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

Caywood of Rio Blanco county killed
fourteen wolves.
Eastern capitalists are interested in
new brewery to be erected in Denver
At an early date at a cost OF $2OO,0OO
1t has been given out on official au
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 30th of perl
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, 65,O00 tons of all
classes of ore.
A special election for the purpose
OF approving the issuance by the city
for $55. 900 in water bonds was held
at Fort Morgan and carried by vote
OF 284 to 1G.
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 E. j. 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.
TIE following Colorado postmasters
havs been appointed: lsnacio, La
Plata county, Hans Aspaas, vice ii. L.
Hail resigned: Schley, EIbert county,
N. H. Baird, vice William Welas, re-
signed.
approximately $500 acres of state
laho was sold at auction by Register
John +. 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,
small settlement ten miles from La
Junta "Wednesday afternoon. Water
in lake was whirled to 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-
sress 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, Neier-
land and Boulder. About 12O men will
make the trip.
According to report issued by Sec
retary of State O'Connor, no corpor
atoms were organized in Colorado dur
ing the six months ending May 3lst
OF these a large number include man
ufacturing companies and irrigation en-
ferLr1ses in which millions of dollars
are being invested. The fees collected
by the state for the issuance of incoT-
poration papers alone amounted to
$39.020.S5 during the six months.
Under authority of an act of the
Sixteenth Legislature, LieutenantGoy
ernor Harper has just appointed two
commissions to purchase burial places
for old soldiers. One request for an
appointment came from Cripple Creek
and ]. C. Denny. NJ. j. Walsh and Hen
ry Gessell were appointed. w. ID. Otis,
r. B. Spencer and j. F. Arbuckle were
appointed for Fort Morgan.
d. P. Maven found himself the victim
of record-breaking justice in Pueblo.
At 1880 he stole $3.50 worth of clothes
and jewelry from an automobile be-
longing to C. F. Morrow OF Lawrence,
Kansas, while it stood in front of the
Grand hotel. At 2:S0 p. m. he was in
the District Court charged with the
crime and a 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. M" after his name
for the past five years, is no longer
postmaster of Durango, having been
succeeded by w. w. Parshall. 1t is
understood that Mr.. Parshall will re-
tain S. W. Strader as deputy and will
make no changes in clerks. Mr. Ray
mond proposes to devote his entire
time to the Herald.
The three children of Adams Clause
at Windsor were burned to death on
the afternoon of July ed while locked
in the house in the absence of their
mother, who had gone down town on
an errand. They were Pauline, aged
s.: Alexander, aged 21s and Alma,
aged seven months The mother re-
turned Just as the bodies of the chill
dren were being carried out by the
neighlors and was prostrated by
grief.
AT the meeting of the Colorado State
Federation of Labor. which will con-
vene ai Denver August 10th with 200
delegates from 126 local unions, 1t is
said that the principal question to be
considered will be that of Politics.
1t is the intention this fall to
have systematic campaign of the
full abor vote. To facilitate this the
state headquarters will have the di.
rection of affairs while local political
committees will be appointed in the
different cities.
A Chautauqua Assembly at Rocky
Ford from July 18th to 2Sth is assured
by an agreement of the Redpath Chau-
tauqua System at Chicago with the
Rocky Ford board of trade. fund of
5000 has been subscribed to guarantee