The state herald., 1910-02-04
COLORADO NEWS

| Seconu autOniODlle SNOW In the Audi
sorium February 23rd to 26th.
Alex. j. Strachen, postmaster at Col
,rado Springs. has been appointed
custodian of the public building.
The Colorado Bankers Association
VIII holds its next annual meeting at
Grand Junction some time in Septem-
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Leroy Lewis, convicted at Boulder
Of the murder of Mike Clifford at
Marshall in October. 1909, has been
granted a new trial
The Platteville cannery will double
Its capacity the coming season, en-
large its buildings and construct a
boarding house for its help.
DIR. G. H. Slower and DR.. Edward
Delehanty. two prominent physicians
Of Denver, who were recently operated
upon for appendicitis. are rapidly re-
covering and will soon be well.
The Federated Trades committee at
Colorado Springs Endorsed that meat
boycott insofar as packers meat is
concerned. and whatever meat mem
bers require will be purchased from
producers direct
The Denver Chamber of Commerce
has now 70S active members and five
honorary ones. Its present total as
sets amount to S45.595. The new
building which it is preparing to erect
will cost about $4,000.
In suit before the Colorado SUI
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and Colorado Midland railways will at
tack the constitutionality Of the fenc-
ing law passed by the special session
Of the Legislature In 1902.
After celebrating three hours. a
Grand Junction jury found Walter
Johnson. charged with violation of the
local prohibition laws, guilty. This is
the first conviction secured since the
prohibition law went into effect last
April.
A new company of the Colorado Ma
tional guard is being formed in Den
yer TO include only college graduates
or those who have been two years in
college. The question is, whether ia
miliarity with football will render
them immune to cannon balls.
The Denver City park zoo has two
new arrivals in two baby brown bears.
The bears are very small and only
weigh from II to ii ounces each, while
the mother weighs nearly 400 pounds.
For three weeks the cubs will be una
BILE to sec. They will be helpless for
three months.
At meeting of the superintendent
OF the schools OF Fremont, Pueblo and
Custer counties II was decided TO hold
the annual teachers institute at Canon
City June 1926, inclusive. The in
structors will be Professors Milton c.
Potter and John F. Heating OF Pueblo,
Prof. Valentine Kirby OF East Denver
High, and Miss Mary G. Carson OF the
Montclair school. Denver.
NJ. Elliott Houston. United States
weather observers at Steamboat
Springs. has forwarded to Moffat road
headquarters In Denver n report OF
climatic conditions In Routt county in
1909. The record shows that 25.17
inches of moisture were precipitated
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was very evenly distributed among
the several months. There were no
floods or washouts.
Two trainmen were killed and three
others badly injured when extra
freight train locomotive No. 92i on the
Rio Grande exploded near In veta at
LIS o'clock on the morning OF Janu-
airy 25th. The dead are: William
Stiles. brakeman. Pueblo; c. 4. Koch.
Ter. fireman. Pueblo. Seriously injured:
]. c. Howard. engineer. Pueblo; G. w.
Barker. brakeman. Pueblo; c. Faulks.
conductor. Pueblo.
State Auditor Ready Kenehan re.
Gently received n notice from Warden
Felix O'Neill OF the State Reformatory
for Boys. saying that Commissioner
Stracey had returned s97 to the cash
fund OF the reformatory and that Com.
missioner Mum had paid back f20G.40.
These were the amounts which the
which the auditor has decided could
not properly be charged to the insti.
tuition.
Tho 100000 house OF granite and
marble at Braddock. Pa. known ms
"Lovejoy's Folly" will soon be turned
into an apartment house. according TO
ndyicos received at Colorado Springs.
y. r. y. Lovcjoy. formerly OF Colorado
Springs. was tho builder. but when the
house was once 10 be sold Mt auction
| FOR payment OF LoyeJoy's debts. An.
drew Carnegie came TO his rescue.
rnld oft all obligations and advanced
elm money TO complete tho structure.
Bishop Matz and the Sisters Of st
Francis are planning consumptlvos
hospital Mt Denver. to DO conducted ms
n branch OF st. Anthony's hospital.
II Is planned TO purchase land In Edge
water and erect n building 10 cost
about 100000. The patients who are
able will I'LL the land. The hospital
will be- opened 10 those who have no