The Springfield herald., 1906-05-18
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Keep Your Money in Colorado" was
the motto on the banners and badges of
the Colorado Manufacturers Associa-
ton on the recent excursion of its
members to prominent points in north
ern Colorado.
Marcus Haines, a prominent lawyer
and for sixteen years assistant district
attorney at Denver, died at his home in
Denver May 10th, of pneumonia at the
age of fortyseven years. He leaves
widow and five children.
The publishers of the city directory
at Denver for 1906 estimate the popu-
lation of the city at somewhere be-
tween $4,000 and 100000. There will
be 10000 more names in the directory
than there were last year.
Leo LermiseauX. a French boy, thir-
teen years of age, shot and killed an
Italian rancher named ]. Parolino near
Hastings Tuesday The boy was hunt
ing and Paroline tried to drive him
away from his farm by shooting at
him.
Fire caused by spontaneous combus-
tion destroyed the plant of the West
ern Glass Company at Denver on the
4th. The plant is a total wreck, at
loss of $l50,000. The loss is two-thirds
insured. About 200 are thrown out OF
employment by the fire.
A very attractive program has been
arranged for the Pike Centennial at
Colorado Springs, covering the full
week from September 23d to September
10th. The entire state will join in the
celebration, ard there will be large
number of visitors from outside Of the
state.
The receiver of the Denver Savings
Bank announces that he Will pay the
creditors another twenty per cent diri-
dend within few days and before the
year is ended, still another, making
total of seventy per cent. Checks are
now being sent out for the first OF
these dividends named.
Unofficial returns from the school
census show an increase in Cripple
Creek of twenty pupils over last year.
Victor has lost 200. The outlying
towns have gained practically all that
Victor has lost. Total decrease from
the district, 166. Total number OF
children of school age, 3,344.
The Cathedral Fund Association has
been incorporated at Denver for the
purpose of receiving donations OF
money and property to create fund
to aid in the construction, erection
The directors are John c. Martin, Will
lam Sayer and Herbert Farall.
The sum of s2,GO5.71 was forwarded
to Chairman Phelan of the citizens
relief committee of San Francisco by
Chairman Pfeiffer of the California re-
lief committee of Teller county on the
10th inst. This brings the total sub
scribed by residents of the Cripple
Creek district and forwarded to Cal
ifornia to S7,G05.71.
Carleton Northcutt, son OF Judge
Jesse G.. Northcutt. and John Hendrick
son of j. j. Hendrick, city attorney of
Trinidad. have passed the final exam
ination for admission to the naval
academy at Annapolis. Both were
born and raised in Trinidad and re
ceived their appointments through
Congressman Hosg.
Mrs. Julia NJ. Bayley, wife OF the
Rev. Frank 4. Bayley, pastor of the
Plymouth Congregational church in
Denver. died Of pneumonia at Snohom-
ish, Washington, on the Sd inst. Mis-.
Bayley had only recently reached that
place on n visit 10 her son, the Rev.
Dwight S. Bayley. She had been a res
ident of Denver for seventeen years.
Denver's last carload of clothing was
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Relief Committee to Oakland to be
distributed by the Colorado Relief So
ciety among suffering hundreds who
formerly called Colorado their home.
and the contents of the car are now
clothing, warmly and neatly many who
lost their all in the San Francisco
catastrophe.
Counterfeit silver dollars hearing
the mark 20" of the New Orleans
mint, and stamped with the dates 1898,
1896 or 1901. are being circulated in
Denver, and large number of the
coins have been passed on tramway
conductors in the last week. The
coins are underweisht. have scarcely
any ring to them, and most of them
have been merely washed in silver.
The first forty-fve miles of the
Northside canal of the Pathfinder irri-
cation project on the North Platte
river were completed April goth. This
canal was built jointly by the govern
ment and the North Platte Irrigation
& Colonization Company, of which Fl.
ID. Lingle of Denver is chief owner. 1t
will reclaim $4,000 acres of corporation
land and large area of public land
lying in Wyoming and Nebraska.
The Moffat road has reached point
beyond Sulphur Springs and a new
station has been established at Pas
cl,al. Track laying is progressing
daily, and freight is being moved west
of Sulphur Springs by every train that
goes over the range. Kremmlins, the
point which will be the terminus OF
the road during the present summer,
is being rapidly built up, and will be a
thriving town. The freight business
over the line is assuming large pro-
portions.
An appeal to the teachers in every
school III Colorado and Wyoming and
also to the business men in both states
to observe Flag Day. Thursday, June
14th, is contained in general orders is
sued by Commander George w. Curf-
man of the Department of Colorado
and Wyoming, G. A. r. The com
mander asks that it be made a special
G. A. r. flag day in every city. village
and home in the department. The bust
ness men are asked to decorate their
stores and offices with flags.
Colorado has not very much old,
dirty coin or money left within its bor-
ders, according TO David II. Moffat
The reason is that II is all being sent