The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-12-21
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

an ordnance to provide for the grad
Ing and SrASelins OF several miles OF
sire.
I'll" masuiticont new building Of the
lcuHs Mems Christian association at
DelFer was formally opened on the
lo'h inst, and is now in full opera
tion
N'For in the history of Denver have
the State Humane society and TIE
ColoFrio Prison association been
sMalApei with appeals for aid as At
tht present time.
4De preliminary survey for the An
TETON" and Biiou reservoirs near Fort
moran has been finished. This viii
bring under irrigation another 5000
acreS OF land in Morgan county.
The board of pardons at its recent
NJ, eunG in Denver refused an april
cation for pardon in the case of sam
Enr,ch, sentenced from Denver Aug
ust ,, 1904. for the murder of William
Malone.
There is talk Of establishing five
new Independent packing plants IN
the san Luis valley, the hog raisers
complaining of the arbitrary meas
uces Of the packing trust in keeping
down prices.
The Southern Colorado Mercantile
company will build a wholesale SarG-
hcusc at Trinidad early next year
which will be l50x200 feet and five
stories high. Railroad tracks will run
through the building.
The Beaver Land & Irrigation Com.
pauy. which intends to irrigate 16,-
0oO acres near Florence, and will place
4,ou1 acres under water next spring,
reports that it has sold more than
1,uuo acres. Inquiries are being re-
ceiyed from Alaska to Florida.
4 Lew school house to accommodate
fifty pupils, the salary of a teacher for
six months and all fuel needed is the
gill of the Dacona Townsite Company
to the new school district No. &c. just
organized in southwestern Weld coun-
ty, adjoining the town of Dacona.
Oa the 18th inst. the work Of SUI
veynS for the Henrylyn irrigation
PROJECT in southeastern Weld county
was begun and will occupy month.
Preliminary lines have already Do"n
ruN defining the boundaries of tie
di ch, which embraces $4,000 acres.
y carload of Greeley potatoes was
started few days ago for New YORK
70 be'used for supplying the tables on
the big ocean liners and is the ~, q
runner of others to be used eor the
same purpose and for supplying pri-
vatc yachts, among them that of ti.c
VauGcrb!lts.
The cities along the Arkansas river
are cooperating to put stop to the
soiing of the water by earth washed
into it by the placer operations above
Granite. A fund will be raised to carry
On an injunction suit. Pueblo, Canon
City and Salida are the principal
places interested.
Hon. D. E. Severance, after whom
the town of Severance was named,
has offered two lots in the new city,
without any cost. to any one who will
erect $4,000 hotel on them. The
town has doubled its population within
six months. has added bank and com
pleted two-story sixroom brick
school house.
W. r. Wilson of Denver will build
the Chain of Lakes reservoir system,
thirty-five miles northeast of Greeley,
to consist of four reservoirs. with a
combined capacity of S3,000,000 cubic
feet of water Wilson expects to fill
township lying west and adjoining the
site of the reservoir.
The worst fire in the history Of
Castle Rock occurred early Monday
morning the 10th inst. wiping out a
half block in the business section and
entailing a loss of 100000 Only the
heroic work of the volunteer fire de
partment saved part Of the block from
being destroyed. The fire started in
the warehouse of c. G. Mcconnell and
is thought to have been the work OF
tramps
AT a meeting of the board Of pal
dons in Denver on the 18th inst. the
case Of Leonard Imboden and James
A. Hill was postponed until Feb,
when an open meeting Will be he'd tc
consider the applications for the par
con of the two. II. J. Hershey md L..
S Smith appeared in favor OF lmbGdcn
apd Hill, while Harry Kelly was there
to protest against the granting Gf the
pardon.
Red" the Irish setter dog of the
editor of the Evans Courier, has been
made an honorary member of the
Evans band, says the Evans cores
pondent of the Denver Republican.
His master plays in the band and the
dog has attended every band concert
and practice since it started. He
made 1t his duty to guard the instru-
12ents of the players and always
marches at the head of the procession.
The Loveland Fruit Growers Asso-
citation has taken up the matter of
canning string beans in the new can
ming factory. An effort is being made
to secure contracts for fifty acres for
next season. AS the beans have to be
hand picked, not more than one acre
is desired from any family. For this
reason the matter has been taken up
by the fruit growers, most of whom
have small tracts on which they can
raise beans.
The government, through w. McCon-
nell SunerYisiup reclamation GnGineer