The Colorado statesman., 1909-10-16
COLORADO NEWS

John Condor, an oldtime miner in
southwestern Colorado, was killed by
the explosion of a missed shot in the
Camp Bird mine at Ouray on the 18th
inst His helper, Joe Koenig. was
badly hurt.
The new Denver public library,
which has cost. including the grounds,
s4S5,0O0. toward which Andrew Car
negie made a donation of 100000,
Is expected to be ready for occupancy
by Christmas
William B. Rumble, an old time
telegrapher and for thirty years
prominent in telegraph. electric and
mining circles in Colorado. died at
his home in Denver on the 18th INST.
OF aneurism of the aorta.
Henry d. Stueven, former secretary
OF the Y. NJ. c. A. health farm, died
OF tuberculosis at the county hospita!
In Denver on the 18th inst. He had
lived in Colorado for the last six
years and is a brother of Miss Clara
A. Stueven. head nurse at the county
hospital
Of the 800 census enumerators that
will be employed to take the federal
census in the northern district of Col
rado, the greater number will be wom-
en-, according to A. B. McGaffey. SUI
pervisor of the census for the district.
About 700 enumerators will be re-
quired in the state, and both men and
women are eligible.
In the District Court at Grand
ha
been pronounced: Homer Williams,
forgery, three to four years; Andres
Ramerez, grand larceny, three to four
years; Pete Romera, grand larceny,
three to four years; Robert Cones,
forgery, two to three years; S. Kane,
forgery, indefinite term in reforma-
tory.
District Attorney Davidson at
Pueblo has entered nolle in the case
of Felix Martinez, twice tried for the
murder of Patrolman Fred H. Barner,
the jury in both trials falling to agree.
Martinez was Immediately released.
He broke down, wept and told the Of
ficers that while he knew there were
some suspicious circumstances he was
not guilty of the crime.
Denver was fifteenth among the ci-
ties of the country in the matter of
the value of her building permits last
month, according to figures compiled
by Construction News. Denver was
one of the eleven cities of the
country to show a decrease from the
corresponding month of 1908, the
figures for this city being ST.
0O6625 for September, 1908, and
SS69,490 for September, 1909.
The Grand junction Gas & Electric
Company has contracted for 100000
worth of new machinery, which, when
installed, will double the present ca
pacity of the plant. This is in antici-
patton of the building OF the interur-
ban electric line, which will be sup
piled with power by this company.
This will be the second time the ca
pacity of the plant has been doubled
within twelve months.
Ovid Plum, first vice president Of
the Society of Union Colony Pioneers,
celebrated his eight.-sixth birthday
on the 11th inst. He is the only per-
son now living in Greeley who attend
ed the meeting which Horace Greeley
and N. C. Meeker called in New York
City at Cooper's Institute in 1868 for
the purpose of organizing Union Col
ony, which founded the city of Gree
ley.
The Colorado Sportsmen's associa.
ton held it's annual meeting at Den
yer Oct. IL, which was largely attend
cd Mat of int n
were discussed, after which the annu-
al election took place, resulting: j. F.
Engle, president; Herman Rauchfuss,
vice president; 7. +. Dolan. secretary.
The above officers, with the addition
of James Gratiot and ]. C. Schuster,
constitute the executive board.
Columbus day was celebrated at
Trinidad on most elaborate scale,
there being an immense crowd, among
them people from northern New Mex
leo and the various surrounding towns
and camps. Every coal mine in the
county closed and business was prac
tically suspended here, The feature
OF the celebration was parade in
which fully 1900 people took part and
in which were floats representing the
period from the time Columbus sailed
for the unknown world. down to the
discovery of the North pole. This pa
rade was reviewed by Governor Sha.
froth, who was the guest of the city
and the principal speaker.
The Colorado veterans held their
twenty-fifth annual reunion at the
Charles building in Denver a few days
since. The attendance was the light
est in tho history of the orpanization