The Glenwood post., 1905-10-07
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

iliiHo loI the new Ientlal HlSh StnOOl
building in district 20, Pueblo.
Sheriff Davis of Trinidad has bought
"a pair OF bloodhounds. warranted to
follow the scent of criminals.
, W. Il. Porter of Loveland lost two
fingers OF his right hand IA few days
ago while helping to move a heavy
safe.
, Lee Bostetter was killed by a falling
bucket in shaft of the Gold Sovereign
mine at Cripple Creek on the I'd in
slant
Mrs. Kate T. Bennett has been APP
pointed regular and John 5. Wiltsie
substitute rural carrier on Route at
LongmOnt.
Scarcity of milk in Greeley has oc-
casioned Il raise in price, dairymen
who formerly charged . cents "A quart
now charging 7.
Gen. William ]. Palmer has contrib
uted 81 900 to the prosecution of the
Colorado Springs druggists who have
violated the liquor ordinances.
In the District Court at Cripple
Creek. James WaIford and Walter Ken
ley We're found guilty of assault with
intent 10 kill Sheriff Edward Bell.
The orders of the district Judges
seem to have put at least temporary
quietus on gambling in Denver. Ii is
claimed that even the policy shops are
closed.
The abandonment of Holyoke as a
Burlington freight division was com
pleted last week when the carpenter
shop and machinists' tools were
moved to Curtis, Nebraska.
Judge Dixon has decided that the in
junction issued by the District Court
OF Pueblo county against the ticket
brokers will stand until the Supreme
Court can pass upon the matter.
Senator Thomas NJ Patterson ar
rived in Denver on the night of Sep
tember 3Oth on his return from his
trip to the Philippines as a member of
Secretary Taft's party. The senator
returned in excellent health.
Ora HALEY. cattleman of Wyoming,
has engaged cars on the MoiIat road
for thc shipment of 1900 head of fat
cattle from sulphur Springs TO Den
yer He has started his drives, which
viii come in lunches of 500 or coo
cattle.
All records for the production OF
beet sugar by the American Beet Su-
gar Company, with factories at Rocky
Ford anA Lamar Colorado, will be
broken this season, it is believed by
he officers. During this season, the
factories will give employment to 500
laborcrs who will receive from S2.lO
TO $3.50 per day for their work.
Following its Improvement of It's
| station grounds at Colorado Springs
| the Denver * Rio Grandc Railroad
| Company will eXpend several thousand
| dollars in enlarging aud improving the
| building. Tho 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 eN-
| press companies.
Henry Light Il former resident of
Montrose. was killed at Dragon. Utah,
on the 18th ultimo. by failing off the
wagon bridge near the hotel. His
death was instantaneous. Light was
/ about seventy years OF age and had
been resident of Montrose for the
| last thirteen years, most of the time
being in the employ of the Denver a
Rio Gruude Express Company,
The first convention of its kind ever
| held in any western state, a gathering
! of secretaries of Colorado chambers OF
| commerce and boards of trade, Will be
| held in Denver, Tuesday, October 24th.
| 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, 707 Eighteenth street.
Governor Mcdonald has been invited
by the executive committee in charge
| to name delegates 10 the Interstate
| commercial law convention which is
to be held at the Auditorium hotel,
in Chicago, October 2Gth 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
idents last message.
One hundred and twenty-seven
homestead entries were made at the
Pueblo land Office during the month
of September. In the Pueblo land
district there are 52S 275 acres of land
| uuappropriated at the present time,
| The district includes parts of Bent,
| Chaffee, COStilla, Custer. Ebert, Sa.
guaChe. FL Paso, Teller. Fremont
| Eiuerfano. kiowa, Las Auimas, Lin
coin, -Otero. Park and Pueblo counties
~ ptlutll lliS vi 'lAlh'iiN ~ iluilAi 10
peak, after discussing the proposal oI
| Hamlin Garland that national park
be made out of a portion of the White
River forest reserve, adopted resolu-
tions that the creation of a national
park. as proposed, would be hurtful TO
the interests of the people of Routt,
Rio Blanco, Garfield and Eagle coun-
ties, and that the damage would
greatly exceed any possible benefit.
State Coal Mine Inspector John ID.
| Jones is of The opinion that the outpu,
of coal in 1905 will equal that of 1903.
Up to date it is equal TO the same per-
iod in that year. Comparisons aro
made with that year, because the pro-
duction of 1904 was affected by tha
| great strikes in both the coal and min.
eral mining camps. and fell off over {,
| million tons. The production in 1908
| was approximately 100000 tons and
in 1904 it was about 7000,0 900 tons.