The Colorado statesman., 1906-10-20
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

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established December 1st at Canon
City, serving 1924 people and 464 fam
lilies.
Building Inspector Willison is now
working on plans for a public bath
twelve tubs, twenty-five shower baths
and a swimming pool 40x65 feet il
size.
A public-spirited citizen, who with
holds his name, will present the city
of Greeley with fine bronze drinking
fountain. 1t is to be ten feet in height
and will be located in South Lincoln
park.
Mrs. Ellen Baxter, widow of the
late Rev. Alfred Baxter, who preached
the first sermon in Greeley in the
spring of 1870, died at her home in
Greeley on the 18th inst, at the age
of seventy-one.
Thomas Carlon, justice of the peace
in Denver, has cleared the sum of S3,-
073.12 out of the collections of his Of
fee during the past nine and one-hals
months, which sum goes into the
county treasury of Denver.
The demand for hands in the beet
fields is said to be making it next to
impossible for contractors on the Mof-
fat road to secure workmen- Con
struction work may be set back for as
much as six months by the scarcity OF
labor.
w. v. Raymond, a well known
farmer and sheep feeder, living eight
miles southeast of Fort Collins, has
recently lost over 100 sheep by pois-
oning and the case is being investi-
gated by State Veterinary Surgeon
Lamb.
w. A. Oliphant, the popular and eff
cient superintendent of schools in
Monte Vista for the last four years,
died on the 10th inst. of appendicitis,
after an illness of about ten days. He
was thirty-six years old and leaves a
widow
Fully ninety per cent. of the Juven-
lie cases in Ell Paso county are di-
rectly due to lack of care on the part
of the parents, according to the state
ment OF Juvenile Officer William Rea-
soner, made to the Ell Paso County
Ministers Alliance.
A fire in the building on Sunday the
18th inst. threatened the lodge room
of Odd Fellows hall in Cripple Creek
and broke up the services of the Pres
byterian church which were being
held there. There was no disorder
and the fire was soon extinguished.
Charles w. Smith, charged with the
murder Of William c. Cartmell, the
alleged despoiler OF his home, was ar
raigned at Colorado Springs, pleaded
not guilty, waived examination and
was remanded to Jail without bond, to
await the action of the District Court.
The second annual Tomato Festival
at Fort Lupton, on the 18th inst, at
tracted a large gathering. Pies and
sandwiches were served and an OK
was roasted whole. The sports in
cluded sack races, foot races, horse
races. novelty horse race and potato
races.
]. P. Osburn, late Socialistic candi-
date for governor CT Georgia, was ar
rested few days ago for 'loitering"
on the corner of Sixteenth and Champa
| streets in Denver, but was discharged
| by the police magistrate. Osborne was
speaking and attracting a crowd and
| did not move on" as promptly as the
police desired.
| Alvin P. Granger, lieutenant of
company F. Eighth Illinois cavalry,
during the Civil War, and well known
| in Colorado mining circles since he
came to the state in 1880, died at Den
yer on the 10th inst, after long i'll
ness from epilepsy. Mr.. Granger was
the inventor of the Granger dry CON
| centrator and portable stamp mill.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
| pany's canal, which is now forty-five
| miles long and fifteen feet wide, and
| which has been in the course of con-
struction for nearly a year, will soon
| be completed. Gangs of men are now
| working a few miles from the steel
| works. The canal will convey water
| from the Arkansas river to the steel
| works at Pueblo.
| While standing in front of a mirror,
adjusting his necktie and collar, pre-
| paratory to starting for work and
while apparently in the best of health,
| John Izett, manager of the st. John &
Barnes plumbing establishment at
| Trinidad, dropped dead of heart fail
| ure without a moments warning, in
| the presence of his wife. Mr.. IZett
| was formerly in busineess in Denver.
| Juan Vigil, who is charged with
| shuoting Juan Gurule and Juan NUM-
| at Segundo Thursday night, as the re-
| suit of drunken row, was captured
Saturday morning and placed in Jail
| at Trinidad to await the result of GU
rules injuries before a preliminary
hearing. Gurule was dangerously shot
] through the stomach. V'gils mother,
who accompanied him to Trinidad, is
full-blooded Navajo Indian.
Oscar Reuter-, prominent lawyer,
| business man and politician of Den.
yer, died suddenly in Paris. France, on
| the 18th inst, of cn attack of acute
| indigestion. Mr. Reuter- was born in
| Germany and came to this country
when five years of age, acquiring his
| education in Baltimore and Chicago.
| In Denver he served as state senator
| and president of the Board of Public
L WQrlIs He WaS a fine nrntar hnth in