The Ordway new era., 1906-07-13
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

September.
The architect In charge declares
that the Denver auditorium will be
ready for occupancy May /. 1907.
Eine-year-old Ernest Storey OF Boul-
der lost three fingers Of his right hand
by the explosion Of giant cracker
July 4th.
Louis Lucero. Mexican. who claims
to be sun worshipper. has been ad-
Judged insane by the county court of
Las Animas county.
The Elks' convention begins In Den
yer Monday, July 10th. and lasts four
days. Immense preparations are be-
Ing made for 1t.
At Pueblo July 9Th the City Council,
turned over to the owners OF the wa
terworks bonds to the amount OF over
100000 and the South Side plant for.
mally became city property.
The First National Bank at Windsor
has been authorized to begin business
with 100000 capital. John E. Law Is
president: Lewis Korn, vice president,
and Frank N. Briggs. cashier.
Halsey NJ. Rhoads Of Denver. the old
newspaper man. has been appointed in.
spector for the Department OF Agricul.
ture and collector OF statistics OF live
stock, sugar beets and wheat for Wy.
oming and Colorado.
Samuel Woodbury. has been declared
insane by a Jury In the County Court
at Boulder and sent to the stat asy.
lum at Pueblo. Woodbury. went crazy
over trying to perfect q patent In con.
nection with irrigation.
Edward Hawks, a Civil War veteran,
was shot and killed at Altman on the
9Th instant by Michael McCready In
McCready's saloon. The shooting took
place as the result OF a saloon quarrel
over private differences.
Over 5000 names have been at
tached to q petition asking the street
car company to reduce the fare be
tween Colorado Springs and Manitou.
Broadmoor and the Cheyenne canons
from 10 cents to cents.
Henry Rogers. a well.known stock
raiser and resident OF Boulder county
since 1870, died Mt Boulder on the 5o
instant OF cancer OF the stomach. He
was seventy.two years Of age and ma
tive OF Cornwall. England.
Samuel c. Carpenter. the Denver po.
liceman who lost leg rs the result OF
wounds received at the time OF the
election riots In Denver November 6.
1900. has been granted a pension OF
$40 a month.
The Fourth OF July attractions at
Frisco In Summit county included
horse and foot races. drilling contests.
a baseball game and twenty.rouud
prize fight, together with a display OF
fireworks from the top Of Mount
Royal.
The State Supreme Court has de-
cited that the Oakes Home for Con.
sumptives In Denver is exempt from
taxation, II being In the same class as
to charges for service with other hos
pitals that have always been SO ex.
empted.
Allen Yard. three years old. while
fishing with his father on. Beaver
creek, near Florence. few days since.
caught a nine-inch trout. He is the
youngest child that has ever caught
fish in the stream. The boy landed
the fish without assistance.
The Colorado Telephone Company,
through its treasurer. +. b. Field. Jr..
has contributed 500 for the fund to
nurchase n silver service for the
cruiser Colorado. The check was re-
ceiyed by Governor Mcdonald and
turned over to the trustees OF the fund.
The cornerstone Of the new building
Of the First Avenue Presbyterian
church at Denver Of which the Rev. w.
A. Hunter Is pastor. was laid Sunday.
July 1st. It Is designed to seat about
800 people, the present building being
used for Sunday school purposes.
The body Of Henry Rudy. prospect
or. who was swept down the mountain
by q snowslide last winter at the head
OF Junction Creek. sixteen miles above
Durango, was found in q snowbank on
the Both Of June by his brother. who
had been looking for him since early
Spring. He had been struck by slide
while going from his mine to his cabin.
The report OF the business trans
acted by the Pueblo land once for the
year ending July !. 1906. shows that
1858 homestead entries have been
made, covering 162,O41.62 acres and
that 223 desert land entries have been
made, covering 46.427.47 acres. This
Is the largest business done by the
land once Of this district for many
years.
In the Cripple Creek District on
July LIST, b. F. Wildman. en-
gineer at the Cameron power house.
was struck by q bolt Of lightning and
paralyxed. He was walking to the door
after oiling his machinery. when the
flash came, knocking him down. He
was removed to the Red Cross hospital
for treatment with little chance OF saw
ing his life.
Judge Ben B. Lindsey OF the Juvenile
court ut Denver has ordered Frances
and Chrissie Burlington, daughters OF
Pittsburg man, who have occupied
considerable Denver newspaper space
recently. to be placed In the Home Of
the Good Shepherd. A waiter With
whom It 10 said the girls went to Lead
Vile, 10 in the county jail awaiting
prosecution by the girls father.
The Colorado Bankers' Association
at its session. juBt closed, IN 0lcuwood