The Springfield herald., 1907-02-15
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

1t 10 expected that from 500 to 500
acres of beets will be raised near Flor
ence this year for the Holly sugar fac
tory.
A snowslide near Silverton carried
away several small buildings belong
ing to the Auburn Consolidated Mines
Company on the 5th inst. The damage
IL estimated at about $4,000.
A large number of Colorado shrin-
srs are preparing to go to the conven-
tion Of the order at Los Angeles In
May. They are promised an extraor-
dinary amount Of entertainment.
Mrs. Mary Nen OF Denver committed
suicide at Victor on the Sth inst. b9
shooting herself through the head. She
was Respondent because OF the deAts
of her daughter, Mrs. Forrest Babcock,
that morning from blood poisoning.
General Trafic Manager Wakely ot
the Burlington has ordered through
trains Nos. Is and IA TO stop at the
new station Of keone because OF the
heavy travel through thst section a.
Weld county. Keene will soon have q
postof1ce. .',t
Benjamin and Earl Tucker of Colo
RADIO Springs and Austin Tucker Of
Denver, sons of J. T. Tucker. the res.
taurant man Of Colorado Springs and
Denver, are preparing an expedition to
the far North to hunt for the rare AMI
mails that inhabit the Arctic circle.
Workmen cutting cottonwood trees
In Lincoln park, Pueblo. felled . tree
which had . accompaniment squirrel
house. In the upper part were several
young squirrels, and in the lower part
q hive of bees and thirty pounds OF
honey. The honey was secured and
divided.
The Pueblo Business Mems Associa-
| ton has prepared a catchy postcard
made in the form of folder. and this
will be sent throughout the United
states and Europe. 1t contains much
information concerning the financial
| industrial and agricultural resources
| of Pueblo.
Business in the Pueblo postoffice for
January shows an increase of ten per
cent. over that of the corresponding
month last year. January. 1906, showed
q heavy Increase over the previous
year, so that the advance during the
last two years shows eighteen and one
half per cent.
Superintendent w. H. Tate of the
Union Depot Company at Pueblo has
completed his report for January,
which shows that the sale OF tickets at
the Pueblo ofiice was fifteen per cent.
higher than last year and that. the
number OF pieces Of baggage handled
was 2,O71 more than during the same
month last year.
l.. B. Morrison, superintendent OF
the Clipper mine, on London mountain,
near Alma, was caught and killed In
| ,l1v hn n q
Morrison was on his way down from
the mine with samples of ore from a
| new strike when the slide started. He
struggled hard, but was covered by the
slide and suffocated.
Judge Kerr Of the Probate Court OF
Fl Paso county has approved the peti-
tion of the executors of the Stratton
estate to pny the remaining legatees
under the will. There are ten bcneh.
ciaries whose bequests aggregate
$435,000. Approximately $4,000 inner
itance tax and interest thereon Will be
withheld from the amount.
In the special election held at Aspen
to decide whether the taxpayers wish
to extend the franchise Of the Castle
Creek Water Company for twenty-five
years, with reduction Of twenty.
seven per cent. in the present water
rates, only 1874 votes were cast. OF
these 126 were for granting the new
franchise and So we're against.
George P. Avery Of Fort Collins has
been elected by certificate holders OF
the Monte Cristo Rubber Plantation
Company to go to Mexico to inspect
the company's proposition there. ex-
penses paid. The directors In the big
company, which owns all orchard OF
| 5000 acres Of rubber trees, are Gree
ley, Denver and Montana men.
The largest shipment o: cement
made from the Portland Cement
Works left Florence a few days ago.
and the cement will be distributed over
| Colorado to the west and northwest.
1t consisted of twenty-eight cars, 5000
| barrels, or a total OF 100000 pounds.
| Most OF 1t will be used in railroad con
| struction and government work.
The Willow Creek Reservoir Com
pany has let the contract for the build
ing of its new reservoir, thirty-fivs
miles northeast of Greeley and four
miles southwest of Grover. to cost $685.
900. The reservoirs have combined
capacity OF 900 cubic feet, will draw
water from Willow creek and bring
uAuSl SuitlNutioh hFOOo oN'So "a 's>A1e'
w. A. Merralls of San Francisco has
purchased thirty acres of land adjoin.
ing Denver on the south and on the
tracks of the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe railway. On this site will be
| ercted what the promoters say will be
the largest machine shop and foundry
west OF the Missouri river. where all
sorts Of mining machinery will be
built.
Eugene Engley, attorney general OF
the state during the Waite administra
ton, was taken to the Sisters hospi
tai at Cripple Creek on the 4th inst
in precarious condition. He had been
mining on an extensive scale on the
Corialanus and Ocean Wave, on Bat
tie mountain, where he contracted a Sc
we're cold and was threatened with
pneumonia.
The first large shipment. thirty-eight
carloads, OF sheep left Greeley on the
9Th inst, for Missouri river points. OF
these twenty-seven came from Fort
Collins, eight from the Kersey district
and three from Greeley. Over three
fourth Of the ewes fattening in the dis
trict have gone to market and from
now on daily shipments VIII be made