The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-06-02
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


Salida is making extra preparations
for Fourth OF July celebration and
has sent out invitations TO all neigh
boring towns.
Eight prizes. amounting in all to
Sl,12O, have been offered for the rock
drilling contests at Boulder on the
Fourth of July.
The probationers of the Pueblo Ju-
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 a central office in Denver in
charge of Secretary T. w. Tomlinson.
H. H. 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 affidavits.
Dr. l.. S. Turner of trinidad has been
named a member of the board of con-
troll of the State University in place
of DIR. Corwin of Pueblo, who resigned
to become a 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
RADIO, 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
classes to Join in a 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..
d. Boggs and j. r. Gordon to organize
thc FIRST Nalohal l5ahk OF HIdhaua'
Noiorauo' Win caPt'al Oh S-''oVV'
The new armory building Of Com
pany d, National Guard. at Greeley,
Will be llSX5i feet in size, with drill
hall 95X54 feet. Officers and company
quarters will be nicely fitted up, and
will be free headquarters for the G.
a. r.
The civil service commission VIII re-
sumo examinations at Denver June
l4th to NIL numerous positions IN the
Denver mint. Applicants can secure
iull information by wFltihS 10 the sec
I retary oil the board oi examiners at
Denver
Mai w. r Norcroff. n Union colony
pioneer and veteran of the Civil War.
has organized drum corps OF forty
boys at Greeley from twelve TO elSht-
cen years oil age whlch ne VIII take 10
the national u. a. Il. encaihpmeht at
Denver.
The cop road reached the summit of
Pixies peak Nav 2Gth with its first
train +bis yeor In order to omen the
tr.nl, a forco cs 100 mon was kent at
work for six weeks and removed 4,OOO,-
600 cubic feet OF ice and snow from the
right of way.
ct,to Treosurer uolmberg has had
siv sneciai agents in the state during
the mast month collecting state liquor
iicapsos ana n hos nroved n very nrnf.
;tahIa s,rni,a &c af husiness The aynense
NJ ,ba wori, mas hnen so 600 To date
the collections are s. 600 ahead of
what they were at the same time last
year.
w c JTIricb former nostmaster at
Manchester Wyoming lately en-
- H., H. straot cor cnmn,nv of
lFn1nrnIn nlRadRi
rnitaG Stotns court ar cheyenne TO n
cbaroa Of r.ising roceint from
sIGi ~ IN s1T137 and was sentenced
h.. Irdco Riner To serve one wear and
one day in the state penitentiary.
Rocba, TaveIle will have to
sorya bnr sentence of from three to
e. t.aars In the state prison convicted
~ norinry Tho snnersedeas asked has
baan rafnsed Inv the supreme Court.
NJ oI,aIIo coTmitted neriurv in the
triaI ,T be, hrothar for murder in the
pist,.io+ Court ot Cortez Nontezuma
] nn,,ut,. and the case came mn on error,
Governor Mcdonald has appointed
tho foIIoyinp named Colorado men to
ranreeant the state at the National
Good Roads convention which will be
held at Portland. oregon. June 21st to
o4tb. FRANKLIN E. Brooks, Colorado
Snrinps. Edward 4. Taylor, Glenwood
Snrings: James w. Abbott, Denver: d.
" Brunton, Denver; Thomas w. Jay
cox. Leadyille.
,,, ,o.;o, DoEorree+ Wireless
Telegraph Company has contracted
with the Colorado College authorities