The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-01-12
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS
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40 low.
The Colorado Cattle and Horse
Growers Convention will meet at
Denver. January 2lst.
The state supreme Court has de-
clared the law against the use of trad
ing stamps to be invalid.
Antonio Sandoval. a veteran OF the
Mexican war and Of the Civil war, died
at Trinidad on the 3rd inst, at the age
of eishty-nine years.
Pueblo is to have a mill for the
manufacture of linseed oil, farmers in
the vicinity having agreed to raise
seve'a! thousand acres of fax.
Colorado College has been placed on
the revised list of colleges entitled to
aid from the Andrew Carnegie 100000
900 fund for superannuated college pro
fessors.
Bishop Henry W. Warren celebrated
his seventy-siXth birthday at his home
in Denver few days ago. He is one
OF the youngest men for his age in
America.
The contract for building the new
auditorium at Denver. has been let to
II. w. Schluetor of Chicago, whose
bid was $4,000. The plans call for
magnificent structure.
Harry Riddle, Carlton NJ. Bliss.
George W. Allen, Greeley w. Whit
ford and Hubert l.. Shattuck. the new
judges of the District Court at Denver.
were sworn in by Chief Justice Cab
bert on the 7th inst.
The new governors name is pro-
nounced as if it were spelled Booktle.
The Retail Merchants Association
| Of Colorado will hold their convention
at Pueblo, January 18th and 10th, the
! program including big banquet.
The Colorado Springs & Interurban
Railway Company, owning the Colo
| RADIO Springs street car system, have
| announced an increase in wages OF 2
cents to 2la cents an hour to all motor
| men and conductors.
Alexander Jackson, one Of the oldest
railroad men of Pueblo, who left three
years ago to take a position with the
Rock Island, has been promoted to
general European agent for that sys-
| tenn. with headquarters in London.
Andrew Thompson or Johnson, un-
| der arrest and held as a suspect in
connection with the murder OF Mar
shall Frisbie at Lamar, has been re-
moved to Pueblo, where he will be held
until the investigation has been COM
! pleted.
Representative Hogg has recon-
| mended the appointment OF Mrs.
| Maude Evans Mclean as postmaster at
| Breckenridge. Also the reappointment
of John F. Squire as register Of the
United States Land Office at Glenwood
Springs.
The Colorado Veterans association,
composed of persons who served in
| Colorado regiments during the civil
| war, has been incorporated, the officers
being Ihlo II. Slater, president; VIII
..s.m =. Baty, secretary and Sam c.
| Dorsey, treasurer.
The comptroller of the currency has
issued q certificate authorizing the
to begin business. The new bank is
capitalized at $4,000. with Gordon
Jones president. and Emmit l..
Thompson cashier.
| Just before he retired from office,
| the newspaper writer's and artists of
Denver, called in a body to pay their
| respects to Governor Mcdonald, and
as tribute of respect and good will
presented him with an illuminated ad-
dress signed by the donors.
The application of d. H. Staley,
| Wesley Staley, Alexander Oliver. c.
Wallrich, Fred Grotning and Magnus
Lundquist to organize the Alamosa Ma
tional Bank Of Alamosa, Colorado, with
| 1000 capital, has been approved by
| the comptroller Of the currency.
Judge Booth NJ. Malone, at Denver.
| has issued an order allowing Receiver
| r. H. Malone to pay a ten per cent.
1 i,tJ 10 bn or holders in the FL
deity Savings Association. Checks will
be sent out Immediately to those OF the
1000 creditors and those who owe the
association money will be credited with
| The money that would otherwise have
| been sent to them.
Judges ]. w. She afor, w. S. Morris
and James Owens OF the Fourth judi
cial district, on the 7th appointed dis
! trict clerks for five Of the seven coun-
ties comprising the Fourth district, as
follows: Edgar Howbert, Ell Paso; w.
| f. Dingman, Teller; Wyatt Boyer, Kit
| Carson; DR.. Rogers. Elbert, and /. d.
owen, Douglas. There were no ap-
| pointments for Cheyenne and Lincoln
| counties, no applications having been
received The present incumbents Will
| hold over until their successors are ap-
| pointed.
The Platte Land Company and a
! number of Kersey capitalists will build
100000 reservoir nine miles south
| Of Greeley in the vicinity OF Beebe
draw, from which water will be taken
to irrigate $1,000 acres lying directly
I south of Kersey, between the Platte
river and Box Elder creek. The res
ervoir will be filled from the Platte
river, near Fort Lupton, by the Eng
| lish ditch, which will be enlarged and
extended two miles to reach the pro
posed reservoir The $4,000 acres or
government land lying between Box
Elder and the Platte, which had been
| used in recent years for grazing only
has been filed upon in view of the new
ro.orroir NV ypaaps of which II will be