The Colorado statesman., 1908-08-08
COLORADO NEWS

Denver is to have new ice manu-
featuring plant with a capital of $780,
900.
The grand council of the Red Men
of Colorado will be in session at Pueb-
10 Aug. 10th, 11th, 18th and delega-
tions from all over the state are ex
pected.
Attorney-General Herbert S. Hadley
of Missouri, who, with his family, is
locaed temporarily at the e. Fl. Cook
home at Boulder, will address the ma
tional convention at attorneys-general
at Denver August goth, and will de
scribe his fight with the Standard Oil
people.
A freak election bet has been made
at Leadville. According to the terms,
If Taft wins Matt Gaffney will push a
wheelbarrow containing r. S. Casey
over the principal streets of the CITY,
and in the event of Bryan's election
the positions will be reversed. Both
are well known mining men.
John c. Sitterer of Denver has been
elected professor of civil and irriga
tion engineering at the University of
Wyoming in place of Herbert T. No
well, resigned Professor Sitterer is a
graduate of the University of Ohio
and from the civil engineering de-
partment of the University of Denver
Union depot officials declare that
all records have been broken during
the month of July in the number of
passengers carried into Denver. There
also has been an advance over previ-
GUS years in the number of tickets
sold, the increase being nearly $25,
600 over the sales of last year.
Water Commissioner Autrey of
Boulder states that Notwithstanding
the heavy rains little of the flood
waters got into the storage reservoirs,
on account of the heavy flow coming
down at night, after washing out the
headgates or choking the inlets with
debris.
At a meeting of the commissioners
of Pitkin county a few days since res
olutions were passed giving County
Assessor w. II. McNichols twenty days
in which to make good the shortage al
legged to have occurred during his term
of office as treasurer. If the alleged
shortage is made good the suits pend
ing against him will be nolled.
The badly decomposed body of
man was found floating in the Grand
river on the 4th inst, two miles below
Glenwood Springs. 1t was brought
here and identified as the body of j. E.
Darland, who was drowned July 9th,
while crossing the river at Shoshone.
The body had floated fourteen miles
down the river His widow lives at
Colorado Springs.
Seventh Day Adventists to the num-
ber of 1000 or more will be encamped
on the grounds of the State Fair AS
sociation at Pueblo for ten days, be-
ginning August Goth. This event
promises to be one of the greatest re-
ligious gatherings ever held in Pueblo.
1t will be the annual camp meeting
and members from all over the West
will be present.
Work has been started at Cheyenne
Wells on the new Cheyenne county
court house, which is to cost $4,000.
The building is to be of red pressed
brick and one of the most modern in
eastern Colorado. Work has been
started also on an $4,000 school build
ing for Cheyenne Wells, which will
| be built of cement block and be mod
ern in every detail.
Emancipation Day at Salida was OBJ
served in grand style by the colored
|
ent Two ball games were played be-
tween Salida and Canon City teams,
Salida winning the morning game by a
score of Is to 6, and Canon City win
ming the afternoon game by a score
of 16 to 13. In the evening there was
a cakewall1 and dance.
Examinations will be held by the
Denver Civil Service board at the East
| iO1 col Ana
26th and 9th, for candidates for the
POSITIONS of firemen, patrolmen, lieu
tenants, engineer and assistant engi-
neer of the fire department, and in
spector of the Board of Public Works.
All applications to take the examina-
| tion must be in at the office of the
| Civil Service commission by August
| 18th.
Judge Cavender, in the District
| Court at Leadville, has set the date
| of the trial of Sherman w. Morris,
! alias Frank Shiurtleff, charged with
murder, for September 1st. Morris is
the man brought to Leadville two
months ago by Sheriff Bonner from
| Lansing, Michigan. 1t is said that he
| has a long criminal record and is
wanted in nearly every state in the
West He will be tried for the murder
of John Walsh, a saloonkeeper, the
night of June 23, 1898.
An examination has been announced
by the United States Civil Service
commission to fill seventy-five vacan-
cies in the position of examiner of ac-
counts in the Interstate Commerce
commission at salaries ranging from
$1,000 to $4,000 per annum an dtravel-
ing expenses. Age limit, twenty-three
to forty-eight years on the date of ex
animation. Applicants should apply at
once to Werner W. Campbell, secre
tary, Denver, Colorado, for applica-
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At a meeting of the Penitentiary