The Colorado statesman., 1907-01-12
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

lied at -lult.
The Methodist church at Fort Col.
Inns has installed fine pipe organ.
The death rate of Fort Collins in
1906 was only 7.03 per thousand. This
is phenomenally low.
The Colorado Cattle and Horse
Growers Convention will meet at
Denver, January 21st.
The state Supreme Court has de.
clared the law against the use of trad
ing stamps to be invalid.
Antonio Sandoval, a veteran of the
Mexican war and of the Civil war, died
at Trinidad on the 3rd inst, at the age
OF eighty-nine years.
Pueblo is to have a mill for the
manufacture Of linseed oil, farmers in
the vicinity having agreed to raise
several thousand acres of fax.
Colorado College has been placed on
the revised list of colleges entitled to
aid from the Andrew Carnegie S1O,O0O,-
600 fund for superannuated college pro-
fessors.
Bishop Henry W. Warren celebrated
his seventy-sixth birthday at his home
In Denver few days ago. He is one
Of the youngest men for his age in
America.
The contract for building the new
auditorium at Denver, has been let to
H. w. Schluetor of Chicago, whose
bid was $416,000. The plans call for a
magnificent structure.
Harry Riddle, Carlton M. Bliss,
George w. Allen, Greeley w. Whit
ford and Hubert l.. Shattuck, the new
judges of the District Court at Denver,
were sworn in by Chief Justice Cab
bert on the 7th inst.
The new governors name is pro-
nounced as If it were spelled Booktle.
The Retail Merchants Association
of Colorado will hold their convention
at Pueblo, January 18th and 10th, the
program including big banquet.
The Colorado Springs & Interurban
Railway Company, owning the Colo
rado Springs street car system, have
announced an increase in wages of 2
cents to 21a cents an hour to all motor
men and conductors.
Alexander jackson, one of the Oldest
railroad men of Pueblo, who left three
years ago to take a position with the
Rock Island, has been promoted to
general European agent for that sys-
TEN, with headquarters in London.
. Andrew Thompson or Johnson, un,
der arrest and held as a suspect in.
connection with the murder of Mar
shal Frisbie at Lamar, has been re-
moved to Pueblo, where he will be held
until the investigation has been COM
pleted.
Representative Hogg has recon-
mended the appointment of Mrs.
Maude Evans Mclean as postmaster at
Breckenridge. Also the reappointment
of John F. Squire as register of the
United States Land Office at Glenwood
Springs.
The Colorado Veterans association,
composed of persons who served in
Colorado regiments during the civil
> war, has been incorporated, the officers
being Milo H. Slater, president; Will
liam T. Baty, secretary and Sam G.
Dorsey, treasurer.
The comptroller of the currency has
issued g. certificate authorizing the
eFirst National Bank of Hugo, Colorado,
to begin business. The new bank is
capitalized at $25,oOO, with Gordon
Jones president, and Emmit l..
. Thompson cashier.
Just before he retired from office,
the newspaper writer's and artists Of
Denver, called in a body to pay their
respects to Governor Mcdonald, and
as tribute of respect and good will
presented him with an illuminated ad-
dress signed by the donors.
The application of D. H. Staley,
Wesley Staley, Alexander Oliver, G.
Wallrich, Fred Grotning and Magnus
Lundquist to organize the Alamosa Ma
tional Bank of Alamosa, Colorado, with
$4,000 capital, has been approved by
the comptroller of the currency.
Judge Booth M. Malone, at Denver,
has issued an order allowing Receiver
r. H. Malone to pay ten per cent
dividend to the stockholders in the FL
deity Savings Association. Checks will
be sent out Immediately to those OF the
1000 creditors and those who owe the
association money will be credited with
the money that would otherwise have
been sent to them.
Judges J. w. Sheafor w. S. Morris
and James Owens of the Fourth judi
cial district, on the 7th appointed dis
trict clerks for five of the seven coun-
ties comprising the Fourth district, as
follows: Edgar Howbert, Ell Paso; W..
e. Dingman, Teller; Wyatt Boyer, Kit
Y Carson; DIR. Rogers, Elbert, and l. d.
Owen, Douglas. There were no ap-
pointments for Cheyenne and Lincoln
counties, no applications having been
received. The present incumbents Will
hold over until their successors are ap-
pointed.
The Platte Land Company and
number of Kersey capitalists will build
a s1O0, 900 reservoir nine miles south
of Greeley, in the vicinity OF Beepe
draw, from which water will be taken
to irrigate $4,000 acres lying d1rectiy
south of Kersey, between the Platee
river and Box Elder creek. The res
I'LL ha fI1ad from the PlatL6