The Dolores star., 1907-02-08
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

town. near the Rio. Grande depot, TO
site.
+, The United States Senate mas con
frmed the nominations of Samuel A
Abbey and Leo Fairbanks as res,ster'
OF the Pueblo and Del Norte iaLd OF
fees.
The date Of the department encamp
ment OF the Grand Army Of the Repub
lie at Colorado Springs has beer
char ged from May 9th to 11th to Ma,
14th to 10th.
The Stockmen's National Back O
Brush, Colorado, has been authorizes
to begin business with $4,000 capital
w. A. Cotton Is president; E. Mum
vice president, and F. e. Cotton, cash
Ter.
The vacancy In the communicable
OF the Agricultural college cadets, due
to the resignation of Capt Thomas NJ
Anderson. Jr. has been filled by the
state board calling Capt. H. d. Hum
phrey Of Fort Collins to that position
NJ, NJ. HANNA and E. A. PfeIfiler
expert accountants OF Cripple Crec..
have been engaged by the county com
misstoners of Fremont county to audi
the books of the county officials. The
work VIII take about forty days, ant
cost $1,000.
Bob McMannis. alias Black Bob
from Oklahoma territory. was arrested
at Pueblo Friday. on a charge of horse
stealing by Officers Bell and Billedoux
HE is suspected by the officers OF hav
fng killed a brother Of Sheriff Farr
pf Huerfano county.
Hon. L. Ogilvy, known to many Col
oradoans as Lord Ogilvy, has traded
his 100-acre farm in Weld county to
Senator w. w. Booth of Denver for the
senator's residence at 3424 West Twen
ty-third avenue. in Denver. and will re.
move with his family to Denver.
w. NJ. Weaver, night watchman at
the Anaconda cyanide mill at Gold
hill. in the Cripple Creek district, was
held up on the night OF January 25th
by three masked men, who carried of
300 rounds CO precipitates valued at
$500. first tying the watchman.
The January business of the Pueblo
Land Office was the largest in its his
tory, there being recorded 1856 home
stead entries, twenty-five original des.
ert claims. sixty cash sales, fourteen
final desert land entries and f1fty-three
final homestead claims. This covers
81 $50 acres Of land.
Mrs. w. w. Taylor of Fort Collins
has been notified of the death Of her
son. Everett N. Taylor, at Guayaquil,
Ecuador, where he was employed as
a railway conductor. Mr.. Taylor
served in the Philippine army, and af-
terward went south. lie leaves a
widow and one younug son.
Former Governor and Mrs. Alva
Adams started from Pueblo January
26th on trip around the world, to Oc-
cupy the greater part Of a year, sailing
from San Francisco February 5th and
going via Honolulu, Yokohama, Hong
kong, Singapore, Calcutta, Delhi. Bonn
bay. Marseilles, and Paris to London.
The annual report of the Colorado
Springs Y. M. C. A. shows total Of
b50 members, receipts of $5S.S37.F and
expenditures of $57, 1887 during 1906.
IA credit fund Of 1892 is on hand for
improvements. On February 18th the
association will inaugurate one-day
|whirlwind compaign for 500 new
members.
A spur from the main line Of the
Santa Fe has Just been completed to
II new coal mine near Morley on the
Trinidad side of Ration mountain
where the Colorado Fuel aa1 Iron
Company Is opening a new mine
when the camp is in running order
1t is expected that 5000 tons OF coal a
day will be mined.
The Glockner sanitarium at Colo
rado Springs will shortly construct q
three-story brick addition, accommo
dating forty patients and to cost SIS,
900. The present sanitarium, with its
hospital ward and tents and cottages
cost $4,000. Work will be started by
March at the latest and will be fin
ished in nine months.
Rev. Samuel Moore of Greeley has
sold his ranch of 5,370 acres with wa
ter, near Livermore, to ]. C. Kulver oi
Fort Collins, taking in exchange the
Kulver cattle ranch Of $500 acres
nearby and $1,000 in cash. Mr.. Moon
intends to engage in cattle raising and
will place 1000 head Of yearling steers
on the ranch to fatten for market.
The Union Pacific is putting in q
new steel railroad bridge across the
Platte river south of Evans. The exca
vations for the first two piers, bridge
will be over 800 feet long and cost
about 100000. 1t will have double
tracks and be as high as the roadbed
at the La Sale station quarter Of q
mile away. 1t will take 200 men sia
months to complete the work.
The vacancy in the animal hus
| bandry department of the State Agri
cultural College caused by the transfer
of Professor Cottrell to institute work
was filed to-day by the acceptance Of
the position by Prof. George E. Morton
of the University Of Wyoming. Profes
sor Morton holds bachelor OF science
degree from the Colorado Agricultural
College. He graduated with the class
of 1904. on
The Arkansas Valley Electric Com
pany has sold it's abandoned electric
plant at Florence to Denver com
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