The Springfield herald., 1905-08-18
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

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A full carload of cherries was
shipped from Fort Collins to Kansas
City on the 5th inst.
The fourth annual session OF the
Garden of the Gods Chautauqua opened
at Colorado Springs on the 10th inst.
Watermelon Day at Rocky Ford
comes on Thursday. September 7th.
The fair lasts four days, beginning
September 5th.
Daniel Meginns. an old-timer who
mined at Central City in 1861, died of
apoplexy at Boulder on the 7th inst,
at the age of rs.
A severe snowstorm at Cripple
Creek on the 7th inst left the ground
covered with two or three inches OF
snow and hail for several hours.
The Denver unions expect to turn
out 10000 strong for the Labor Day
parade. which will be witnessed by a
large number of the G. A. II. veterans.
Bee Crowley. fourteenyear-old son
of David Crowley of Golden. was killed
by lightning August 18th at the
Churches ranch four miles north of
Golden.
The Las Animas County Good
Roads Association has been formed
at Trinidad. with S. w. Busk as presi-
dent, and Mayor c. ii. Nichols vice
president.
John Barbee, well known pioneer
of the Cripple Creek district. died at
Cripple Creek on the 10th inst, of
miners consumption, at the age of
sixty years.
Examinations for state teachers
! tp1n will hn tDI hv
state superintendent of public instruc-
tlon at the capitol building in Denver
August cath to 26th.
Governor Mcdonald. on the recom-
mendation of Surgeon General NJ. H..
Root. has appointed DR.. Morris Kahn
of Leadville to be captain and as
sistant surgeon in the state militia.
Governor Mcdonald has appointed
Clayton C. Williams and l.. F. Twitch-
ell as delegates from Colorado to the
National Irrigation Congress which
meets in Portland, Oregon, August
cath.
James p Arthur. former state sena-
tor from Larimer county. and twice
mayor of Fort Collins, died at Fort
Collins on the 11th inst. of neuralgia
of the heart. He was seventy-two years
Of age.
Prof. Edward T. Hermanns, princi-
pal of the West Denver high school.
was run over by an automobile on
the 7th inst. and had his left collar
bone broken. He was riding his bi-
cycle and in some way got in front
OF the auto.
The Fremont County Good Roads
Association has requested the county
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Warden Cleghorn of the penitentiary
for at least $50 convicts to be EN-.
| ployed in macadamizing roads in Flor
ence and Canon City.
Frank Mueller. who died at Foun-
tain on the Sth inst, at the age Of
eighty years. was one of the pioneer
ranchmen of Ell Paso county. During
the Civil War he served in the Third
Colorado Cavalry and was present and
took part in the historic battle OF Sand
Creek in 1864.
Judge Cunningham. in the District
Court at Colorado Springs, has denied
the motion for a new trial in the case
of J. B. Belford VS.. the Strhtton estate.
and entered judgment for the plaintiff
in the sum of $4,000. An appeal was
granted to the Supreme Court. Judge
Belfords claim is for services as at
torney during Mr.. Stratton's lifetime.
A Rawlins, Wyoming. dispatch of
August 11th says: Guy Cooper OF
Denver was brought here today from
Craig. Colorado. where he has been
locating coal lands, to receive surgical
attention to shattered ankle. the re-
suit of his horse falling on him. He
suffered greatly during the rough over
land trip of 100 miles.
Governor Mcdonald has received
request from Governor Pennypacker of
Pennsylvania. asking that Colorado
send delegates to convention for the
establishment of uniform divorce laws.
Governor Mcdonald will refer the re-
quest to the Colorado commission on
uniform laws. The divorce law con
vention Is to be held at Washington in
the near future.
According to the decision of District
Judge Mullins at Denver. George +.
Smith and Frank Anderson. former
county commissioners of old Arapa-
hoe county, who were legislated out
of office by the Rush amendment, are
still entitled to serve. He bases his
decision on the recent decision of the
Supreme Court in the case of other
county officers.
The following patents have been is
sued to Colorado inventors: Joseph
H. Bailey, Pueblo. shoulder braces;
Marcellus P. Borg. Pueblo, ore jig: AL
fred G. Burton. Denver, hose holder;
William Cooper. Denver, safety device
for hoisting mechanisms; John A. Fer
guson, Denver, wall; August Stencch,
Lafayette. monkey wrench; George E.
Turner, Denver Illuminated sign.
The Western Association of Metal
lurgists and Chemists will meet at
Denver September 5th to 7th. The as
sociation has a considerable member
ship throughout the western states
and British Columbia and the gather
ing will be an important one. During
the stay of the delegates visits will be
paid to smelters of the pyritic. re-
verberatory and blast furnace types,
chemical manufacturing and refriger-
ating plants, testing works, etc.
The first message to be received at
the Denver stock yards by wireless
telegraph came on the Sth inst to one
of the commission firms. The dispatch
was sent from Pueblo, and was taken
from the receiver recently erected
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