The Colorado statesman., 1906-04-28
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


Colorado Springs in July.
The Chinese in Denver raised s203.50
to be sent to the aid of their suffering
countrymen in San Francisco.
Denver sent seventeen carloads of
provisions and clothing to San Fran
cisco two days after the earthquake.
1t is reported by an eye witness that
a large mountain lion was buried and
killed by snowslide near Ouray on
the 18th inst.
The bankers of Denver telegraphed
$4,000 to Los Angeles to be used there
for the purchase of supplies to be for
warded at once to San Francisco.
All of the cities and most of she
small towns of Colorado have contrib
uted literally either money or supplies,
or both, to the San Francisco relief
fund.
Over 800 people attended the golden
wedding Of Judge and Mrs. w. b. wat
son at Silverton April 23d. 1t was
brated in Silverton.
N. A. Litsey, at Bailey, in Park
county, recently caught an unusually
large mink in a trap. The animal is
three and one-half feet long and weighs
ioIly-o -one pounuS. IL 10 d
specimen.
w. E. Swartz, one of the leading
building contractors of Denver, VINO
had done the carpenter work on large
number of the principal buildings in
the city, died at his home in Denver a
few days ago.
John A. Fielder, an old resident OF
Colorado Springs, was found dead in
&c nod hn i'm Of A
Mr.. Fielder was one of the bes.-known
stage drivers on the road in the early
days Of Cripple Creek.
Fred Orr, a miner, aged thirty, mar
ried, was killed, and James Tai
bot, forty-five years old, single,
was mortally injured by an explosion
in the Mofat shaft on Rock hill, Cali
fornia gulch, at Leadville, April Gath.
The Montrose school census, just
completed, shows 1,1S0 children of
school age, a gain of 200 during the
year. This places the Montrose dis
trict in the first class and increases
the number of directors from three to
five.
During an electric storm at Rocky
Ford on the 18th inst, Jose E. Critton
and M. G. Anderson were struck by
lightning and instantly killed. Thomas
Edwards, who was in the same build
ing, was knocked senseleSS but was
not seriously injured.
The county commissioners of Ere
mont county are working tweuts FIVE
convicts on the new wagon road to
the coal camps from Brewster. This is
the first public work done by convicts
since the new law was passed. These
convicts will be employed all summer
by the county.
Philip Fitch, senior at Colorado
College, has been awarded a fellow
ship in physics at the University of
Chicago upon the recommendation of
the department faculty. Fitch is a
graduate of the East Denver high
school, and has taken an active part
in Colorado College athletics.
Col. T. T Davis, u. S. A, adjutant
of the Department of the Colorado, fin
ished his inspection of the Colorado
state troops April 23d at Battery A
armory, in Denver. The work has prac-
tically taken three weeks. All things
considered, he states that he finds the
state troops in excellent condition.
Johanncn Byrd, seventy years of
age, a pioneer mining man in the
Black Hawk district, died at ST. Jo-
inst, as a result of injuries received
Wednesday afternoon at the Maybee
ranch. He was driving a broncho,
which bolted and threw him from the
vehicle.
The bridge than spans the Arkansas
river at Salida will be replayed by a
$4,000 structure. The contract has
been let to Pueblo firm and requires
that the work be completed by Novem-
Der 1st. The bridge will be 125 feet
in length and fifty feet in width. 1t
connects the city with the railroad sta
ton and shops.
The new union depot at Grand juno
ton, erected at a cost of 100000, was
opened April 18th by Division Superin-
tendent Choate. The first train in was
a narrow gauge passenger from Sa-
Ida. The narrow gauge being the old
est road in the valley, the railroad Off
cials decided that it had the right to
first enter the new depot.
Every one of the eighteen camps
Woodmen of the World, in Denver, was
represented at a meeting of consul
commanders and clerks held Friday
night. One thousand dollars was APP
propriated for the immediate relief
of the sufferers in San Francisco. Ar
rangements were also made to swell
this fund to $4,000 within a few days.
Upon the occasion of the Arbor Day
exercises at the University of Denver
Chancellor Buchtel announced the gift
of $4,000 to the university by Andrew
Carnegie with which to erect a new Ii
brary building for the institution. The
gift is conditional upon the raising by
the university of $4,000 more to in.
sure the proper operation and equip
ment of the library.