The Dolores star., 1907-07-26
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


fuel famine IL disproven.
The Salvation Army In Denver con-
verted $50 persons in June.
Some Larimer county men have been
arrested on a charge Of cattle rust
ling.
The state lumber dealers held their
annual meet at Colorado Springs re-
Gently.
Mrs. Robert W. Hearne was badly
hurt in a driving accident at Central
City one evening last week.
Up to July goth there had been
thirty-one divorces granted In tae
courts of Denver this month.
The Denver papers are having a
hard time finding the first capitol
building. They might ask Oliver Wig
gins.
While splitting kindling wood. Mrs.
Della Dodge at Grand Junction.
chopped on the forcfinger of her left
hand.
The bite of gnat caused the death
Of James Chase at Plateau. Blood
poisoning set In, caused by scratching
the bitten place.
Eugene F. Ware, former United
States commissioner of pensions, Is
taking his vacation at Camp Never
Mind in Ute pass.
A Trinidad street car conductor has
been fined for swearing. Evidently the
trial Judge thought that prerogative
belonged to the patrons.
Students of the Golden School of
Mines are to be given practical knowl-
edge of mining by driving a tunnel
into Mount Zion, near Golden.
Chief Delaney of Denver police force
has decided to stop the malignant
form of murder now prevalent in that
city among automobile speed maniacs.
The recklessness of some of the driv-
ers was something fearful.
Search your dirty linn. A tramp
was stealing a ride in linen closet on
a train that pulled into Pueblo found
a pocketbook containing $4,000. II
had been gathered up from the birth
by the porter The owner took the
tramp home with him and will give
him responsible position.
A heavy rain west and north of Trim
idad raised the Las Animas river six
feet, the highest 1t has been since the
flood of two years ago. Two Colorado
C Wyoming railway bridges, one at
Madrid and another between Madrid
and Segundo, are reported gone and
some damage is reported from Longs
canon.
The last of the old landmarks in
Greeley is to be torn down to make
way for a two-story brick building to
be built by ID. r. Macarthur for hard
ware store. The old one-story frame
building which stands on the south
side of Main street among row OF
brick blocks. was built in 1871 by John
Abbott. an original Union colonist, now
a resident of Fort Collins.
Douglas Cler'ans, the eightyear-old
son of Walter Clemens of jamestown,
was taken to the University hospital
where he must have three fingers and
the first joint of the thumb, all on the
left hand, amputated. He with some
other children had secured some giant
caps at the Wano mill above James
town. The little fellow tried to crack
one of the caps and the explosion ter
ribly laccrated his hand. He was also
injured about the face and left thigh
but not seriously.
J. H. Weisse & Co. of South Omaha
have been awarded the contract for
uuIioiuS thc hCW post 1S at Soloi auo
Springs, the contract p.ice being $173,-
673 1t was recently reported that
this firms bid was $206,95S, which
would have necessitated readver-
tisement for bids, since this amount,
with the cost for furnishings, would
have made a total in excess of the
100000 set aside for the building
TIE site cost $65.0OO and congress ap-
p.cr-.ated $275,000 for building and
site
Garfield Williams, aged sven, son
of Ellis Williams. superintendent OF
the La Belle mine at Jerryville, died
as the result of powder burns sus
tained after throwing lighted match
Sinto q can of blasting powder. The
lad. with two other boys, found the
powder and one of his older compan.
ions induced him to throw the match
into the can. A terrific explosion
followed. his clothing was set on fire
and he ran screaming from the cabin
to nearby pond. He was terribly
burned and soon became unconscious
remaining SO until he died
ut was too good to last for the coun.
ties Of the state ana Attorney General
Dickson has announced that he will
Gnu lne pfdctice Oh Senuing dependent
wards to the State Industrial School
by bringing suit against all counties
which fail to pay for their wards since
1905. In 1904 the county commission
ers were advised that it was not nee
essary to pay the expense of keepin,
wards at the institution. The board oi
control recently sued the commission
ers OF Summit county for $500 TO,
keen wards Judye Cavepdar 80 ~
Fifth judicial district ruled in favo,
of the state institution and Attorne,
General Dickson will begin suits. Tht
amount due from counties is aboui
$so.0o0, of which Denver county owes
5000 and Ell Paso 5000.
Deacon Harris. formerly of Boulder
died in Silver City, New Mexico, July
4th. Old timers of Boulder remem.