The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1907-11-29
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS Z

Inc Union racine mas complete a
large water tank at Platteville and viii
soon begin remodeling and enarging
the depot.
The contract for the erection of tho
new city hall at Trinidad will be Ist
January 1st. Additional grounl for
the site has been donated by Edward
West.
An Illinois association was started
at Boulder a few days ago. and now
the southerners are contemplate
Dixie club.
The annual reunion of Union Colony
pioneers will be held at Greeley De.
cember 7th. 1t is now thirty-seyen
years since the first settlers came
| The entire switchboard capacity of
the Florence telephone Office is now oc.
cupied and the company is planning ia
expend $4,000 to enlarge the eqqjp.
ment.
The ladies' of Greeley gave a BANQUET
to the members of the Greeley Cham.
ber of Commerce on the night Of No.
vember 22nd, at which plates were laid
for ITS persons
Instructions have been given the 20.
lice of Colorado City to rid the town
Of its opium dens and cocaine joints
and a vigorous campaign will be OBJ
ened against such places. a
The citizens of Johnstown ha1t
voted unanimously for the issuance Of
$4,000 bonds for the building Of
water works system. The water will be
furnished by the Highline ditch
The town OF Frederick in south,
western Weld county, has pettloned
to become incorporated. Firestone.
Frederick and Dacomah are coal
towns, within a mile of each other.
In excavating for the new addition
to the Denver postoffice a few days
ago the workmen found an old flint
lock musket. Pioneers say that the
ground was once occupied by Colonel
Chivington's cabin.
Deputy Sheriff Robert Medium
who is charged with killing David
Lambert at the Tom Boy mine. after
the latter had fatally wounded Thomas
Sullivan, was given preliminary
bond fixed at $500.
H. E. Bald of Denver, who has been
drilling for artesian water near Ora
Junta, five miles north of Florence, re-
Gently struck big flow at depth Of
105 feet. The well will pump 141s gal
Ions a minute. Mr.. Bald owns l2o
acres which will te irrigated by it.
The Arkansas river, which has been
muddy for the last twelve years on ac.
count of placer operations near Gran.
lite, is clearer at present than for many
years. The placer men have closed
down the workings for the winter. The
tailings were all dumped into the river
Work has begun on the new |. o. 0.
F. hall at Eaton, to cost $4,000. To
erect the building company was in
corporated and bonds issued bearing
per cent. interest, payable sem-anA
ally. Most of the bonds were taken ~
the lodge, which numbers 14O mem
bers.
Thursday, November 21st. was
Cleanup Day" in Fruita, in pursu-
ance of proclamation by the mayor
Nearly all the citizens turned out. and
by night the town was "as clean as a
whistle" and the workers ready for
the big banquet rendered them BY the
women Of Fruita.
Application has been received at the
Pueblo land Office from James H Pea
body and others of Canon City for
right of way over government lands for
the Royal Gorge railway. According
to the statement made, the railway
will be eight and one-half miles in
length to the top Of the Royal gorge
Much confusion has been current
throughout the state recently in re-
gard to the use of the name of the
State University. AS it is supported
by the commonwealth the institution
remains properly the UNIVERSITY OF
Colorado although it may well be
called the State University. But the
school never was or will be Boulder
University"
The Colorado Agricultural COLLEGE
held during the year ending Novem-
ber Is, 1907, 113 Farmers Institutes
with total attendance of 1890 per
sons. Fifteen stops were made on the
Santa Fe Institute train with an at
tendance of 1,7O5. Through the Farm
ers' Institutes and the Institute tram
the college force has met during the
year 2l,495 people.
The annual exhibition of the PiL..
Peak Poultry Association will be
at Colorado Springs, December 9th 10
14th. Denver, Pueblo, Boulder. Foft
Collins and Canon City fanciers nave
made an unusually large number OF 'I,
tries. w. F. Kendrick of Denver VIII
show large number of pheaSan's'
Twenty-Five silver cups and more tina"
100 special prizes have been offered
The magnificent bronze statue OF
Winfield Scott Stratton which Is 10
be erected in his honor by the Stra'
ton estate executors in Stratton paIA'
Colorado Springs, has just been com.
pleted by Miss Nellie V. Walker,
Chicago sculptress. 1t is eight 1'es
high and shows Mr.. Stratton IN
standing position. The cost of inc
statue is $4,000. 1t will rest on
granite pedestal seven feet high WHO"
cost $4,000.
Three interstate debates have bt,n
arranged this year by the UnlVersul
of Colorado. AS is the usual custom
they will all occur in the spring OF '!Ie
year. Only one of them will tah'
place at the home of another insI.G
tion-that with the University OF l"u
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