The La Jara chronicle., 1906-10-19
, COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


and Corrections will be held at Den
yer, December 9Th TO 11th.
Rural route No. l has been ordered
established December 1st at Canon
City. serving 1924 people and 464 fam
lilies.
Building Inspector Wilson is now
working on plans Tor public bath
house for Denver. 1t will contain
twelve tubs, twenty-five shower baths
and a swimming pool 40x65 feet in
size.
A public-spirited citizen, who with
holds his name, will present the city
of Greeley with fine bronze drinking
fountain. 1t is to be ten feet in height
and will be located in South Lincoln
park.
Mrs. Ellen Baxter. widow of the
late Rev. Alfred Baxter who preached
the first sermon in Greeley. in the
spring of 1870, died at her home in
Greeley on the 18th inst, at the age
of seventy-one.
Thomas Carlon, justice of the peace
in Denver, has cleared the sum of So
073.12 out of the collections of his Of
fee during the past nine and one-hal.
months, which sum goes into the
county treasury of Denver.
The demand for hands in the beet
fields is said to be making it next to
impossible for contractors on the Mot
Nat road to secure workmen. Con
Ostruction work may be set back for as
much as six months by the scarcity OF
labor.
w. V Raymond, well known
farmer and sheep feeder, living eight
miles southeast of Fort Collins, has
recently lost over 100 sheep by pois-
oning and the case is being investi-
gated by State Veterinary Surgeon
Lamb.
w. A. Oliphant. the popular and eff.
cient superintendent of schools in
Monte Vista for the last four years,
died on the 10th inst. of appendicitis,
after an Illness of about ten days. He
was thirty-six years old and leaves a
widow.
Fully ninety per cent. of the 5uven-
lie cases in Ell Paso county are di-
rectly due to lack of care on the part
of the parents, according to the state.
ment OF Juvenile Officer William Rea.
soner, made to the Ell Paso County
Minister'S Alliance.
A fir. in the building on Sunday the
11th inst. threatened the lodge room
of Odd Fellows hall in Cripple Greek
and broke up the services of the Pres
byterian church which were being
held there. There was no disorder
and the fire was soon extinguished.
Charles w. Smith, charged with the
murder of William C. Cartmell, the
alleged despoiler of his home, was ar
raigned at Colorado Springs, pleaded
not guilty, waived examination and
was remanded to jail without bond, to
await the action of the District Court
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at Fort Lupton on the 18th inst, at
tracted large gathering. Pies and
i. sandwiches were served and an OK
was roasted whole. The sports in
cluded sack races, foot races, horse
races. a novelty horse race and potato
races.
]. p. Osburn, late Socialistic candi-
date for governor Of Georgia. was ar
rested few days ago for "loitering"
on the corner of Sixteenth and Champa
streets in Denver, but was discharged
by the police magistrate. Osborne was
speaking and attracting crowd and
did not move on" as promptly as the
police desired.
Alvin P. Granger, lieutenant of
company F, Eighth Illinois cavalry
during the Civil War, and well known
in Colorado mining circles since he
CdIHe Io lile Sldle III loou, ultu Ut leu-
yer on the 10th inst, after n long i'll
ness from epilepsy. Mr.. Granger was
the inventor of the Granger dry con
centrator and portable stamp mill.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany's canal, which is now forty-five
miles long and fifteen feet wide, and
which has been in the course of con
struction for nearly a year. will soon
be completed. Gangs of men are now
working few miles from the steel
works. The canal will convey water
from the Arkansas river to the steel
works at Pueblo.
While standing in front of a mirror.
adjusting his necktie and collar, pre-
paratory to starting for work and
while apparently in the best of health,
John Izett, manager of the St. John &
Barnes plumbing establishment at
Trinidad, dropped dead of heart fail
ure without moments warning. in
. the presence of his wife. Mr.. Izett
was formerly in busineess in Denver.
Juan Vigil, who is charged with
shuoting Juan Gurule and Juan NUM-
at Sagundo Thursday night, as the re-
suit of Il drunken row, was captured
Saturday morning and placed in Jail
at Trinidad to await the result of Gu
rules injuries before q preliminary
hearing. Gurule was dangerously shot
through the stomach. Visils mother,
who accompanied him to Trinidad, is
fullblooded Navajo Indian.
Oscar Reuter-. a prominent lawyer,
business man and politician of Den.
yer, died suddenly in Paris. France, on
the 18th inst, of IN attack of acute
indigestion. Mr.. Reuter- was born in
Germany and came to this country
when five years of age, acquiring his