The Ordway new era., 1906-02-23
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS
The Hoosiers Of Trinidad have or
ganized fiourishing society.


ganized flourishing society.
Two companies OF cadets have been
organized at the University Of Denver.
Maj. Aaron Cove OF Denver has been
before the Senate committee on the
Philippines in opposition to the pro
posed reduction in the sugar. tariff.
Wallace Elliott of La Junta was
killed at GuanajuatO. Mexico. by con
tact with live electric wire. His re-
mains were brought home for inter.
ment.
7. A. Gunnell. father Of Judge A. r.
Gunnell of Colorado Springs, died at
his home in Colorado Springs on the
18th instant at the age of eighty'five
years.
Jack Hitler and J. c. kerns were
sentenced by Judge Lewis at Colorado
Springs to seven to eight years each
in the penitentiary. They were con.
victed OF working confidence games.
A company OF Durango men being
organized TO build $4,000 hotel IN
headed by Giles T. vandergrift. Tom
LOFTS and Charles +. Herr. Thirty
| thousand dollars has been pledged.
George F. Doane. the man who To-
Gated Aspen. and who later located the
ftDhue-ftdiluitT luIIit near Ebhttie i>athC,
Wyoming. which he sold for $4,000
| 900. died ut Denver on the 14th In.
stant of heart failure.
A collision between II Santa Fe train
| and Pueblo fire apparatus resulted In
| the smashing of Pueblo's newest and
best steam fire engine. which cost &c.
500. In running To a fire the driver
got In front OF IA freight tram.
Charles c. welch. an employe OF the
Globe smelter in Denver. committed
| suicide on the 18th instant by swal-
lowing strychninc and laudanum. Ill
health, by reason Of inhaling gas
fumes. is supposed TO be the cause.
The city ,and the Rio Grande rail
road will Jointly build new bridge
/ across tho Arkansas ut Salida, which
| will cost $4,000. II will be modern
| structure OF concrete. sixty feet wide
and 100 feet long. with IA center pier.
| The st. Charles Mesa Fruit Growers
and Farmers Association, composed
| OF men residing south and east OF Pu-
eblo. Is taking vigorous steps to en-
force the law against shooting quail
and other legally protected game birds.
George Marshmnnn. who held up
| ranchman ut Henderson In broad day.
light three weeks ago. pleaded guilty
| to highway robbery and was sentenced
In the District Court at Brighton to
| from eight to ten years In the peniten.
tiary.
| J. U. Vigil. Democratic candidate for
county clerk OF Las Animas county.
| and whose once was contested for by
Eugene Garcia. Republican candidate.
| the latter having been given the ofiice
by the Supreme Court. has filed mo.
| tion for ii rehearing.
| Governor Mcdonald has received u
handsome diploma from the manage
| ment OF the Lewis and Clark Exposi-
| ton for distinguished services The
governor helped In making the Colo
/ RADIO exhibit success and made II
| speech on Colorado Day.
To test the constitutionality OF the
law and decide the question whether u
horse with docked tail can be I'm
| ported to Colorado the cases against
4 Charles r. Stubbs and Nehemiah Fit
| xell in the .District Court at Denver
will be appealed to the Supreme Court.
Business men from all over the state
attended the dollar dinner given by
| the Colorado State Commercial Asso.
| raod Springs. The feature OF the af-
| fair was the launching of a movement
| to secure a million population for Col
| oradO.
Company H of the First Colorado
| infantry was mustered out OF service
| at Boulder Thursday. February 18th.
| and Troop ID. composed OF forty-one
| horsemen, mustered In to take Its
: place. Company II had gradually de-
| clined and the cavalry service was
/ more popular.
The secretary of the interior has
| temporarily withdrawn from any form
| of disposition whatever under the pub
| lie land laws section "a, township IA
| south. range SO west In Colorado. for
use In connection with the Taylor park
reservoir, Uncompahgre valley irriga-
tion project.
Morrison is Jefferson county's lat
| eat Incorporated town. The following
ofiicials will serve for the first year.
/ having been elected on Citizens
ticket: Mayor, 7. c. Morrison; trus-
| tees. DR.. f. l.. Luce, Jacob Schneider.
Charles Dixie. John w. Mclean. Ed
ward LeGrow and P. Olsen.
Herman Panzer. grading crew
| foreman In the employ of the Moffat
| road. was murdered either late Friday
night o. early Saturday morning In
lonely spot one mile west Of Leyden
near Denver and within 500 yards OF
the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific
railroad. The body was found Satur-
day morning. and was identified by =.
j. Carroll, a Moffat road contractor.
The yacht Anemone. which c. l..
Tutt Of Colorado Springs has entered
for the New York Yacht Clubs race
from San Francisco to Honolulu. has a
| Denver registry. Mr. Tut wanted to
give the boat Colorado Springs reg
istry, hNt that city not being . port OF
entry, he was compelled to register the
yacht at Denver, or go outside Of Col