The state herald., 1908-07-10
COLORADO NEWS

thority that work on the Union Pacific
roundhouse at Hugo will be resumed
early in July.
G. w. Shelton, county treasurer OF
Morgan county, died June goth of peri
tonitis. He was completing his second
term in office.
; The Leadville tonnage for the month
: of June was about the same as for the
'previous month. $4,000 tons of all
classes Of ore.
A special election for the purpose
of approving the issuance by the city
for $4,000 in water bonds was held
at Fort Morgan and carried by a vote
of 2S4 to 16.
Mrs. Martha A. Shute of the State
Horticultural Society received an
elaborate fruit exhibit from Fremont
county for display during the Demo
cratic convention.
J. G. Gwynn, who has been acting
as chief engineer of the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad since the death OF
Chief Engineer T.. ]. Yard, has been
appointed permanently to the office he
has been filling.
The Green Mountain Falls hotel at
Green Mountain Falls, costing $4,000
owned by j. ID. Robertson, was burned
by fire Monday afternoon that orig
mated from an exploding kerosene
lamp.
The following Colorado postmasters
have been appointed: 1gnacio, La
Plata county Hans Aspaas, vice II. l..
Hall, resigned; Schley, Ebert county,
N. II. Baird, vice William Welas. re-
signed.
Approximately $500 acres of state
land was sold at auction by Register
John F. Vivian in the office Of the land
board at the State house in Denver
July list. The land brought from 81 to
S25 per acre.
A miniature tornado struck Cheraw,
n small settlement ten miles from La
Junta Wednesday afternoon. Water
In lake was whirled to n height OF
thirty feet. There was no rain but
heavy hail accompanied the wind.
One mile of the new state highway
in Las Animas county has been COM
pleted by the convict gang which be.
gan work two months ago. Captain
Clegborn, a brother of Warden Cleg-
born, who is In charge of the camp.
says he is well pleased with the pro-
gress made.
Three troops OF the National Guard
OF Colorado will leave Denver July 18th
on an annual practice march through
the mountains. The trip will last eight
days and will be made through Mount
Vernon canon. Idaho Springs, Black
Hawk, Central City. Tolland, Neder.
land and Boulder. About l20 men will
make the trip.
According to report issued by Sec
retary of State o'Connor. 770 corpor-
ations were organized in Colorado dur.
ing the six months ending May 31st.
OF these large number include man.
ufacturing companies and irrigation en-.
terprises in which millions of dollars
are being invested. The fees collected
by the state for the issuance of incor-
poration papers alone amounted to
S39,02O.S5 during the six months.
Under authority of an act OF the
Sixteenth Legislature, LieutenantGov.
ernor Harper has Just appointed two
commissions to purchase burial places
for old soldiers. One request for an
appointment came from Cripple Creek
and J. c. Denny. NJ. J. Walsh and Hen.
ry Gessell were appointed. w. ID. Otis,
X. d. Spencer and J. +. Arbuckle were
appointed for Fort Morgan.
ID. p. Maven found himself the victim
Of record.brealSing justice in Pueblo.
At 1880 he stole $3.50 worth of clothes
and jewelry from an automobile be.
longing to c. +. Morrow OF Lawrence,
Kansas. while II stood In front Of the
Grand hotel. At 2:30 y. m. he was In
the District Court charged with the
crime and n few minutes later he had
been sentenced to one year In the pen.
itentiary.
George N. Raymond. editor OF the
Evening Herald OF Durango. who has
been writing "P. NJ" after his name
for the past Ave years. is no longer
postmaster OF Durango. having been
succeeded by w. W. Parshail. II IL
understood that MIR. Parshall will rc.
tain S. W. Strader as deputy and will
make no changes In clerks. MIR. Ray.
mond proposes TO devote his entire
time 10 the Herald.
The three children OF Adams Clause
~ Nhhe'i N'l' uuiH'u W u'uNH On
the afternoon of July I'd while locked
In tho house in the absence of their
mother. who had gone down town on
nm errand. They were Pauline, aged
b; Alexander. aged 2h and Alma,
aged seven months. The mother re-.
turned lust ns the bodies OF the chill.
drcn were being carried out by the
ncighbors and was prostrated by
grief.
At the meeting OF the Colorado State
Federation OF Labor. which win con.
vcnc at Denver August 10th with 200
delegates from i2G local unions, II In
naid that the principal question TO be
considered will be that OF lolltics.
II IL the Intention this fall 10
have n systematic campaign Of the
full abor vote To facilitate this tho
state headquarters will have the ii
rection OF affairs while local political
committccn will be appointed In the
different elites.