The Springfield herald., 1907-05-31
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

40 piaHneu loI STlpple creek.
Snowslides carried away three
towers of the Unity tramway, near
Silverton.
IL you hear loud noise afar off its
the Denver boosters-dont get excited
and tear to the cyclone cellar.
The Denver papers have found a
child that doesn't know It's own
mother. Here's where papa evens up.
Thomas Thomas. convicted in the
District Court of numbering Walter
Sterling Of Florence, April 2Gth, has
commenced on his seven years in the
penitentiary.
Burglars ransacked the dentistry
Offices Of DR.. G. II. ingalls, and DR..
Scott in Boulder Saturday night or
Sunday, carrying away $500 worth Of
gold and platinum.
Because her husband insisted that
she go to work on the day following
her marriage. Mrs Mary Calbert OBJ
tained divorce at Trinidad and had
her maiden name destored.
Twenty-four members of the Omega
Upsilon Phi medical fraternity at
Boulder were poisoned by eating ham
burger steak, and it came near being
the Omega of the whole Phi.
Blonde Jeffries, asewing machine
agent. dropped his revolver while get
ting out of his buggy at Morrison. The
gun was discharged and Jeffries was
shot. The wound may prove fatal.
Ault claims a larger population than
Eaton. The school census, just taken,
shows 1879, of which sc are males and
103 females. With the usual multiple.
", this makes the population of Ault
700.
Peter Leonard. aged sixty-five, died
OF injuries which, it is alleged, were
inflicted by John Bowling, proprietor
of saloon at Blende. 1t is charged
Downing kicked him. He was ar,
raigned and held for trial.
The clerk of the Supreme Court has
notified Senator T. NJ. Patterson that
he must pay Judgment in the sum of
$1,000 and $424.40 costs, found against
him in the somewhat famous contempt
case. The senator will send 4 check
at once.
Plans for the reception of the Sons
OF the American Revolution, who are
coming to Colorado Springs next
month, include an elaborate function
at the residence of Mrs. Elizabeth
Cass Goddard on the afternoon OF
June 9th.
While drinking with l.. F. George
and Thomas Thurston Patrick Riley,
al Pueblo, aged 23, is said to have con-
fessed to stealing mail sack from the
railway station at Green River, Wyo-
ming. Riley was arrested. He says it
was only joke.
The first case OF a dairyman being
arrested for selling milk at Pueblo not
up to the standard came up in the po.
lice court when A. Robinson was fined
s25 for violation of the city ordinance
requiring certain test for milk. The
case will be appealed.
Mrs. ]. A. Davis, wife of ]. A. Davis
of the White-Davis Mercantile Com
pany of Boulder, died suddenly from
heart disease while preparing 10 take
a train for Denver. She was fifty years
old and had been resident of Colo
rado for thirty-four years.
The Young Mems Christian Associ,
alton fund at Cripple Creek has passed
the $4,000 mark. At n meeting oi
siXty-five representative citizens fur
ther support was pledged and the $685.
900 required for the establishment OF
an association building is practically
assured.
Farmers at Greeley are busy plant,
ing potatoes. Fully one-half the cror
is now in the ground. Less acreage OF
early potatoes will be planted this year
owing to the cold weather of last
month. The acreage for the entire dis
trict will be fully thirty per cent. more
this year, because of loss of crops by
foods in California.
At meeting of the Tri-County Fair
Association, comprising Pitkin, Gar
field and Eagle counties, the old Off
GERS were re-elected-W. S. Copeland,
president, and Charles Daley, secre.
tary. October 1st, I'd, Sd and 4th was
selected as the time of giving the fair.
A large executive committee to make
arrangements was appointed.
Frank White, colored became en-
ragged at Scott Williams, xnother negro.
in a ball game at Colorado Springs
and, it is said, struck him on the head
with stone, infiicting serious wounds.
White tried to make his escape and
was pursued by a mob of 200. He
was caught while hiding under the
bed in a rooming house and was ar
rested.
The jury in the Samuel Shawcross
case at Cripple Creek. after being
locked up for twenty-five hours re-
ported inability to agree and was dis
charged by District Judge Morris. The
defendant was charged with larceny
of precipitates and zinc shavings worth
81 900 from the Anaconda mills. The
defendant was released on $2,500 bond
pending a new trial.
The Eaton sugar factory is adding a
molasses silo to its equipment. The
silo will be 80 by 100 feet on the out
side and 10 feet deep in the clear. al
lowing a storage capacity for 1900 Gu
bic feet of molasses. The molasses is
made from the residue after sugar
making. The factory will also build n
large boarding house with modern con-
veniences for its employees.
Tuesday afternoon, June 4th. will
witness the last baseball game of the
season on the Gamble field. when the
Colorado College team and n nine rep
resenting the University of Colorado
will play an exhibition game. The
event is right in the middle of COM
mencement week and a number of the
members of the alumni as well as the
friends of the university will be pres
ent to witness the contest.
Apex sulch, near Golden, continues