The La Jara chronicle., 1905-08-04
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

One hundred and fifty teachers at
tended the summer school of the state
Normal School at Greeley, which
closed July 2Sth.
The seventh annual exhibition of the
I El Paso County Horticultural Society
will be held at Colorado Springs Au-
gust 23rd to 25th.
! Club Woman's Day at the Boulder
chautauqua. July 2Sth, was great sue
cess. 1t was shown that the clubs in
Colorado are doing much practical
work.
| Rev. Robt. Moore of the Colorado
/ City Christian Church has resigned
his pastorate. to take effect September
24th, in order TO take a trip to Cali
| fornia.
| After a snowballing frolic on Rollins
pass Of the Moffat road the other day,
lady tourist found the fingers OF one
Of her hands badly frostbitten. And
frost bite in July is as bad as In Janu-
airy.
Chief Michael Delaney of Denver is
to be one of the six directors of the In
Iternational Association of Chiefs OF
Police, whose membership consists OF
chiefs of police from every city in the
world.
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planning to extend the Denver & Inter
mountain formerly Denver. Lakewood
& Golden) railroad from Golden to Idaho
Springs is denied by officers OF the
company.
The water users under the city ditch
| at Denver won their suit against the
park commissioners. who had raised
rates from SIPS to 81 an inch. The
| District Court holds that the former
| price must rule.
! The comptroller of the currency has
approved the application Of Thomas II.
| Robertson, Harry Humphrey, Frank p.
/ Stover. Guy h. Loomis and Alex w.
| Scott to organize the First National
Bank of Berthoud, Colorado. with S25,-
900 capital.
| The new cell house at the State Pen
Itentiary has been completed. 1t is
four stories in height and contains 10
cells. There are layatories and baths
on each floor for the use of the con
victs. 1t is heated by steam and
lighted by electricity.
The Pueblo Business Mems Associa-
tion has arranged to charter special
train on the d. & X. G. for a trade ex-
cursion through the southwestern part
OF the state. leaving Pueblo August 7th
anu ltkul INNS -hAt7NF[ A"NAA+ -Aee'a'S 49,
persons will make the trip, accom-
panied by n brass band.
Dwight Holland, who was killed by
the explosion of the gunboat Benning.
ton at San Diego. was born and raised
at Fort Collins, being son OF the
present Mrs. Jennie Vandecarr. He
was a fireman on the ill-fated vessel.
Orders were at once given to send his
body home for burial.
Governor Mcdonald has granted ex.
tradition papers for John Schidlofski.
captured at La Junta and wanted in
Boston on the charge of numbering
his wife. also for Joe j. Brown. caught
at Lamar and wanted at Reno county.
Kansas. for Jail breaking, having been
imprisoned for larceny.
According to the figures checked up
by the Western Passenger Association
in Denver, the number Of persons who
came to Denver on account of the Ep-
worth League convention was $500.
This included delegates and others
who took advantage OF the low rates
at the time of the convention.
Secretary Whitehead OF the State
Bureau of Child and Animal Protection
is having posters printed warning driv-
ers not to check their horses too high.
The bills instruct the drivers that the
animals cannot pull as much when
checked high as they can when free
and that it is against the law.
The party of newspaper women who
visited the cliff dwellings, as guests
of the Mancos Chamber of Commerce.
upon their return hired hall and gave
an entertainment in Mancos, the pro
ceeds of which went to reimburse the
chamber of commerce. The hall was
packed and the organization was more
than repaid.
]. E. Monte, a Mexican sheep
herder, accidentally shot himself
through the right leg while alone on
| the plains near Byers few days ago,
and lay on the ground for nearly TWEEN
ty-four hours before he was discovered
and cared for. He was taken on the
train to Denver where his wound was
dressed by the police surgeon.
The twelfth annual camp meeting
of the Colorado Holiness Association
will be held in Denver, beginning Aug
ust 18th and continuing until August
| 2Sth. The camp will be pitched in
Arlington park. Rev. C. B. Allen, for
many years pastor of the ST. James NJ.
Z. Church, Denver, is president of the
association. and Mai. l.. Milton Will
| ildihs, iolHlsi ioteu oai'al AIM
worker, will be the leading preacher.
There are several civil service ex-
aminations scheduled at Denver in
August for positions TO be filled on the
| Panama canal. Applications for rod
man, salary sS5 per month. must be on
| file by August 18th, and examinations
come the 10th and 18th. Examina-
| tions for bookeepers come August
Goth, and the applications must be on
! file by the goth. Salaries, 500 to S125
per month. The government wants a
stenographer who can translate and