The Elbert County tribune., 1902-11-06
COLORADO BRIEFS.

that purpose Saturday.
George j. Bancroft has been appoint
ed consulting engineer of all the mines
Of the estate OF the late w. S. Stratton.
He is a son OF DR.. f. J. Bancroft OF
Denver.
Next year. with the promise of an
abundant water supply and increased
acreage in beets. will bring the valua-
tion CT this new Weld county product
to upward Of 100000.
In pursuance of the provisions of the
national Irrigation act about 300 home
steads have been taken up under the
/ Pawnee reservoir near Sterling, and
filings steadily continue.
| A number OF Longmont farmers have
organized a Percheron Breeders Asso-
citation and have purchased a thor
oughbred registered Percheron stallion
direct from French importers.
The Joint ticket agency OF Colorado
Springs reports that between 10000
and $1,000 tourists visited Colorado
Springs this season. This number Is
about twenty-five per cent. in excess OF
last years total.
The Office OF the State Land Board is
doing good work in collecting back
royalties due on mineral leases. Sew
eral hundred dollars have been re-
celved SO far and a number of thou
sands are expected.
The Colorado Terminal Lines Asso-
citation has granted a round trip rate
of one fare PLUS 50 from all points In
Colorado, except the Cripple Creek dis
trict, in connection with the National
Live Stock Association, which con-
venes at Kansas City on January 18th.
Stephen j. Donleavy of Denver was
presented with a solid silver dinner set
by the Arapahoe county Hibernians on
Thursday night in recognition OF his
services rendered during the Hiberni-
an national convention in Denver last
summer. As county president he con-
tributed largely to its success.
The $4,000 worth of gravity pressure
water bonds lately voted by Sterling
are being negotiated and ground Will
soon be broken for construction of the
water system. the preliminary work of
thorough preparation of the sources of
water supply. seven miles out OF the
city. having already been begun.
Railroad men estimate that nearly
10000 homeseekers, including the bet
ter class of emigrantS. have located
within the confines of Colorado and the
adjoining states during the past month.
The heavy travel on homeseekers' tick
cts. which has been maintained since
the rates were put into effect, is being
greatly augmented.
N. Daughitt. live stock agent for the
Missouri Pacific road. states that the
business of the new Pueblo stock yards
since the opening has far exceeded the
..xgra futl lafag s.f hA aan a
stated that If the stock business in
creased in the same ratio for another
year Pueblo would be the live stock
center Of the West
The railroads have arranged a one
and one-fifth fare for the Arkansas
Valley Teachers Association meeting
which will be held in La Junta Satur-
day, November 29th. Every county in
southeastern Colorado from Canon
City to the Kansas state line. will be
represented and II is believed the asso-
ciation's meeting will be one of the
most largely attended in its history.
II. W. Hawley and Shannon G. Lees
of the state engineers office have gone
on an overland trip to the Nebraska
state line for the purpose OF measuring
the seepage water of the South Platte
river The investigation will show
how much water returns to the river
after being used for irrigation, and is
made every two years.
Sterling bids fair TO become one OF
the great beet sugar centers of the
West, her sugar prospects now includ-
ing that of the George Gardiner Syndi-
cate of Colorado Springs. a factory to
be established by eastern capitalists,
whose personnel is as yet withheld.
and a pending deal with President w
ID. Hoover OF the Eaton Sugar Com
pany.
Ten new trains have been built for
the Santa Fe by the Pullman company
at cost of 81 900, 900. for transconti-
J mental use between Chicago, Denver
J and California. An entirely new serv-
| ice will be established Sunday, Novem-
ber 10th, with seven-car trains, and
the running time between Denver and
Los Angeles and between Chicago and
Los Angeles will be shortened more
than an hour.
More than a half million dollars has
already been invested in buildings in
Denver this month. Mondays permits
to build brought the total to almost
S5S0.000. In view of the fact that the
fall usually is dull season among
architects and building contractors the
investment is phenomenal. Last sum
mer's strikes among unions engaged in
building trades are to some extent re-
sponsible for the activity.
A verdict of acquittal was brought in
by the jury in the case of Mrs. Uplide
Vallie, at Fairplay, charged with be-
ing an accomplice of July Baker. who
was convicted of the murder of her
husband some time ago. Mrs. Vallie
was little moved and did not seem sur
prised by she result. Her sister. Mrs
Murton. thanked the jury and the court
and then there was a rush of all the
. women in the court room to congratu-
late Mrs. Vallie.