The Glenwood post., 1906-07-28
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

The new Roman Catholic church of
81 John the Baptist was dedicated at
Longmont Sunday, July 22d. The
building is fine one and cost over
$4,000
The Pixies Peak Press Club of Colo
RADIO Springs will give "a dramatic en-
tertafnment August 18th for the benefit
OF the entertainment fund of the Inter
national League of Press Clubs.
From thirty-acre apple orchard
upon his farm, nine and one-half miles
west OF Denver. c. L. Parfet will shin
TINS year 10000 boxes of apples, if the
present indications of a ninety-two per
cent. crop are fulfilled.
At a meeting of the Colorado
Springs Ministerial Association com.
mittee was appointed to cooperate
with the Anti-Saloon League and the
Christian EndeaYor societies in the
fall political campaign.
The comptroller of the currency has
approved the application of J. H.
Slater J. w. Boiling, w. Bailey, George
Weisbad, Charles Wansled and others
to organize the First National bank of
Eads, with $4,000 capital.
The historic Cherry creek in Denver
is to be walled from Larimer street to
Broadway and a boulevard constructed
on the north side of it. A contract has
been let calling for the completion of
the work in ten months.
The banks in Colorado Springs,
Colorado City and Manitou have all
been supplied with the Pike medal
lions, which have been struck by the
government in honor of the centennial
celebration to be held this fall.
Harley Harris, twelve-year-old son
OF George Harris, a prominent ranch
man of Ell Paso county, was dragged
and kicked to death by a fractions
horse at his home in Calhan, July 18th.
The boy had the halter tied around his
waist
Because of the Mexican law which
prohibits the removal of body from
that country in less than three years,
Stanley Pearce, the metallurgical ex-
pert, of Denver. who died at Magda-
lena, Sonora, July 10th, will be buried
there.
The cornerstone of the new woman's
pavilion of the National Jewish Hos
pital for Consumptives at Denver was
laid Sunday. July 22d, under the aus
pieces of the Independent Order of B'nai
Birth, Rabbi Friedman delivering the
principal address.
Convict e. E. Thomas escaped from
the penitentiary at Canon City on the
afternoon of the 18th inst. He had
been a trusty for several months and
was at work in an alfalfa field near the
prison. Thomas was sent to the prison
eighteen months ago from Gunnison
county to serve a term of three to four
years for felonious assault.
Bids for the reconstruction of a road
between Tennessee pass and Debeque
are to be opened in the Office of the
state engineer on August /. About
$4,000 is to be used in constructing the
road The plans to be followed are
in line with those for the establishing
of good roads throughout the state as
formulated by State Engineer JaycoX.
Harry COLON, at work on the Isa-
bella mine in the Cripple Creek dis
trict, was instantly killed on the 18th
inst. by becoming caught in the com
pressor. Collom's five-year-old boy
Witnessed the catastrophe and, terror
stricken, summoned the engineer, who
stopped the compressor, after the I'M
fortunate man had been nearly torn
to pieces
Miss katherine L. Craig. state super
intendent of public instruction, has
made the semi-annual apportionment
of he school funds of the state. The
total apportionment is $1l5,6S270, and
it is divided among the various coun-
ties, according to the school popula-
ton. The number of children of
school age in the state, according to
the last census, is 1877 1886
the first and second prizes for the best
decorated store buildings were consol
idated and awarded Oh a tie to the
Daniels & Fisher Stores Company and
the Denver Dry Goods Company, each
receiving $3.50. The second prize,
raised to $3.50, went to the A. T. Lewis
& son Dry Goods Company, whose dis
Dia" was nearly, if not quite, equal to
the others.
An explosion occurred at the river
portal of the Gunnison tunnel on the
18th inst, by which Ed Beth of Kan
sas was instantly killed. Pete Jalozok
and Isaac Hill were injured, probably
fatally. Jalozok had both eyes knocked
out and Hill suffered the loss of both
hands. Mike Marskozitch, John Jalo-
zoli, Martin Yuroff and A. klodufer
were but slightly hurt. The explosion
occurred while the men were tamping
the powder in one of the seven-foot
drill holes.
Deputy Sheriff James d. Romero was
held at Trinidad by the coroner's jury
for the murder of Louis Vianca early
Sunday morning at Starkville. The
jury returned verdict that the killing
was without provocation or cause. The
shooting ARRAY took place in a dance
hall and was between MeXicans and
Italians. The deputy sided with the
MeXicans in the fight. Romero re-
ceived a severe knife wound in the
hand. Two others were held in con-
nection with the shooting.
During the terrific downpour of rain
in Denver Saturday night, July 14th,
two lives were sacrificed. The deaths
were those of Charles f. Hollingshead,
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