The Elbert County tribune., 1906-12-13
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS
LeaaxiIle xants a union depot.

The President has nominated Emma
G. Burke as postmaster at Sterling and
| j. A. Bunker postmaster at Paonia.
The yearly poor report filed with the
Secretary OF State by Kiowa county.
shows that there is one poor person
lin the county and the cost of caring
for him last year was $S3.43.
Emmett Ardeil, son of E. A. Ardell.
of Pueblo has received an appoint
ment to the United States naval acad7
iemy at Annapolis. Emmett is seven
iteen years old and was born and raised
in Pueblo.
It is now a violation of the city or
ldinance to plant cottonwood or box
elder trees in Denver. The cotton
from the cottonwood tree is strongly
lobjecteG to and the boxelder is tabooed
as breeder of worms.
The Fremont County National bank
lat Canon City, formerly the Fremont
County bank. opened for business on
1.-THE third inst. 1t is capitalized at $780,
I00O and has 100000 in deposits and
$614,000 cash in hand.
The Democratic county committee
lat Pueblo reports an expenditure OF a
little less than $1,000 for election ex-
Ipenses and the Republican committee
Ia little more than S11,500, OF which
$4,000 came from Denver.
Felix Powers an employe of the Sill
tyer State Canning & Produce company
lat Fort Lupton, was badly burned
about the head and face by the ex-
blosion of can of hot pumpkin, while
lit was being run through the cooker.
For the sum of $22, 500 ten Greeley
business men have purchased the ].
Armstrong 160-acre farm one mile
from the center of the city and west or
The State Normal School, for the pur-
pose OF converting it into fine coun-
Try club.
Edwin " Brake, state labor commits
l5ioner, Is preparing n factory inspec-
tion law to be introduced at the next
Legislature to protect the employees
from working in cramped quarters and
6ee that the factories are kept in san
ttary condition.
The restaurant men and the church
people of Denver have united In an
effort to procure the passage of an ordi-
nance abolishing the free lunch system
i'm saloons. Policemen are said to favor
it in the belief that 1t will reduce the
'hobo crop"
BY n 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 deadlock in the Colorado
Springs City Council was finally broken
and liquor licenses were granted to
ten out of fourteen druggists who ap-
piled. The four licenses withheld will
be investigated by committee OF
three aldermen in regard to alleged VI
olations of the liquor ordinances.
Figures from the state treasurer's
office show that collection of interest
on state credits during the past BIZ
ennial period has been $51,9S9.0G. Dur
ing the period from 10000 the collec-.
tions amounted to $42,354.46, showing
an increase of $9.625.60 for the period
just closing
E. NJ Gets of Delta county, who WIS.,
tied the State Horticultural Department
at Denver a few days ago, reported
that G. ]. Leppart and numerous other
fruit growers of his section have been
raising Strawberries up to within the
past two weeks. The berries have all
been full grown and suitable for table
use.
The Colorado Springs police have
arrested eight boys, charged with par
ticipating in the assault on Mail Car
rier f. T. Koupa on Thanksgiving day.
The cooperation of the federal authori-
ties in the prosecution is assured, and
the affair will be vigorously investi-
gated. Carrier Koupa is able to carry
his route.
Formal application for an electric
railway franchise through Manitou has
been made to the Manitou town board
by w. c. Dotterer and Wesley Comp
ton, representing an eastern syndicate
which proposes to expend in the neigh
borhood of 100000 in the ccnstruc-
ton of a scenic electric railway from
Manitou to Crystal park.
John Crater, superintendent of
Mitchell park at Pueblo, was attacked
by one of the deer in the park, and but
for the timely arrival of two men at
tracted by his cries for help, would
have been killed by the infuriated ami
NAL. He escaped with a number of
decorations and bad bruises. inflicted
by the hoofs and antlers of the animal.
A third annual dividend has been de-
clared by the directors of the Denver
Union Water Company, the dividend
being five per cent. on $7,500,O0O
stock The dividend will be payable
january list, and will amount to about
$5 a share. total of s375, 200 being
ready for distribution. The present Of
ficers of the company were reelected
by the directors.
At Greeley on the Sd inst. a meeting
of farmers, produce shippers, and rep
resentatives of the Greeley Commercial
club petitioned to the Union Pacific for
mr. n
loads of potatoes and other vegetables
now hung up for want of transporta-
ton. The movement to build an cleo
trio railroad line to Denver was
strongly endorsed.