The Colorado statesman., 1907-02-09
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Oiey o'OfC anu II uTUdCe COMPANY HAS
purchased an entire city block in that
town, near the Rio Grande depot, for
site.
The vacancy in the commandership
of the Agricultural college cadets, due
to the resignation of Capt. Thomas M
Anderson, Jr., has been filled by the
state board calling Capt. H. d. Hum
phrey of Fort Collins to that position.
Bob McMannis, alias Black Bob,
from Oklahoma territory. was arrested
at Pueblo Friday, on charge of horse
stealing by Officers Bell and Billedoux.
He is suspected by the officers of hav-
ing killed a brother of Sheriff Farr
OF Huerfano county.
Hon. l.. Ogilvy, known to many Col
oradoans as Lord Ogilvy, has traded
his 1OO-acre farm in Weld county to
Senator w. w. Booth of Denver for the
senator's residence at 3424 West Twen-
ty-third avenue, in Denver, and will re-
move with his family to Denver.
Business in the Pueblo postoffice foF
January shows an increase of ten per
cent. over that of the corresponding
month last year. January, 1906, showed
heavy increase over the previous
year, SO that the advance during the
last two years shows eighteen and one
half per cent.
The January business of the Pueblo
Land Office was the largest in its his
tory, there being recorded 1876 home
stead entries, twenty-five original des-
ert claims, sixty cash sales, fourteen
final desert land entries and fifty-three
final homestead claims. This covers
51,950 acres of land.
Superintendent w. H. Tate of the
TTDinn nannt %. !,
completed his report for January.
which shows that the sale of tickets at
the Pueblo office was fifteen per cent.
higher than last year and that the
number of pieces of baggage handled
was 2,071 more than during the same
month last year.
Judge Kerr of the Probate Court OF
Ell Paso county has approved the petit
tion of the executors of the Stratton
estate to pay the remaining legatees
under the will. There are ten benefi.
ciaries whose bequests aggregate
$435,O00. 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 a reduction of twenty
seven per cent. in the present water
rates, only 1S4 votes were cast. OF
these 126 were for granting the new
franchise and 5S were 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-
ThA +. l.;
company, which owns an orchard of
5000 acres of rubber trees, are Gree
ley, Denver and Montana men.
The largest shipment of 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 total Of 100000 pounds.
Most of it will be used in railroad con,
struction and government work.
Rev. Samuel Moore of Greeley has
sold his ranch of $3.50 scres with wa
ter, near Livermore, to =. c. Kulver of
Fort Collins, taking in exchange the
Kulver cattle ranch of $500 acres
nearby and $4,000 in cash. Mr.. Moon
intends to engage in cattle raising and
will place 1000 head of yearling steers
on the ranch to fatten for market.
The Willow Creek Reservoir Com
pany has let the contract for the build
ing of its new reservoir thirty-five
miles northeast of Greeley and four
miles southwest of Grover, to cost $685.
600. The reservoirs have a combined
capacity of 175,000 cubic feet, will draw
water from Willow creek and bring
under cultivation 1000 acres of land.
Eugene Engley, attorney general Of
= the state during the Waite administra-
tion, 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 Union Pacific is putting in a
new steel railroad bridge across the
Platte river south of Evans. The exca-
vations for the first two piers, bridge
will be over 800 feet long and cost
about 100000. 1t will have double
tracks and be as high as the roadbed
at the La Sale station quarter of
mile away. 1t will take 200 men six
months to complete the work.
The vacancy in the animal hus-
bandry department Of the State Agri-
cultural College caused by the transfer
of Professor Cottrell to institute work,
was filled to-day by the acceptance of
the position by Prof. George E. Morton
of the University Of Wyoming. Profess
sor Morton holds bachelor of science
degree from the Colorado Agricultural
College. He graduated with the class
of 1904.
Before the end of the month the
Denver & Rio Grande railway will COM