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

The Western Passenger Association
will grant excursion rates from all,
GOWNS in Colorado to the state fair at!
Pueblo in September.
Secretary of State Cowie is dis,
tributing the session laws of 1906;
which have just come from the hands,
of the printer. 1t is a book OF asa
pages.
The revenue to the state from liquor
licenses for the first seven months of
;the fiscal year has been $54 900. which.
exceeds the total income for the year
of 1904 by $525.
Bert Brennan, the nine-year-old son
of James Brennan, at 1852 Stout street,
Denver. was instantly killed by light,
ming while playing in the yard on the.
afternoon Of July 1st.
The National Association of Fire
Insurance Agents will meet in con-
vention in Denver August 18th for a,
three days session. There will prob,
ably be 5000 delegates.
: Mrs Bert White of Longmont was
fatally burned on the morning of the
I'd inst. by an explosion Of kerosene.
She was about twenty-four years OF
age and leaves three small children.
The First National Bank of Granada.
Colorado, has been authorized to begin
business with $4,000 capital. Starr,
C. Gregory is president; Limburn,
Boggs. vice president, and James,
'Maytield, cashier.
Postmasters have been appointed in
Colorado as follows: Green Mountain
Falls, Ell Paso county, Francis A. Hart,
n tt frrn
Eagle county, Mary B. Burgess, vice
T. Stremme, resigned.
w. B. Bristol has sold his large stock
and dairy ranch on Box Elder creek.
sixteen miles north of Fort Collins,
containing 5000 acres of hay and pas
'ture land, for sum stated at about
$4,000, to F. c. Cradle.
Max Rub. formerly editor OF t4st
;Glasmik of Calumet, Michigan. has'
purchased the printing apparatus and
good will of the Mir Publishing Com
panv and will publish a weekly AUS
trian newspaper at Pueblo. ~
Great numbers of potato bugs have
appeared in the neighborhood of La
Sale and Big Bend in Weld county.
Some fields. planted on stubble,
ground. are reported to be almost en-
tirelv destroyed by them.
James R. Mcclure, formerly a miner
at Goldfeld. Colorado, committed sui
eide at Trinidad June 9th by shooting;
himself through the head. He was
fifty-ave years of age and leaves q
wife, son and daughter.
A movement is on foot among the
schoos people of Colorado to raise a.
fp, nj fn ipc toll nl ~ "a in |
exhibit at the Portland fair. the state
boast of managers not having money
enough for this purpose.
There have been more building per-
mits issued in the first six months OF
this year in Denver than were issued
in any whole year from 1898 to the
present time with two exceptions. The,
total for the month of June Is $7G1 ,436-
DR.. Taylor, secretary of the State
Board Of Health. has sent out letters to
all the county and city boards. as we'll
as to all the physicians in the state,
stating that the law in regard to the
reporting of births must be enforced
hereafter.
The application of F. w. Flanders,
J. w. Paxton, H. l.. Wood, T. P. Nc
Quira and C. A. Bradley to organize,
the Longmont National Bank of Long
mont. with $4,000 capital. has bcen
approved by the comptroller of cur
rency.
Charles o. Peters, the remaining
one of the trio of Youngblood muir.
derers, who was reprieved on account
of alleged insanity, is said to be rap
idly growing worse at Canon City and
he is not expected to live more than a,
few months.
The University of Colorado has Sc
cured Prof. Saul Epsteen to fill the
vacancy in the department of mathe.
MATES. caused by the departure IT
Prof. Arnold Emch, who has accepted
a chair of mathematics in Switzer-
land
The census Of manufacturing indus
tries and factory products. which Is
being taken in Colorado by the census
bureau. is nearing completion. In
about three weeks more the active
work of gathering statistics will have
been completed.
The Union Printers Home in Colo
rado Springs. erected for old and indi.
gent members OF the International
Typographical Union. is rapidly be-
coming crowded to its capacity now
having 137 inmates. The trustees
have been notified of this condition.
Hon James B. Beltord of Denver
ha won his suit in the District Court
at Colorado Springs against the w. G.
Stratton estate for a balance claimed
to be due him by Mr.. Stratton for at
torney fees. The verdict is for $4,000.
but the executors have given notice or
an appeal.
Michael Harding. superintendent of
the .Ioe Dandy mine in the Cripple
Creek district, was covered with nearly
six feet of rock from chute 4 few days
since. but was dug out alive after four
hoxrs of work by some twenty-five min
ers. He was badly bruised. but Is ex.
pected to fully recover.