The Grit-advocate., 1905-07-28
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

ulntaA reservation opening.
James Biggs committed suicide at
Bouliar on the 10Th inst. by hanging
himsef. He leaves widow and two
sma!! children.
The seventh annual exhibition Of the
FL Paso County Horticultural Society
Will be held at Colorado Springs Au.
gust 23rd to 25th.
The Denver Chamber Of Commerce
is planning a big excursion over the
Mofat road when the line is completed
to Hot sulphur Springs.
Greely Is to have a new city hall at
a cos Of $4,000 and new armory
building costing $1,000. to be rented
by the builder to the state.
Company of the First infantry, N.
c. c. was mustered out at Pueblo
July 10th. A new company to take its
place will be organized next fall.
DR.. Charles G. Lamb. state veterin-
arian, reports that 1t was not anthrax
but bad feed and water that killed fif-
teen head of cattle at Amity recently.
Colorado Springs and eastern capi-
talstS are interested In the develop.
ment of $500 acres Of promising coal
land in La Plata and Archuleta coun-
ties.
At Brookslde, Fremont county, on
the afternoon of July 18th. Felix Mos.
chetti shot and killed Camilla Yer
lengia whom he accused of having In
suited his wife.
After snowballing frolic on Rollins
pass of the Moffat road the other day.
lady tourist found the fingers of one
Of her hands badly frost-bitten. And
. frost bite in July is as bad as in Janu.
ary.
The water users under the city ditch
at Denver won their suit against the
park commissioners. who had raised
rates from $1.25 to 81 an inch. The
District Court holds that the former
price must rule.
Leroy Triplett, convicted at Denver
.of the murder of Lafayette Marsh
banks on the night of June 10th, was
sentenced by Judge Booth Malone to
term of from twenty to twenty-five
years in the penitentiary.
E. A. Frish, senior conductor in the
Salida division, Order of Railway Con
ductors committed suicide at Salida,
July 2lst by cutting his throat with a
razor. His wife died last October and
he leaves one child, four-year-old
daughter.
The new city directory now being
printed for Florence contains the
names of 2,25S people. There are 1900
school children in addition to 1,200
| yoU1k people whose names do not ap-
pear in the directory, giving the city
a population of 1900.
The state memorial statue to be
erected in honor of the Coloradans
who served in the Civil War. for which
$4,000 was appropriated by the last
legislature, will be placed in front of
the capitol building in Denver. where
the agpole now stands.
Mrs. Ben Davis and her two-yearold
baby boy and siXteen-year-old daughter
Alga, were hlrled over a seventyiive
runaway, nesr Carbondxle July 2lst,
all of them Lsing seriously. but it is
! hoped not dangerously injured.
Melvin Acorn. the eager employed in
the 10 Dandy mine on Raven hill at
Cripple Creek, was killed on the 18th
inst. by falling off the cage and going
down the shaft 12O feet. He had gone
down to the fourth level to bring the
miners up to surface for dinner.
Tie cornerstone of the new Simon
Guggcnheim hall. to be used as the
administration building for the State
School of Mines at Golden, will be
laid september 3Oth Mr.. Guggenhem'
first donation for this building was
10000 which was recently raised to
S75 900
tn" Department of the Interior has
authorized the opening of office for the
forestry reserve in the Barclay block
at Denver. The Offices will be under
the large of James H. Clark. district
for ester. Recently $G5,000 was set
aside or the use of this department in
the West.
County Judge Jesse II. Lewis of
Mineral county died at Creede July
22d n the sixty-third year of his age.
He vas serving his third term as
count judge. Judge Lewis came to
CreeGr in 1892 and was for several
year editor and proprietor of the
Crecsje News.
Thr- new city directory estimates
oOlbI h'lo 81 pIlu5S " idFc d Popuio'ioi'
of 3N-547. Colorado City 6,14O and
Mantou 1860. This is estimated by
multiplying the actual names by two
and one-half Colorado Springs gains
1,1so -ver last year. Colorado City 94S.
and Manitou 1876.
According to the figures checked up
by the Western Passenger Association
in Donyer. the number of persons who
came 10 Denve. on account of the Ep-
worth league convention was $500.
This included delegates and others
who rook advantage of the low rates
at tht ime of the convention.
ght Holland. who was killed by
the explosion of the gunboat Benning.
ton al San Diego, was born and raised
at Fort Collins. being son of the
preseu, Mrs. Jennie Vandecarr. He
was a fireman on the Inflated vessel.