The state herald., 1907-06-21
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

GA-0oNSluOT feaDOuy anu daughter
are witnesses in the famous Haywood
!, murder trial at Boise.
Denver and Greeley are to be con.
nected by an electric line. Articles oi
Importance have been filed.
o. w. Yeager died of Brights dis
ease, aged fifty-one. He had been an
honored citizen Of Longmont for years.
]. B. Bailey, a coal miner at Flor
ence. fell dead the other night. He
had been complaining of not feeling
well for several days.
The Sisters in charge Of st. Fran.
ciB' Seminary at Longmont are super.
intending the furnishing of the build.
Ing, and expect to open the school Sep
tember LIST.
The new hotel committee at Boulder
has decided to name the new structure
the "Boulderado," being made out Of
the words Boulder and Colorado.
Work is beieng pushed rapidly.
Pueblo captured the 1908 convention
cf the State Federation of Colored
Momen's Clubs. President Ida-Joyce
Jackson Of Colorado Springs, and other
onncers. hold over until next year.
Gov. Buchtel has received the resig-
nation Of Senator NJ. Z. Lewis of Fre
mont county. He has Just been ap.
pointed postmaster of Florence and
resigned before the expiration of his
term.
John Corne, probation oficer Of
Weld county for the last FIVE years.
resigned and p. Tisdel, known as
Father Tisdel, who devotes his life
| In ha rfN % t,,
Weld county. was appointed to the va.
cancy.
Costello and Stevenson, two Oak
Creek merchants before the County
Court charged with the illegal sale Of
liquor. were discharged. the Jury con.
sidering the evidence against them in
sufficient to sustain the charge. The
defense offered no evidence.
Lucille Murtis, one of the most prom
inent graduates Of the Trinidad High
school this year. was thrown from a
buggy and fatally injured at Berint-
Vile, Ia. She was prominent in the
young society set and the sad news
IL received with great regret.
While aiding the other farmers Of
Fountain valley to exterminate the
magpies Of that section, Gus Wilson.
living near Little Buttes, fell from a
tree, dislocating three vertebrae. His
recovery is doubtful. The ranchmen
killed exactly 1000 magpies.
The Wellington association is con-
structing n dam for the purpose Of
storing water on the high ground north
west Of Boulder for irrigating pur-
poses. The dam is to be about 600 feet
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nifty feet high. The reservoir will
cover about thirty acres and will irri-
gate several thousand acres.
Workmen excavating for the lake to
be used in connection with the shoot
the chutes" at the Zoo. near Colorado
Springs, have unearthed the skeleton
Of a giant Indian and horse at a
| depth OF about ten feet. With the
skeleton were found the remains Of a
bow and arrow and half decayed
| fragment OF a blanket. The supposi-
ton Is that the Indian was a Cheyenne
and was carried from the cliffs In u
landslide.
What Is said to have been the first
frame building erected in Fort Col.
Inns. is being moved to make room for
a hardware store. 75xl25 feet, which
Judge Jay Boughton Is building. The
old building was erected In the win
ter OF lS72-3 by Judge Boughton. he
doing most Of the work on II. II was
built for the use OF the secretary OF
the colony. and later used as printing
once. When Judge Boughton was
elected county Judge In 1876 he occu.
pied It rs n court room and ONCE.
The Anti.saioon League claims to
have secured evidence OF violations OF
the gambling and Sunday closing laws
against nearly every saioonkecper In
Arapahoe county. and District Attor-
ney Smith filed twenty.nine complaints
In the County Court. The men for
whom warrants were issued are:
| Charles l.awlin, Fort Logan, fou.
| cases: Harry Livingston, Fort Logan.
four cases; II. ulind. Fort Logan, two
cases: Patrick Slyncy. Fort Logan;
James Buck, Petersburg. c. A. Hort.
man, Petersburg. five cases: Frank A.
| Beandie, Petersburg. seven cases. J. y.
Crawford. Littleton. two cases: Henry
Heincy. Littleton. two cases; Lewis
Steekline. Sullivan.
In appears from investigation that
much of the fruit thought TO have
been killed by the early May storms
is alive and nourishing. and reports
from around Grand Junction indicate
that n large amount OF apples and
pears will be harvested this year.
though the crop will not be full one.
Peaches seem TO have suffered the
most from the freeze. and berries,
grapes. plums and other small fruits,
will produce only fair crop. Late
cherries are nm exception 10 the latter
group. and II Ia anticipated that this
crop will SHOW up well at the end OF
the season. The growers are not ut
all discouraged over the prospect and
are keeping their trees In good shape
by spraying. whether they vii. bear
this year or not.
A new forage plant has been intro
duced In Boulder. which. II II claimed.
In even better than alfalfa. especially
on sandy and dry soil. Its botanical
name is papsnlum dilatntnm. the com