The Colorado statesman., 1907-08-10
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

yer, so keep your hand on your wallet
when you go to the city.
The Colorado & Southern trainmen's
strike has worked many hardships on
small towns dependent on Denver for
supplies.
There promises to be a shake-up in
the revenue collectors office at Den
yer. Some startling disclosures are
promised.
William D. Haywood is back at his
old desk in Denver, after forced va
cation of seventeen months spent in
Boise, Idaho.
A Longmont farmer comes forward
with a single stool of wheat that has
1853 heads, and the entire field will
yield about sixty bushels per acre.
The attendance at the teachers in
stitute at Boulder passed the 200 mark,
which is by far the largest ever re-
corded in this district, which includes
the counties of Weld, Larimer and
Boulder.
After a delay of fifteen years settle
ment of the estate of James Williams
at Georgetown has been perfected, a
certified copy of the decree having
been filed with the county clerk and
recorder.
Miss Mary Bales, a resident of Boul-
der, died in Winchester, Ind, Friday,
August 2. She had been in Boulder
for eighteen months and went East
two weeks ago with the body of her
brother, expecting to return after his
funeral.
County Treasurer E. B. Simmons, at
Colorado Springs, has found a sum ag-
gregating S1,525.05 that he is in doubt
to know what to do with. The money
has accumulated from unclaimed es-
tates, and has come into the treasury
through the coroner. Part of the fund
has been standing for period of
twenty-five years.
H. B. Brown, a prominent capitalist
from Sioux City, Ia, has been looking
over large tracts near Greeley and ex-
poets to make heavy land investments
and bring settlers from northwestern
Iowa. Mr.. Brown has been travelling
extensively through the West and likes
Greeley better for this project than any
section he has yet visited.
The Loseland Chamber of Commerce
has received report of the canvassing
committee on the proposed canning
factory. The committee reported the
entire $4,000 required had been raised
and the Empson Packing Company of
Longmont was notified that the cash
for the erection of the building was
ready and the necessary acreage of
peas was guaranteed.
w. K. Barr appeared before the state
land board at Denver recently and
asked to purchase 5,SS0,530 feet of tim
bef located in Grand county, three and
One-half miles southwest of Frazer.
The timber has been inspected by w.
T. Fairfax and a minimum price of SO
per thousand was made by the board.
The timber will be duly advertised for
sale and disposed of later.
Vivian Abeyta, a well known poll
tician and pioneer of Las Animas
county, recently died at his home west
of Trinidad. He was SO years old and
had taken an active part in county
politics for many years. He served
two terms as chairman of the board
of county commissioners, and also
held other public offices. He is sur
vived by wife and four children.
The city council at Pueblo has or
dered the fire chief and the chief of
police to withdraw fire and police pro-
lection from Minnequa Heights, be-
cause that section refuses to come
into the city. This action was threat
ened thirty days ago, when the resi-
dents of the Heights were told that if
they did not apply for admission all
city privileges would be withdrawn.
w. c. Blair, formerly reading clerk
In the House of Representatives has
been appointed to the position of as
ci iCta n n
Statler. Mr. Blair is Lake CITY
man. and publishes the Lake City
Times. He has been engaged in work
for the state since the last season and
will probably continue in the auditors
office during the present administra-
ton.
Denver will have workshop for the
blind, where those afflicted with the
loss of sight can learn a trade whereby
they can support themselves, within
the next few weeks. Rooms in the
Eagle block, West Eleventh and Sante
Fe avenues, have been secured and
are being fitted up with the necessary
appliances. The workshop will be in
charge of J. F. Myers, who is a blind
man, and the cash for it's maintenance
Is being paid by the state treasurer
in accord with the bill passed by the
last Legislature which appropriated
$4,000 for the work.
Those fortunate enough to have n
partial fruit crop this season in the
vicinity OF Fort Collins are receiving
record prices for their products. In
a shipment of five crates of cherries
made from the famous McClelland or.
chard to Denver, three crates sold for
$3.50 and two crates for $40. The
net return on the five crates was
$2O.3O, or more than double what the
same fruit would have brought last
season. Mr.. McClelland will have
about 200 crates of cherries, which will
sell for an average of SIS crate. Last