The La Jara chronicle., 1906-12-14
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Colorado died suddenly in his Office
on the Sth inst. of heart disease.
The Democratic county committee
at Pueblo reports an expenditure of a
little less than $1,000 for election ex
penses and the Republican committee
little more than s11.500. of which
$4,000 came from Denver.
For the sum of s22, 500 ten Greeley
business men have purchased the ].
Armstrong 160-acre farm one mile
from the center of the city and west of
the State Normal School. for the pur
pose OF converting it into a fine coun
try club.
The colored orphanage at the Old
Folks Home in Pueblo was formally
dedicated with elaborate ceremonies
on Sunday. the 9Th inst. A number
of prominent colored people from Den
YER and other cities of the state were
present.
Edwin v. Brake. state labor commits
sioner. is preparing a factory inspec-
tion law to be introduced at the next
Legislature to protect the employees
from working in cramped quarters and
see that the factories are kept in san
itary condition.
Harry Lee OF Colorado Springs, who
has made n considerable reputation by
photographing wild animals in their
native haunts. has gone to the Pacific
coast and proposes before he returns to
attempt the ascent of Mount Mckin-
ley in Alaska.
The restaurant men and the church
people of Denver have united in an
effort 20 procure the passage of an ordi-
nance abolishing the free lunch system
in saloons. Policemen are said to favor
it in the belief that it will reduce the
hobo crop"
BY careful canvass Frank Lamper
of Weldon was found to be the largest
beet grower in the Greeley district
Lamper farmed 23S acres of beets,
from which he harvested 5000 tons
and for which he received $4,000 cash
from sugar company.
The Great Northern Oil Company
has started new well on the Major
Jain farm. about six miles north of
Boulder. This is three-quarters of a |
mile northwest of the well of the In
land Oil Company, on the LaEgridge
land, which has a record of 40 barrels
a day.
Figures from the state treasurer's
office show that collection of interest
on state credits during the past hi.
ennial period has been SOL ,9S90C. Dur
Ing the period from 10000 the collec- |
tions amounted to $40. .354.46, showing |
an increase of S9,62J.6O for the period
Just closing.
j. b. Stroube, day operator at the |
Rio Grande depot at Florence, has
been promoted to the agency at To |
luca, two miles from Sedala, where |
the Dupont Powder Company is con
structing large powder works. AS
soon as the factory is completed the
cfn ttf,r, xill
E. NJ Gets of Delta county. who Wis.
tied the State Horticultural Department |
at Denver a few days ago, reported
that c. j. Leppart and numerous other |
fruit growers of his section have been |
raising strawberries up to within the |
past two weeks. The berries have ali |
been full grown and suitable for table |
use. |
with ID. A. Garfield and Greeley bust. |
ness men, are planning to build a $780,
900 sanitarium on the hill south OF
Greeley. If the project succeeds DIR.
George Pogue of Greeley, who has had
long and successful experience in the
treatment of tuberculosis, will have
charge of the institution.
Frank Miller, a fifteen-year-old or
phan boy, living with II. E. Keller. on
a ranch three miles northwest Of
Brighton, was found dead on the Sth
inst. He Is believed to have swallowed
strychnine because he feared, he |
would be arrested for stealing, as ii
was alleged that he broke into q
satchel belonging to workman and
took clothes.
Word has been received of the es
cape from the Jackson, Missouri, Jail
in Kansas City, of Henry Hurley, alias
Ed. Foley. the notorious lone high
wayman" who terrorized scores of drug
stores in Denver three years ago, and
who was sentenced last spring by tn
)Kansas City authorities to serve 81,
years for highway robbery. reward
of 500 is offered for his arrest.
The Social Philanthropic Club at
Pueblo, composed of prominent char
ity workers, will raise a fund for tho
building of contagion ward at tho
McClelland orphanage, an institution
recently established at cost of about
100000. In this ward all children af
fiicted with contagious children's dis
eases will be taken care of. An elab
crate charity ball will be the frs
move.
The State Teachers Association will
meet in Denver the Goth, 27th and 2Sth
of December. This association is be
coming one of the largest meetings
The membership this year will reach
nearly two thousand. DIR. z. X. Sny
der, president of the normal school at
Greeley, is the president of the associ'
alton. w. w. Remington of Denver is
secretary The meetings are held in
the East Denver High school building
A few days ago what is known as