The Delta independent., 1907-02-01
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

and will erect Il canning factory to cost
$4,000
A gang of cOnviCts at the Colorado
State Penitentiary is cutting and stor-
ing 400 tons of ice from the lakes III
Grape creek canon, three miles from
the prison.
Representative Bonynge has recon
mended the appointment OF mrs oai
rie James as postmistress at LoEeiaho
She is the widow of the former lhcunl
bent of the office, David Jones.
The Pixies Peak Cog road has aoah-
doned its project of using OIL lnsteau
of coal for fuel, and will continue the
present methods. Oil burning tests
have proven decidedly unsuccessful.
A parrot, two squirrels and guinea
pig were burned to death, and a mon
key so badly injured that 1t Will dlo'
as result of a fire which destroye-
monkey house belonging to Or. A
Blackman at Colorado Springs.
In the District Court at Trinidad.
J. D. Romero. who, while deputy sher'
if at Starkville. shot and killed LOUIS
Bianchi, was convicted on the lSth
inst. of murder in the second degree.
His defense was that he was forced
to shoot to quell a disturbance.
Within the next few weeks the
Santa Fe railroad company Will oeslh
opening coal mines on several large
veins in different parts or Frefnont
county The company has decided, II
is said, to supply its entire system
with coal from Fremont county
A. r. Lewis, head Of the great dry
goods firm of A. T. Lewis Son OF
Denver, died at his villa in Greenwich,
Connecticut, on the Goth inst, at the
age Of seventy-five years. Mr.. Lewis
is survived by a wife and three sons,
Aaron D., John R., and Frederick 7.
1t is stated by those in a positio.
to know, that the fourteen salaried po
sitions which Simon Guggenheim. the
great smelter magnate, resigned from
in order to give his full time to his
duties as United States senator from
Colorado, brought him in $4,000 a
year.
Acting Chief of staff Thomas H..
Barry at Washington, said that the re-
port that the army department head
quarters are to be removed from Den.
yer Is entirely without foundation.
i mere Is no intention Oi 'iV pa I Va
the War Department to make any
change.
It is stated that Pueblo's Japanese
colony will be depleted considerably
before spring. Sixty employed at the
Ellers smelter are said to have quit.
saying they were obliged to pay COM
missions to countrymen and that the
cost OF living was higher than ex-
pected, leaving them little at the end
Of the month.
Joseph Morgan OF Lafayette. brother
Of State Senator Morgan, has been
placed in the insane ward at Boulder.
Morgan attempted to com.
nit suicide at Lafayette and was taken
to the University hospital at Boulder
for treatment, but developed
such symptoms that 1t was deemed un-
safe to keep him there.
The Colorado City Chamber OF Com.
merce will cooperate with the Colo
rado Springs Chamber OF Commerce in
q sugar palace In Colo
RADIO Springs. The plan Is to call on
the sugar factories of the state to
about twenty tons OF beet
sugar and coat the blocks with q
mineral veneer.
Arrangements have been completed
for the NTH annual bench show OF the
Colorado Kennel Club. to be held at
Coliseum hall in Denver on February
26th, 27th and 2Sth. About $4,000 in
cash prizes will be given away, and
James Mortimer will ofiiciate as judge
Of all breeds. The entries to the show
will close on February 18th. II. c.
Bryan OF 533 Seventeenth street, Den
yer, is secretary OF the club.
Claims aggregating more than
$50, 900, it is said, will be presented
against the Stratton estate by E.
E. Whitted, Judge Luther NJ. God
dard and Henry McAlister. Jr.,
all OF Denver, for legal services in con.
nection with the suit brought against
the estate by the Venture corporation
Of London. in the United States court.
The attorneys have already received
large fees. a
The members OF both houses OF the
General Assembly at Denver have ac.
cepted the invitation OF Governor
Henry A. Buchtel to n good fellow
ship" dinner at the Savoy hotel on the
night OF January 31st. The invitation
also includes the justices Of the Su.
preme Court and the state officers, and
the heads Of the various institutions
in the state, and OF some of the com
mercial organizations OF Denver
More than 200 girl students OF Colo.
RADIO Springs escorted from the college
grounds in carriages to General w. J.
Palmer's residence at Glen Byrie on
the 10Th inst and rendered q reception
by the general and Miss Palmer. Tea
and light refreshments were served.
General Palmer Is 30 far recovered
from his recent injury that he Is able
to sit up and Is wheeled about in q
chair through the grounds surround.
ing Glen Eyrie.
Assaulted, bound, gagged, robbed
and left to freeze In room In the rear
OF his laundry was the experience of
Yee HI, q Chinaman at Georgetown.
He was ironing when three men en-.
tered about II o'clock at night. He
Saya one picked IN n Scraw driver and