The Delta independent., 1907-03-07
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


recently gave the annual banquet TO
husbands Of members. Mrs. l.. c.
Hedges was tOastmistresS. Fully l5O
guests were present. The responses to
the toastS were eloquent and witty.
The Society OF the Order OF the
Philippines. which has been in exist
once at Colorado Springs since 1900,
was reorganiZed few days since by
the election of officers and the adop-
ton OF the regular national secret
ritual.
The Boulder City Council has de-
oided to submit to the taxpayers the
proposition of issuing $4,000 in bonds
for a new city hall The city owns 100
feet on Pearl street and II is intended
to build on this ground IL the bonds
are voted
The locomotive OF a Colorado Mid
land passenger train on the night or the
18th inst. struck and killed large
buck deer near Woodland Park. The
train was stopped and the carcass OF
the deer carried to Colorado Springs in
the baggage car.
f. B. Mitchell. chief train dispatcher
for the Rio Grande at Pueblo left Feb
Iuary 22i for Seattle. where he takes
II similar position with the Northern
from trainmen down to coral boys,
presented him with n $3.50 Elk charm.
The State University Glee and Man
dolin clubs will begin their fifteenth
annual tour OF the state March 9Th and
will give concerts In Longmont. Den
Yer. Colorado Springs. Victor. Cripple
Creek. Pueblo. Trinidad. Canon City.
Salida, Leadvile. Aspen. Glenwood
Springs and possibly Golden.
The Primero mine in Las Animas
county. in which twenty-four men lost
their lives by an explosion on January
23rd. has resumed operations with
full force Since the explosion the
coke production at Scgundo was ma
tcria!ly reduced but the 500 ovens
there are now running again
In the absence OF United States Dis
trict Attorney Earl Cranston OF Den
yer. who left Monday for Japan. Robert
J. Pitkin. his law partner has been ap-
ointed special assistant In the ONCE
Mr.. Cranston has been granted a
ninety days leave of absence by Presi-
dent Roosevelt. He will visit his
father. Bishop Cranston. who is sta
TONED in Japan.
party of Is Hollandcrs, represent
INK 40 families. the vanguard OF hun
Icy. south OF Colorado Springs. arrived
February 2cd. preparatory to founding
ZONES IN the valley. The scheme II
hacked by the Fountain Valley Land
4 Irrigation Company. an interest OF
The Castlcwood Dam Company Of
Denver.
At the annual meeting OF the stock
holder. OF the Montrose National bank
Il was announced that NJ d. Thatcher
n Pueblo and Denver banker. and NJ d
Low. cashier OF the First National bank
OF Florence have purchased cohrol.-
ing interest In the bank and would
establish IL among the chain OF banks
throughout the state controlled by the
Thatcher brothers.
Forty box cars containing about
10000 sacks OF potatoes left Greeley
for Texas and tho Southwest Febrl
AIRY 22d and 23d About 5000 carloads
Of potatoes are still In the Greeley dis
tr.ct and farmers are selling freely
to dealers at 20 cents per hundred.
Early California potatoes will not en-.
ter into competition with the Greeley
crop until May. and by ihst time prac-
ucally all OF the crop will be dis
posed OF.
-hc dates for tho next livestock
show In Denver have been set. and II
has been decided to make II n nation II
she ". throwing tho competition open
to the world. with special classified.
ton and premiums for the territory
covered by the last show. the short
Criss country. The executive commit.
toe OF the Western Stock Show Asso-
cintion yesterday set the dates for the
n,At show for the week OF January
20th.2Jth. 1908.
II is reported that Gen. W. J. Palmer
will shortly purchase an electric auto.
mobile. fitted with large swinging
chPIr to minimize jolting. General
Palmer has steadily improved in
strength since his recent horseback &C
ci'cnt. He formerly felt great an
tipa,hy toward automobiles there
now exists an order forbidding them
to enter any OF the Canons or to use
tho boulevnrds controlled by him. w.
a. Otis, in an automobile. first rcn.
dcrcd aid to General Palmer when hc
lay unconscious on the road to Glen
Eyric, as n result OF his accident some
months ago.
The Greeley sugar factory has fin.
ishcd slicing tho last OF Its 1906 crop
OF bccts. This factory has broken the
worlds record for any factory OF 700
tons capacity. in having sliced tho
greatest tonnage in any one sugar cam.
pnign. II made 100000 tons OF bcets
into 5000 tons OF sugar. The aver.
nge yield OF boets nm acre In this dis
tric. was fourteen tons. The sugar
campaign began September 18th aud
lasted 163 days. The average length
OF sugar campaign Is 100 days. and
next year this factory will not run
longer than that time. Six thousand
acres OF bects will be grown for tho
Greeley factory next year. The Gree.
Icy. Eaton and Windsor factories have
sliced 29s.000 tons of beets this sea
son. and have distributed to the grow.
ers and employees 100000.