The Colorado statesman., 1908-06-27
COLORADO NEWS

The plant of the Flint-Lomax Manu-
featuring Company in Denver was de-
stroyed by fire June goth, causing a
heavy loss.
Postmaster Sours will install a de-
partment of the Denver postoffice in
the auditorium during the Democratic
National convention.
Governor Buchtel has appointed ].
G. Crossan water commissioner in dis
trict % to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of A. H. Hadley.
The San Luis Valley Masonic Asso-
citation held it's fourteenth annual con-
vention at Alamosa June oath. A grand
banquet to nearly 400 of the Masons
and their ladies was one of the feat
ures.
Findley Deffield, assistant editor OF
the Delta County Tribune, died at
Delta, June 22d after an unsuccessful
operation for appendicitis. His widow
and his sister accompanied his remains
to Bloomington, III.
Michael Mozini, gardener near Den
yer, recently presented Mrs. Martha
Shute of the state board of horticul-
ture with box of big strawberries,
one of which was five and one-half
inches in circumference.
The members of the First and Third
Colorado cavalry who participated in
the battle of Sand Creek in 1864, will
hold reunion at the site of the strug-
gle on July 18th of this year, leaving
Denver IN tle morning OF that day.
The knights of Pythias association
of the Western slope held it's first an
nual meeting and banquet at Delta
June oath. Ira Monnell of Montrose
was elected president and Grand juno
ton was selected as the next place of
meeting
The fourth annual meeting of the
Intermountain Masonic Association
was held at Salida June oath in OBJ
servance of st. Johns Day, and nine
lodges were represented by 200 dele
gates and visitors. There was a grand
banquet at night.
motion by the Colorado & South
ern and the Great Western Sugar Com
pany for a new trial in the case of
Bessie r. Parker, who secured YER
dict recently for $4,250 damages for
the death of her husband, was denied
by District Judge Gamble at Fort Col
Inns and the defendants ordered to pay
| the damages. Notice was given of an
appeal to the Supreme Court.
With the starting of the new STRAIT
| largest of its kind in the Cripple Creek
| gold mining district, which will occur
| in the course of short time, the ship
ment of the lower and average grade
ores from the independence mine to
the United Reduction works at Colo
RADIO City will cease. The mill has a
capacity of 5000 tons per month,
which may be increased at the option
| of the owners.
For the arrest of the robber who
stole 100000 from mail pouch on
| June 10th at Kansas City the Post
office Department has offered a re.
ward of $4,000. This is the crime of
which Charles Savage, a Denver ne
gro, was suspected by the local Off
cials, and they missed him by only
fifteen minutes. Word of suspects
should be telegraphed at once to the
postoffice inspectors at Kansas City.
Among those who sailed from Boston
June 2Otn on the steamer Cymric on
the White Star line, for London, were
President and Mrs. William F. Slocum
of Colorado College, Colorado Springs.
| President Slocum will go to Edin-
burgh where he will deliver an address
on July 9Th before the International
council. President and Mrs Slocum
will spend the summer abroad, visit
ing General w. ]. Palmer and his party
in England
Contracts have been signed for all
work in constructing the Italian gar
den and buildings in Cheesman park at
Denver. All marble used will be taken
from Colorado marble beds. OF the
hundred thousand dollars to be used
in the Identification scheme, S92.-
900 will be expended in making
the Italian gardens and in the build
ings The remaining $4,000 will be eX-
pended in fixing up the rest of the
park.
One hundred and fifty Colorado
Springs Elks, including the local Elks'
band of forty pieces. together with
scores of members of the order from
other parts of the state, will leave Col
orado Springs at a. m. Sunday, July
18th, for the annual convention of the
order at Dallas, Texas, in one of the
finest special trains ever made up in
Colorado. R. l.. Holland of Colorado
Springs Is a candidate for exalted
ruler.
At the meeting of the State Pharma-
ceutical Association at Glenwood
Springs the assembled druggists
adopted a resolution to refuse to
handle any proprietary or patent medi-
cine which carried misleading state
ments or notices not in conformity with
the state and federal pure food laws
Second. the association decided to vol
UNFAIRLY place over soda fountains
placards stating that syrups were dis
colorcd o. artificially made, if such
were the case.
The directors of the Farmers union
have taken the necessary steps to-
ward erecting an Independent sugar
factory at Fort Morgan. 1t is planned
to start work on the new factory by
December 1st next, provided farmers