The state herald., 1905-02-17
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

A chamber Of commerce has been
organized at Fruita with seventy.seven
charter members.
The American De Forest Wireless
Telegraph Company has begun the In
stallation Of Its plant at Denver.
A large Organization has been
formed at Montrose to build up Mont
rose county Ind advertise its re-
sources.
The Grand Acrie Of the Fraternal
Order Of iagles. will be held In Den.
yer next August and Is expected to at
tract nearly $4,000 visitors.
The Moffat road proposes to estab-
lish a daily milk train service early
next spring between Denver and tho
big ranches In Middle Park.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany is contemplating installing cleo
tricity instead Of steam power for the
operation Of It's coal mines In Ere
mont county.
CAPTAIN Winfield Scott Grove, for.
merly with the First Colorado and well
known In this state, has recently been
appointed senior Inspector at Leyte,
Philippine islands.
| An eastern company Is said to be In.
vestlgating deposits of salt said to ex-
lst east and north OF Pueblo with q
view to building refinery II results
appear TO Justify 1t.
The comptroller of the currency has
authorized the Union National Bank OF
Greeley to begin business with $780,.
900 capital. II. y Harper Is president
and E. J. Decker cashier.
The United States Senate has con.
| hrmed the nominations OF f. NJ.
Downer rs superintendent, Wilbur
Hodgson assayer and J. w. Nilsson
melter and reiincr Of the Denver mint
Thirteen members Of the Gallaudet
College Alumni Association baaqucted
at the Albany hotel In Denver on the
| 10th inst. Some very eloquent
| speeches are said to have been handed
| out
The Denver Chamber OF Commerce
has reduced Its Initiation fee from $25
to $40 and removed all limitations as
| to membership. An effort viii be
made to increase the membership to
5000.
Postmaster o. W. Richardson OF
Longmont died on the 9th inst. at the
age of ~ years. He had been post
master for six years. During the civil
war he served in the Twelfth Illinois
cavalry.
The new Fremont county hospital at
the poor farm near Canon City has
been completed at cost of $4,000. 1t
will accommodate sixty patients and
there are six padded cells for insane
patients.
At the recent first annual meeting
OF the Phillips County Farmers lhsti-
tute at Holyoke dry weather farming
was discussed and II was planned to
make experiments of farming by wind
mill irrigation.
Captain John Brodie Brooks. a vet.
eran of the Civil War. died at Aspen
February 7th at the age of seventy.
seven years. Captain Brooks camo
to Colorado in 1850 and was builder o.
the first smeltcr at Ashcroft.
The Amo OIL, Gas and Development
Company. comprised OF El Paso
county capitalists, has struck oil at q
depth OF 1I0 feet. seventeen miles east
of Colorado Springs. The extent of the
flow has not been determined.
At Denver. on the 5th inst. william
II. Tallman. n civil engineer. while
standing In bath tub full OF water.
reached upto turn on the electric light
and received a shock OF electricity that
caused almost instant death.
Fifty carloads, or 1880 head. OF
lambs. the greatest shipment OF the
season. left Greeley February 9th for
market The lambs we're from Greeley
and Luccrne, Eaton and Fort Collins.
and were destined for the Chicago
market.
tendent of schools. and her assistants,
have Just completed the compilation OF
book for the use OF the public
schools OF the state In arranging
Lincoln and Washington birthday ceie.
brations.
The Ilttleton postofice was burglar.
lied ON the night Of February 9Th and
an unsuccessful attempt made to blow
open the safe, but the robbers were
| frightened away after boring n hole In
the side OF the safe and Milling II up
with black powder.
Trinidad is to have Its two principal
! streets paved. Main street will be
paved from Walnut street west TO AMI
mas street and Commercial street from
First street to the river. Two layers
OF yitrined brick. with cement foup'
dation. will be used.
The State Land Board at It's meeting
Il sall 1ln al land
Prowors county TO Sylvester Sccdham
at an average price OF IS per acre. The
Warren 1--we Stock Company leased
10000 acres OF state land In Weld
county at cents per acre for ten
| years.
Fort Collins will cSpenh over $50. 900
| this year In the construction OF new
sewers, Three now sewer districts
have been created and contracts for
= the completion OF sewers In two OF
them have been let by the city council,
Tho contract for the third will be 10,
March LIST.
c. L. Coilard. while shovcllng snow
In front OF the transformer house OF
the Tom boy mine nj Telluride on the
| 9TH inst. struck his shovel against y
live wire and was Instantly killed b,
the shock. ~ the Smugglcr mine on
the same day Ralph Tccrs had his left
les broken by falling rock.
The annual report OF the manager oi
the Fort Collins Dect Growers Asso
citation show that In spite OF tho
floods last Fpring tn. association II
\ SO. 900 better of than !, was last year
4 Il ia compose OF Fort Collins business
men under contract TO plant 1000 acres
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