The Delta independent., 1911-03-10
ITEMS OF COLORADO
Epents of Importance
Throughout the State
Log Bite Fatal for Baby.

ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Julian Acosla,
died at Trinidad Saturday as the
result of being bitten by a mad dog
/ five weeks previous. A few days
after the injury the wound appear
ed to be healed, but on Wednesday
of last week the child was taken
with convulsions which led up to
her death.
Injured in "A Duel With Axes.
| r. T. Anderson, a wealthy ranch
er on Hannah Creek, near Grand
Junction, and Joseph Pullian. a for
mer employe, fought a duel with
axes on Anderson's ranch Saturday.
After throwing axes at each other
several times and missing, Pullian
was finally struck in the side OF
his head. He will recover. Ander-
son gave himself up to the sheriff
| The two men quarreled over the
possession of kitchen utensils.
Murd7rrr CerIared Insane.
lie Roy Lewis Of Greeley, SEN
tenced to one year in the peniten-
tiary in April. 1910 for killing Mike
/ Shepperd in a drunken fight at Mar
shall, was declared insane in the
county court Monday and committed
to the state asylum. Lewis was re-
leased from the penitentiary before
he had served his full time He
labored under the delusion that he
should be behind the bars and when
sentence was passed. expressed him
self as glad
Absorhs Lumber Company.
The Gibson Lumber company has
absorbed the Peoples Lumber com
pany at Fruita after a fight for
proxies lasting over a month. The
| Peoples company was organized by
the ranchers about six months ago
and forced down the price of lum-
Der from $50 to Sl2 a thousand feet
and the old companies were almost
forced out of business. Instead of
starting a lumber war, however. the
Gibson people quietly began buying
up stock in the farmers company.
Caught Mailing Threatening Letter.
Henry Balm was arrested Satur-
day at Ouray by Sheriff knight 1t
is charged he was caught mailing a
threatening letter to Barney vanoli.
demanding $500. Vanoli, an TAI
ian business man. received a SINH
lar letter lest week. A companion
arrested with Balm has been re-
lrased The alleged passing of
counterfeit gold pieces is said 70 ex-
nlain the presence of a secret sarv-
ice man here Balm is a sawmaker
and an expert mechanic. He has not
been working at his trade for some
time.
Deny Stratton Marriage
Colonel E. J. Eaton and T. j.
Wright, pioneers of FL Paso county
and intimate friends of the late
W. S. Stratton, both declare that
Stratton never lived in Texas and
could not have been the husband
of Mrs. Sarah Kennedy, the Lead
vile woman who claims to have been
the wife of the millionaire. Mrs
Kennedy says she married STRAIT
ton in Texas, but Eaton and Wright
are positive that Stratton came here
from Nebraska in 1872 and that
previously he had lived in Indiana
Ills Meredith's Father Dead.
Frank A. Meredith, father of
Miss Ellis Meedith, pesident of the
Denver board of election commits
sioners, died Saturday after brief
illness. He was 76 years old. Mr..
Meredith came to Colorado in the
early COS and was identified with
the upbuilding of the state He
was once managing editor of the
Rocky Mountain News and later b
came intere sted in a news aper at
Fort Lupton. He is survived by his
wife and daughter.
Boiler ENrlotics; Conductor Dies.
Conductor George Brown of the
Santa Fe railroad died last Satur-
day of injuries sustained the day
before in the explosion of loco mo-
tive near Earl station. eighteen
miles east of Trinidad. Brown was
in the cab at the time Both of
his eyes We're blown out and he was
badly scalded about the face and
body. His home was at Ration. Geo,
Wooster the engineer, who was
severely scalded. is in serious CON
dition. Adolph zueph. fireman, and
John Dale, brakeman, were slight
ly burned. Lack of water in the |
boiler is said to have caused the |
explosion.
Mountain Sheep Caught Near Our,y.
Mountain sheep those rare and |
beautiful creatures to be found only /
in the highest attitudes. are now
paying daily visits to Ouray and |
are attracting much attention and |
admiration. On the cliffs Just above |
the railroad station, and within n /
few hundred feet of the platform. |
from three to fourteen of the mag
nificent animals have grazed every |
day for week. Many photographs |
have been made. A few days ago.
near the Camp Bird mills, big