The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-06
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


Gil. has declared the franchise OF the
Pixies Peak Hydro Electro Company
| forfeited.
The annual encampment of the de-
| partment Of Colorado and Wyoming.
Grand Army OF the Republic. will be
at Greeley. June 18th to l4th.
| f. l.. Phillips of Longmont, mas been
awarded the contract for grading thr
new Colorado l. Southern branch from
| Pupmer's beet dump to Black Hollow.
nine miles.
The Las Animas County Bar Asso-
| citation gave a banquet March 3lst to
Judge Jesse G. Northcutt, who has re-
| signed to his successor, Henry Hunter
| of Walsenburg.
At a recent meeting at Colorado
| Springs the executive committee OF the
Pixies Peak Centennial celebration
elected Thomas f. Walsh director gen
eral Of the celebration.
Miss katherine l.. Craig, state super.
intendent of public instruction, has is.
sued handsome booklet in which she
has compiled selections suitable for
use by the schools of the state in the
observance of Arbor Day, April goth.
The Canon City Y. NJ. c. A. is plan
ping for the erection of a fine building
as soon as the $4,000 bequeathed to it
| for that purpose by the late F. A. Ray
nolds shall become available. 1t is
| planned to raise large additional
fund.
f. X. Harper of GunniSOn county and
John Saxton of Pueblo have been con.
stituted a commission to go into Cone
| jos county and check up on behalf Of
| the state the books of the defaulting
! treasurer of the county, Charles II.
| Brickenstein.
1t is announced that premiums ag-
| gregating $1,000 will be offered by the
National Cattle Association in addition
| to the premiums offered by the Colo
| rado State Fair Association for the cat
| tie exhibits at the State Fair at Pu-
| eblo next fall.
Frederick l.. Starrett of Rochester.
New York, has accepted the call to be-
come general secretary of the Young
Mems Christian Association at Denver
to succeed w. G. Danner, who mas re-
signed to take charge of the Y. NJ. c.
A. health farm.
Congressman Bonynge has appointed
Robert c. MulniX, son of Harry Mul-
nix, of Denver, as a candidate for ad-
mission to the Annapolis naval acad-
emy. If young Mulnix passes the ex-
animation he will succeed Thomas
Withers, who graduates this spring.
Fourteen and fifteen-pound Canadian
geese are being brought into Cheyenne
by hunters from Pine Bluff and
Smeed, stations on the Union Pacific
east of that place. The goose flight
this year is exceptionally heavy. Hun
dreds Of ducks are also being brought
in from the stations mentioned.
DR.. Pistor, federal stock inspector,
reports 225 carloads of sheep shipped
from the northern Colorado district,
which includes Laraimer, Weld and
Morgan counties, during the week end:
ing March Gath. This means that So
900 sheep were marketed. The inspec-
tor says $50 carloads more will be
shipped.
Reports received by Mrs. Martha
Shute, secretary of the State Bureau OF
Horticulture, from horticultural inspec-
tors in several of the fruit counties, in
dicate large crops this year. Small
fruits are looking yell all over the
state. There has been some freezing
Of buds, but nowhere to any great ex-
tent.
The contract for building a bridge
for the Arkansas Valley Railroad Com
pany across the Arkansas river, east OF
Lamar, has been let to l.. H. Manville
CT Lamar. The bridge will be 1000
feet long and constructed on piling
forty feet long. The contract price is
$4,000. the bridge to be completed by
May 18th.
Howard H. Dawson, treasurer OF
Dolores County, has brought in a bill
against the state for the sum of
$l1G14. which he claims is due him as
per cent commission for the collec-
ton OF state taxes since February,
1905. State Auditor Bent scouts the
idea of State commission to county
treasurers.
Fifty sacks of high grade ore, aggre-
eating 5000 pounds, were contiscated
in raid made at Cripple Creek few
days ago by Secretary Floyd 'Thomp.
son and Special Agent Harry Brown OF
the Mine Owners association on an as
say Office conducted by Charles Ropp
at the corner Of Fifth and Bennett ave-
nues. The ore is estimated to run
about ten ounces to the ton.
S. L. Abernathy was instantly killed
by fall of coal in the Simpson mine
at Lafayette on the 31st ult. A few
minutes before Alternately was killed
he carried out three men who were
hurt by blast-Jack Davis, John Man
guson and c. S. Spooner. Davis was
cut on the head and internally injured
Returning for the tools, he was caught
by the cave-in.
That a hen can live twenty-five days
without food was proven by the liber-
ating Of two Plymouth Rock chickens
entombed in a big snowdrift in the
storm of March 1st, to which success
sive storms had added. When released
they Immediately began eating and
seemed none the worse for their i'm.
prisonment. save that they were re-
duced almost to skeletons.
Three feet of snow prevented Game
Commissioner ]. w. Woodland from Sc
lecting site for the Grand county fish
hatchery. Commissioner Woodard and
w. s. Kincaid, general superintendent
of fish hatcheries started to look for a
site but we're compelled to give up the
work and return to Denver. Among
the points visited were Arrow Head
Frazier and CRANKY, but no site was
decided on.
w. NJ Peterson, superintendent OF
tho Fort owls Indian school for COW