The Delta independent., 1906-09-21
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

The Arapahoe County Fair Will Dc
held at Littleton October 4th to 9th.
The Mesa County Fair will be held
at Grand junction September goth to
2Sth.
The fair at Hotchkiss, in Delta
county. takes place September 26th to
2Sth.
G. c. Bachelor. a pioneer OF Boul-
der, died at his home In Boulder on the
9th inst. at the great age OF ninety.
three years.
Jacob Rush. father of State Senator
John A. Rush. died at his Nome in Den.
Yer on the 9th inst. at the age OF sev'
enty-two years.
II. w. Ward, prominent Canon
City contractor and builder. has been
adjudged insane and placed In the
state asylum at Pueblo.
The Flint Automobile Company. or.
ganized by eastern capitalists. contem'
plates building a large factory in Der
yer at cost of 100000.
While walking on the tracks Of the
Colorado & Southern at Trinidad on
the 18th inst. Robert Wilson. aged fif-
ty-two years. was run over and killed.
He leaves a widow.
During the last twelve months in
Weld county 1876 marriage licenses
were issued, eleven divorces granted
and thirty-siX persons convicted. sew
enteen of whom were juvenile delin.
quents under sixteen years OF age.
At Durango on the 9th inst. Sam
Nichols. aged fifty years. ranchman.
suffering from cancer OF the throat.
blew the top Of his head on in liv-
cry stable with a revolver. He leaves
a widow. son and two grown daugh-
ters.
General Agent J. p. Hall OF the
Santa Fe, on his return to Denver from
the Arkansas Valley Fair and Water
melon Day at Rocky Ford. stated that
the fair was the most successful and
most largely attended Of the nineteen
that he has visited
a report just figured out concerning
marriages and divorces in Pueblo
county during the last twelve months
shows that there were 3O5 marriage. .
and los divorces. The number Of juvcn.
lie court cases has also decreased
more than onehalf this year over last.
While temporarily insane from men
tai and stomach trouble, James II
Arkush. a Denver insurance man. be.
longing to the firm Of Lehman. Stew.
art a. Arkush. committed suicide oh
the llth inst. by shooting himself
through the head He is said to have
attempted suicide several times be-
fore.
The Greeley sugar factory began op
erations on the lith inst. Eight thou
a .,f nj tod fnr
the Greeley factory and will give an
average yield Of twelve tons to the
acre. Eighty thousand tons OF this
yield will be handled by the Greeley
factory and the remainder sent else.
where.
In a quarrel over his refusal TO pay
for "A l5-c"nt drink Of whisky. Roy Has
kin. TWEEN y-Onc-ycar old vagTant. shot
and killed Andy Carlson. a cripple.
who was porter In the saloon. at No.
lan's saloon in Denver. on the 18th
inst. Haskin was arrested by Police.
man Green and will be tried for tho
crime.
Agent II. Il. Kerr Of the State Bu.
rcau OF Child and Animal Protection
has filed complaint against Contractors
Orman a. Crook. charging cruelty to
animals. At camp No 10. near Topo.
mas. Colorado. Kerr found nifty horses
that were suffering from sore should,
ers. The animals were in charge OF
Foreman X. Davis.
The Teller county commissioners
have voted to Gilbert MCClurg. sccrc-
tary to the chamber OF commerce at
Colorado Springs. $500 for stcreopti.
con lecture on the Cripple Creek dis.
trict. to be delivered in the East Grip
pie Creek and Victor. by their respect.
i've City Councils. have each appropri.
atcd $3.50 for the same purpose
Helen Thomas. daughter OF Calvin
Thomas OF Greeley. has been appointed
assistan librarian In the reference and
cataloguing department Of the library
of the state University Of Michigan.
located at Ann Arbor Miss Thomas liz
a graduate OF the Greeley High school
State Normal School. Wellesley. and
Albany. New York. Library School
Bert Mollen. sentenced to flve years
In the penitcntiary for embezzlemcDt
from the International Trust Company
at Denver died Of typhoid fever In tn"
prison hospital at Canon City on the
lith inst. a plea for his liberation was
made before the State Board OF Par.
dons at its last meeting. but not acted
upon. reports seeming to indicate that
his illness was not dangerous.
Following are the newly-clectcd on.
GERS of the Denver Live Stock Ex.
change: President. A. A. Blakcly;
vice president. J. p Adams: board OF
for two years. Richard Brack-
cnbury. G. J. Mann and Ben Kcmpcr :.|
for one year. James Mckee and Clyde
B. Stevens; board OF arbitration.
Henry Gcbhard. d. J. A. Richie and
NJ. II. Mack; board OF appeals, A. ].
Campion, A. Bosserman and Paul Hen.
dersOn.
Tho Christian Assembly Ranch
Company, an incorporation not for
profit. has been formed by members OF
the Christian Assembly to establish
near Denver for the purpose