The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-14
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Thomas W. Jaycox has been ap-
pointed state engineer by Governor
Mcdonald to succeed Prof. l.. c. Car
penter
A twelve per cent. dividend has been
declared In favor Of the creditors of the
bankrupt Overland Cotton Mills Com
pany At Denver.
F. S. Mcnamara, purchasing agent
of the Colorado 4 Southern at Denver,
has been appointed purchasing agent
of the Cripple Creek Short Line.
NJ. e. Sloan. official OF the federal
census bureau. is in Denver. directing
and supervising the work of making a
census of the manufacturing industrial
business of Colorado.
The Department of Colorado and
Wyoming, G. A. r.. will hold its an
nual encampment at Denver May 18th
to 18th. National Commander Black
mar is expected to be present.
Governor Hoch, the fighting" Kan
sas governor. will be one of the speak
ers at the Epworth League convention
in Denver this year His subject will
be THE Problems We Face"
Benjamin Franklin of Fort Collins
will enter the employ of the reclama-
tios service May 18th as masonry in
spector and will be detailed to the
Belle Fourche project. South Dakota.
Aaron Cove, former superintendent
of public schools in Denver, is plan
ming for an extensive tour of the East,
including China. and expects to sail
from San Francisco the first week in
May.
Las Animas county is to have a dis
tillery. f. Caddell of Walsenburg has
purchased tract of land near Agui-
lar and has commenced plans for five
buildings which will constitute the dis
tillery.
Denver will try hard 10 secure the
location of the national home for letter
carriers and will send strong delega-
tlon, accompanied by brass band, to
the convention at Portland next Sep
tember.
A delegation of the Denver Chamber
OF Commerce and other business men,
yclept boosters" will start on an
other trade expansion tour May list;
this time to points in Utah, Idaho and
Wyoming.
Z. E. Peters, manager of the Duran
go power plant. while riding on the
front end of street car at Durango
on the 4th instant. was injured by
striking his head against bridge and
died next day.
The Colorado Automobile Club
which was to have held an uphill race
at Fort Logan the middle of April. has
postponed the race until the middle of
May. 1t was feared that April mud
would make it uphill work
The country newspaper that James
Barton Adams is about to establish
in his mind-will be described in pa
per to be read by the celebrated
Postscript Man" at the newspaper
gathering at Montrose next June
Spontaneous combustion among
new lot of green" Easter celluloid
novelties in the stock room of the Den
yer Dry Goods Company at Denver
caused a $4,000 fire and endangered
stock worth several hundred thousand
dollars.
Five thousand electricians from all
over the United States will attend the
| annual convention of the National
Electric Light Association in Denver,
beginning June 9th. The last two days
! of the session will be spent in Colorado
Springs.
Mrs. Birdie Meats, accused of kid
naping, was acquitted in Justice Ru-
bys court at Colorado Springs, the
judge holding that the mother had an
| equal right to the child with its ia
ther. who was recently divorced from
the defendant.
A southern Colorado interschoIastic
oratorical contest will be held under
the direction of Colorado College and
Cutler Academy in connection with the
first annual track meet which takes
place at Washburn field, Colorado
Springs. April 29th.
The Colorado State Board of Health
met in Denver April 10th and effected
an organization as follows: DR.. w. II.
Davis, president; DR.. George C. Ste
men, vice president; Dr. F. n. Currier
of canon City, treasurer; DR.. Hugh l..
| Taylor, secretary.
William Webster, postmaster at
Box Elder, in Larmer county. died
| suddenly on the 5th instant at the age
of seventy-three years. He had been
postmaster through several admins
trations and was probably the Oldest
postmaster in Colorado.
The Lincoln County Cattle Growers
Association held its regular quarterly
meeting a. Hugo. April 5th. which was
well attended. Loco weed is flourish
ing in some parts of the county to such
an extent that the associations time
was taken up mostly with this ques-
ton.
Postmaster J.. C. Dana of Colorado
Springs advocates the installation of
cots in the court houses and public
l., ,l~,,
commodate the influx of 100000 visi-
tors who will visit the city in connec.
ton with the G. A. r. convention in
Denver.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Platt celebrated
ho;