The Delta independent., 1907-05-03
COLURA0U NEWS ITEMS

Pueblo Is about to stir up nlusS
over the filthy condition of their pack.
ing house.
V. McClelland, of Glenwood Springs.
accidentally fell into the FRYING Pan
river Tuesday and was drowned.
Denver is having another pure
food" crusade. and for a while ba!ed
alfalfa won't be served as pre-digested
breakfast food.
Governor Buchtel has vetoed the
anti-fusion bill passed by the Sixteenth
Assembly, 30 just go right on and fuse
as much as you like.
Fire Chief Owens, Of Denver. says
he had seismographic sensation on
the exact anniversary of the San Fran
cisco earthquake. How shocking.
Napoleon Stone. an aged farmer
from Washington. has disappeared in
Denver and the police are looking for
him. He had considerable money with
him.
After being confined in the county
Jail at Grand Junction for nearly
week, James F. Goddard, a prominent
contractor, whose arrest on the charge
of robbery caused a sensation here.
was liberated.
time and energy in jusiifying God and
making the devil responsible for evil.
declared a Denver preacher. and some
of his listeners are wondering who he
was 'luding to.
NJ. B. Tomblin. George w. Williams
and w. W. Degge. of Boulder. have
purchased the townsite of Nederiand
and will Immediately exploit the prop
erty with view OF increasing the pop
ulation Of the town.
Scientists tell us that on an average
the earths crust is only fifteen miles
deep and the inside is a boiling. seeth-
ing mass OF lava. Someone ought to
speak TO these Colorado sChoolmarms
about walking too hard on the ground.
Colorado's sun was sinking in a
swoony sort of way. when a youth and
maid in rap,urcs strolled along at close
OF day: Let's get married" said tn"
youngs,er. land help TO boost the
state" You're it," the maiden an
swcred Now their boosters number
eight.
Manitou is dry town just now.
Pressure OF other business is responsi-
BILE for the authorities failing to grant
extensions OF liquor licenses and the
indications are that the town will con
,inue to be dry for two weeks or longer.
during which time nothing stronger
than Manitou water goes.
While attempting TO arrest four men
whom he had detected stealing wire
from the traction company's barn. at
Pueblo Thomas Self. a private watch
! man. was struck with a stone. and a
| deep cash inflicted in the right side OF
| his head Self succeeded in capturing
one OF the trio. who gave the name OF
| Peter Doyle.
The Denver Marble and Granite Com.
! pany has Just completed magnificent
| granite monument TO be placed over
| the grave of the late Ex-Governor Davis
| II, Matte The monument is the gift
| OF the Western Federation OF Miners
J and will be unveiled by that organi-a-
| tion with proper ceremonies at the
| cemetery in Aspen on Decoration Day.
A company is being formed at Steam
| boat Springs by Clinton Bivens and
! Claude II. Rowle;te for the piping OF
natural gas to that city from tn.
| Charles Helzey ranch. where there IL
Il strong flow OF gas out of the earth.
| The Helzcy ranch is four miles north
| OF Steamboat Springs. and within half
| a mile OF the Republican mine on Cop
per range.
Several hundred lives were endan
gcrcd and property valued at $lUo.cuU
| threatened when fire broke out in the
basement Of the First Baptist church.
corner OF Ninth street and Grant ave
| nue., at Pueblo. Several fire companies
! responded to the alarm and the blaze
was extinguished with small loss. The
church was crowded and several were
slightly bruised in their hurry to get
out.
William Dusne. after whom the town
OF DuEncville was named, died at the
county hospital. Death resulted from
heart disease. supcrinduccd by alcp-
holism. Dunno was siNty-one years
old. single. and lived at Adelaide. He
was employed on the section BY the
Florence Il Cripple Creek road. In
1904, Just before the battle of Dunno
vile, several section men Christencd
the town after their fellow workman.
A fortune estimated at sS5, 1000 has
been hunting Tom Thomas, 4 former
resident of Grand Junction. for sin
months. Postmaster Price received II
letter recently from Joseph Neuvilie OF
Wellington, New Zealand, urging him
to make an effort to find Thomas. Neu-
vile said he was grubstaked by
Thomas and thus enabled to make Ii
rich strike in Goldhcld. Nevada. He
says he sold his claim for $4,000 and
wants to share this wealth with his
friend.
Unless present plans miscarry, the
American Beet Sugar Company will
have at least one more factory in the
Arkansas valley to handle the immense
crop of this section. The steel frames
for the limehousc and the boiler rooms
have been put In place for the factory
at Las Animas and the work is rapidly
getting under way. with the prospects
for completion In time to handle this