The Dolores star., 1905-08-25
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

uSaf feyton, east OF Cotorodo 5prlngS-
Fort Collins has 2,ls1 children Of
school age. Of whom 1852 are enrolled
In the schools.
Colorado Springs druggists have OBJ
tained damages for the seizure OF liq-
uors by the city ofncials.
The FArmers' National Bank Of Ster-
ling has been authorized to begin bust
ness with capital Of $4,000.
A new society. known rs the Sons
OF Colorado. and embracing the
younger native-born residents Of the
state, has been Organized at Denver.
c. H. Ramsey, q Greeley man. has
offered to pay all the expenses Of q
special election to vote on q proposi-
ton to grant him a telephone fran
chise.
The widows Of three Denver fremen
who lost their lives by the deadly ef-
fects OF chemicals at . fre in the Post
ONCE. have each sued the Post COM
pany for 5000 damages.
For more than an hour Thursday
morning the entire town of st. Thomas.
suburb Of Sopris. was threatened
with destruction by fire. A bucket
brigade saved 1t after hard work,
The State Land Board inserted In q
deed of sale Of state lands q provision
that the people Of the state should
never be debarred from fishing along
the stream that runs through the land.
Engineer G. w. Thompson was killed
on the 18th inst. by the overturning Of
his engine between Red Mountain and
Silverton. The train remained on the
track and no one else was hurt.
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Boulder have subscribed an aggregate
Of 81. 800 toward the erection Of a Y.
M. c. A. building, and there are 200
more people for the committee to see.
George H. whiteley, son Of Former
Mayor M. S. Whiteley OF Boulder. has
started for Oxford, England. to enter
the university there, he having been
granted Rhodes scholarship last
spring.
Col. w. w. Ferguson, assistant quar-
termaster general Of the G. A. R. at
Denver and custodian Of the war mu-
\ siege Of typhoid fever from which he
now seems to be recovering.
William e. johnson. aged twenty
years. was instantly killed by the ac-
cidental discharge of q Winchester
AAnc a. o0AtCI b SldtIOu, utC ulllcb C8bt
of Pueblo. on Saturday. the 21st inst.
He had been shooting at mark.
On a petition filed before Judge Hal
lett in the federal court the independ-
ent Smelling and Refining Company at
Golden was adjudged bankrupt. The
request Of the company for the ap-
pointment of a receiver was referred
to Referee Harrison.
With reservoir No. full. and Nos. Q
and two-thirds full. the city Of Flor
ence has enough mountain water for
domestic use for full year. The
water is secured from the head OF
Newlin creek. distance of twenty
miles from Florence.
Sixty tons of hay. valued at 5000, was
| totally destroyed by fire at the STRAIT
| ton ranch. south of Colorado Springs,
carelessness of some small boys who
threw the lighted stubs Of their cigar
cites ON the haystack
John Egelin, a workman in the rod
mill OF the steel works at Pueblo, had
his left leg burned OF ON the 18th inst.
by red hot rod that became coiled
around it In coming from the rolls.
He was taken to the Minnequa hos
pital and the leg amputated.
A party of twenty-three boys and
| girls bound for HOehne on a moonlight
picnic at late hour Thursday night
met with an accident which may cause
the death of one Of the party. They
were riding on a hay rack and the
team ran away.
The Colorado starch factory at Gree
| ley has been sold for e24, 900 to W. D.
| Boutwell, OF Waupeca, Wisconsin. Mr..
Boutwell, has been engaged In the
manufacture Of potato starch for the
last fifteen years in different parts Of
Wisconsin. He will enlarge the Gree
ley plant.
Leon Lenhart. aged thirty-nve years.
| son of one of the wealthiest residents
Of Trinidad, was found dead under, q
tree at Trinidad August 10th. the top
Of his head having been blown on by .
bullet. All indications point to sui
eide. although no cause for such an
act is known.
No more timber cutting will be per-
| mitted on North and South Hardscrab-
BILE creeks, Fremont county. A gov
ernment ranger appeared on the
creeks recently and ordered timber
cutters TO desist. For several years
timber sections have been devastated
by the choppers.
Judge Cunningham, in the District
Court at Colorado Springs, has denied
the motion for q new trial In the case
of J. b. Belford vs. the Stratton estate.
and entered judgment for the plaintiff
in the sum Of 5000. An appeal was
granted to the Supreme Court Judge
Belford's claim is for services as at
torney during Mr.. Stratton's lifetime.
Seven Of the twenty-one members Of
the Uintah drawing pool comprised Of
Colorado Springs and Pueblo police
men and railroad men, drew numbers
at Provo, County Commissioner J. B.
Rush OF Pueblo drawing No. 66. The
next number WAS 1886, the next 83S.