The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-19
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

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A new society, known as the Sons
of Colorado, and embracing the
younger native-born residents of the
state. has been organized at Denver.
c. H. Ramsey, a Greeley man, has
offered to pay all the expenses of
special election to vote on a PROPOSE
ton to grant him telephone fran
chise.
Bee Crowley, fourteen-year-old son
of David Crowley of Golden, was killed
by lightning August 18th at the
Churches ranch four miles north of
Golden.
The Las Arimas County Good
Roads Association has been formed
at Trinidad with s. w. Busk as presi-
dent and Mayor c. H. Nichols vice
president.
John Barbee, a well known pioneer
of the Cripple Creek district, died at
Cripple Greek on the 10th inst, of
miners consumption, at the age Of
sixty years.
The State Land Board inserted in
deed of sale of state lands a provision
that the people of the state should
never be debarred from fishing along
the stream that runs through the land.
Engineer G. w. Thompson was killed
on the 18th inst. by the overturning of
his engine between Red Mountain and
Silverton. The train remained on the
track and no one else was hurt.
One hundred and sixty people at
Boulder have subscribed an aggregate
of $4,000 toward the erection of Y.
M. G. A. building, and there are 200
more people for the committee to see.
George H. Whiteley, son of Former
Mayor M. S. Whiteley of Boulder, has
/ started for Oxford, England, to enter
the university there, he having been
granted a Rhodes scholarship last
spring.
James P Arthur, former state sena-
tor from Larimer county, and twice
mayor of Fort Collins, died at Fort
Collins on the 11th inst. of neuralgia
of the heart. He was seventy-two years
of age.
Col. w. w. Ferguson, assistant quar-
termaster general of the G. A. r. at
Denver and custodian of the war mu-
scum in the capitol building, has had
siege of typhoid fever from which he
now seems to be recovering.
With reservoir No. full, and Nos. 2
and two-thirds full, the city of Flor
ence has enough mountain water for
domestic use for a full year. The
water is secured from the head of
Newlin creek, distance of twenty
miles from Florence.
Sixty tons of hay, valued at 5000, was
! totally destroyed by fire at the STRAIT
ton ranch, south of Colorado Springs,
on the 18th inst, as result of the
carelessness of some small boys who
threw the lighted stubs of their cigar
| cites on the haystack.
John Egelin, workman in the rod
mill of the steel works at Pueblo, had
his left leg burned off on the 18th inst.
by red hot rod that became coiled
around it in coming from the rolls.
He was taken to the Minnequa hos
pital and the leg amputated.
A Rawlins, Wyoming. dispatch of
August 11th says: Guy Cooper of
Denver was brought here to-day from
! Craig, Colorado, where he has been
locating coal lands, to receive surgical
attention to a shattered ankle, the re-
suit of his horse falling on him. He
suffered greatly during the rough over
land trip of 100 miles.
Judge Cunningham, in the District
Court at Colorado Springs, has denied
the motion for new trial in the case
of j. B. Belford VS.. the Stratton estate,
and entered judgment for the plaintiff
in the sum of $4,000. An appeal was
granted to the Supreme Court. Judge
| Belford's claim is for services as at
torney during Mr.. Stratton's lifetime.
George Godfrey committed suicide at
the hotel where he was staying in Du-
range on the 18th inst, by taking car
bolic acid. He was to have started
that day for Salt Lake city in COM
pany with his fiancee. Godfrey was
the son of w. ]. Godfrey, a former
member of the Durango City Council
and owner of the Vulcan iron foundry
of Durango.
According to the decision of District
| Judge Mullins at Denver George E.
Smith and Frank Anderson, former
county commissioners of old Arapa-
hoe county, who were legislated out
of office by the Rush amendment, are
still entitled to serve. He bases his
decision on the recent decision of the
Supreme Court in the case of other
J county officers.
Governor Mcdonald has received a
request from Governor Pennypacker OF
Pennsylvania, asking that Colorado
send delegates to a convention for the
establishment of uniform divorce laws.
Governor Mcdonald will refer the re-
quest to the Colorado commission on
uniform laws. The divorce law con-
vention- is to be held at Washington in
the near future.
Water was struck in the well drilled
on Eight-Mile creek near Florence at
a depth of 260 feet, and rose to within
forty feet of the surface. The water
was struck in limestone formation,
and as this flow is not large enough to
irrigate a great area of land, the drill
will be continued down to the Dakota
| formation. probably 500 feet. when ex-