The Glenwood post., 1906-08-04
COLORADO NEWS I1EsM

Iwelfth district opened at Gunnison
July 5Oth with a good attendance.
Rural route No. is ordered estab-
lisned October 1st at Oiney, Otero
county, Colorado, serving 800 people
and nlnety-six houses.
The Denver Baseball Club of the
Western League has dropped down to
fourth place and still sliding. Pueblo
seems to be securely anchored at the
bottom.
The Western Stock Show Associa-
ton is preparing a program and pre-
MUM list for the next exhibition,
which will be held at Denver, January
24th next, lasting the entire week.
Lars Nelson, who died in Denver re-
Gently Of pneumonia, was one of the
largest land owners and stock grow
ers of Park county, having lived on
the Cottage Grove ranch near Alma
since 1873.
Bids for a new Denver postofice
site will be opened at the office of the
secretary of the treasury, Leslie NJ.
Shaw, in Washington on August 14th.
All bids must come within the limit of
100000.
Escaping only with the clothes they
'NiN hNthlih lIdNIu IloN, tIllNl IL
cense inspector, and family, and
party of friends camping near Anto-
nito, suffered the loss of their entire
camp by fire.
G. p Miller, employed on the Mer-
rltt lease of the Reno property on Gold
mill in the Cripple Creek district, was
killed by an explosion on the morning
of July 27th. The accident was due to
missed shot
Dan McKinnie, who terrorized the
guests at party at the Bodkin home
in Highland Lake some two weeks ago,
assaulted Constable Coates, escaped
and was captured, was sentenced to
sixty days in Jail at Greeley.
Chester Seger, seven-year-old
child. was crushed under the wheels
of an ice wagon in Denver a few days
q" "nd died within two hours. He
was climbing on the wagon for ice and
his clotnlng caught in a wheel.
l.. S. Barnes. an old soldier and a
pioneer resident of Colorado, has been
appointed superintendent of the state
fish hatchery at Durango TO take the
place of w. E. Patrick, who recently
was removed by the state game and
fish commissioner.
Fortimo Naveretto, the Mexican
who shot the hat off another MeXican's
head at North Lonsmont, was bound
over to the District Court Naveretto
is brother Of the Naveretto who
stabbed to death Yenes Dais near the
Longmont cemetery year ago.
By proclamation of Governor Nc
Donald Wednesday, August list, the
thirtieth anniversary of the admission
of Colorado into the Union, was de-
clared half holiday, and the state of
fees ordered closed during the after
noon.
A call has been issued by authority
of the Amateur Athletic Union of the
United States for meeting at Den
yer August 18th, for the purpose of or
ganizing the Rocky Mountain Associa-
tion of the A. A. U., to comprise the
states of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico
and Wyoming, with headquarters at
Denver
Private George S. Smith, Company
F, Twenty ninth United States infan-
try, was drowned in the Pike View
reservoir, near Roswell, in Ell Paso
county, July 21st. He was one of the
soldiers marching overland from Pu-
cramps while in swimming.
The Grand Junction Chamber of
Commerce has telegraphed the secre.
tary of the Colorado State Commercial
Association that it will take a con-
siderable amount of space in the pro-
posed state exhibition car which will
be sent East this fall to exhibit the
products of Colorado at state fairs.
John F. Gamsby. in charge of the
Emerald lakes fish hatchery. in the
part of the state, has
taken a large amount of spawn this |
year. The season began June 29th and |
ended July 21st, and they took 1881.
600 eggs, The largest amount taken |
in one day was 100000 on July 10th. |
OF the eggs taken 4,524000 go to fill |
the state hatcheries at Durango, Den
Yer, Gunnison and Emerald lakes.
Mr.. M. H. Hartung, secretary-treas-
urer of the Wyoming Investment and |
Cattle Company, operating near Chey- |
enne, will ship into the Peckham dis !
trict in Weld county this fall, between i
1000 and 10000 sheep and lambs. !
about 1000 steers and and from 400 to |
GOO calves. 1t is believed that the To-
cality will prove to be a profitable one !
lOl SloCh IdlSluS anu leeulDS dS well |
as general agriculture.
]. R. De Remer. a noted civil en-
gineer, died at Denver, July Goth, from
a stroke of paralysis. Mr.. De Romer
was in charge of the construction of
the Denver e Rio Grande Railroad
through the Royal Gorge and built the
swinging bridge. He was
also builder of the old De Remer opera
house in Pueblo. His work will long
be seen in many of the most important
pieces Of engineering in Colorado.
Clyde, the twelve-year. son of
Jacob HUFF, n prosperous ranchman of
Beaver Creek. near Florence, was
struck by lightning July 23d and in
stantly killed. The father and son
were on their way to Pueblo when a
Terrific thunderstorm broke. While the
father was hitching the horses the boy
started to run for shelter under some
trees near by and bolt of lightning
struck him.