The Ordway new era., 1905-04-21
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

iue tIlHI Oh Mrs. MatUe Vluter At
Cripple Creek. on the charge of muir
derinE Mrs. H. G. Douglas. has been
set for April 26th. 'q'',.
Colorado Springs vegetarians are
anxious to secure the establishment
of branch OF the Battle Creek sanAr
torium At the Springs. ~
An elaborate system OF brilliant
street lights is being arranged for in
'Dcnver. TO bo ready by the beginning
OF the tourist season. isN ~.
7 Tho meeting Of the Anti Cigarette
league at Stratton Park. Colorado
Springs. May 9Th. will be adressed by
Judge B. b. Lindsey Of Denver.
The Ish Reservoir company has been
organized at Berthoud. II Ii proposed
to raise the capacity OF Ish lake from
ll1.000.000 gallons to 2so.00o.00o. a,
+ Senator Robert La Toilette OF Wis
consin has been invited by the Repub-
ilicans Of Denver to deliver several ad-
dresses on the railroad problem In Den.
yer next month.
Charles johnson. foreman Of Rio
Grande wrecking crew at Denver. COM
mitted suicide April 18th by taking cy-
anide of potassium. The act il attrib-
uted to alcoholic insanity. 4.- -rs
DIR. Rodney II. True Of the Bureau
of Plant Industry OF the Department OF
Agriculture at Washington is visiting
Colorado to make an examination Of
the rubber plant In this state.
One OF the few Austrian thenters in
the United States Is to be established
at Pueblo this spring. 1t will be
erected under the auspices OF the Aus
trian colony at Bessemer. suburb OF
Pueblo.
The Longmont Farmers Mil and
Elevator Company has decided to build
n large mill In Denver near the Bur
lington tracks on the north side. The
enterprise calls for the investment OF
about 100000.
The people OF Trinidad turned out
almost en- masse to attend the funeral
Of John II. Fox. who was killed by Jo-
seph JohnSon on the Sth inst. There
was n large representation of the Ma
sons. Elks, Woodmen and Red Men.
A fire Mt Minturn. on the Denver &
Rio Grande railroad In Eagle county
on the morning OF the 18th inst. burned
the American hotel. three residences.
saloon and a barber shop. the dam
age being estimated at about 10000.
A stage line is being organized In
fat road ut Arrowhead and from there
penetrate to Hot Sulphur Springs.
Steamboat Springs. Hahn's peak and
other important points In Grand and
Routt counties.
Adjutant General Wells has reap.
pointed the Office force which served
under the former adjutant general.
Sherman NJ. Bell. Lieutenant J. Il.
Goodman is retained as the chief clerk
and Otto Leise Us stenographer and
Sergeant II. w. Deane as orderly.
Judge Peter NJ. Housed died at Boul-
der on the 18th inst. ut the age OF
eighty-one years. He came to Boulder
county in 1859 and was elected county
Judge In 1862 and again in 1864. He
was one OF the trustees Of the Boulder
Valley road during Its construction
and was prominent In many ways.
w. Perry Pollock. formerly OF Platte.
Vile. died April 14th at Hot Springs.
Arkansas. at the age Of seventy-four
years. He was born in Missouri and
came to Colorado In 1858. His first
home was on the present site OF Den
yer and in the early days he was en-
gagged in freighting across the plains.
Among the bills that Governor Nc
Donald has signedis House Bill No. l3S.
which makes 1t q misdemeanor to at
tend a cock fight. dog fight, coursing
match or other sport where animals
are the contestants. The measure did
not carry an emergency clause. so that
it does not become n law for ninety
days.
The county commissioners OF Phil.
lips county have sold the tax deeds OF
NJ n
White for $1,000. the same to be taken
within ninety days. They comprise all
the land in the two townships which
the county now holds. The county still
owns 800 quarters Of land subject to
tax deeds.
The county commissioners OF Arapa-
hoe county have granted franchise to
the Colorado Monorail Company to build
one-track railway between Engle-
wood, the end Of the Denver street car
line, and Littleton. It is stipulated
that work on the road shall commence
July 1st. Fort Logan is included in the
franchise.
Henry Rustin, the expert who had
charge of the electric lighting at tfa
St. Louis exposition. has devised :.
plan for lighting the streets of Denver
by means of incandescent lights to be
placed on bronze arches. He pro-
poses, II his plans are carried out, to
make II the best lighted city In the
United States.
On May 9Th in Denver the State
Board of Pardons will consider the ap-
plication for clemency OF the three
young men sentenced to death for the
murder of Mrs. Amanda Youngblood
in Denver ON the night of December
81. 1908. The criminals are Charles
o. Peters. Newton Andrews and Fred
Arnold.
Two convictions under the game
laws have been obtained recently BY