The Springfield herald., 1906-08-31
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS
Labor Day September Sd.

Day, September Sd.
The State Fair at Pueblo opens Sep
tembcr 10th and lasts five days.
The Western Slope Fair will be held
at Moptrose, September 18th to 2lst
In an open letter County Judge Ben
B. Lindsey of Denver formally an
nouEces himself Il candidate for the
Democratic nomination for governor.
Mrs. Izetta George, who has been in
charge of the Colorado Relief Bureau
at San Francisco, has about finished
her work and will return in few days
to Denver.
James G. Pierson, driver for stor-
age company, fell under slab of mar
Bile that was jostled off his wagon near
tho United States mint in Denver, and
was instantly killed.
Manual training has been adopted as
part of the curriculum of the high
school at Boulder. Prof. J. c. Chester
has been appointed director and con
tract let for an extensive Quitting OF
tools.
According to the Denver Union Wa
ter Company, the amount of water
used daily in Denver is $50 gallons TO
each inhabitant of the city. And yet
there are many dirty looking people in
Denver
The Grand Valley National bank of
Grand Junction has been made a
United States depository. This Is a
distinction enjoyed by but one other
bank on the western slope, the First
National of Montrose.
Mrs. Garry Nation, who was arrested
and put in Jail for drawing crowd in
her attempt to open crusade in the
worst section of the Denver, was re-
leased by Mayor Speer without being
required to give bail.
l.. w. Lewis, the negro who was
blown up by premature explosion in
the stone quarry near Starkville, was
taken to Trinidad and had his right leg
Rmputated. He lost both eyes, one OF
his hands and his left foot.
George E. Corbin, Sr., member of the
Corbin Dairy Company, died at his
hCme in Denver August 21st. at the age
of seventy-nine years. Mr.. Corbin was
q cousin of Major General Corbin and
was one of the wealthiest dairy men in
the state.
The famous evangelist, Billy Sunday,
ard his assistants. viii hold a big re-
vival in Salida. beginning September
goth. Mr.. Sunday, known as the base
ball evangelist. at meetings at Canon
City two years ago added over a thou
sand converts to the churches.
Attorney General Miller. in a COM
munication to Governor Mcdonald, an
nounces the opinion that the county
courts of Colorado have no authority
to naturaliZe citizens under the new
law passed at the last session of Con
gresS.
The cooperative creamery at Rife
at present produces 1000 pounds OF
butter per week and can not supply the
increasing demand for its product,
having to scour the adjacent country
as far as Basalt and Carbondale for
cream.
Henry O.. Morris. Pueblo agent OF
the Colorado Humane Society, notified
a mounted policeman that hereafter
when cows or horses being taken to
the pound refused to be led or driven,
an animal ambulance should be put
into commission for the purpose.
1t Is rumored that the Colorado &
Southern will shortly start town
south of Cheyenne. directly between
Cheyenne and Fort Collins and which
will be called Lone Tree. This would
indicate an intention to soon build
line in that district.
The dam and headgate at the outlet
of Timberline lake on Beaver creek,
some thirty-five miles west of Fort Col
Inns, have been carried away by
cloudourst and with them went 20000,-
600 cubic feet of water that was being
held back for late irrigation.
Miss Martha G. McCaulley of Welles-
ley College, has been appointed dean
of women in the State University at
Boulder. filling the position made va
cant by the resignation of Miss Hen
rietta j. Meetneer, the well-known
and successful former dean of women.
The Santa Fe Company will spend
about $4,000 in enlarging the station
at La Junta and in providing better
accommodation for passengers and
baggage Another story story will be
added to the station, making it three
stories in height. A portion of the
additional space will be utilized fol din.
ing and sleeping rooms.
State Game and Fish Commissioner
j. NJ. Woodward, accompanied by Dep
uty Charles A. Purinton, arrested Ru-
fus Denton and Clarence Roback near
Mcckor, charging them with killing
deer and grouse out of season. The
accused men were fined $25 and costs
each. They were employed by cat
tie company which leases grazing land
from the federal government.
Joseph Otego, aged fourteen, son of
Frank Otego, the wealthiest sheep
owner living on the Apishapa river in
Las Animas county, was killed by light
ming while herding sheep on the after
noon of August 21st. His shepherd
dog went to the house, considerable
distance, and alarmed the family. who
went out next morning and found the
boy dead, with his clothing burned to
a Grips.
On August oath Eugene A. Fariey,
switclman in the Santa Fe yards at
Trinidad, fell from a fiat car and was
run over and killed. At Ell Moro the
same Gay Bonato Barezo, aged seventy,
was killed by a switch engine while
driving a bull team across the track,
and the same day Roy Gross had an
ankle broken and was dangerously
injured while attempting to board
, moving train on the Colorado & Wyo-
ming railroad at Tercio.