The Delta independent., 1906-10-12
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

till October 10th.
The University OF Colorado has be-
come a member of the United States
National Amateur Athletic Association.
A cabbage exhibited by w. S. Brown
at Florence Is five feet in circumfer'
ence and weighs nearly forty-hve
pounds.
Col James w. Penrose, for many
years special agent for the Union Pa.
cific, and ;. veteran of the Civil War,
died at Denver on the 26th ult.
Paul Hentchel. a saloon keeper OF
Evans, has been found guilty on two
counts OF violating the state law
against selling liquor on Sunday.
The director of the mint at Washing.
ton on the 2Gth ult., purchased 2oO.-
900 ounces OF fine silver at GS.7G cents,
to be delivered at the Denver mint.
The girl students at the State Nor
NAL School ut Greeley still quite gen
orally keep up the custom, inaugurated
some two years ago. OF going without
hats.
L. n. Zalinger, formerly publisher OF
the Denver Eye. has started new
weekly paper in Denver, the South
Denver Sun, which will advocate Re
publican politics.
A good many cases of typhoid fever
have been reported in Denver during
the past month. DiphtherIa and scar
let fever have been less prevalent than
usual at this season OF the year.
The application Of w. A. Merriell X.
F. Skelley, A. A. Belts, +. ]. Dalton
and o. ID. Belts. to organize the First
National Bank of Fruita. with $4,000
capital. has been approved by the
comptroller of the currency.
Walter l.. Barnes. for four years H.
brarian at Albany, New York. has been
appointed assistant librarian at the
Buckingham library, University of Col
| who has rendered her resignation after
| serving three hears as assistant
On complaint of the Stat Bureau OF
Child and Animal Protection Harry
Mulholland OF Denver. wdG fined sl5
and costs for restricting his horse to
diet of six quarts of oats "A day with
out any hay or other 'roughness.
Mrs. Rebecca Eaton. wife OF the late
cX-Gov. B. II. Eaton. will give $4,000
pipe organ to the Park Congregational
Church at Greeley. to commemorate
the life and character Of her daughter
Mrs. Jennie Eaton-PetriRin, who died
recently.
Supervising Architect Taylor. OF the
Treasury Department. is expected to
arrive in Denver December LIST to eN'
anime the sites that have been offered
for the new Denver postoiiicc building
Congress has appropriated 100000 for
the purchase OF a site.
By the use OF a team OF forty-eight
oxen. Senator Clayton has constructed
bitches on marshy land north of Gree
ley. whereby $50 acres OF land has
been drained This land will now be
valuable for garden purposes and Will
be plated in fve-acre tracts.
William Dalton the l6yoar- old boy
accused OF the murder Of his uncle. J.
N. Gard. in a quarrel at Palmer Lake.
was convicted OF Involuntary man.
slaughter in the District Court at Colo
RADIO Springs. Sentence. Which was
deferred may be from one day TO one
year In the county jail.
Mrs. Emma Craig. wife Of the Rev
William Bayard Craig. plEtor of the
Central Christian Church at Denver.
died at Denver September 2Gth after
an illness of more than year. She
was the victim OF stomach trouble and
died after an operation which was un
dertakon as a last resort.
The Carbon Coal x Coke Company
| which Is opening cStensiv" mines in
Riley canon near Trinidad. has let a
| contract for construction OF NIFTY cot
| tages for miners. Cement blocks will
| be used in construction. but instead Of
gravel being ground for the manufac.
ture of the blocks, coke t. aze will be
used
Leonard Imboden and James a. I'M.
| convicted of wrecking the Denver Say.
| ings Bank. and now serving time in
| the pcnitentiary at Canon City. have
| through their attorney. l.. s. Smith.
| filed brief In the Supreme Court sup.
Elementary to those already filed In
support OF their motion ioi super
| sedeas.
The Henry Baab and Baab Brothers
ranch in Beebe Draw dist. let. fifteen
miles south of Greeley. LEO acres,
with all live stock and IA, ming imple.
| mcnts has been sold to II. y Martyr. n
retired banker of Columbus. Ne.
| braska. for $4,000. Mr.. Martyr owns
| big cattle and sheep ranch near
Deer Grail.
Through orders OF Director of the
Mint Roberts from Washington. the
| output of subsidiary coin will be
| doubled at the Denver mint. necessi'
| tating an Increased capacity and work.
ing force. frank NJ. Downer. super.
| intendent OF the Denver i1int. is ex.
pecting instructions to cease his coin.
| age OF silver dollars but to double his
capacity for smaller coins.
At the annual meeting OF the Cripple
Creek Central Railway Company. held
at Portland, Maine. September 25th,
| Spencer Penrose Of Colorado Springs
| was elected a director to I'LL va
| cancy In the board. All OF the retiring
! directors were reelected. Quarterly
| dividends Of IA per cent. on the com
mon stock. and | per cent on the pre-
ferred were declared, payable October
| Goth.