The Colorado statesman., 1906-04-07
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

on the night of April I'd.
e. l.. Phillips of Longmont, has been
awarded the contract for grading the
new Colorado &c Southern branch from
Plummer's beet dump to Black Hollow,
nine miles.
The Las Animas County Bar Asso-
citation gave banquet March 31st to
Judge Jesse G. Northcutt, who has re-
signed to his successor, Henry Hunter
of Walsenburg.
At recent meeting at Colorado
Springs the executive committee of the
Pixies Peak Centennial celebration
elected Thomas f. Walsh director gen
eral of the celebration.
A movement has been started to Sc
cure a Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton building for Fort Collins, to cost
not less than $4,000, site included, and
the prospects are bright for its sue
cess.
On the night of April 1st the safe in
the Union Pacific depot at Fort Lup-
ton was blown open by dynamite and
robbed of $50. Railway tickets and
other valuable papers were unmo-
Tested.
Miss Katherine l.. Craig, state super
intendent of public instruction, has is
sued a 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
ming 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 a large additional
fund.
II. r. 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 defaultinS
treasurer of the county, Charles H..
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
RADIO State Fair Association for the cat
tie exhibits Eat 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.
The contract for building bridge
for the Arkansas Valley Railroad Com
pany across the Arkansas river, east OF
Lamar. has been let to l.. II. Manville
OF Lamar. The bridge will be 1000
feet long and constructed on pilinG
forty feet long. The contract price is
SAC, 900, the bridge to be completed by
May 18th.
DIR. 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 24th. This means that 50,-
900 sheep were marketed. The inspec'
tor says $50 carloads more Will be
| shipped.
Miss Maude Heinze of Creede com.
mitted suicide by shooting herself
through the heart in n room at the
Windsor hotel in Del Norte, April I'd.
Miss Heinze, who was twenty-three
years of age, was somewhat noted
violinist A broken marriage engage
ment and accompanying despondency
is believed to have been the cause OF
her suicide.
That q hen can live twenty-five days
without food was proven by the liber'
ating of two Plymouth Rock chickens
| entombed in n big snowdrift in the
| storm of March list, to which success
| siye 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.
Fifty sacks of high grade ore, aggre'
eating 5000 pounds, were confiscated
in a 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.. Alternately was instantly killed
by n 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-Jacll 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.
Three feet OF snow prevented Game
SOullulSSlOhdl a. W. NOOhhlu lAOll o1
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 were 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.
Plans for the extension OF the Union
depot at Denver for an increase OF
trackage are now being completed by
the Union Pacific's chief engineer ut
Omaha. 1t is expected that they will
be forwarded to Denver within thirty
days and contracts let for the enlarge
ment of the terminal facilities. The
purchase of the Union Pacific of prop,