The Elbert County tribune., 1907-07-25
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

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 tne
courts of Denver this month.
The Denver papers are having a
building. They might ask Oliver Wig
gins.
While splitting kiudling wood, Mrs
Della Dodge at Grand Junction.
chopped of the forefinger of her left
hand.
The bite of a gnat caused the death
of James Chase at Plateau. Blood
poisoning set In. caused by scratching
the bitten place.
Eugene +. 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 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 rechlessness OF some of the driv-
ers was something fearful.
Search your dirty linen! A tramp
was stealing ride In a linen closet on
n train that pulled into Pueblo found
n pocketbook containing $4,000. 1t
had been gathered up from the birth
by the porter. The owner took the
tramp home with him and will give
him a 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
food of two years ago. Two Colorado
G. 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 n twostory brick building to
be built by d. X. Macarthur for a hard
ware store. The old one-story frame
building which stands on the south
side of Main street among a row of
brick blocks was built in 1871 by John
Abbott, an original Union colonist, now
resident of Fort Collins.
| Douglas Clercns, the eight-year-o 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 decorated his hand. He was also
| injured about the face and left thigh
| but not seriously
j. II. Weisse & Co. of South Omaha
have been awarded the contract for
| building the new post .hEoe at Colorado
| springs. the contract p.ice being s173.-
G73. 1t was recently reported that
4 this firms bid was S206,95S, which
|
tisement for bids, since this amount,
with the cost for furnishings, would
have made toral in excess of the
| 100000 set aside for the building.
The site cost $G5,O00 and congress ap-
psoY-!atcd $275,000 for building and
| sitn
Garfield Williams, aged sven, son
| OF Ellis Williams, superintendent of
| the La Belle mine at Jerryville, died
as the result of powder burns sus-
, tanned after throwing lighted match
into n 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. terrific explosion
| followed, his clothing was set on fire
| and he ran screaming from the cabin
| to n nearby pond. He was terribly
| burned and soon became unconscious,
remaining SO until he died.
| 1t was too good to last for the coun-
| ties of the state and Attorney General
| Dickson has announced that he will
end the practice of sending 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 II was not nee.
essary to pay the expense of keeping
wards at the institution The board OF
control recently sued the commission
ers of Summit county for $500 for
keep wards. Judge Cavender of the
Fifth judicial district ruled In favor
OF the state institution and Attorney
General Dickson will begin suits. The
amount due from counties is about
$50 900. of which Denver county owes
5000 and Ell Paso $4,000.
Deacon Harris, formerly of Boulder,
died in Silver City. New Mexico, July