The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-01-27
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS
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bus az Pueblo has yUteG e 1E.ct a s20.-
ooe building.
!. Cen..W.b.ralmerss II thi3dinr anac-
| nikcel,&- .driyeway- at " aSDL Wheel
Gap at a cost of $4,000,
Wagon Wheel Gap now rc!oices in
telephone line. and ean . lslE With all thst
principatcitfts of }hess,a,e. - y.
Tie first CONVERSATION by telephone
between Denver and .Greede 700. place
! January Goth. via Alamosa.
In a. a.Gisiral otyr a,:w6Jna,t'qs .Pue.
bio on the 10th inst. Gus Matthews,
colored man. shot and. tilled Frank
Smith. also colored. Matthews got
| away. !. -, I:
A ,contEaet has been let for The conf
struction of the new State Fish Hatch
cry at Glenwood SpriHss. lis to cost
, Sl-1oo and be ready Tor Occupancy by
the FIRST of Aptn..' .''-'
The city hysician ot,NNtsr ~. re-
| Gently examined milk from fifty
dairi les and reports thaf'hd totnd many
cans of wStoTetl. milk. and. S.HlS Aad ,
cases Of adulteration,
Mrs. Gottesleben,..W Wite Of Peter
| Gottesleben. a pioneer and for many
years the leading jeweltr IN Denver,
| died on the 18th inst. from injuries
| received in getting. off street car.
| Supervising Architect Taylor has
| assigned Lee Ullery, superintendent
| of construction of the Denver mint.
| to take charge. OF the. eenstrtia' i,n of.
| the federal building at Colorado
| Springs.
The application .of J-.>G Forrest.
J. A. Johnston, f. S. Duffy, George
II. Chessman and Others y organize
Lx, JD,,, y e ,,-i, IA
s25000 capital. has lsesn approved by
the comptroller Of the currency.
Governor Mcdonald has appoined
| three delegates ito the conr ention TO
| be held in Washington. D. C. February
10Th, for the drawing up of uniform di
vorce laws. The delegates are Mrs.
| C. c. Bradford, John DcWeese and r.
| w Bonynge.
| Gen. w. J. Palmer has granted a
| lease for five years of a block of
| ground to be used for athletic pur-
| poses by the Colorado Springs high
| school. A club house. quarter mile
| cinder track and baseball diamond will
be built before spring.
w. II. Howard, retiring superintend
| ent of the Pueblo plant of the Ameri..
can Smelling & Refining Company.
| was presented with handsome gold
watch by the employees OF the plant
who also presented Mrs. Howard with
a fine pair of opera glasses.
The state is now expending $1,000
J in building roads and bridges in the
southeastern counties. Charles W.
Wells of the state engineers Office
recently started on an inspection tour
of the work in the vicinity of La
Junta, Las Animas. Lamar and Holly.
Mrs. Martha A. Hodges. widow OF
James l.. Hodges, has been appointed
by Governor Mcdonald secretary of
the State Board of Arbitration. The
place carries a salary of s. zoo year.
The appointment is 10 fill the uneX-
pired term of Mr.. Hodges, who died
| recently.
The jury in the case Of Joe Mattel
at Trinidad returned a verdict of mur-
der in the second degree. Mattel was
accused of the murder of an old MeXi-
can sheep herder near Segundo four
years ago, this being the second time
he was tried, the jury disasreeing at
his former trial.
Juan Curias, a twelve-year- boy,
committed suicide a short time since
at Malachite, in Huerfano county, by
shooting himself through the head.
His father had ordered him to wash
the family dishes and he preferred
death TO the humiliation of being com.
PEELED to do girls work.
Sheriff o. p. Grimes Of Ell Paso
county has announced the offer of
800 reward for the recovery of the
$3.50 Swiss repeater watch owned by
the late E. Crane Wilson, which was
not found upon the body of the sui
eide. Wilson's two sons want the
watch as remembrance Of their
father.
New postmasters have been ap-
pointed in Colorado as follows; Ar
riba, Lincoln county, Charles S.
Graves, vice c. C. Coleman, resigned;
Mano, Fremont county, Amada
Crabbs, vice Jane Whitmore, re.
signed; Rowena, Boulder county, Ell
len HOFFMAN, vice II. S. Childers, re.
signed.
On recommendation Of the Business |
Mems Association, through a resolu.
ton recently passed, the Pueblo City |
Council has employed Hiram Phillips |
a St. Louis Street paving expert, to |
take charge of the work laid out in |
the city. The salary agreed upon is |
$4,000 per annum. Paving will be |
pushed.
The secretary of the interior is ad.
vertising for proposals for furnishing |
200 barrels of Portland cement on |
cars at stations on the Denver & Rio |
Grande railroad between Cedar Creek |
and Uncompahgre, Colorado, for use
in connection with the Uncompahgre
valley irrigation project. Bids will
be opened February 9th at Montrose.
verdict for $500 in favor Of DR..
F. H. Welles of Grand Junction has
been rendered against the lntermoun.
tain improvement Company, owners of
the Bank block at Victor. The doctor,
who had ar office in the building. had