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Show COLORADO NOTES. Akron Is fire years old nnd claims to be tha largtst city in the state east of llcDver. The handsome new building ot the Telluride First National ban will suun be erected. The Aspen Street Kailway rompany has leased its plant to J. 1'lynn, who expects lo run cars regularly. James K. Vaklens, a Mexican residing at Capulin. was thrown from his horss into tho Monte Vista canal and drowned on Monday. The News is making war on the unwholesome un-wholesome wells of West Denver, as impure water is one of the most fruit ful causes of disease. The Aspon Times savs that a favorable fa-vorable season bas already been guaranteed guar-anteed lo the fruit growers in the valleys val-leys of western Colorado a most bouu-tiful bouu-tiful crop. The two great state events of the year will be the mineral palace inaugural inau-gural at Tueblo and the laying of the corner stone of the soldiers' home at Monte Vista. In the district court of Tueblo Judge Judge Kwell pronounced sentence upon W. Jf. Davis, convicted of murdering Carrie Ornisby and Jauies Arnold. Davis will he hanged between July 18 r-..,. .,, .. . , n , , . , ., J ... Uil 2.J. - ' President-elect W. (i. Thompson of the Miami university, Oxford, has returned re-turned to I.ongmont and a warm welcome wel-come was extended to him by his friends. The position to T'hich he is elected is a high and reoponsible one, with the liberal salary of $3,000. The entire San Juan region appears to be feeling the impulse of the completion com-pletion of the Kio Grande Southern. ireat activity prevails among the mines, capital is being invested, the towns aro growing, and the season is certain to show a marked advaaca in that rich section of Colorado, |