The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Frank j. Fulton, prospector, was
recently found dead In his cabin In
Birdseye gulch. near LeadVille.
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 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.
The canvass for money to build the
new canning factory at Loveland has
began in real earnest and 1t Is ex-
pected the entire $4,000 stock will be
subscribed In a few days. The people
declare the factory must and will be
built.
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.
Three young men. Cameron, Leavitt
and Winsell, were arrested at Lamar,
charged with breaking into Santa Fe
cars and stealing merchandise July
10th. The court discharged them at
that time but the sheriff rearrested
them upon presentation of new evil
dence and they were taken to Holly
for trial.
The Loveland Chamber of Commerce
has received a 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. X. Barr appeared before the state
land board at Denver recently and
asked to purchase $3.50, $50 feet of tim
Der located In Grand county, three and
one-half miles southwest of Frazer.
The timber has been inspected by w.
r. Fairfax and a minimum price OF 50
per thousand was made by the board.
The timber will be duly advertised for
sale and disposed of later.
w. C. Blair, formerly reading clerk
in the House OF Representatives, has
been appointed TO the position of as
sistant bookkeeper by State Auditor
Statler. Mr.. Blair is a 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.
Those fortunate enough to have
partial fruit crop this season In the
vicinity of Fort Collins are receiving
record prices for their products. In
made from the famous McClelland or
chard to Denver, three crates sold for
1880 and two crates for $40. The
net return. on the five crates was
$20.30, 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 IS a crate. Last
year from the same orchard he had
about 1000 crates. Currants are sell
ing at $3.50 crate and Mr.. McClel-
land has a fair crop, considering the
ravages of the frost. The usual price
is $1.5O crate for currants.
The way of the transgressor is or
dinarily difficult enough, but 1t is be-
ing made more difficult these days by
the club women of Denver, who have
called upon the chief OF police and.
the mayor of this city and have asked
those officials to enforce the law re-
garding the employment OF the prison
ers in the city and county jails. This
law was passed by the last Colorado
assembly and provides that any per-
son convicted of a misdemeanor or
violation of an ordinance and being
confined in Jail therefor shall be COM
PEELED to work at hard labor. The
club women stated 10 the city officials
that they asked that the law be en-
forced in the interest of humanity as
a sentence during the summer caused
the prisoner to suffer untold misery on
account of the poor ventilation of the
jails of Denver.
When the directors of the Santa Fe
railroad met at Topeka, Kansas, last
January, they appropriated 100000 to
be spent in the yards of the company
at Trinidad Officers of the company
have completed final arrangements to
start the improvements. A new
freight depot, a roundhouse, and new
coal chute will be erected. The old
freight depot will be moved to within
$50 feet of the passenger depot. A new
sidetrack will also be laid. after
which there will be no switching
across Commercial street. one of the
busiest thoroughfares in the city.
Denver will have a 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 ]. +. Myers, who is blind
man, and the cash for its maintenance
is being paid by the state treasurer
in accord with the bill passed by the
last Legislature which appropriated
100000 for the work.
Walter McCaslin of Longmont has
purchased $1,000 lambs to feed for the
Easfern market He saws that Eastern