The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

will add greatly to the beauty of the
city.
The Denver & Rio Grande railroad
will build a large reservoir on Middle
Monument creek, above Palmer Lake
and Glen Park.
Additional machinery is being in
stalled al the I.ongmont sugar factory,
which will increase the capacity of the
plant to 200 tons a day.
A movement has been started to en-
large the Florence Crittenton Home i'll
Denver, which is devoted to rescue
work for women. The home is now
crowded.
Henry Wianand, the Denver wife
killer, was found guilty of murder in
the second degree, which carried
penalty of from ten years to life I'M
prisonment.
Clarence L. lagar has been re-
elected secretary of the State Board
of Charities and Corrections for an
other term. He is also secretary for
the Board of Pardons.
Charles b. Sloat. general agent of
the Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific al
Denver, has inaugurated movement
for the organization OF mountain
climbing club in Colorado.
The State Fair will be in progress at
Pueblo at the time of the Grand Army
national cncampmcnt at Denver the
first week in September, and Il special
invitation will be extended to the vet
Grams.
The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Company is said to be considering
| al. l,a hot ,..II
Denver and Pueblo in order to better
accommodate the constantly incrcas-
ing traffic.
! The kan.As- Colorado Oil Company,
which has been boring for oil on the
Culver ranch of l.ongmont. has consOl-
| idated with a company of local men,
and the new company Will prosecute
| the work with vigor.
The Woman's Club of Boulder has
! given an order for over "A thousand
trees and shrubbcry which are to be
set out on the Chautauqua grounds
north of the dining room, mainly along
the walks leading to the entrance gate.
The State Board of Equalization will
be in session AT Denver from April
d 10th TO 20lh4 TO hear arguments on as
sessments to be made by the board.
Those whose property is affected may
appear at that time and present their
! arguments.
The Grand junction Construction
Company has been organized to build
an electric railroad from Grand June
tiOn to Palisades. A bond has been
given that two miles of the line shall
be completed within the next eighteen
months.
The suit of the STATIONS lndepend-
ence Mining Company against the
Stratton estate for alleged sailing OF
the mine, which was decided against
the company by the Circuit Court OF
Appeals, is to be carried to the United
States Supreme Court.
The American Smelling and Retin
ing Company has announced the adop-
ton of the eight-hour system at its
Pueblo plants, applicable to all except
yard men. 1t will first affect the fur
mace and roaster men. but all will
come under its provisions.
All arrangements have been made
for the meeting of the Arkansas Val
| ley Press Association at Canon City
! May 5th. and President Hardy has
sent out invitations to all newspaper
|
and from Colorado Springs to Trini
I dad.
BY an appeal to the District Court
| the Socialist party of Boulder sue
ceeded in getting a representation on
the list of judges of election at the
! spring election. 1t was shown that
| only Two parties were in the field last
year and the Socialist party was one
of them.
The precipitation at Colorado
Springs for twentyfour hours from ,
p. m., March 3lst to ; p. m, April 1st,
was 2.2G inches, Or nearly One-slXth OF
| the average yearly rainfall. At the
same time a heavy precipitation Of
rain or snow was reported from al
most every section of the state.
Ansclmo Mestaz, convicted at On
range of the killing of Pablo Garcia.
whom he beat TO death with pistol,
was found guilty of voluntary man
| slaughter and sentenced to from one
year to sixteen months in the penitcn-
/ riary. The trouble arose out of jeal-
ousy in relation to the wife of mestaz.
! The late heavy rains caused a por-
| lion of the west wall of the foundation
| for the new heating and power plant
: at the Colorado State School OF Mines
at Golden to cave in, owing to the fact
! that water running OFF the hillside got
in behind the brick work. The con
tractors will be damaged to the eX-
tent of about 100.
The department encampment of the
Department of Colorado and Wyom-
ing, Grand Army of the Republic, will
meet at Denver April 10th to 18th.
General Blackmar Of Boston. national
commander, will be present. Depart
ment Commander Downen of Pueblo
| has arranged to meet General Black
mar IA Utah and escort him to Den
| ycr.
William J. West, the poet burglar
of Denver" is said to have been iden-
| lifiSl as the man who robbed the
house of John Long in East Pueblo a
! few nights since. West was on parole