The Delta independent., 1907-02-22
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

The contract has been let for the
construction OF $65.00O opera house
at Trinidad.
| colorado Springs Masons have an
pointed committee to secure a site
and specifications for a Masonic build.
ing TO be constructed soon.
Expert oil well drillers from Flor
ence Will drill number Of wells nea,
Mcntrose for company in which Ere.
mont county men are interested.
The comptroller Of the currency has
approved the conversion of the Bank
OF Buena Vista into the First National
bank OF Buena Vista. with $25, 900 capi.
| tai
An Elks' temple is to be erected al
Grand Junction to cost $4,000 or up
wards. 1t will be 50x125 feet in siS
and three stories high. Work will be.
gin on it soon.
A large number Of Colorado Shrin.
ers are preparing to go to the conven-
ton OF the order at Los Angeles in
May. They are promised an extraor-
dinary amount OF entertainment.
The following Colorado postmasters
have been appointed: Englewood,
Arapahoe county, Jesse G. Baird, vice
o. j. Baird. dead; Waverley, Larimer
county. Walter H. Hainey, vice H. C.
Cradle. resigned.
The Alamosa National Bank of Ala.
mosa has been authorized to begin
business with a capital OF $25.OOO. c.
Wallrich Is president, Fred Grooming
ana Wesley Staley. vice presidents,
and w. H. Mallett. cashier.
Mrs. Mary Nef of Denver committed
suicide at Victor on the 9Th inst. by
shooting herself through the head. She
was respondent because OF the death
OF her daughter. Mrs. Forrest Babcock,
that morning from blood poisoning.
The Mesa County Fruit Industrial
Association met at Grand Junction on
the 9th inst. and voted to increase It's
capital stock from $4,000 to $4,000.
The grounds will be improved in prep.
aration for a greater fair next fall.
General Trafiic Manager Wakely OF
the Burlington has ordered through
trains Nos. l3 and IA to stop at the
new station Of Keene because OF the
heavy travel through that section OF
Weld county. Keene will soon have q
postohice.
Benjamin and Earl Tucker OF Colo
rado Springs and Austin Tucker Of
Denver. sons OF J. T. Tucker. the res.
taurant man OF Colorado Springs and
Denver. are preparing an expedition to
the far North to hunt for the s0ee ami
mails tat inhabit the Arctic circle.
The Pueblo Business Mems Associs.
ton has prepared catchy postcar
made In the form Of a folder. and this
will be sent throughout the United
States and Europe. It contains much
Information concerning the financial.
Industrial and agricultural resources
Of Pueblo.
The City Council OF Black Hawk has
extended the franchise OF the Gilpin
County Light, Heat and Power Com
pany for ten years. This Is the com.
parry which was reported to have sole
out to the Colorado Central Power
Company for over $500. 900. local stock.
holders denying the report.
The proposed erection OF several
new dumps by the Holfy. .Swink factory
for handling the crop OF 1907 IL e1.
pected to give considerable impetus
TO the beet growing industry In tho
Pue bio district. Based on contracts al.
ready closed. the district will furnish
about 1000 acres for growing beeto
this year.
A Farmers institute will bo held at
Greeley Friday and Saturday. Febrv
ary 22d and 23d. Professors Carlyle.
Paddock. Bennett. Olln and CottreD
will be in charge. The subjects that
will be the use OF water for irrigation.
selection Of seed grains and alfalfa.
stock feed and breeding and diseases
Of potatoes.
L. B. Morrison. superintendent OF
the Clipper mine. on London mountain.
near Alma. was caught and killed In
snowslide on Thursday. the 7th Inst.
Morrison was on his way down froEi
the mine with samples OF ore from
new strike when the slide started. Ho
struggled hard, but was covered by the
slide and suffocated.
Conductor J. Brown OF the Florence
G. Cripple Creek railroad reports run.
ming into and scattering a band OF nine
mountain sheep which were quietly
browning along the track at n point
below Adelaide. In making their c.
cape a big ram became entangled by tho
horns in the guy wires Of the telephone
poles. The sheep, fine specimen.
was released unhurt by the train crew.
The Fort Collins Chamber Of Com.
merce has agreed upon an energetic
campaign for the benefit OF Fort Col
Inns and the Cache La Poudre valley.
Four teams of solicitors. each having
six members. captained by an onlcer
appointed by the chamber. have been
designated to canvass the city and sur.
rounding country for the purpose OF
raising a fund Of $4,000 to be used In
advertising.
II is announced that work is to bo
continued at the Minnequa works. Pu.
chic on the construction OF the new
merchant mill. This mill Will be
ouarter OF mile long and $50 feet
wide, being the largest building under
one roof, with one or two exceptions
In the United States. The manufac.