The Colorado statesman., 1907-03-16
COLORADO NEWS ITEn5

Gals ruHhlnS Dy July An.
The Rio Grande is building a hand
some new white pressed brick station
at Palisade.
The women of Steamboat Springs
nominated municipal ticket which
was endorsed by both political parties.
Apricot trees are in bloom at Pail
sade. Three rose bushes at Florence
have about 200 fullblown roses on
them.
Denver bricklayers have been
granted a raise in wages of so cents
a day, bringing tho average daily pay
up to Sc.
The Logan County Advocate and
the Republican at Sterling have been
consolidated and will be conducted by
d. c. Smith, former publisher of the
Republican.
The Western Baseball League will
be made up during the coming season
of Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo,
Topeka, st. Joseph, Des Moines, Lin
coin and Sioux City. The opening
games will be played April 18th.
Natives of Ohio now living in Colo
RADIO had a banquet at Denver the
other night and afterwards organized
a permanent society with Governor
Buchtel as president. Ex-Governor
Herrick was present.
Mrs. w. S. Wylie, wife of the pastor
of the Reformed Presbyterian church
at Evans was seriously and perhaps
fatally injured in runaway in Gree
ley on the End, by her buggy being up
set. One of her lower limbs was
broken and she also sustained several
internal injuries.
For selling liquor on the line of the
,,r,l6 nctrt not tnr
near Toponas, in Routt county, Mrs
Hagerman has been arrested and
heavily fined, a large stock of beer
which sne had in the cellar of her
cabin, ccnfiscated, and her cabin de-
stroyed by dynamite.
The Argentine Central railroad has
practically been closed down for the
balance Of the winter. The heavy
snowslides have resulted in its being
found almost impossible to keep the
tracks clear, while the cost of run
ming the trains has been unusually
heavy.
William Wambaugh, a wealthy
farmer who recently went from Colo
RADIO to Chicago, was roped in by
Sophie Finlen while en- route. They
were married at Chicago in spite of
the opposition of the police. and now
of Wambaugh's money.
At an election of officers for the en-
suing year, held by delegates to the
Western Bowling Congress at Denver
on the 18th, Alderman Andy T. Stahl
was unanimously elected president.
The other officers elected are: M. ].
Sheehan OF Butte, first vice president;
l.. c. Heating of Portland, second vice
president; N. B. Allen of Seattle, third
vice president; w. S. Zehring Of Salt
Lake. seer etary and treasurer
A Kansas City syndicate, headed by
R. ]. Martin, has purchased a tract of
10000 acres in the San Luis valley
from Gen. William ]. Palmer for $780,
900. The company will erect 81 1,000,-
900 beet sugar factory at Fort Garland.
The land acquired will be cultivated
for beetS, and it Is proposed to operate
a factory with a capacity of 1000 tons
of beets daily. A colonization scheme
and big irrigation project are contem-
plated in the plans of the company.
Joseph A. Miner, Familiarity known
to railroad men throughout the West
as Governor Joe" Miner, died on the
11th at Denver, from an attack Of neu-
ralgia of the heart, after an illness
lasting six weeks. Governor" Miner
was for twenty-six years city passen-
ger agent of the Burlington route,
coming to Denver in 1881, the year be-
fore the Burlington built into this city,
as the representative of the road. He
had been here many years before that,
however.
The Canon City high school cadets
will go on weeks outing during the
vacation from March 25th to April list.
Forty members of the high school will
participate in the tramp. They will
go into camp for three days on Eight
Mile park, near the top of the Royal
gorge The second camp will be To-
Gated in Webster park, near Parkdale,
and the return trip will be made by
the way of Grape creek. The boys
will follow army life and discipline
during the encampment.
R. K. Schuyler of Colorado Springs
has filed map for mesa canal and
series of storage reservoirs to irrigate
large tract of semi-arid land
on the north side of the Arkan-
sas river in Fremont and Pu-
eblo counties, and will have carrying
capacity of $50 cubic feet of water per
. second. A chain of eighteen reservoirs
are contemplated with an aggregate
capacity of 10000, 100000 cubic feet of
water. The estimated cost of the canal
is 100000. with s2,OoO.0OO for the
eighteen reservoirs.
Municipal ownership of public util-
tiles, in effect, if not in reality, will be
put in operation at Morrison by John
Brisben Walker, who is gradually
building up an extensive and attrac-
tive resort. Walker has large landed
interests not only in Denver but in
the vicinity of Morrison. To protect
them Mr.. Walker has purchased the
water and electric lighting plants of
the town. He has announced that he
will operate these utilities with the