The Glenwood post., 1909-05-08
STATE NEWS ITEMS


the State Board of Health
Secretary Boggess of the Colorado
Chautauqua Association. is receiving
letters indicating large attendance
to the summer session commencing
July 4th.
The discovery of two cases of sup
posed rabies in dogs in Greeley has
postponed the revoking of the ordi-
nance which requires that all dogs be
kept at home or be shot
In the District Court at Pueblo on
the list inst, Ed Hager, recently con-
victed of the murder of Mrs. Eliza
beth James, was sentenced to death
during the week of August 14th.
The annual conference of the Colo
rado Methodist Episcopal church will
open in Pueblo on September Sth. The
conference will be held in St. Paul
church and Bishop Berry will preside.
| Rev. Benjamin Brewster, who will
be consecrated Episcopal bishop of
western Colorado June 17th has an
nounced that he will make his future
home in Glenwood Springs.
Measurements taken at the Roose
welt deep drainage tunnel in the Grip
pie Greek district, show total gain
for the month of April of 9S6 feet, said
to be a record for tunnel driving in any
country.
| While Rev E. B. Taft of the Bap-
tist church at Cripple Creek was
preaching on the high moral standard
of the human race Sunday night, a
burglar was at work in his apartments
adjoining the church, and secured two
valuable diamond rings.
o. S. Kelly son of a wealthy man of
| Springfield, O., who was extensively
interested in mines in western Colo
RADIO. and who has been here getting
practical mining experience, was seri-
ously injured by cave-in in the Lib
erty Bell mine at Telluride, where he
was working, on the End inst. He suf-
fered fracture of the jaw, a sprained
ankle and badly injured back.
An increasing demand for power for
irrigation purposes is noted by the
Northern Colorado Power Company.
whose transmission lines extend over
.Noi 'hSi II >oiclauo. WI uC"
ing plants are being installed near
Longmont to raise water above the
bitches for irrigation, and inquiry is
coming from all parts of the district
reached by the line.
Denver City troop, classified on the
roster as Troop B, First squadron of
cavalry, carried off the honors of the
Eirct 81
field competition of the National Guard
of Colorado, at the Denver range May
End, winning the team and individual
matches. Private A. Smith of Troop
B won the individual match by to-
tai score of AIS points.
Now that the supply of water as
furnished by the Antero and Lost Park
reservoir is assured, the Antero Reser
voir Company has arranged for storing
the water carried to Denver by it's
High Line ditch by the purchase of the
Toll Gate and Platte Land reservoirs
north and east of the city. The trans
fer of the Toll Gate reservoir located
just east of the Windsor farm involves
an expenditure of about $250,O0O
"lllldu LOISluOltl, WHO SHOl anu
killed Charles Reide at Denver be-
cause of an insulting remark which he
said Reidel had made about his di-
vorced wife, will get new trial I'M
er an opinion written by Chief Justice
Steele of the Supreme Court, handad
down Monday. Longinotti was SEN
fenced to death during the week of
July 26th by Judge Greeley w. Whit
ford Of the District Court in Denver.
1t is estimated that the fruit crop
on the Western slope this year will ag-
gregate nearly 5000 carloads, requir-
ing eighteen carloads of paper to
wrap the individual peaches, pears,
plums and apricots, without counting
the apples. Fruit growers are al
ready appealing to the railroads to ar
range for furnishing the thousands of
extra people who will be required to
pick the crop, and for moving the crop
after it is picked.
In the District Court at Golden May
list, verdict for $1,000 for the plain
tiff was rendered by the jury in the
case of Sarah A. Stock VS.. The Big Five
Mining Company, after deliberating
the entire night Mrs. Stock sued for
$4,000 for injuries alleged to have
been caused by defective bathtub
owned by the company at Idaho
Springs. This was the third trial of
the case, the first resulting in a ver-
dict for $1,000. which was set aside;
and the second in hung jury.
The Board of Commissioners Of the
Colorado Soldiers and Sailors Home
at Monte Vista, composed of l.. H.
Cheney. o. S. Storrs, A. N. Jones and
H. c. Watson, passed resolutions of
regret on the retirement of Comman-
der c. S. Aldrich. The resolutions
characterize him as an efficient Off
Ger, without fear and without graft"
and express the belief that sit will be