The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-16
COLORADO NEWS

county. serving 700 people and 16o
families.
Richard Lee, nephew Of Gen. Robert
2. Lee. with his family, visited reia4
tives In Denver during the Democratic
convention.
Mrs. Thomas Macon, wife Of the
late Judge Macon. died at her home in
Denver on the 10th inst. Her health
had been falling for some time.
Chief Game Warden Charles Puring-
ton has provided 650,000 trout eggs to
stock the Denver fish hatcheries. The
eggs were taken from Trappers lake.
Governor Buchel has appointed Fla
yius Naylor, Michael Donovan and
Frank Auken commissioners for the
purchasing Of burial places for old sol
diers at Victor.
Four live Teddy bears have been on
exhibition In the California street win
dow OF the Colorado Midland railroad
office In Denver. The bears were cap
tured by j. F. Wakefield OF Paonia.
The Denver Auditorium, with its
decorations intact, after the adjourn
ment OF the Democratic National con-
vention, was thrown open to the in
spection of the public Saturday night
and Sunday afternoon.
The directors of the Portland Gold
Mining company on the 7th inst de-
clared the regular quarterly dividend
OF four cents per share, amounting to
$12O 900 On the 100000 shares Of cap
ital stock. This win be distributed
July 18th, and make a total Of $7,9S7.-
600 paid by the company.
Morrell Law OF Denver, and recently
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railroad, has been appointed trafflc
manager of the Santa Fe Central and
Albuquerque Eastern railways, with
headquarters at Santa Fe. Samuel b.
Grimshaw, formerly of Denver re-
signed as general manager and assist
ant to the vice president Of these two
lines.
Taking the trip up Pixies Peak on
the Cog road, while a spectacular cleo
trical and rain storm ragged with un-
abating fury, Congressman and Mrs.
Nicholas Longworth and party had a
very lively experience. Afterward
their automobile got stalled in the
mud on the way to Colorado Springs.
But they declared themselves i'm
mensely pleased with the visit.
State Dairy Commissioner Bishopp
stated recently that he had an applica-
tion from Twin Falls, Idaho, for 1000
Colorado milch cows. and that he was
in position to supply only few hum
dred head at the present time. Some
time ago Charles Brand of Colorado
Springs shipped about forty head of
Red Polls to Idaho which were abso-
lutely free from tuberculosis.
Secretary McCrillis of the State
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word of the death of Edward o. Lock
er. the inspector for the board at Kan
sas City. For fifteen years Mr.. Lock-
er looked sfter the interest Of Colo
RADIO cattlemen in Kansas City and was
one of the best in the work. At a
meeting of the board July goth the va
cancy left by Mr. Lockers death will
be filed
While attempting to board Rio
Grande train between the engine and
inst, James F Jennings of Leadville
caught his foot in the frog of switch,
was pulled under the train and run
over, his head being crushed in such a
manner as to cause instant death. His
father. Peter Jennings. was In Denver
at the time of the accident to attend
the Democratic convention.
James S. Barber, one OF the first
settlers In the Platte valley, died near
Evans on the 10th inst, aged sixty
three. He was born In Meadville,
Pennsylvania, and came to Colorado
In 1873, settling on a big ranch, where
he lived continually. He was a mem
ber of the Legislature during Governor
Peabody's term, county commissioner
several years, A knight Templar and
member of the Woodmen of the
World.
Three Mexicans, who are alleged to
have been passing counterfeit money
In Lamar were placed in jail in Colo
RADIO Springs on the 10th inst. by
United States Deputy Marshal Thomas
Clarke. The men were detected by
H. B. Richardson of the secret service,
who found that they had been working
In the beet fields near Lamar and get
ting change for IS, $40 and $3.50 false
gold pieces, usually in the evening.
The men are Thomas Ayala, r. Ayala
and Domingo Ochoa-
Martin Hyles, fifty years old, living
on farm near Greeley with his broth
er Robert, became unsettled in his
mind, brooding over what he regarded
as financial wrongs, and disappeared
at midnight July 3rd. He was found
twelve miles southwest of Greeley on
the 18th inst. living In a hut of sticks
and grass, and finally captured by
Sheriff Florance and taken to the
jail in Greeley. He kept the neigh
bors at bay with a gun before the sher-
iff appeared.
Northern Colorado is likely to get
more railroads. The Colorado & South
ern has put corps of surveyors in the
field to survey a line from Fort Col
Inns to Cheyenne. This will com
plete the line from Texas to Orin
Junction, Wyoming. The determine
ton Of the Union Pacific to build into
Fort Collins in competition with the
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