The Dolores star., 1905-03-10
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

The Colorado State School Princi-
pals Association will meet At Denver
March Both.
A fall in eggs Is reported in the Den
yer market 1t Is the price that was
broken and not the eggs.
WILLIAM F. Ordway has been ap-
pointed postmaster at Dolores. Monte
yuma county. vice A. A. Hosea, re-
signed.
Thomas O'Hara, a trammer. fell 300
feet In the working shaft OF the Dillon
mine at Victor February 2Sth and was
instantly killed.
E. c. Sharer and others are back Of
a movement for the manufacturer of
brtquettes from the slack from. the coal
mines north of Colorado Springs.
Mrs. Mary c. Malone and Mrs. F. W.
Crocker. mother and sister of Judge
Booth NJ. Malone of the District Court
at Denver. were seriously injured in a
runaway accident on the Goth ult.
Boulder is to have an extensive cold
storage plant in connection with a
large Ice factory. 1t is expected to be
ready to begin operations in May and
will care for small fruit and apples.
Fitzpatrick Brothers G 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.
John M. Kuykendall of the Denver
Omnibus and Cab Company, proposes
to operate a number of large automo-
biles In Denver for the use of tourists,
after the fashion Of the present "See-
ing Denver" cars.
The Denver chapters of tie 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 $4,000 to the Beecher Island
Memorial Association.
Receiver Malone of the Fidelity Saw
ings Association at Denver has re-
ceived an order in the district court
authorizing him to borrow $135,000
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
a 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.
At Victor on the 9th ult. Louis Pear
son, shift boss at the Portland mine,
was accidentally struck on the head
by 2 piece OF pipe and sustained a dan
gerous fracture of the skull. On the
same day William Reidel had his skull
fractured by a falling rock at the Mary
Nevin property.
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.
Stevenson. C. F. Bishop, James M. Her
bert, Thomas b. Stearns, C. C. Hamlin,
Charles N. MacNeill and John 8. Cary.
The Denver Country Club intends to
hold q 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,
Glenwood Springs and other Colorado
towns will be invited. as well as those
Of the military posts Of the West, es-
pecially Fort Niobrara, Nebraska.
J. v. Doud of Chattanooga, Tennes-
see, has written to Secretary Of State
Cowie to inquire about his sister. Mrs.
William ]. Morrison, who, he thinks
was killed in an Indian insurrection
near the Indian reservation in the vi
cinity of Durango. He has heard Gas
Colorado people have not) that some
sixty families were killed there In the
late eighties.
AFTER Table, q colored porter in
Minnequa barber shop, had a narrow
escape from death from an overdose
Of bananas. He made a wager that he
could eat four dozen bananas at one
sitting, but gave up the task after eat
Ing thirty-one and one-half, saying he
would not eat another for SO. It took
q doctors best efforts to keep him
from dying.
C. ]. Gavin of Ration. New Mexico,
gave a talk on Convict Built Roads"
before the Denver Chamber Of Com
merce. Mr.. Gavin said that his plan
would be of immense benefit to the
state, which would secure fine high
ways at practically no cost. Insanity
In prisons would also be lessened. He
favored a road from Denver to connect
with the New Mexican road at Las
Vegas.
The Weld County Farmers League
has arranged for an institute to be held
at the Pleasant Valley school house
March 11th. Three men from the ex-
pertinent station at the agricultural
college at Fort Collins will deliver ad-
dresses. Professor Carlyle will speak
on 1.-THE Value of Colorado Grain for
Stock Feeding" Professor Paddock
on Potato Diseases" and Professor
Oliu on Selection of Grain for Seed"
On March 1st the interests of the