The Elbert County tribune., 1906-03-29
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

following appointments Of Colorado
postmasters: e. E. Eversole, Monte
vista; F. NJ. Reardon. Victor
George A. Hall, charged with con-
spiracy in the McEachern insurance
fraud case at Victor. has been acquit-
ted In the District Court at Cripple
Creek.
Mayor Robert w. Speer ia preparing
Tor the sale of $400. 900 worth OF city of
Denver gold coupon bonds to raise
| funds for the purchase of site and
the erection Of the new auditorium
| Prof. Albert C. Knudson, Ph.D.. for
| mer professor of church history at
Denver University, from 1898 to 1900.
mas been elected to the chair of He
brew and the Old Testament by the
trustees OF Boston University.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
electric trolley line from Canon City
to the top of the Royal Gorge. over
one mile of the grade has been com
pleted. Ties are being delivered and
upon the arrival of the rails. April 18th.
the track will be laid.
Fourteen hundred notices of expira-
| ton OF license were cent out to liquor
| dealers from the Office OF the state
| treasurer March 21st. About 2,700 IL
| OF s25 is required from each. About
half of them expire on the LIST day of
| April.
Henry Van Kleeck will represent the
Denver Chamber of Commerce at the
Lake Mohonk conference on interna-
| tional arbitration to be held at Lake
| Mohonk, New York, on May 30th, 31st
| and June 1st. The conference is held
with the purpose of urging universal
recognition and adoption of arbitration
in the settlement of all international
| questions.
Lyman Munger. father of Mrs. John
| r. Hanna of Denver. died at Denver,
| March 22d, at the age of ninety-four
| years and six months. In the stirring
days before the Civil War MI. Munger
was an active abolitionist and through
out his entire life he was strong be-
lever in prohibition. He leaves seven
children. three sons and four daugh-
tiers, whose average age is over sixty
| years.
| Nine pharmacists passed the exam
| ination given by the State Board of
| Pharmacists recently and are entitled
| TO certificates. The successful candi-
dates were Irving l.. Emerson. Grand
Junction: f. |. Engle, Leadville; Lewis
NJ. Hires, Colorado Springs: Adolph
Hauff, Harry L. Huffman. Henry A.
| Koch, Henry Langanhan, Denver;
Lewis f. Ressler. Greeley; Henry V.
| Williamson. Cannon City.
| +. S. Granger, general manager of
| the Interurban electric railway system
| being built in Fremont county. prom
| ises Canon City one of the finest resort
hotels in the state. Granger and his
associates will purchase the Hot
| Springs hotel and erect on its site one
| of the most attractive hosteries In the
| West. The plans call for three-story
brick and stone structure, to contain
| 200 rooms.
Superintendent Frank Putney of the
| railway mail service at Denver is be-
Ing OVERLOADED with inquiries in re-
gard to the mail carried on the trains
wrecked near Adobe March 10th. All
tie mail on train No. 1G was destroyed.
AS most of 1t included business letters.
many containing drafts and checks
from Leadville, Salida, Gunnison and
other surrounding towns. much trouble
will likely result from the loss.
Representative Brooks last week
called upon the Japanese minister and
advised him that many Colorado citi-
zens desire to contribute to the relief
of the starving Japanese. Mr.. Brooks
was informed that any contributions
would be appreciated by the Japanese
| government, which already has re-
ceived nearly 100000 from Americans.
Contributions should be sent to the
Japanese minister in Washington.
]. ]. McEachern and John Varley.
who attempted to defraud the North
western Life Insurance Company out
of $4,000, were sentenced In the Dis
trict Court at Cripple Creek to from
nine and one-half to ten years In the
| penitentiary. Judge Seeds also pro
nounced sentence upon George Lewis,
| grand larceny. three to five years,
Sam Haas, Clayte Watt and Jack
Frame. charged with assault with in
/ tent to kill p. l.. Dattelbaum. nine to
| ten years.
Edward Kleckner. ranchman, aged
about twenty-five, froze to death on
the night OF March 18th, thirteen
miles from Pagosa Springs. 1t was
storming fearfully and he was trying
10 reach his home when his horse gave
out. He turned the horse loose and at.
tempted to reach home on foot. He
succumbed within one mile of Z. Il.
| Chapson's ranch and four miles from
home, where his young wife was await
| ing him. He had been married only
| three months.
State Auditor Bent has sold the Bent
ranch of 1,7O0 acres in Prowers county
to @. M. Smith of Kansas City and w.
A. Smith of Greenwood. Missouri, for
$4,000. The land lies about five miles
| from Lamar and about $50 acres are
under cultivation. Sugar beets, alfalfa
and other crops are raised on the
ranch The purchasers have secured
perpetual water rights on the prop
] erty. About ten years ago Mr.. Bent
bought the place Sor about half the
sum he has sold 1t for.
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