The Delta independent., 1910-07-29
ITEMS OF COLORADO
Euents of Importance
Throughout the State

Trouble is being had with trout
dynamiters up through South park.
A strenuous effort is being made to
catch the guilty parties and punish
them for such a cowardly ruination
of the good sport of fishing.
District Attorney Elliott of DEN
yer, has filed inform alton against
the japanese who has been in GUS
tody for some time. charging him
with the murder of Mrs. Kathrine
Wilson on May 9th, last. He will be
tried at an early date.
The furnaces of the new smelter
at Alma were blown in last week,
and the plant started off without a
hitch. Alma is one of the Oldest
camps in the state, and this event
is probably the starting of the
wheels that will bring her back to
former fame.
A. B. McFall. civil engineer for
the Hardscrabble irrigation district,
near Florence, has completed the
preliminary survey of the system
and is now at work figuring the es-
timated cost of construction. The
estimates will be ready to submit to
voters in few days.
A telegram received Saturday by
Mrs. Anna C. Mitchell of Colorado
Springs. informed her that her son
Arthur, an electrician in the navy
and on duty on the flag ship Ala
bama. had been accidentally killed
while making some electrical con-
nections on the vessel
Walter Hodgins, Gladys Carlyle
and Leona Adams, of Grand juno
ton, were instantly killed near that
city Sunday afternoon. when Denver
q Rio Grande passenger train No.
Is crashed into the automobile in
which they were riding as they
were crossing the track.
The dead body of young miner
was found near the summit of Mt.
Mcclellan last Saturday. 1t is be
lieved that the young man was in
search of work and in crossing the
mountain became entangled with a
feed wire of the Union Hydro-Elec-
trio Co, and was electrocuted.
A gold strike regarded as the
most important in the history of the
Clear Creek district, has caused a
rush to the upper part of that dis
trict. The new vein. which is from
three to five inches wide and cover
ed with free gold. is said to run
several hundred dollars to the ton.
After waiting 46 years, Joseph
volby. of Canon City. a veteran of
the Civil war, has received notice
from the War Department that his
bounty for re-enlistment in 1864,
has been awarded. The sum will
reach 5000 and. comes as a surprise,
as Mr.. volby had given up all hope
long ago of ever getting his pay.
Roy Cutler, chief electrician at
the Victor Fuel Company's plant at
Aguilar, was electrocuted at the
switch board last Friday night. and
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nett, lost her life in attempting to
drag his body from the wires. There
were no witnesses to the double
tragedy. Cutler was a member of
the Elks and Masons, and had but
recently taken the position.
]. o. Mickens of Beaver Park,
Monday gave his wife a check for
SIS to take to Florence to get cash
ed. Instead of returning with the
money Mrs. Mickens sent an officer
with a summons to divorce suit,
asking for a complete separation
and alimony. She also makes a
cruelty charge. Mr.. Mickens claims
there is no grounds for divorce and
will fight the case as well as demand
the return of his $75. The couple
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