon City has
been completed at "A cost OF $50, 1000. II
will accommodate sixty patients and
there are six padded cells for insane
patients.
The Denver Young Mems Buildint
Association has purchased building
site. l25xl25 feet in size. at Sixteenth
and Lincoln avenues. which Is between
the Brown Palace hotel and the Cap
itol building.
At the recent first annual meeting
Of the Phillips County Farmers lnsti
tute at Holyoke dry weather farming
Was. discussed and II was planned Il
make experiments Of farming by wind
mill irrigation.
The Interior Department has with
drawn from all forms OF disposal what
ever. six townships. embracing l3s.2<f
acres Of public lands. In the Glenwood
Springs land district, on account oi
irrigation projects.
On the arrest Of Alexander Z. Jack
son on the charge Of robbery in Den
yer. about 81 800 worth OF jewelry and
diamonds Was recovered. Jackson IL
. negro. and In said to be IN extreme
ly successful sneak thief.
At Denver, on the 5th inst. William
a. Tallman. . civil engineer. while
standing In . hath tub full Of water
reached up to turn ON the electric light
and received Q shock Of electricity that
caused almost instant death.
Dudley ID. Sales. . Denver boy. nov
studying at the Stanford University
has chosen TO participate In the con
test for the President Carnot prize. OF
fered for he best speech or the gov
ernment or history Of France.
Trinidad il to have its two principal
streets paved. Main street will b.
paved from Walnut street west to Ami
mas street and Commercial street from
First street to the river. Two layers
Of vitrified hrick, with q cement foun
datiou, will be used.
Sam Erickson vas killed at the
Camp Bird mine. Ouray. January 3Jth
by falling 100 feet down = shaft. He
was q Finn, 32 years of age. ani sin
gle. Two sisters and . brother reside
in Michigan. and his father and mother
are still in Finland.
Al Canon City q few d.ys ago
twenty seven drummers for all kinds
Of business landed on the afternoon
and night trains the same day. The
inns Of the place were able to take
care of them without unlocking the
Hotel de Canon City.
The Saiica Board of Trade receatly
ad0rteA resolutions indOrsing the
scheme Of A. @. Fitzgerald. Who ID
driving . tunnel to tap the Poncha hot
springs. II IL expected that the tunnel
will also tap deposits Of gold and silver
ore and mica.
Arthur Lewis. . Missouri Pacific
trainman. while going back to nag q
train after A accident near Eads. .
station east Of Pueblo. vas attacked
by q ravenous pack Of coyotes and only
escaped by brandishing . lighted fuse
and retreating to the caboose.