The Colorado statesman., 1906-10-27
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Will puild new church building soon.
AS the result of carrying a revolver
and dropping it, Walter Brundage of
Giilett, aged fourteen, suffers from
! Duiiet wound in his right knee cap.
w. B. Clifford, superintendent OF
schools at Aspen, has resigned on ac-
count of i'll health and will be sue
| ceeded by E. w. Cox of Portland, In
diana.
The First National Bank of Eads
has been authorized to begin business
with $4,000 capital. ]. H. Slater is
president. George Weisbrod, vice pres
ident. and E. M. Scheline cashier.
The liquor licenses of all Colorado
Springs druggists expired at mid
night October goth, with one excep-
tion. And there was not a quorum of
the Council in the city to grant re-
newals.
The Colorado Telephone Company
is building a line between Florence
and Greenwood, fourteen miles south,
big farming section. 1t is the inten.
tion to make connections with farmers
houses later.
By examination of the records at
the office of the county clerk at Grip
pie Creek, it developed that GOODS in
/, 1899, the date that Teller county
was officially recognized.
Secretary of State Cowie has issued
a brand new brand book. It consists
OF 622 cages, is bound in a fine leather
cover, pocket size, and will prove in.
valuable to the cattlemen of the state.
1t is sold at So copy.
Richard Ashton and Harry A. Clark
| mn 1r,afft Cd httr Low In
Denver and were arrested, tried, con.
vlcted and sentenced to the peniten.
tiary all inside of two days. Ashton
| got three to five and Clark two to
three years.
| Thomas j. Brown was arrested
| few days ago in Denver for burglariz,
ing Offices. He says that he isn't an
ordinary thief, but a bigliomaniac who
steals books for the love OF them and
| other things as "side line" to keep
the pot boiling.
| The Twenty-frst infantry, which ar.
rived at San Francisco on the trans.
port Logan from the Philippines a few
days ago, will be stationed at Fort Lo-
gan, near Denver. 1t has compile
ment of nearly 900 men and will give
the fort a large garrison.
The two-year-old son of Adam Stu
CART, beet grower on Joe Lees
| ranch, north of Longmont, was
| instantly killed on the 18th inst. He
was riding on the wagon seat beside
his father and when the team started,
fell beneath the front wheels which
ran over the child's head, badly crush
ing it.
A million-dollar beet sugar factory
| is projected in the San Luis valley by
f. R. Stark and associates Of Colo
rado Springs, with the cooperation OF
the San Luis valley farmers. An
enormous dam and reservoir is being
constructed by S. s. Bernard, it Is
said that will irrigate 100000 acres
| of land.
Mrs. Maggie Marsh of Denver has
asked officials to aid her in finding her
husband, William Marsh, who disap-
peared from Denver September 1st
and has not been heard from since.
| The missing man is described as being
| of heavy build, light hair and blue
eyes, In Denver Marsh was employed
as butcher.
| The girl students of Colorado col
| lege, at Colorado Springs, have inaug-
urated the self-government plan, based
on the honor system, with the ap-
proval of the faculty. The student
| governing body is comprised of repre-
sentatives of each class, the fresh.
| man not having voice until the sec
| ond semester.
The cornerstone of the new Congre-
| national church at Boulder was laid
on the 18th inst. by Rev. Henry H.
| Walker, Phi. d., pastor of the church.
| President James H. Baker of the Uni
| versity of Colorado, and Rev. James b.
| Gregg, D. D., pastor of the First Con-
gregational church of Colorado
| Springs, delivered addresses. The
building is to be of sandstone and will
cost $4,000.
DIR. A. Bourquin, the French consul,
| has filed suit in the District Court at
Canon City against w. H. Smith and
others who are alleged to have sold to
Dr. Bourquin lands belonging to the
Canon City Land and Cattle Company
| together with horses and cattle on the
property, in consideration of $4,000
in cash and property in Denver and
| Arvada. Dr. Bourquin claims fraud
and Misrepresentation.
The Leadville police have been re-
qnested by Mrs. Bertha Shepherd of
deavor to locate her father. E. s..
Luntz. In her letter Mrs. Shepherd
states that she does not know whether
her father is dead or alive, but that
since he last wrote her, her brother
has died and she fears her father is
| ignorant of his death. Luntz is an old
soldier and draws pension.
Gen. Herman Sturm, brigadier gen
eral of the Indiana troops during the
Civil war, and identified with the Mexi-
ican government during the French
| invasion, died at Denver on the 18th
| inst, at the age of seventy-flye years.
General Sturm came to Denver about
| fifteen years ago and was largely in
terested in mining enterprises at
Cripple Creek and elsewhere, in which