The Springfield herald., 1906-02-16
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

to bloom.
Gen. William J. Palmer of Colorado
Spsiags has donated three valuable
lots in Durango to the Durango Pub
lie Library. ,---
The second monthly dinner of tho
Colorado State Commercial Associa'
tion will be given at Colorado SPRING
February nth.
The manager OF the School of Mine7
football eleven at Golden is trying t.
arrange a trip through the Northwes
for his team next fall.
The State Land Boards receipts foI
last month show an increase over Jan
uary, 1905. The figures are: January.
1906 34,22573; January, 1905, sal,'
29577.
The Rev. Asa b. Whitten. forme.
publisher OF the Rocky Mountain Bap
tist, died at Boulder on the 2nd inst,
of consumption. He leaves wife and
two children.
Sheriff Florence of Weld county
turned over to the county clerk
| $l,002.S6 surplus earnings of the Office
after all expenses had been deducted
for 1905. -
G. l. Oaks, aged rs years a
pioneer ranchman of Fountain val
ley, died of heart failure while enter
ing the City drug store at Fountaih
on the 3rd instant.
The framework has been erected fol
the new shops of the Florence 6 CEip.
pie Creek railroad at Canon City and
work is progressing rapidly. The cost
will be about 100000. ;H':-..
Mrs. Sarah Graham one Of the. Older
original Unionist coonists' pioneers,
died at Greeley on the 9TH inst at the
age of eighty years. She was for II
! long time proprietor of the Exchange
| hotel at Greeley.
A S. Boynton. member of the
Manitou Town Council. has received
word that his son, Charles a. Boynton
of Waco, Texas, has been appointe |
United States district attorney for the
western district of that state.
Articles of incorporation have been
| filed for the laying out of a townsite at
Dacono, six miles northeast of Eric.
| The new town came into eXtssssSe !,
when the Consolidated Coal & Coke
Company began mining last fall.
Mrs. E. .PeaSl Ebert. convicted OF
voluntary nIan& laughter in connection
with the deaf ,of Mrs. Sarah Ault,
December 2ftHa was sentenced by
Judge Seeds flSfipple Creek to seven
to eight ye;gs h the penitentiary.
John ClaNt&&o. of Chicago and
| Clay, RobinsonA Co. of Omaha, have
organized the ,Mhrst National Bank o.
Ault, with al ceiiital stock OF s25,00c.
| Temporary hlahers will he estas-
lished until Gew $1,000 building ca;i
be erected.
Little five-year.old Mary Zenola was
burned to death on the 3rd inst, at the
home of her parents on the John Lee
ranch six miles east of Golden. Her
clothing caught fire from bonfire Of
weeds and brush made by her little
brother, aged nine years.
A complimentary trip to Cripple
Creek over the Short Line is offered by
ID. C. MacWatters of that line to the
| delegates to the convention of the In
/ ternational League of Press Clubs,
who will visit Colorado Springs August
! 18th in connection with their conven-
tioa at Denver.
Notice has been received in the Of
| flee of the state game and fish COM
missioner of a shipment of 100000
eastern brook trout eggs from Ply
mouth, Massachusetts. The eggs Will
| be sent to the Denver hatchery and
later will be distributed in various
streams in the state. "A total OF about
100000 eggs will be purchased by the
state from the Plymouth hatchery.
The State Land Board at its meeting
| on the eth inst, decided 10 sell sixty
two acres of land leased by Thomas A.
Miles near Brighton at $l5 per acre.
section of land in .Otero county be-
tween Rocky Ford and La Junta Will
be sold at $40 per acre. For this land
| Beerbohm a Garwood have bid sc pc.
acre. Numerous applications for land.
| in Otero county have been received by
the board.
A shoemaker at the Bessemer stee.
works, near Pueblo, says that nearly
5000 foreigners of the laboring class
pay out absolutely nothing for repairs
on their footwear. He states that
these men wear the eoarsest kind of
shoes and that in every house can be
found a crude outflt.for repairing. This,
he says, does not apply 10 the Japa
nese who are among the best Gus
toners of regular shoemaker.
Work is progressing satisfactorily
and rapidly on the Gunpison tunnel.
The driving is being done from four
different headings . and the total
length is now over 5000 feet. AT The
river portal from which the tunnel is
2,4OO feet, the water has been bother
ing, necessitating installing of large
pumps, which are now handling 400.-
600 gallons per day. There are 500
men employed directly on the tunnel
and a like number on the south canal.
State Oil INSPECTOR, .Johfi1.: Russch
has submitted his afsEseqicial. .:9eport
TO Governor .McDolstl4 y .shenss chat
since, July lsfh. Jas stesSasa y q q sle-asssell
took office, uPto .IannatS = 1sts pfs9his
year 1.971 .54l gallons orSoil, sSsssfe in
spected TIE bulls of the H6'1t' il Is
stated, is sold through the Continental.
oil Company or It's agents. About Z ,6eo |
gallons were .estined at the refinery
near BoulGSisgn large quantity of
the crude pffHtIct was shipped from
Boulder 10 Florence, 10 be refined
Otto Fehringer, who. as proprietor
Of four drug stores in Colorado |
Springs, has during the past year !
been arrested every few days for VIC.
latng ;he liquor ordinance, has sold ali |
his four stores and announced his de- |
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