The Springfield herald., 1909-05-14
STATE NEWS ITEMS


three days.
In the District Court at Pueblo on
the 1st inst, Ed Hager recently con-
victed of the murder of Mrs. Eliza
beth James, was sentenced to death
during the week of August 14th.
May 18th and 18th will be designated
by Mayor Eugard of Pueblo as clean
up days. The action of the mayor
was taken on recommendation of the
Pueblo Real Estate exchange.
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.
Measurements taken at the Roose-
welt deep drainage tunnel in the Grip
pie Creek district show total gain
for the month of April of 9S6 feet, said
to be record for tunnel driving in any
country.
While carrying quantity of dyna-
mite through drift of the Yak tunnel
at Leadville, Andrew Person, aged for
ty-two, fell, and with sufficient force
to explode the powder, which killed
him instantly.
The Rev. Father Francis A. O'Neil,
for six years pastor of st. Dominic's
church, and one of the most popular
Catholic priests in Denver, died at his
home in Denver on the 9th inst, from
valvular disease of the heart
The first school house built in Weld
county, in 1867, is still standing and
school is in session in 1t just as it has
been for the last forty-two consecutive
years. 1t is in District No. l on St.
Vrain creek in the vicinity of Rim.
Plans have been completed for the
opening of 15-000-acre tract under
the Carey act in the southern part of
La Plata county, and the drawing,
which is expected to attract hundreds
of land seekers, has been set for July
18th. The managing company, which
has already started work on the reser-
voirs and bitches, is bonded to supply
the area with water.
Plans are completed at Greeley for
the new training school TO be erected
on the State Normal school cam
pus east of the library. This building
will cost 100000 and will be com
pleted by the fall of 1910 The State
normal has the largest enrolment now
in its history, having about 1900 pu-
pills. Dr. R. E. Winship, editor of the
New England Journal of Education of
Boston, will deliver the graduation ad-
dress.
Denver. - Governor Shafroth has
raised the estimate for the general
revenues of the state 100000 because
of the splendid showing made by in
comes from the inheritance tax law.
The original estimates placed the in
come from the inheritance tax law at
100000. Governor Shafroth added
100000 to this. The result will be
that many legislative appropriations
may be saved by this fact which would
otherwise have been vetoed by the
governor.
In response to telegram sent by
the Commercial association at Boul-
der notifying Senators Guggenheim
and Hughes that the association
stands ready to send n delegation to
Washington to assist in securing
duty on tungsten ore, message was
received from Senator Hughes saying:
Some qualified man, fully informed
concerning the industry and having
had experience in legislation and po-
litical management, might be service1
able and could at least make sure that
the case was fully presented"
"The proposed great automobile
highway between Denver and Canon
City can be built by convict labor in
the next two years If the cities, coun-
ties and good roads associations inter-
ested in the project will supply food,
tools and blasting powder for the la
borers.." Such was the announcement
made by Warden Thomas lyman of
the State Penitentiary at Canon City,
who called upon Governor Shafroth at
the State capitol. 81 have 200 men
that l could put upon the job practi-
cally at once" he said.
Samuel Jaffa pioneer resident
and first mayor of Trinidad and for
more than quarter of century prom
iuently identified with the largest bus
mess interests of Trinidad and neigh
boring districts, died at Trinidad on
the 4th inst. from pneumonia. Mr..
Jaffa was an uncle of Nathan JaSfa,
secretary OF New MEXICO, ana u mein-
ber of the firm of Jaffa Bros, known
throughout Southern Colorado and
New Mexico as leading merchants and
business men. He is survived by a
widow and six children-Dr. Perry
Jaffa of Trinidad, Joseph Jaffa, well
known Denver attorney; Mrs. Max May
of Detroit Mrs. Meyer Mansbach of
Trinidad, and Mrs. l.. ID. Gump and
Mrs. NJ. l. Gump, both of Johnson City,
Tenn. The Jaffa family is widely
known throughout the Southwest. A
brother, Sol II. Jaffa. is city treasurer
of Trinidad and all of the members
of the family are prominent in the
business world.
Prominent capitalists of Lawrence,
Kans., are said to be organizing CON
struction company, which will finish
the Kansas Colorado railroad, on
which work was suspended several
months ago. The construction COM
pany will be incorporated in Kansas
and former Congressman Bowersock
will ha tho preSident