The Grit-advocate., 1905-03-10
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

nurses training school of the Mercy
hospital in Denver on the 9th inst
The Mesa county fair will be held
at Grand Junction September 18th 10
22d, the first day being entry day
Thomas O'Hara, trammer. fell 800
feet in the working shaft of the Dillon
mine at Victor February 2Sth and was
instantly killed.
Azel D. Galbraith was executed at
Canon City on the same day that the
Supreme Court gave decision sustain
ing the capital punishment act,
There are ISAAC volumes in the Den
yer city library. By reading a book
a day person could finish them all in
a little more than 242 years-it he
lived that long.
Fitzpatrick Brothers & Collins OF
Beatrice, Nebraska. have been granted
contract by the Denver & Rio Grande
railroad to build the new branch line
from Durango to Pennington, New
Mexico.
The smokestack of the Grant smell
ter in Denver, which is ;553 feet high
and one of the tallest chimneys in the
world, will be used as receiving mast
by the DeForest Wireless Telegraph
Company.
The Denver chapters of the Sons and
Daughters Of the American Revolution
have given their hearty Endorsement
to the bill now before the Legislature
granting 120 acres of land at Beecher
island and $1,000 to the Beecher Island
Memorial Association.
The Supreme Court of Colorado has
denied the petition for rehearing in
The case of Newton Andrews, one OF
The three young men convicted OF the
murder of Mrs. Amanda YOungblOod i'll
Denver. This decision SuStains The
capital punishment law.
Receiver Malone of the Fidelity Saw
ings Association at Denver has re-
ceived an order in the district court
authorizing him to borrow sl35,o0O
with which to pay the vendors lien on
the Concordia lands, the largest asset
Of the defunct association.
The advertising department Of the
Colorado Midland railway has received
letter from President Roosevelt stat
ing that he cannot give permission for
the use Of photographs of himself
while on his hunting trip in the state
in the advertisements of the route.
1t was decided by the Hibernian So
ciety of Denver not to hold celebra-
ton on the anniversary of the birthday
of Robert Emmet, the great Irish ma
tionalist, but join in celebrating st.
Patrick's Day, March 18th, in which
honor shall be done to both of Ireland's
heroes.
The members of the Pueblo Typo
graphical Union have prepared q me
mortal to the governor asking him to
select practical man when he ap-
points a commissioner of printing. The
law requires the appointment of
printer who has served a full appren-
ticeship.
A letter written ninety-eight years
ago, and introducing Capt. Zebulon
Pike, the discoverer Of Pixies peak. has
been presented to President w. F. Slo-
cum OF Colorado College by President
.. c. Gilman of John Hopkins Univer
sity, to whose ancestor, Hon. Nicholas
Gilman, it was addressed.
The Edison Electric Company has
been granted an eight-year franchise
by the Salida City Council to furnish
the city with lights. The company has
commenced work on large power
plant which will require the expendi-
ture of 100000 and the machinery is
en- route from the factory.
The Denver Press Club was organ
lied at luncheon held at the Albany
hotel in Denver March 5th. The Of
ficers are: Edward Keating Of the
Times, president; Raymond A. Eaton
of the Post. vice president; Harry Rob
inson of the News, secretary, and W.
Clyde Spencer OF the Republican,
treasurer.
Mr.. Culbertson has been appointed
by the federal court at Pueblo as re-
receiver for the Lyon Cattle Company,
whose headquarters are at Ordway,
Colorado. The company has 5000 head
of cattle in Colorado and about $4,000
head at Silver City, New Mexico. The
company is Incorporated under the
laws Of New Jersey.
The contract for the construction of
the new sugar factory at Holly has
been let to c. Leonard Of Los Angeles, |
California. work to begin at once. The
building will cost about 100000. The |
company which will construct the |
plant is known as the Holly Beet Su-
gar Company and it has 5000 acres OF
beets contracted for next season.
The Denver Country Club intends to |
hold a polo tournament some time in !
September, all of the teams of the
West to be invited to take part. Teams |
from Fort Logan. Colorado Springs, |
GleIwood Springs and other Colorado |
towns will be invited, as well as those /,
of the military posts of the West, es-
peciauy Fort Niobrara. Nebraska.
The Colorado National Life Insur-
ance Company has been organized at
Denver and received its charter March
1st. The directors OF the company are:
Spencer Penrose, Harry X. Brown, Da
vid H. Dougan, Tyson S. Dimes, A. M.
C. F. Bishop, James NJ. Her
bert, Thomas B. Stearns, c. c. Hamlin,
Charles M. MacNeill and John S. Cary.
Elder r. H. Wight of the Latter Day
Saints church in Delta, because of his
in teachiug his CQuGre2a: