The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-27
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

farmer. has purchased a home a.
Boulder and viii occupy it.
Peter Christianson. prominent
business man of Morrison, recently
died after an Illness from paralysis.
Tom Hussie. a Boulder local auto
mobilist, has contracted with two
Eastern women to take them in an
auto to Glenwood Springs and back
in six days.
A Denver girl was kidnapped on the
main business street the other day and
spirited away" to Pueblo. The girl
is IL years old, but didn't call for help
| until she was 100 miles from home.
A fire at Robinson, near Brecken-
| ridge. which originated in mine
boarding house last Sunday. destroyed
| ten buildings and for time threat
| ened to wipe out the entire place. Loss
| $4,000. Elmer HOFFMAN was Sc
verely burned while trying to save his
property
Arrangements have been perfected
at the electrical plant at Lafayette to
| send current to Boulder to supply
| the southern part Of the city with
| light. 1t is hoped 10 have the north
ern part of the city ready for the cur
rent, soon. and after that the plant
here will no longer be used for cleo
trio lighting, but will furnish power
| for the street car service for some
| time.
| ]. II. and e. C. Williams are going
to make 600 acres of desert land bloom
with fine products, according to plans
! and specifications recorded at Trini-
| dad. The papers state that three
reservoirs, with combined capacity of
3d.500000 cubic feet. together with
numerous bitches, will be built. The
land is near Aguilar. and has never
been used for anything except the
grazing of sheep.
Police Judge ID. d. Finch, one of the
most prominent and influential Repub-
| lican politicians in Trinidad was sert-
ously, II not fatally injured in a run
away accident. Judge Finch had one
leg broken below the knee, the bone
protruding through the flesh. He also
had several ribs broken and 1t is feared
that he is injured internally. His
horse collided with a telephone pole,
] demolishing the buggy. Judge Finch
was thrown violently against the stone
curbing. Judge Finch was at one time
| sheriff.
Andrew ]. Macky, wealthy banker
of Boulder, died last week and afte,
1
he willed the remainder of his fortune
to the State University, and for the
purpose of building hospital and
home for dependent children and
| widows, the latter to be erected al
Boulder. The bequest TO the univers-
ity provides for the erection and main
tenance of a Macky building to be
| devoted to some branch of education
The sum of 100000 is available 70,
this building and $4,000 for the chill
dren's and widows home.
The remains of Morris Havens OF
Colorado Springs, who died at Boulder,
from the effects of burns, were sent
to his home for burial. The boys
brother, Leon. who was with him at
the time of the accident. says they
had fired several small lunches OF
powder left on a stone to dry without
being harmed. Morris fred the last
batch and when the powder blazed up
in his endeavor to jump away. he
jumped into the blaze. The boys
hands were literally cooked and the
flesh fell off, He did not suffer much
as the burns were so severe that the
nerves were practically deadened.
United States Senator Simon Gug
genheim paid Longmont visit re-
Gently. He was met by Mayor Brad.
ley, Judge F. p Secor and l.. l.. Breck-
enridge. +. NJ. Downer accompanied
the committee In the drive with the
senator over the city. A reception
was held in the rooms Of the CONNER
cial association. when the business
men met the senator. Thomas Mo
honey, secretary of the Association.
| gave short talk in reference to
United States geological survey of the
| country lying between Longmont and
the foothills, the object of which is
to determine whether the gypsum beds
are large enough to warrant the man.
ufacture of cement.
e. II. Chase, a feeble old man of 7G
years, was taken before Judge Lewis
in the federal court in Denver recently
on a bench warrant issued because he
dio not appear before the federal granl
jury when summoned. The old man
lives in Pagosa Springs, and although
H. has made his home in Colorado for
thirty years he told the court that he
had never before visited Denver. He
explained his failure to obey the sum-
mons to his lack OF money. He pre-
sented such a ptiable appearance that
Judge Lewis dismissed him without
punishment He testified before the
grand jury and was allowed three days
| witness fees in addition to five cents
per mile mileage.
For the purpose Of personally
observing the route for proposed
high line canal, Secretary of the
| Interior Garfield and Land Com
| missioner Ballinger took an auto spin
| over the Orchard mesa and spent
nearly an hour viewing the land near
Grove Junction last week. They were
favorably impressed. The high line
canal as proposed will cost s1,500.000
and reclaim hundreds of acres of land.
Its construction by the government has
been urged for years, but today is the
| first time federal officials have seen