The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1901-02-01
COLORADO NOTES.

A company is being organized IN
Denver to run electric automobile caos,
vans and express wagons
The January pay roll of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company II Pueblo was
sl4S, 600. which is $1,000 in excess OF
any month of last year
The Golden public schools, and the
School of Mines which were closed
two weeks on account of The sickness
Of many pupils. opened again Monday,
January 18th
The American Cattle Growers Asso-
cation recently formed during the
stockgrowers' meeting at salt Lake
City viii hold its first convention in
Denver March 9th
The agricultural experiment sta
ton at Fort Collins has a bulletin on
raspberries, blackberries, and other
bush fruits, now in press, which will be
sent to the regular mailing list and to
others who apply
The OIL Well Supply Company has
announced It's decision 10 build manu-
featuring machine shops At Florence
The structure viii be made of brick
steel and sheet iron, and will cost not
less than 10000.
The legislative committee now en-
gagged in investigating the coal strike
Is examining many witnesses and
seems 10 he inquiring very closely into
all the details of coal production and
the pay of miners
Secretary of State Mills has ap-
pointed Miss Florence Racland OF
Denver and Thomas Quinn of Ouray
10 be clerks in the brand department,
and Miss Estelle Persnell of Central
City to be stenographer-
Samuel Cobain- an employee of Geddis
& S-eerie at Cheesman lake. near Buff
falo Park committed suicide January
18th. a; o'clock by cutting his throat
with q razsc- seyering the jugular vein.
dying twenty minutes later.
The Pueblo county commissioners ap-
propriated $40 toward the support of
the Pingree gardens which have been
gerry successfully operated FOR two sea-
sons in Pueblo under the philanthropic
branch of the Woman-s Club
The Wonan's Club of Grand Juno
ton has received word from Andrew
Carnegie that he viii donate an addi-
ional $500 towards the erection Of
the new library building in Grand
Junction. The total sum now on hand
for building purposes alone is 5000.
The freight depot of the Denver &
Rio Grande railroad at Colorado
Springs was almost totally destroyed
by fire January Doth before daylight
in the morning. Night Waterman l.
C. Wells was found dead inside the
door and is supposed 10 have died from
suffocation.
1t was developed in the legislative
coal strike investigation committees
examination Of Mr.. Bartels, secretary
Of the Northern Coal Company. that
the mortgages on the companys prop
srty aggregate S2.OOO.Ocn and that the
property is valued at between $500
800 and 100000.
Frank Wallace who was convicted of
murder in the second degree for the
killing of Night Captain William c.
Rooney, January %. 1900. was SEN
fenced by Judge NJ. s. Bailey in the
District Court at Buena Visa 10 a term
Of not less than twenty-fi'e nor more
than forty-five years
Every effort is making for the ex-
tension of the city water works of Fort
Collins to point above the mouth of
the North Poudre, and the city engi-
neer, who has just completed the sur
vey. has submitted his report. which
gives an estimated cost of t9O.2S1. with
costs of settling reservoir and head
works added.
Farmers institutes have been held by
the Colorado State Agricultural Col
lege at Holly and Rocky Ford, and
others will be held at Longmont Love
land. Grand Junction, Glenwood
Springs and Montrose. The expert
ment station will soon issue a bulletin
ON Belgian hares, giving the results of
faa1iDp different kinds of food
The assessed valuation of Boulder
county is S6,2T2 220.1i. The assess
ment by towns is as follows: Boulder.
S1.67O.372.OS; Longmont. S6oO. 500 80;
Lafayette. S1O7, 645.53: Louisville. S6l,-
6OOO4; Ward. SOS, T04.33. and Eldora.
S43.249. The total county tax is S104,-
12i-46, and the total tax of all kinds,
state. county, school, etc, is $780,
7O546.
\ Farmers Institute has been organ
lied at Montrose. C. A. Redding was
chosen president, I. D. Nichols vice
president and Abe Roberts secretary.
An executive committee consisting OF
]. T. Heath. Aaron Walters. Mrs. BIZ
ram Dockstader and Mrs. ]. A. Fen
Ion, were selected 10 act with the Off
GERS and prepare a program to be sub
mitted at the next meeting. February
2 1901.
George Nelson, a Colorado Springs
contractor, has obtained a contract for
twelve miles of grading and construc-
ton work on the FL Paso & Northeast
ern railroad, now in course OF building
to meet the Rock Island. which is being
extended from Liberty. Kansas. The
home office of the company is at Ell
Paso. Mr.. Nelson will require nearly
fnr nd ,r-in hirn
them from Pueblo and Colorado
Springs -
Walter W. Shemwell. treasurer of
the Northwestern Oil & Coal Company
at Colorado Springs. received a tele-