The Springfield herald., 1906-07-06
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

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club building.
| A large consignment OF brook trout
from the government hatchery ut Lead
vile has just been distributed at the
different stations on the Platte.
Mrs. 2. Y. Snyder, wife of President
| Snyder OF the State Normal School,
has been re-appointed by Governor NC
Donald as a member of the State TRAY
cling Library Commission.
Prof F. w. Cragin, formerly of the
faculty of Colorado College, is compil-
| ing a history of the Rocky Mountain
| region, to be published this fall, and
| later Professor Cragin will issue an his
torical dictionary of the West.
John lvey died at Central City, June
| 2Gth, from injuries received by the
| falling of rock in the After Supper
mine at Black Hawk. He leaves
| widow and three small children, and
| was a member of the A. o. U. w.
The new railroad passenger rate oil
| 3 cents mile In Colorado, recently es'
tablished by the WesterS Passenger
Association, went into effect July 1st
1t is expected that the increase in
| travel WI fully compensate the rail-
| roads.
Because he thought 1t was dis
| grace to labor organization, Antoine
| Langroti, an Italian at Trinidad, tried
to commit suicide but was unsuccess
full. He was tried in the County Court
on n charge of insanity and sent to
the state asylum.
Judge Ben B. Lindsey of Denver
says that he has never refused five
| million dollars. or any other sum OF
money, from John d. Rockefeller for
| juvenile reform work. One good rea-
son is that Mr.. Rockefeller has made
| no offer of money.
l.. c. Dana, commander-in-chief of
| the Department of Colorado and Wy
| oming, G. A. r., has been formally ac-
credited by Governor Mcdonald as
ex-ofico member of the board OF trus-
tees of the Colorado Soldiers and Sail
| ors' Home at Monte Vista.
The people of Colorado Springs are
making vigorous protest against the
action of the Senate committee in re-
| ducing the additional postofiice build
| ing appropriation from 100000 to
$4,000. If the special appropriation
is not cut Colorado Springs will get in
| all S275,000 for its new federal build
| ing.
c. E. Hale, Silverton miner. was
recently committed to the county Jail
| at Denver on complaint of Humane
| Agent Tuft, who alleges that Hale has
| failed to pay the sum of $50 a month,
as agreed upon by him, for the support
| of his son, boy of ten, who is under
| treatment at the Denver county hos
| pital for curvature of the spine.
The forty-second grand lodge meet
| ing and twentieth annual reunion of
| the Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks will be held at Denver July
| 10th to Goth. The gathering will not
be restricted to Elks alone-the dears
are coming with them. and the Colo
RADIO game laws have been abrogated
| for the occasion.
Convicts working on the new county
road at Brewster. near Florence, dug
up part of skeleton of monster
prehistoric animal. 1t is a leg bone
eight feet long, ten inches across and
six inches thick in the narrowest
place. 1t is partially petrified. An eff
fort will be made to locate other por-
tions of the skeleton.
William Mcpherson and John Tet-
low, who were badly injured by the ex-
plosion of a missed shot at the lngle-
side limestone quarries. are still In the
hospital at Fort Collins, and not likely
to get out for some time. Neither is
aware of the loss of his sight as their
heads have been kept bandaged ever
since the accident, and they have not
been informed of that fact.
w. A. Conant, pioneer resident OF
Colorado Springs, in response to let
ter written to President Roosevelt ask
ing him If he intended to run for office
another term, has received reply
from Secretary Loeb which says: You
will have to vote for some other Re-
publican next time" Conant was a
delegate from New York to the first
national Republican convention, more
than fifty years ago.
The Colorado Manufacturers Asso
citation has established headquarters
in the Quincy building at Denver. Sec
retary Thomas Scott says: within
six months we have secured member
ship of 100 and this is rather remark
able when you consider that no one
whose firm does not transact 100000
worth of business a year is eligible TO
| membership We hope to double the
membership within the next year
Miss Jessie NJ. Falkenburg. daughter
of the recently deceased Mrs. Ida May
Falkenburg, widow of the founder of
the Woodmen of the World, who died
| in California year ago. has been ap-
| pointed by the Denver County Court
| administrators of the estate of her
mother. Application for letters of ad-
| ministration places the value of real
estate owned by Mrs. FalkenburS at
| $1,000 and of the money in bank and
personal property $500.
In the omnibus public buildings bill
completed by the House buildings COM
mittee. Colorado gets the following: In
crease of cost limit for Colorado Springs
| building, 100000, of which the secre-
| tary of the treasury is authorized to
| expend as much as may be necessary
| for additional land. The increase in
appropriation makes the total cost Of
| the Colorado Springs building S225000.
For charging, remodelins and improv-
| ing the Denver postoffice $4,000 is in
| cluded. For new buildings. including
i sites. Boulder and Trinidad each get
| 100000.
| Executing plan that has been in
contemplation for some months, Dr..