The Ordway new era., 1906-12-21

NehtilatiOns OF kitchen l,OOV
Nepairs ..........-.... lO,VVo
Store room. dining room. etc. $4,000
Total. .,4s7. 500
The Christian Church society Of
Canon City is to erect new building
costing Sl2.5O0.
The annual banquet OF the alumni OF
the University Of Colorado will be
given In Denver. December 29th.
The Dairymen's Association in Den
ver has raised the price OF milk and
now gives but fourteen quarts for
dollar In place OF sixteen.
r. L. Chambers OF Colorado Springs
has secured 2s4.000 acres Of mahogany
timber In Tabasco. Mexico. for Den.
yer and other Colorado capitalists.
Two dozen Japanese. lately arrived.
have been put to work ut Eiler smelter
at Pueblo. These are the first Asiatics
given employment by the smelling
company.
The United States surveyor gen.
erals department for Colorado In Den.
yer has been moved to the NTH floor
Of the new Empire building At Six
teenth and Glenarm streets.
Kansas City papers announce that
F. G. Bonfls OF the Denver Post is
preparing to build twenty.story osice
building In that city. to be fireproof
and cost from $500.000 to 100000.
The Denver Chamber Of Commerce
has appointed committee consisting
OF James T. Callbreath. Jr.. George
1ritch. Charles F. 'Onderdonk and II.
A. Lindsle, to confer with other com.
mittees In regard to celebration OF
Denver's semi-centennial In 1908.
Secretary E. X. Whitehead OF the
Humane Society. says that the federal
immigration department In Denver Is
taking up the padrone system among
the Greek bootblacks In Denver. and
that the matter will undoubtedly be
taken up in all parts Of the country.
Boulder Is ready to maintain Its
own high school free from connection
with the State Preparatory School and
an effort will be made to have the In
coming Legislature do away with the
State Preparatory School altogether.
as the university no longer needs 1t.
Ten years Imprisonment and fine OF
81 500 was the sentence imposed In the
federal court at Denver by Judge Rob
ert E. Lewis on DR.. James Denslow Eg-
gleston. son of President Eggleston OF
the Pacific Express Company. who was
convicted OF counterfeiting and max
ing Photographic negatives OF $40
bill.
T. 8. McMurray Of Denver. vice pres
ident AMI general manager Of the
Fort Collins Electric Street Railway
Company. and G. j. Hartman, superin-
tendent nf the electrical department OF
the Colorado & Southern, have been at
Fort Collins outlining plans for start
ing work on, the Fort Collins street
railway.
On the 18th inst. John Worthley was
found guilty in the District Court at
Pueblo of assault with intent to kill
his wife, Alvona Lee Worthley. The
assault took place three months ago,
and but for a neighbor, who heard
Mrs. Worthley's cries for assistance,
her husband would have cut her
throat.
Fifty japanese arrived at the Pueblo
steel works few days ago in charge
Of one Of the Japanese employment
agents who have been bringing Asiat-
les recently from Pacific coast points.
Most of these men are common labor
ers, but few are skilled In certain
ways and command fairly good wages.
hl6 mdhCS q tOtdl vi uCdlly VVU JdPc
in the Bessemer colony.
David Babb, who Is charged with the
murder of his wife's cousin, Bennett
Burleson, at Earl. thirty miles east Of
Trinidad, was arraigned before Justice
of the Peace Coney at Trinidad, where
he entered a plea OF not guilty and
waived preliminary hearing. He was
removed back to the county Jail and
his bond was fixed at $4,000, which he
was not able to furnish.
G. w. Benton, who has been a
sweeper at the Loveland sugar factory
for some time, has with his wife been
awarded 81, ,000, 900 Of the estate Of an
uncle who recently died, leaving an inn
mense estate near London. Ontario.
OF this they will receive $3,000,000 IN
cash at once, the other %, ,000. 900 to be
distributed AZ the estate 10 settled.
The Bentons will return to Lcveland
Immediately after the holidays to make
It their home.
In common with the citizens of the
other western states, the people Of
Colorado have been asked to partici-
pate In the Seattle exposition Of 1903
ana erSct Z Colorado building at the
AnskarY Paciac ezpoeiti0n. A
meeting Of the members Of the Colo
rado State Society In Seattle passed
resolutions asking the Colorado State
T,eSislature TO- appropriate funds Tor
| the exppsitlon building 20 that Colo
|rado might be appropriately repre-
Fs9nted The committee In charge ID
c0mposed Of @. ". elise. !. 4. Corn
esHth. =. 2. Fairisy ana p sweeney.
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