The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1913-01-17

| ern Stock Show-Denver.
Two children were found frozen to
death in a wagon between Rifle and
Meeker. 49,
Denver ranks fifth as to bank clear
jngs in 1912 in list OF Western cities
prepared by R. g. Dun & Co.. e. ..,..
John Crowley, aged fifty-four. who
was brought to Denver when a BABY
in 1859, died in Colorado Springs
Three hundred and fifty thousand
dollars in building permits was the
record Of Trinidad in the year 1912. !
Express service is now "a reality,
with the Montclair and Aurora patrons
of the Denver City Tramway Company.
Senator Arthur Cornforth OF Colo
RADIO springs slipped on the ice In Den
YER and suffered a fracture OF the leIt
arm. - rt
A $4,000 mangle ironing machine :,
was completely wrecked in a steam ex.
plosion occurring in the Bouldry laun-
dry plant. =
Peter Forte, ON trial at Pueblo for
the murder of his wife, took the stand
and proved an excellent witness in his
own defense. :, AL.
A petition has been placed in circu-
lation for the transportation Of North
Longmont, with the end in view that 8
saloons may again be opened. -.--, :,
Albert T. Patrick's daughter, Lucille. &.
whose romantic marriage to Dart
mouth student, Paul Martin, took place
last July, will seek divorce. =
Mrs. Sibilla Marie Steinel, sixty
seven, for three years resident OF
Denver, died at Los Angeles, where
She had been visiting sons family. K.
The fourth child to be accosted by
an unknown man in the neighborhood
Of the Elmwood school in T uver, Is
Rosemura Settler. eight years old.
]. A. Gray of Wellington is in the
hospital at Fort Collins suffering with
badly shattered leg. the result 81
the explosion of a homemade heating.
plant.
The frozen body of William Conhlin.
magistrate of Lakeside, and champion
skater at the White City, was found
in his cottage, just outside the'Eates Of
| the park. '''" -
Mrs. ]. c. Arthur st. James. who
was married at Montrose on Christ
mas Day, died at her home In Tel
iuride from pneumonia. She waste
| years old. -'''. ''''
Annual passes have been issued .fQF
| the first time to members of the state
railroad commission by the Denver &
| Rio Grande and the Colorado & South
| ern railroads. ,l,., -. ~.
Erich H. Asmussen. a. Colorado :pio-
neer and for, many years prominent
In different interests at Cripple Creek.
| died at his Denver home on his atXty-
third birthday ~ ~ ig.i '.-,...vsi,
b. Sister Superior Donata. for. the, past
twenty-one years In charge OF the st.
| Clara's orphanage in Denver, died fol-
lowing two-weeks' Illness and;a sud
| den attack of pneumonia.
Over. 100000 young trout. supplied
| by the national and state fish hatch
cries, we're placed in the lakes and
streams Of Colorado. during the year
1912 by the Colorado & Southern Rail
way Company.
For the purpose Of inducing the Leg
ielature to vote an ample appaQpria-
| ton for Colorado building at the. Pan
anna exposition in 1916. G. 8. Scott.
peommissioner Of the exposition. was
| in Denver. o'H'
The Denver Knothole Club will hold
| Its annual convention in Denver be-
ginning January 81 and continuing
three days. Its members belong to
the Colorado-Wyoming Lumber Deal
ers' Association.
The Morrisania ranch. Just south of
the town of Grand Valley, FORMERLY
\ owned by Phillip R. Morris of Denver
and more recently owned by the EHr-
risania Fruit and Land Company, was
sold for s26O,oOO.
Sister Hannah Austin. eighty-four.
well-known religious and charitable
worker Of Denver and a wellknown
member of ST.. Marks parish. fell on
one of the downtown streets andas In
st Luke's hospital in critical con-
dition. !. -. =. j.
Bonds have been sold III Chicago to
the amount Of 100000. for the: con.
l ctiuSIAoA VI oeAN
from Yeckel Junction, on thS Rio
Grande railroad in Mesa County. to
Collbran. twenty-five miles through
the Plateau valley. {
Mrs. C. NJ Howard saved Herself
from serious burns when herr hair
caught fire In gasoline explosion in
Denver by calmly removing ths hair
from her head and throwing 1t 8dt the
door. She remarked after the fife had
been 'extinguished thats:she had been
saved by hair, and false hair, at
that.
All records for bank clearinss7in Pu-
eblo were broken last year. according
to report issued by R. G. Duns& Co.
The clearings total for 1911 'was $685.
344,516.O8 and for 1912 1t was 35,7S6,-
41411. gain of more than $2,o00.000
for the year, OF $4,000 day.
With tho arrest and successful pros
ccution of two men and the seizure of
three slaughtered deer, Deputy, Game
Warden Frank Hayes believes he has