The Dolores star., 1905-11-03
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Ault. Governor Mcdonald was among
the visitors.
DR.. F. c. BuchteI. son Of Chancellor
iBucktel OF the University Of Denver,
has purchased the private sanatorium
OF DIR. Green at Monte Vista
The widow Of the late Willard Teller
brother OF Senator H. NJ. Teller, will
inherit his entire fortune, estimated at
$124.o00. there being no children.
What troubles the Greeley starch
factories is that there are no small
potatoes this year; or at least the
them.
A check Of 5000 in payment for the
last OF the court house bonds, given by
the county commissioners October
26th, left Boulder county entirely free
from debt.
Abe Williamson, aged fifty-five years.
a farmer living near Housed school
house, about six miles east of Boulder,
committed suicide a few days since by
taking strychnine.
A civil service examination will be
held in Denver. November 22d, for a
saddler in the quartermaster's depart
ment at large. The salary in the posi-
ton is $545 year.
The new home for nurses at the
Cakes sanatorium in Denver, erected
at a cost Of $25,00O, was dedicated
October 26th. The money for the
home was contributed by William d.
Sloane of New York.
The board of capitol managers has
let a contract for altering the north
~ ho cta 70 in
putting in wider fight of steps and
making that the principal entrance.
The work will cost $4,750.
The Colorado Springs members OF
the International Typographical Union
have decided in favor of an assess
ment OF so cents per week per mem
ber to support the fight of the union
throughout the country for an eight
hour day.
Attorney General Mills says that he
has received calls from the assessors
of Morgan and Logan counties and
that they have agreed to levy assess
ments according to the increased valu
ations ordered by the state board of
equalization.
The Holly Sugar Company has been
incorporated with capital OF $1,250.-
OOO The directors are: Platt Rogers,
w. N. Wiley, Harry C. James, Ken
meth B. Schley, Michael Gavin, Grant
B. Schley, Dennis Sullivan and vii.
liam r. Ryan.
The formal opening OF the big sugar
factory will be the occasion OF two
days harvest celebration at Sterling,
November 22nd and 23rd. A big bar
!, l,n - hn okk Cf r,r,
the second day and there will also be
ducts, all of eastern and northern
The Grand Junction Chamber of
Commerce has commQced a campaign
in behalf Of the proposed high line
canal Plans are being formulated to
send a committee to Washington this
winter and data is being secured to
inform the government The Water
Users Association will cooperate in
the work and every effort will be put
forth to build the canal.
Register Woodruff OF the State Land
Board will visit Mancos, Montezuma
county, November 25th. for the pnr-
pose Of selling at public auction ten
quarter sections of land belonging to
the State Agricultural College. Ten
applications have been received for the
land which lies partly under the Mon
tezuma Valley Irrigation Company's
ditch, or will be in the proposed irriga-
tion district.
Charles o. Peters, the only living
member of the trio of Youngblood muir
derers, is beyond question hOpelessly
insane, and his death sentence will be
commuted. The physicians who have
examined him state that there Is no
hope of his ever regaining his sanity.
The reprieve' granted in his case has
about expired, but his condition is
such that there is said to be no chance
of the original sentence being carried
out.
This is the way Fremont county
cackles in the Denver Republican:
III A. Tennis of Florence has the most
productive hens ever raised in Fre-
mont county. He has one hen that has
brought off three settings of young
ones this year, four that laid every day
during the summer. spring chicken
that is not five months old that Is the
mother Of thirteen young chickens, and
three that are not four months old
that have begun to lay"
Seven persons were injured in a
wreck which occurred at the Colorado
& Southern depot at Golden shortly
before 3 O'Clock Friday morning. 1t
was caused by switch engine No. 442
becoming unmanageable at the brick
yard siding and running away, collid-
ing with the westbound train A col
1l-s<~
bound train, which might have caused
more damage, was prevented by the
presence of mind and rapid action of
Conductor OMara in turning a switch.
Elliott A. Ransom of Denver has
been placed on the regular list of Off
GERS of the Bureau of Child and Animal
Protection. The business has become
SO heavy that two men were unable to
attend to 1t. 1t usually increases in
the winter months when stock is neg
lected Mr. Ransom will do largo