The Dolores star., 1905-11-24
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

will hold its national convention AT
Denver next August
An attempt will be made to pass an
ordinance in Denver requiring the use
| OF wide tires on freight wagons.
All OF the old directors of the Colo
RADIO & Southern railroad were re-
| elected at the annual meeting held In
Denver.
| part in the shooting tournament OF the
Canon City Gun Club on Thanksgiv-
ing day.
| Montrose has become a city Of the
| second class by action Of Governor Nc
| Donald. a recent census showing
| population of 2,30S.
Arthur ]. Ventress, who WAS injured
! by being thrown from trolley car In
| the Newhouse tunnel at Idaho Springs.
| died on the 9Th inst.
Work was recently commenced on
| the two miles of track which Will run
| from Gina, on the Rio Grand South
ern, to the terminal of the May Day
tram.
1t is estimated that ten months will
be required to build the Moffat road
| through Gore canon after the grade
| reaches the entrance, which will be in
week or two.
Bishop Cranston of the NJ. E.
Church, formerly of Denver, was mar
ried to Miss Lucia NJ. Parker at Gin
cinnati, Ohio, on the 18th inst Bishop
| Moore officiating.
Eliza Thomas, convicted at Golden OF
| criminal assault on his wife's fourteen
| year-old sister, was sentenced by Judge
| France to three years in the State Pen
itentiary at Canon City.
Henry J. Teller, son of Senator Tel
! Ter, was married to Miss Minnie Trum-
bull at Grand Junction on the 14th
inst. They will live on fruit ranch
near Grand Junction.
James L. Burgess, a prominent
! farmer living in the Box Elder valley,
six miles northeast of Fort Collins.
died on the 14th inst, as the result of
injuries received in runaway.
Aaron Woods, a pioneer ranchman
and miner of Golden and a veteran OF
the Civil War. died at Gallup. New
Mexico on the 18th inst while on his
return from trip to California.
Charles Reardon, Rio Grande sec
tion foreman near Buena Vista, was
struck by a passenger train and killed
November 18th. He had been a section
foreman on the road for sixteen years.
Percy Ellis, the three-year-old son of
Normal Ellis, was instantly killed near
Berthoud on the 10th inst, by falling
under the wheels of a loaded beet
wagon, which passed over the child's
head.
The residents and ditch companies
Of Chaffee and Fremont counties are
preparing to contest the use OF the wa
ter rights from the Arkansas river.
near Buena Vista, which were recently
acquired by the Otero district.
William Jennings Bryan is the
grandfather of young Coloradan,
whoso mother is Mrs. w. II. Leavitt,
Mr.. Bryan's daughter. The youthful
statesman was born at the Lafayette
hotel in Denver on the 10th inst.
Out of the frying pan into the fire,
was the experience of o. H. Stevens,
in the District Court at Pueblo. After
being released from the insane asylum
he was sentenced to from two to three
years in the State Penitentiary for
perjury.
The new building which is to be
used for offices of the United States
reclamation service and the Uncom,
pahgre Valley Water Users Associa-
ton at Montrose has been completed
| and the government officers have
moved in.
A special election will be held in
Greeley, Tuesday, December 26th, for
the purpose of voting on the question
of issuing 100000 bonds to supple
ment the $3.50, 900 bond issue voted last
spring to be used in increasing the
city's water supply.
Governor Mcdonald of Colorado and
| Governor Brooks of Wyoming ex
changed greetings on the completion
of the wireless telegraph station al
Cheyenne last week. Their messages
were not so weighty as to oyertax the
light air of Colorado and Wyoming
The body of Raymond Minister the
Canon City boy who, on June 4th
while catching wood floating down the
Arkansas river. fell into the water
was found near Portland November
18th by j. w. Thompson while hunting
wood. The father identified the re
mains.
Father Gushing, the Catholic prizes
who was depOSed by BlShOp Matz ;
few years ago, and who even went 81
far as to visit the Vatican to denounc.
the bishop, whom he personally as
saulted on the streets of Rome, diet
in the Mercy hospital at Denver on thu
18th inst, after lingering illness.
w. B. Lewis, general manager of th'
South Canon Coal Company, with OF
fees in Denver. has been appointed b.
Governor Mcdonald to succeed the lat,
james ]. Cone as member of tn
board Of trustees of the State Schoo
of Mines. Mr.. Lewis is a graduate o
the school.
Work at the Gunnison tunnel is pre-
crossing from the three different oper
ings. The total depth reported on tn
18th inst is 5,327 feet. Thus is CON
pleted the first mile of the six and tn
government officers in charge of tn
work are confident of being able t