The Delta independent., 1907-05-10
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

| Que erected IOfty years ago.
| Rocky Ford gave the Odd Fellows
a rousing reception on April 26. the
eighty-seventh anniversary OF the or
der.
| A double track Is being built on the
| railroad between Canon City and
Florence in order 10 take care Of the
heavy traffic.
A Denver chemist discovers that
California coffee firm puts chicory In
their coffee. and the authorities are
after them.
| Gen. William ]. Palmer has sent to
the Civic improvement lcagne OF
| Canon City several hundred shrubs for
the state park.
The MacMonnIes Indian statue has
caused about as much commoion
among the pioneers OF Colorado as the
appearance OF the real red men did in
early days.
Walter Cunl!fle. director off the
Bank OF England, and private car
party. spent several days in the Pixies
Peak region. The party also visited
| Cripple Creek.
Charles Friend won in the High
school oratoriCal contest at Colorado
Springs. and will represent the schoo!
at the interscholastic contest TO be
held in Boulder. May 10th.
Il. F. Milford. the caretaHer OF the
| Silver Lake reservoir. tclephoned the
city clerk at Boulder that eighteen feet
OF snow had fallen at that place this
winter and five feet this month.
Mrs W. H Miller Of Gunnison blew
her brains out with pistol because
OF despondcnCy over her husband los
!nr his position as station agent She
had been an invalid for years.
The charcd body OF Henry Godfrey.
foreman OF the calCinatiOn department
OF the Portland cement works at
Florence was found in the whlte-hot
tank recently. Il is thought he CON-
mi!ted suicide.
Emma Goldman. the female alarm.
ist. has been in Denver for few days
and none the daily papers actually
found It necessary TO put on an extra
keE OF red ink in order 20 properly
handle her warm remarks.
Mrs. Mary Quiscnberry OF Trinidad,
70 years old. has gone to Oregon TO
be married TO the sweetheart OF her
| youth. Obstinate parents had side
| tracked the match many years ago, but
now the barriers are buried away.
An engine on the Colorado & North.
western railroad overturned while
! bucking snow near Ward. on Sunday.
and tumbled down the mountain side
| 400 feet. killing Engineer Robt. Cook
The engine was torn into pieces.
G. II. Patterson. labor commissioner
/ for tho Great Western Sugar Company
| at Loveland. has gone to Nebraska to
engage 1000 Russians for the coming
| beet campaign. The acreage this year.
in spite of the silo clause. is greater
than before.
| Now that Jack Shire has confessed
! to numbering Maurice Caplan in Den.
! yer, the police and the newspapers Of
that city are trying to prove that he
| didn't do Il, Murderers should be very
! careful about making confessions
unles they have additional proof.
Little packs OF garden seed,
Little plats OF ground.
| Little early rising.
And a little scratching round
! Will supply a hungry family
And overflow their cup
| In this land OF Colorado
| II the hens don't scratch II up.
The Pioneers Society OF Colorado
raises vigorous protest against the
| design for the proposed monument TO
be erected in their honor at Denver.
| Tho artist suggests the statue Of a
vicious Indian poised on top OF the
| pedestal. and the pioneers object to
having such prominence given the
! enemy they had 10 conquer.
A meeting Of the Ouray Development
! club was held at the city hall. n is
proposed TO raise $4,000 TO be cN-
| pended in advertising resources. es.
I recially mineral, during the next two
months. In addition plans are on foot
| for big tourist hotel. sanitarium and
swimming pool. which will utilize ih1
water from the natural hot springs.
| a cheap and delightful way in which
| TO spend ones vacation Is entertain.
| iaEly described in a booklet, Camping
( iii the Rocky Mountains" just issued
| by the Passenger Department of the
| Denver & Rio Grande railroad. This
little book tells where to go, what 10
wear. what to take and what it will
, cost.
The Boulder Oil Refining Company
| will build refinery on DabnoY place,
east OF town. The plant will cost $40,
600. The stills and other machinery
have already been purchased. ID. b.
Burton of Denver will be the superin-
| tendent. The main object of the com
pany is to make hy-products of oil
rather than paraf.in.
| After ten years of patient waiting
the widow of the late II. \. w. Tabor
expects to realize her dream of wealth
which has occupied her mind since her
| husbands death. In the Matchless
mine, near Leadville, the one asset
which Mr.. Tabor valued more than
anything else, rich body OF ore has
been discovered during the last week.
| Lack OF evidence, II Is said. caused