The Delta independent., 1910-09-02
ITEMS OF COLORADO
Euents of Importance
Throughout the State

YER real estate man, died in that
city Friday. His death was caused
by injuries received in a run away.
The shaft house with all the
machinery at the Pride of Cripple
Creek mine on Iron Clad hill near
Cripple Creek, was destroyed by fire
of an unknown origin the latter part
of last week.
Secretaries of the various COM
mercial organizations of Western
Colorado, met in Pueblo Tuesday,
the date of the visit to that city OF
Colonel Roosevelt, and perfected a
permanent organization.
j. NJ. Donahue was arraigned be-
fore justice court in Pueblo Friday,
charged with snatching purse from
Miss Ada Brownell at the Union
station at that city Friday. In court
he denied even seeing the complain
ant.
A. r. Forbes, a well known Colo
RADIO druggist, owner of stores IN
Denver, Georgetown, Leadville and
Grand Junction, died Monday fore
noon. He had just made "a trip over
Argentine pass. which is given as
the cause of his death.
w. R. Johnson, an employee OF
the Antlers hotel at Color ado Springs
was taken into custody by the police
Saturday. quantity of silverware
and other property belonging to the
hotel was found in Johnson's room,
where it had evidently been secret
ed.
The lowest temperature in the
history of Pueblo, was recorded at
the weather bureau of that city on
last Friday morning when the mer-
curry dropped 80 degrees. 1t rose
gradually from that time. the maxi
mum temperature for the day being
rs degrees.
The mangled body of a man, evil
IDENTIFY a foreigner. was found on
the Colorado & Southern tracks not
far from Pueblo Saturday night. He
had been run over by train, al
though swithmen in the yards knew
nothing of it. The man had evident
ly been a laborer.
The explosion of coal oil stove
in the home of Rev. Milton Fish,
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at Pueblo, caused a fire which dam
aged the home to the extent of ST.
600 and caused the loss of
diamond ring, the property of Mrs.
Fish. The ring had been left in
plate and was lost in the debris.
AS the result of a cutting ARRAY
at l o'clock Monday morning. in
La Junta saloon, John Cooper. who
is a resident of that place, is in the
hospital with deep knife wound in
his abdomen and the chances are
against his recovering. Jose Sosa,
a Mexican, is under arrest for the
stabbing of Cooper, and il the injury
proves fatal, he will be charged with
murder in the first degree.
The Santiago mill near George
town, was totally destroyed by fire
last Saturday evening. More than
100000 damage was said to have
been done, and only $4,000 insur-
ance was carried on the plant. The
fire is believed to have been of in
origin. A fire a short time
previous was attributed to sparks
from an engine, but the flames OF
this fire were not discovered for two
hours after the engine had gone by.
William Stanley. who claims the
indoor championship for five and
ten miles, was defeated Friday even
ing by Saul Halyve. the young In
dian runner of Grand Junction. Stan
lev tainted at the end of the ! 1th
mile. Halyve ran for l s. miles when
his trainers stopped him. Fully l.
500 people witnessed the race at the
lair grounds. the course being light
ed with electric lights. The In
dams time for Is miles, was 1:34:-
25.
President w. F.. Slocum. of Colo
RADIO College, Is expected home from
Europe September IL. Dean Edward
S. Parsons, who has been spending
the summer at Michillinda. Mich.
will also be home by that time and
the college will open for new year
september 14th. The enrolment of
freshmen this year will exceed 2oO.
an increase over previous years and
the largest student body in the his
tory of the college is indicated by
the applications that are coming In.
Complaint has been filed in the
Boulder county court by Fish and
Game Commissioner Holland, agains
S. Pells, superintendent of the brew
cry there, charging him with de-
stroying hundreds of fish. An amo-
MIA pipe bursted and the fluid was
allowed to flow in the Boulder river.
when the fish and game commission
err claims, it might as wall have been
diverted into a nearby pond. When
the fish were killed many citizens OF
Boulder waded into the stream with
Burlap sacks and gathered har-
vest of trout. The penalty to destroy
ing the fish as charged by Holland.
is a fine or Imprisonment or both.
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