The Springfield herald., 1907-11-01
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

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sanity.
Fred Gilbert, young rancher of
Dix, neal, Durango. was killed by a
fall from his horce. His neck was
broken. He was forty-four years of
age and unmarried. Two brothers,
John and George, are prominent Du
range business men.
DR.. F. N. Carrier of the State Board
of Health has urged the City Council
of Canon City to appoint a milk and
pure food inspector to donate his en-
tire time to the work. The doctor has
exercised the right of inspection as
member of the state board, and has
improved dairies here and closed one
slaughter house.
In broad daylight and on the prin-
cipal street of Trinidad. Joe Licklider,
well-known carpenter, was robbed
of $50, and John Berry. carpenter
from Dutiield, was arrested charged
with having committed the crime.
Licklider and Berry had been drinking
together, it is said, and Berry, it is al
legged, ran his hand over Licklider's
shoulder and snatched the wallet from
his inside waistcoat pocket.
Fearing that the Victor Record of
flee would be raided at night, George
e. Kyner, owner and editor, had his
establishment guarded b yarmed men.
1t was rumored that because of Sc
we're criticisms bearing upon Mayor
John II. Williams and Alderman j. L.
Elliott relative to bills for work done
by those officials for the city, that their
friends had threatened to take revenge
on Kyner and his printing office.
The net receipts of the fair given
by the members of St. Peters Cath
olic church, which closed Saturday
U. b. White, who says that the results
do not show hard times in Cripple
Creek, wishes to express, through the
columns of The News, the apprecia
tion OF the members of the parish OF
the handsome donations by Denver
parties and the people of this district
G. Fred Nicholas has filed a damage
claim for $4,000 against the Colorado
Springs & InterurDan Street Railway
Company in the District Court. The
action is the outgrowth of an alleged
fist fight with the conductor of a Man
itou car two months ago. The con
ductor objected to the persistency of
is said, and CANE to blows with the
father. No report of the matter was
made to the officials of the company.
Zebulon Pike chapter, Daughters of
the American Revolution of Colorado
Springs. wants the next state confer
ence to be held in Colorado Springs,
and n movement has been started by
prominent members to bring the gath
ering to this city. Mrs. Francis w.
Goddard, the regent, and other lead
ers among the club and society women
of the city are working to that end.
The local chapter is also aiding in the
work of marking the Santa Fe trail.
The new shops building for the Col
lege of Engineering at the State Uni
versity is being rapidly constructed
and will be opened for the students
on January LIST. At present the steel
and brick work are being put in and
the building will be ready for the ma
chinery by December. When COM
pleted at cost of 100000 it will be
the best of its kind between Chicago
and the Pacific Coast. Its erection
was necessary to give more room for
classes in the larger engineering
building.
What is considered the finest speci-
men of tungsten bearing ore in the
world was brought to the Colorado
School of Mines by DR.. Herman Fleck.
professor of chemistry. Saturday DR..
Fleck, accompanied by L. l.. White,
former state commissioner of mines,
and photographer. made an exam
ination of tungsten property in
Boulder county, near Rollinsville. The
object of the visit was to gather
knowledge and experience of COM
paratively new tungsten region. Be
fore leaving Rollinsville on the re-
turn trip the party was invited to the
cabin of an old prospector, and there
shown some very rare specimens.
Some of them carry seventy per cent
tungsten acid valued at 50 to $40 per
unit. and one proved to be crystallized
wolframite in form of slab weighing
fifteen pounds. This DR.. Fleck Sc
cured, and it is now in the hands OF
Professor H. B. Patton. of the geology
and minerology department. who will
mount it for the display collection. In
the opinion of this gentleman, the
specimen has no duplicate in the
world. Crystallized wolframite, even
in minute crystals, is rare anywhere
and the sudden appearance of this
magnificent specimen is bound to ere
ate a sensation.
After nine years of litigation, the
estate of Charles and Mary O'Hara,
ranchers near Brighton, who were
murdered by Frank Herold. now serv-
ing a life sentence in the peniten-
tiary, is settled The question as to
which of the O'Haras met death first,
which had deferred settlement for
years, will never be decided. as the
attorneys for the heirs ask for dis
missal of the case in the District
Court. stipulating that the O'Hara
ranch and personal property be di-
vided equally among the five heirs.
After the tragedy more than fifty peo
pie all over the country claimed re
lationship because of the property.
Bridget O'Hara. living in western
Pennsylvania. proved her claim that
she was the mother of the murdered
man by identifying his remains,
through the fact tnat the first toe of
the right foot was missing. The
O'Haras had no children, but each had
been previously married. O'Hara had
son by his first wife, and Mrs.
O'Hara four daughters, Nancy Gowen
of Smiths Mills. Pa; Martha Turner,
Sarah Smith and Elmira Smith OF
Pennsylvania. The farm owned b.
the O'Haras contains lG0 acres and