The Springfield herald., 1905-06-02
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

during the week beginning August
14th.
Salida is making extra preparations
for a Fourth of July celebration and
has sent out invitations to all neigh
boring towns.
Eight prizes, amounting in all to
SLIGO, have been offered for the rock
drilling contests at Boulder on the
Fourth of July.
The probationers of the Pueblo Jul
venile Court are reported to be doing
excellent work in the sugar beet fields
of Bent county.
The American Stockgrowers' Asso-
citation. recently organized, will main
tain central office in Denver in
charge of Secretary T. w. Tomlinson.
II. II. Orth, florist at the State Agri-
cultural College, lost two fingers of his
right hand in moving machine few
days ago, the cut being made as clean
as though by surgeons knife.
The Gore canon case came up in the
federal court at Denver May 25th and
arguments We're postponed until June
18th in order to give the attorneys on
both sides time to file their aflidavits.
DR.. l.. S. Turner of Trinidad has been
named n member of the board of con-
troll of the State University in place
of DIR. Corwin of Pueblo. who resigned
to become member of the State Nor
NAL School at Greeley.
A second dividend of thirty per
cent. in favor of the creditors of the
First National Bank of Victor, Colo
rado, has been declared, making in all
sixty per cent on claims proved,
amounting to S23G,79i.54.
DIR. Luke McLain. city health COM
missioner of Pueblo has issued proc
lamation calling upon citizens of all
classes to join in general movement
to clean up the city and make Pueblo
healthier and better city.
The comptroller of the currency has
approved the application of j. l.. May
field, S. c. Gregory. X. Nj. Irving. l..
ID. Boggs and J. II. Gordon to organize
the First National Bank of Granada,
Colorado, with a capital of $4,000.
The new armory building of Com
pany ID, National Guard, at Greeley.
will be l1Sx54 feet in size, with a drill
hall s5x54 feet. Officers and company
quarters will be nicely fitted up. and
will be free headquarters for the G.
A. r.
The civil service commission will re-
sumo examinations at Denver June
14th to fill numerous positions in the
Denver mint Applicants can secure
full Information by writing to the sec
retary of the board of examiners at
Denver.
Mai. w. r. Norcroff, Union colony
pioneer and veteran of the Civil War,
has organized a drum corps of forty
boys at Greeley from twelve to eight
cen years of age, which he will take to
the national G. A. II. encampment at
Denver.
The cog road rea he'd the summit of
Pixies seak May 2Gth with its first
train this year. In order to open the
track force of 100 men was kept at
work for six weeks and removed 4,OOO,-
600 cubic feet of ice and snow from the
right of way.
State Treasurer Holmberg has had
six special agents in the state during
the past month collecting state liquor
licenses. and it has proved very prof
liable stroke of business. The expense
of the work has been $4,000. To date
the collections are $1,000 ahead of
what they were at the same time last
year.
w. S. Ulrich. former postmaster at
Manchester, Wyoming, lately en-
ployed by the street car company of
Pueblo. Colorado, pleaded guilty in the
United States court at Cheyenne to a
charge of raising receipt from
$1O1.37 to $171.37, and was sentenced
by Judge Riner to serve one year and
one day in the state penitentiary.
rs. Rachel Lavelle will have to
serve her sentence of from three to
five years in the state prison, convicted
of perjury. The supersedeas asked has
been refused by the Supreme Court.
Mrs. Lavelle committed perjury in the
trial of her brother for murder in the
District Court at Cortez, Montezuma
county, and the case came up on error
Governor Mcdonald has appointed
the following named Colorado men to
represent the state at the National
Good Roads convention which VIII be
held at Portland, Oregon, June 21st to
oath: Franklin E. Brooks, Colorado
Springs; Edward 7. Taylor, Glenwood
Springs; James w. Abbott, Denver; ID.
w. Brunton, Denver; Thomas w. Jay
cox, Leadville.
The American DeForrest Wireless
Telegraph Company has contracted
with the Colorado college authorities
at Colorado Springs for the erection OF
a 21O-foot pole on the campus near the
Wolcott observatory. All messages for
Colorado Springs will be received at
this station and will be relayed TO a
ten-foot pole on top of one of the down
town buildings.
The first dwelling house built in
Greeley has been torn down to make
room for lumber yard. The house.
which was a two-story frame building,
stood opposite the Union Pacific de
pot on Seventh avenue, and attracted
attention because of its well-kept lawn
and old-fashioned flower garden. 1t
was built in 1870 by Levi Hanna, who
was a cousin of Mark Hanna.
On May 25th the body of A. ]. Bart
lett. who disappeared from Glenwood
Springs April 17th last, was found on
Iron mountain. about mile and half
from town. Appearances pointed so
strongly to suicide that no inquest was
held Mr. Bartlett was at one time
associated with Ex-Governor PEABODY
in the management of a store in the
Crested Butte district in Gunnison
county.
Tho Ctota BOARD of uua1izatiOn has