The Glenwood post., 1906-10-20
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Rural route No. l has been ordered
established December 1st at Canon
City. serving 1924 people and AGA fam
lies.
Building Inspector Willison is now
working on plans Tor a public bath
house for Denver. 1t will contain
twelve tubs, twenty-five shower baths
and swimming pool 40x65 feet in
size.
A public-spirited citizen, who with
holds his name, will present the city
OF Greeley with a 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 Carbon, justice of the peace
in Denver, has cleared the sum of 49,,
O73.12 out of the collections of his Of
Ace during the past nine and one-half
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 Moi
fat road to secure workmen. Con
struction 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 juven-
| lie cases in El Paso county are di-
rectly due TO lack of care on the part
OF the parents, according to the state
ment oi Juvenile Officer William Rea-
soner, made to the FL Paso County
Ministers Alliance.
A fire in the building on Sunday the
| 11th inst. threatened the lodge room
of Odd Fellows hall in Cripple Creek
and broke up the services of the Pres
byteriah church which were being
| held there. There was no disorder
and the fire was soon extinguisned.
| Charles w. Smith, charged with the
murder of William c. Cartmell, the
/ alleged despoler 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.
The second annual Tomato Festival
at Fort Lupton, on the 18th inst, at
tracted a large gathering. Pies and
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.
j. P. Osburn, late Socialistic candi-
date for governor Cf 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
came to the state in 1880, died at Den
yer on the 10th inst, after a 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 fcr 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 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 NlSn, WIN IL 'idl -" "i'ii
| shuoting Juan Gurule and Juan NUM-
| at Segundo Thursday night, as the re-
suit of drunken row, was captured
| Saturday morning and placed in jail
| at Trinidad TO await the result of Gu
rules injuries before preliminary
| hearing Gurule was dangerously shot
| through the stomach. Vgil's mother,
| who accompanied him to Trinidad, is
| a full-booded Navajo Indian.
oscar Reuter-, prominent lawyer,
business man and politician of Den.
| yer, died suddenly in Paris. France, on
! the 18th inst, of an attack of acute
! Indigestion. Mr.. Reuter- was born in
| Germany and came to this country
| when five years of age, acquiring his
| education in Baltimore and Chicago.
In Denver he served as state senator
and president of the Board of Public
| Works. He was fine orator both in
English and German.
w. S. Kincaid, state superintendent
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