The Delta independent., 1907-03-29
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

| shipment of 40 cars of sheep
| from the Fort Collins and Greeley DIS
| tricts started for the Chicago market
on the l4th
II there isn't music in the air at
Fort Collins it will be no fault of the
| band boys, who have just received
| their new uniforms.
| Ludwig. Nelson and Jess A. Eddy,
miners employed on the Golden cycle
| mine at Victor were killed by an
explosion on the 1ith.
| Winter tiptoed in so Quietly. acted
so nicely. and departed so slyly that no
| one knew it was on the place. Colo
RADIO weather is nothing if not Senteci.
The Logan County Advocate and
| the Republican at Sterling have been
consolidated and will be conducted by
ID. c. Smith. former publisher OF the
Republican.
Announcements of the tenth annual
session OF the Colorado Chautauqna
| and simmer school. TO he held Mt
| Boulder, have inst been made. Twelve
| distinct schools are organized, thus
| giving the students splendid opportun.
| itics.
Alfred Hopley and Bert Perry.
press company between Aspen and
| Basalt, have been arrested on the
charge of embczzling package con
taining s2.5O0. said package having
disappeared while in transit.
Alfred Hopley and Bert Perry. mes
sengers for the Wells Fargo Express
Company between Aspen and Basalt.
have been arrested on the charge OF
hayylir,V
$500. said package having disap'
peared while In transit.
The Scouts Revenge" blood and
thunder tragedy in three acts. has
been perpetrated upon an unsuspectinG
public in various towns in the state
during the past week. Just what the
public has done to have revenge taken
out ON 1t, the complainants sayeth
not
Tuesday night about 80 Miss Het-
tie Bever. a lC-years-old girl. was shot
through the window at her home In
North Delta, the ball passing through
her arm Just above the elbow. Jimmy
Workman. twenty-five years old, is in
Jail charged with the crime. which he
denies.
Clifford Pinchot. chief OF the forest
from temporary withdrawal OF 55O.4O0
acres of land in western Montrose and
San Miguel counties. A large area
had been temporarily withdrawn in
that region pending an examination to
determine its suitability for forest pur-
poses.
The reclamation service wants 30
900 barrels Of Portland cement for the
asking cement mills to submit pro-
posals which will be opened April l5th
at Montrose. This cement will be
used in lining the Gunrison tunnel.
which is now considerably over half
completed.
After months OF negotiations he
tween the Denver 4 Rio Grande ana
the International Association OF Ma
chinists, the latter organization mas
secured the cocessions 1t was asking.
ond 500 raachinists and pipemen nave
been granted ar increase in wages OF
two and three cents an hour, nine
hour day. and time and half for
overtime.
Mrs. ]. B. Smith was taken to Fort
Morgan from Snyder by Sheriff Bur
dette and lodged in the county jail.
charged with the murder of her six
teen-year-old daughter, Shirley Smith.
Mrs. Smith was arraigned before jus
tice of the Peace Edward Wilson at
Snyder and was bound over to the dis
trict court in $4,000. which she failed
TO furnish.
Manuel Rodrgues. Mexican. was
about to be sentenced to ten years
by Fort Collins judge, on the charge
Of assault with a deadly weapon.
when the county physician intcrcedcd.
stating that the man would lose his
mind if such a heavy penalty were i'm
| posed. The judge relented and Eav"
| the Mexican one day in Jail. It's
great to be crazy.
| 1t is stated that the Santa Fe Rail
road Company is wedding out all oper'
ators who belong to the Photographers
union. 1t is said that fifteen union
| telegraphers between La Junta and
Las Vegas were discharged this morn,
ing, that no reason was given. but
| that it Is on account of their union af.
| fliations. What the outcome will be
! is uncertain. Among those discharged
| were two operators at Trinidad.
A fire started from an unknown
cause in the boys dormitory at the
| Fort Lewis Indian school. fifteen miles
from Durango. at 6 o'clock Tuesday
night In spite of the efforts of the
employees of the school and the assist.
| ance of the scholars the building was
destroyed. together with the gymna
!. SUM and schoolhouse adjoining All
of the buildings in question were old
and had been used since the establish
ment OF the government military a,
Fort Lewis The loss probably will
exceed $4,000. The entire contents o.
the bulldogs were saved. There are
about 200 students in the school.
1t favorable results are obtained
from Investigations which are being
made by the members of the Electrical
| Engineering Department OF the Uni
versity OF Colorado. the city of Boulder