The Grit-advocate., 1905-06-02
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

May 9th.
Eight prizes, amounting In all to
81. .12O, have been offered for the rock
drilling contests at Boulder on the
Fourth of July.
The probationers of the Pueblo Ju-
venile Court are reported to be doing
excellent work in the sugar beet fields
of Bent county.
Edwin Williams. formerly at the
head of the sampling works at Boul.
der. died May oath in Idaho. where he
was engaged in mining.
Heavy storms on May 27th caused
the breakage of the dams of the Crater
and Dog Fish reservoirs, near Delta.
Hanson's reservoir near Paonia, and
the Irwin dam near HOlyoke.
H. II. Orth, florist at the State Agri-
cultural College. lost two fingers OF his
right hand in moving machine few
days ago. the cut being made as clean
as though by surgeons knife.
The Gore canon case came up in the
| federal court at Denver May 25th and
arguments were postponed until June
18th in order to give the attorneys on
both sides time to file their af1davits.
The comptroller OF the currency has
approved the application Of J. l.. May
field, S. C. Gregory, X. NJ. Irving. l..
D. Boggs and J. r. Gordon to organize
the First National Bank of Granada,
Colorado, with a capital Of $4,000.
The Empson Canning Company at
| LOngmont Is increasing the capacity OF
Its plant for the seasons run on peas.
When the machinery now arriving Is
In place, the factory will have capac-
ity Of 10000 cans of peas per hour.
The new armory building of Com
pany D, National Guard, at Greeley.
will be 11Sx54 feet in size. with drill
hall 95x54 feet. Officers and company
quarters will be nicely fitted up, and
will be free headquarters for the G.
A. R.
An open competitive examination
Las been announced to be held in Bal
ley, Park county, July 11th, 18th and
18th for the position of forest ranger
in the bureau Of forestry, Department
of Agriculture. to be conducted by an
officer of the forestry reserve.
The 1905 school census Of the Gree
ley district has been completed and
shows that 1,741 children between the
ages of six and twenty-one reside in
the Greeley district. There are 849
males and 1872 feAales. This is an in
crease OF III over the total last year.
William B. Aiken, prominent
farmer at Timnath, in Larimer county,
while milking COW May 2Sth, re-
ceived severe lightning shock. The
electric bolt passed through the COW,
killing it and injuring other nearby
stock. Aiken was injured, but will re-
cover.
Phelps c. Hurford of Pueblo, who
graduated from the medical depart
ment of Washington University at ST.
Louis, May 25th, was the only stu
dent to receive prize. having won. in
competition with siXty-one graduating
fellow classmen. the highest grade in
chemistry and anatomy.
State Treasurer Holmberg has had
six special agents in the state during
the past month collecting state liquor
licenses, and it has proved a very prof,
table stroke Of business. The expense
OF the work mas been $4,000. To date
the collections are $4,000 ahead of
what they were at the same time last
year.
Harry A. Mills, between twenty-five
and twenty-eight years of age. a con
ductor on the High Line electric road
was killed at s O'Clock on the morning
of May 28th, at Midway, in the Cripple
Creek district. His death was at first
attributed to shock of electricity,
but later it became evident that he
was caught between the cars.
w. S. UIrich. former postmaster at
Manchester. Wyoming. lately en-
ployed by the street car company of
Pueblo. Colorado, pleaded guilty in the
United States court at Cheyenne to a
charge of raising receipt from
$101.37 to $171.37. and was sentenced
by Judge Riner to serve one year and
one day in the state penitentiary.
IT,. Rachel Lavelle will have to
serve her sentence Of from three to
five years in the state prison, convicted
of perjury. The supersedeas asked has
been refused by the Supreme Court
Mrs. Lavelle committed. perjury in the
trial of her brother for murder in the
District Court at Cortez, Montezuma
county, and the case came up on error
Governor Mcdonald has appointed
the following named Colorado men to
represent the state at the National
held at Portland, Oregon, June 21st to
oath: Franklin f. Brooks, Colorado
Springs; Edward T. Taylor Glenwood
Springs; James w. Abbott, Denver; d.
w. Brunton, Denver; Thomas w. Jay.
cox Leadville.
A very pretty little pamphlet has
just been issued by Miss Katherine
Craig and her assistants in the Office
of superintendent of public instruction
for the use of the children of the pub.
lie schools in observing Flag Day
June 10th is the day set apart by the
governors proclamation. A few pages
in the front portion of the publication
are devoted to Memorial Day.
A Rock Springs dispatch of May
10Th says: The mangled body OF
Charles F'ishbaugh has been found on
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