The Dolores star., 1908-05-22
COLORADO ITEMS

weese Of Denver, has been appointed
third lieutenant In the Philippine con-
stabulary.
Steve Adams. charged with the muir
der of Arthur l. Collins at Telluride.
has been granted a change Of venue
from San Miguel county to Mesa coun-
ty.
OF the $500 acres of sugar beets
planted for The factory at Fort Morgan
only few ecres each will have to be
replanted by about half q dozen peo-
pie.
The residents of Box Elder valley
in Weld county have voted to form an
Irrigation district to provide water for
10000 acres OF land lying above the
Latham ditch.
The damage by fire that destroyed
the four large ice houses of the Den
yer & Rio Grande railroad at Palmer
Lake on the 18th inst. Is estimated at
upwards Of $4,000.
The financial committee OF the Flor
ence City Council has Just made a re-
port which shows that the municipal
debt has been reduced forty-five per
cent. in the last five years.
The Steamboat Springs Milling Com
five years shutdown. The flour is
made from wheat raised principally in
the valley sbout Hayden and Craig.
The ruins of an aboriginal burial
ground have been found ten miles
east of Holly. The mounds are said to
be covered with rocks forming the out
lines of horses. deer, men and women.
The Denver Homeopathic College
and Hospital Association has granted
degrees to the following: G. E. Os-
born. w. G. Lucas. I. NJ. Bierman. f.
b. Price. 8. T. Egeness and A. d. Allen.
George w. Pettibone. companion of
Meyer and Haywood and indicted with
them for completely in the murder OF
Gov. Frank Steunenberg Of Idaho, has
In very poor health.
j. E. Perrine, the Great Northern ex-
press messenger who was the victim of
a holdup on train near Seattle few
days ago. was formerly a resident of
Pueblo and depot agent for an express
company.
The Japanese in East Greeley, num-
bering about 200, while waiting for
work in the beet fields, are making
ready to lead in fireworks for the Gree
roy III VI CtleUIdllOH III OTueT
to show their loyalty to America.
The burning Of three slot machines.
a poker table and chips. seized in Grip
pie Creek saloons. was ordered by Dis
trict Judge Owen. The money found
in the machines will go to the school
fund.
Fire on the 18th inst. destroyed the
tipple, shaker house, powder house.
engine room and boilers of the Stan
dard mine, two miles east of Lafay-
cite, with an estimated loss of $40, 1000,
reported to be fully covered by in
surance.
City Marshal Williams of Greeley
has been presented with fine glass
case in which to store his boarded
knives, revolvers. burglar tools. ETC.,
taken from prisoners. He has many
relics which were found on well-known
criminals.
At Pueblo on the 14th inst. James
Lynn, colored, broke into the home OF
h.rs. Julia James and after severely
beating Mrs. James and her daughter
Sarah, aged sixteen, drove them into
the street, where he shot and killed
the daughter and mortally wounded
the mother, putting one bullet through
her head and another through her
chest. The negro escaped on a bi-
cycle.
The season for sheep shipments has
almost closed. 1t is estimated that
there are only seventy cars in the dis
trict north Of Denver to be sent to mar
ket. With these northern Colorado
has supplied the country during the
season of 1908 with about $4,000
sheep, $4,000 less than last year. In
addition to the decrease in the number
fed, there has been gross loss to the
feeders of about 75 cents head as
compared with last year.
James Holloway. well known
ranchman of Huerfano county. died
on the 10th inst. Of gunshot wounds
inflicted the day before by William
Simpson in quarrel over water
rights. The shooting took place fif-
teen miles west of Malachite, on the
headwaters of the Huerfano river.
Simpson, who is under arrest, says he
shot in self defense after Holloway
had drawn Winchester and threat
ened to kill him. There were no
witnesses to the quarrel.
The band and First battalion. Twen-
ty-first infantry, in command OF Ma
jor Almon L. Parmenter. returned
to Fort Logan, near Denver, from
six-day practice march Thursday.
They were camped near Castle Rock
from Sunday until Wednesday. Cen
eral Thomas and the field officers of
his staff and Colonel Williams and
the other field officers of the Twen-
ty-first infantry arrived at the camp
Monday and remained until Wednes-
day morning, completing the ninety
mile riding test.
A freak tornado of local character
visited the mining camp Of Cokedale.
Las Animas county, Sunday, doing
considerable damage, the force of
which was directed upon the property
of the American Smelling and Refin-
ing Company, the company store suf-