The Elbert County tribune., 1912-11-01
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring ovsr the
state Worth While.

was dedicated with impressive cere-
mories.
Mrs. Perry Spencer died at Duran
go as q result of burns received when
her dress caught fire.
Charles M. Kruger, 80 years old,
who had battled against death for six
years, died of Brights disease in Den
yer.
Impressive ceremonies marked the
laying of the cornerstone for the
Henry ]. Warren Memt 1al Library
building in Denver.
A Colorado & Southern freight
train struck and killed Charles C.
Chamberlain. pioneer of Las Animas
county, at Trinidad.
Early arrests are promised in con-
nection with the murder of Jesse H.
Stingley, the detective whose body
was found at Utah Junction.
The United States forest service
will spend $4,000 this year toward
the construction of good roads in the
rational forests of the state.
There are on exhibition in Craig two
turnips weighing nineteen and twenty
three pounds apiece. They were raised
by Lee Webb. dry farmer. living
twenty miles west of Craig.
John Cardinal Farley and Monsig-
nori Lewis and Lavelle were enter
talked at dinner given in their honor
by Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Campion at
their residence in Denver.
Miss Virginia Lewis. until few
days ago the leading lady in the
southern division of THE Rosary"
Company. died following an operation
at the Mercy hospital in Denver.
The body of Emile Ross. who was
killed by his son, Howard, in Denver,
is ready for burial. Two undertake
ers have orders to conduct the funeral
and both are awaiting word from Mrs.
Ross.
Magistrate Thrush, who, with E. R.
Morris and c. ]. Gavin of Denver, was
ordered ousted from office by a rul-
ing of the Supreme Court, declares he
will file a petition for a rehearing in
the case.
Warnings that the Antero dam, two
miles above Hartzel. is in danger of
breaking, caused formers for miles
down the valley to abandon their
homes and take their families to high
er ground.
The annual smoker of the Univer-
sity of Colorado law school was held
at Boulder. Several state officials.
members of the Supreme Court and
court of appeals. and the entire Boul-
der Bar Association attended.
In the year 1912 nearly s17,OoO.ooo
was collected by all the taxing bodies
in the state of Colorado. Herbert
E'airall. secretary of the new state tax
commission. has compiled the figures.
The exact total of money collected is
S16,931 .566.16.
The funeral of Frank NJ. Davis.
builder of the first iron works in Den
yer and a member Of the Denver Driv-
ing Club, who died in California, was
held from the residence of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Talbot K. Wonderley, in
Denver.
Pueblo county is $547,111 richer than
e year ago. according to the report of
County Assessor Samuel McCoun de-
livered to the county commissioners.
The assessed valuation of Pueblo coun-
ty is $27,962.720. A year ago it was
$27.415,609
Thirty rattlesnakes were killed by
Frank Coykendall and John Funk of
Platteville during a hunting trip. The
two men killed two coyotes, scores of
rabbits and ducks on the trip and
found the rattlers more numerous than
at any time before.
The official figures given out by
the elections commission show that
87,007 people In Denver registered for
the election of November s. The reg
istration is greater by several thou
sand than any ever before recorded
in Denver.
The fact that the general education
board of the Rockefeller foundation
har donated 100000 to the Denver uni
versity, conditional upon the raising of
100000 additional in the state of Col
orado, has aroused the Methodists of
this state to condition of great activ-
ity. and very earnest attempt will
be made to secure contributions to the
extent of the amount required to make
the Rockefeller donation available.
Suffering from nervous shock, Miss
Gertrude Hunt. aged IT. employed as
a nurse girl by Mrs. James De Lisle,
Of Denver. is confined to her home
at 1864 Usage street. as result of
series Of encounters with an uni
Identified man. Delirious the greater
part Of the time. Miss Hunt. during
lucid intervals. maed statements
which have convinced the authorities
that man. whose identity is not
known to her, but of whom she can
give a fairly good description, at
tackled her in the street and rnada