The Springfield herald., 1905-11-03
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

tne NlSltOTs.
Dr. F. c. Buchtel. son of Chancellor
Buchtel of the University OF Denver.
has purchased the private sanatorium
OF DR.. Green at Monte Vista.
The widow of the late Willard Teller.
brother OF Senator II. NJ. Teller, Will
inherit his entire fortune, estimated at
$124.0OO. there being no children.
What troubles the Greeley starch
factories is that there are no small
potatoes this year; or at least the
farmers can't spare the time to handle
them.
A check of $6.020 in payment for the
last of the court house bonds, given by
the county commissioners October
26th, left Boulder county entirely free
from debt
Abe Williamson. aged flfty-fve years
farmer living near Housed school
house, about six miles east Of Boulder.
committed suicide few days since by
taking strychnine.
A civil service examination will be
held in Denver. November 22d. for
saddler in the Guartermaster's depart
ment at large. The salary in the posi-
ton is $545 year.
The new home for nurses at the
Cakes sanatorium in Denver. erected
at cost of $e5,s0O, was dedicated
October 26th. The money for the
home was contributed by William ID.
Sloane of New York.
The board of capitol managers has
let a contract for altering the north
entrance of the state house in Denver.
putting in a wider flight of steps and
making that the principal entrance.
The work will cost $4,75O.
The Colorado Springs members OF
the International Typographical Union
have decided in favor of an assess
ment OF so cents per week per mem
Der to support the fight of the union
throughout the country for an eight
hour day.
Attorney General Mills says that he
has received calls from the assessors
of Morgan and Logan counties and
that they have agreed to levy assess
ments according to the increased valu-
ations ordered by the state board OF
equalization.
The Holly Sugar Company has been
incorporated with a capital of $780,
O00 The directors are: Platt Rogers,
w. N. Wiley, Harry c. James, Ken
meth B. Schley, Michael Gavin, Grant
B. Schley, Dennis Sullivan and Viii
| liam r. Ryan.
The formal opening of the big sugar
factory will be the occasion of two
days harvest celebration at Sterling,
November 22nd and 23rd. A big bar
becue will be one of the attractions on
the second day and there will also be
fine display of agricultural pro
ducts, all of eastern and northern
Colorado being asked to take part.
The Grand Junction Chamber of
Commerce has commenced a campaign
| In behalf of the proposed sigh line
| canal Plans are being formulated to
send a committee to Washington this
winter and data is being secured to
inform the government. The Water
Users Association will cooperate In
the work and every effort will be put
forth to build the canal.
Register Woodruff of the State Land
Board will visit Mancos, Montezuma
county, November 25th. for the pur-
pose of selling at public auction ten
| quarter sections of land belonging to
| the State Agricultural College. Ten
| applications haze been received for the
land which lies partly under the Mon
tezuma Valley Irrigation Company's
ditch or will be in the proposed irriga-
tion district.
| Charles o. Peters, the only living
member of the trio of Ioungblood muir
derers, is beyond question hopelessly
insane, and his death sentence will be
| commuted. The physicians who have
examined him state that there is no
hope of his ever regaininS his sanity.
The reprieve granted in his case has
about expired but his condition is
such that there is said 10 be no chance
of the original sentence being carried
out.
This is the way Fremont county
cackles in the Denver Republican:
II. A. Tennis OF Florence has the most
productive hens ever raised in Fre-
mont county. He has one hen that has
brought off three settings of young
ones this year, four that laid every dag
during the summer. a spring chicken
that is not five months old that is the
mother of thirteen young chickens, and
three that are not four months old
that have begun to lay
Seven persons were injured in a
wreck which occurred at the Colorado
G. Southern depot at Golden shortly
before o'clock Friday morning. II
was caused by switch engine No. 442
becoming unmanageable at the brick
yard siding and running away, collid-
ing with the westbound train. A col
lision with the heavily loaded east
bound train, which might have caused
more damage, was prevented by the
presence of mind and rapid action of
Conductor O'Mara in turning switch.
Elliott A. Ransom of Denver has
been placed on the regular list of Off
GERS of the Bureau of Child and Animal
Protection. The business has become
so heavy that two men were unable to
attend to it. 1t usually increases in
the winter months when stock is neg
lected. Mr. Ransom will do a large
part of the travelling near Denver, leav-
ing Mr.. Tuft more time for his work.,
and it will not then be necessary to
call Mr.. Kerr in from the outside so
frequently.
Miss Katherine Craig, state superin-
tendent of public instruction, is noti-
flying the teachers of the state that
questions in the December eXamina-
tions will deal largely with facts per-
tanning to the historical settlement of
the northwestern territory and school
Sanitatio and decoration,