The Colorado statesman., 1906-05-05
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

There are eighty divorce cases on
the District Court docket at Pueblo.
The Twin Lakes people think they
see good prospects of the building of
an electric line from Leadville to the
lakes.
Beaver Creek, eighteen miles east of
Florence, is to be stocked with 100000
trout fry from the United States hatch
cry at Denver.
]. j. Harbeck, now at Nice, France,
recently cabled subscription of $1,000
to the fund being raised for first-class
hotel at Boulder.
Delta is making determined effort
to secure the new Presbyterian Col
lege that is to be located somewhere,
on the western slope.
All the principal stations on the
transcontinental railroad lines in Col
orado have done good work in feeding
San Francisco refugees.
The Colorado Chautauqua assembly
at Boulder will open July 4th and con-
tinue for five weeks. A handsome cat
alogue is sent free on application.
r. B. Hurst of the naval hospital
corps announces that May list n per.na-
nent recruiting station will be estab-
lished by the Navy Department at Pu-
eblo.
The works of the American Prcduc-
tion Company at Buena Vista are busy
turning out rubber from the rubber
plant on a successful commercial
scale.
The San Francisco relief committee
at Cripple Creek sent $4,4S0 in five
dollar gold pieces to the stricken city
in one installment by express-and
then went on raising more money.
Mrs. Laura A. Lane of Florence, who
was thought to have perished in the
San Francisco earthquake and fire,
writes that she had a narrow escape
from death and lost all her household
effects.
The Union Pacific gasoline motor
car between Denver and Greeley has
been taken off 1t is stated that il was
only placed on the line for trial pur-
poses and that the experiment was un-
| successful.
Mr. Clifford Pinchot, head of the
| government forestry department, has
sent out notices that ranger examina-
tions will be held at Durango, Salida,
Glenwood, Ouray, Sulphur Springs,
May 14th. Supervisors examinations
May 18th, all large cities.
w. B. Hough, one of the pioneer
members of the Boulder lodge of Ma
sons, a pioneer school teacher of Boul-
der county, and one of the oldest men,
bers of the Delta Phi Delta, died at
Boulder, April 29th, aged seventy
years. He had been a resident of the
| county for over twenty wears
Commissioner E. Lyman White has
received from Portland medal
awarded to the Colorado mineral ex-
hibit at the Lewis and Clark exposition
as first prize for the best display. A
personal medal was also sent to Com
missioner White in recognition of his
services to the exposition.
The following rural free delivery
routes have been ordered established in
Colorado, to commence service June /;
Lafayette, Boulder county, route No. 1
population served 430, number o
houses on route, 112; Rifle, Garfield
county, route No l, population served
400, number of houses on route III.
It is reported at Boulder that the
Colorado & Southern company viii
Boulder and perhaps further north, ant
will secure power from the Westing
house company, which Is backing the
Henry deal in the purchase of the Boul
der Electric Light & Power Company's
plant, and which is to put up $1,000,
600 electric plant at or near Lafayette
The following new patents have
been issued to Colorado inventors: Al
fred e. Johnson, Denver, assignor tC
Johnson Furnace e Engineering Com
pany, Colorado Springs, furnace; Pc
ter A. Mortensen, Sanford, whistle
Edwin A. Sperry, assignor, one-third tC
w. G. Wilson, Denver, ore operator
Jean F. Webb and c. N. Frederickson
Denver, electric signaling system.
The members of the Colorado divis
ion of the Travelling Mems Protective
Association met in this city Saturday
and elected officers for the year as FOL
lows: T. E. Williams, Denver, state
president; X. X. Mayer, vice presl
dent; Charles w. Morris, secretary
and treasurer; Charles Kenl1le of Pu
eblo, w. H. Tucker of Colorado
Springs, Charles Hatfield, F. A. Leahy
Ralph w. Rhodes of Denver, trustees
Governor Mcdonald and Auditor Ben
have received a report from Expert:
E. F. Rundlett and John M. Saxton con
| cerning the amount due the state from
Conejos county on account of tho
shortage of former County Treasure
| C. H. Brickenstein. The total amount
due the state, it appears, is S1,125, anC
it is stated that at the next meeting o
the county commissioners at Alamosi
action will be taken up to settle up thi.
account.
Joseph H. Macon, brother of Judge
Thomas Macon, and pioneer, who
crossed the plains with a team in the
early COS, died at Denver, April 25th
at the age of eighty-one years. HI
is survived by a widow and five chill