The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-07-21
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

and 24th.
On August LIST the people of Grand
Junction will vote for or against an
OF rdinance ratifying the plan to expend
100000 for mountain water system
The following new postmasters have
been appointed: William II. Lawyer,
Montezuma. vice E. s. Fairchilds. re-
signed; Joseph r. Chitwood. Tin Cup,
G"rnison county, vice f. o. Churchill.
resigned.
Myles Edward Mather a Welshman.
fifty-seyen years of age, who came from
Los Angeles eight months ago. was
found dead on vacant lot in Denver
July 10th. There was no evidence Of
suicide or foul play.
AT meeting of the Colorado
Springs Ministerial Association a COM
mittee was appointed to cooperate
with the AntiSaloon League and the
Christian Endeavor societies in the
fall political campaign.
Birks Cornfor,h. for many years
one of the leading grocers of Denver,
whose magnificent store was once one
of the show places of the town, died
at his home in Denver. July 18th Mr..
Cornforth retired from business sew
eral years ago.
Mrs Henrietta Uzzell, wife of Par
son" Thomas UZZell famous for the
good work accomplished in "UzEell's
Tabernacle" in Denver died July 10th.
after a lingering and distressing i'll
ness Of more than two years from a
tumor at the base OF the brain.
Owing TO the fact that they were
able to prove an alibi District Attorney
Van Horn, in the District Court at
Greeley. dismissed the cases against
| Tom O'Neill, Sam Scovile and Frank
Meter, charged with completely in the
| murder of Jack Boyle, April 13 last.
Samuel Gallagher, one of the oldest
residents OF Tin Cup, who located
| there when the camp was first started
| in 1879, and who has been there ever
since, having been in the mercantile
| business for the past seventeen years,
| died at his home in Tin Cup On the
| 9Th inst.
Reports are being made by wool
| buyers who are returning to Trinidad
| from the chief grazing districts of the
state that the clip this year is the larg-
| est and best ever known in Colorado.
| Prices range from 81 to "a cents
| pound, which is higher than has been
| paid for number of years.
|
RADIO Midland went into effect July 10th
for the first time in the history of the
| road, and through it the Midland
| trains No. and No. 5 to the west
! will be able to save one hour and thirty
| minutes between Denver and Grand
| junction. This time was formerly oc-
| cupied in stops at eating stations.
On the afternoon Of the 18th inst.
| lightning struck the granary on Frank
Bushnell's farm, five miles northeast
| of Fort Collins, in which Ralph Yaw,
| aged sixteen; Arthur Linder, aged nine
| teen, and Joseph Hubbard, aged thirty.
| had taken shelter from the rain.
| Young Yaw was instantly killed, Lin
| der badly injured and Hubbard badly
| shocked.
Harry COLON, at work on the lisa,
| bella mine in the Cripple Creek dis
| trict, was instantly killed on the 18th
inst. by becoming caught in the com
| pressor. Collom's fve-year-old boy
| witnessed the catastrophe and, terror
stricken. sunmoned the engineer. who
! stopped the compressor, after the un-
| fortunate man had been nearly torn
| to pieces.
Hundreds OF cattle are lying dead
| on the plains In the eastern part of
| this county and surrounding territory
| because of the long continued drouth.
| says Trinidad dispatch to the Denver
Republican. The grass has entirely
| dried up and cattle are forced to eat
poisoned weeds, which is causing their
death The loss to the ranchers will
reach thousands of dollars.
County Superintendent Harrison
finds the total school census Of Weld
l l. @ h<,kr h.
| ages of six and twenty-one years.
Upon this number 1t is estimated that
| Weld county has a population Of 49,,
600. or the number enrolled this year.
4,2O4 are males and 1886 are females.
There are eighty-eight school districts
| in the county and 100 schools.
| 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-
| zok, Martin Yuroff and A. Klodufer
were but slightly hurt The explosion
occurred while the men were tampins
| 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 affray took place in 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
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