The Glenwood post., 1907-06-22
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

business man of Morrison, recently
| died after an illness from paralysis
o. w. Yeager died of Brght's dis
ease, aged flfty-one. He had been an
honored citizen of Longmont for years.
The Sisters in charge of ST Fran
els Seminary at Longmont are super
intending the furnishing of the build
| ing, and expect to open the school Sep
| tember 1st.
The new hotel committee at Boulder
| has decided to name the new structure
the "Boulderado." being made out of
| the words Boulder and Colorado
Work is beieng pushed rapidly.
Pueblo captured the 1908 convention
| of the State Federation of Colored
| Women's Clubs. President a-Joyce
| Jackson of Colorado Springs. and other
| officers, hold over until next year.
A Denver srl was kidnapped on tho
| main business street the other day and
spirited away" to Pueblo. The girl
| is II years old. but didn't call for help
| until she was 100 miles from home.
Costello and Stevenson, two Oak
| Creek merchants before the County
| Court charged with the illegal sale OF J
liquor. We're discharged. the jury con
| sidering the evidence against them in
sufficient to sustain the charge. The
| defense offered no evidence.
A fire at Robinson near Brecken-
+ dge, which originated in mine
b oarding house last Sunday. destroyed
| ten buildings and for a time threat
| ened to wipe out the entire place Loss
| $4,000. Elmer HOFFMAN was Sc
verely burned while trying to save his
property.
Perahps the largest fish ever caught
| In a running stream in Boulder county
was landed by l.. E. Avery The fish
| was caught in Boulder creek about
| three miles from town. 1t was a rain
| bow trout, twenty-five and one-half
inches in length. and weighed four and
a half pounds.
The Wellington association is con
structing dam for the purpose of
| storing water on the high ground north
west of Boulder for irrigating pur-
poses. The dam is to be about 600 feet
| long, have base of 100 feet and be
| fifty feet high. The reservoir will
| cover about thirty acres and will irri-
gate several thousand acres.
J. H. and f. 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
| 3l,50O,OOO 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.
What is said to have been the first
| frame building erected in Fort Col
| Inns, is being moved to make room for
a hardware store. 75X125 feet, which
| Judge Jay Boughton is building. The
old building was erected in the win
| ter of 1928 by Judge Boughton, he
doing most of the work on it. 1t was
built for the use of the secretary of
| the colony, and later used as printing
office. When Judge Boughton was
| elected county judge in 1876 he occu-
| pied it as court room and office.
Andrew j. Macky, a wealthy banker
! of Boulder. died last week and after
| providing for 4 number of relatives,
he willed the remainder of his fortune
to the State University, and for the
purpose of building a hospital and
| home for dependent children and
widows, the latter to be erected at
Boulder. The bequest TO the univers-
|
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 Anti-Saloon League claims to
| have secured evidence of violations of
| the gambling and Sunday-closing laws
| against nearly every saioonkeeper in
A T. "a tric
ney Smith filed twenty-nine complaints
| in the County Court. The men for
| whom warrants were issued are:
Charles Lawlin, Fort Logan, four
cases; Harry Livingston, Fort Logan,
four cases II. Ulind, Fort Logan, two
| cases: Patrick Slyney, Fort Logan:
James Buck, Petersburg; C. A Hort
man, Petersburg, five cases; Frank A.
Beandle, Petersburg, seven cases; j. f.
Crawford. Littleton, two cases; Henry
1einey, Littleton. two cases; Lewis
Steckline, Sullivan.
K. II. Chase a feeble old man of 76 =.
years, was taken before Judge Lewis Y
in the federal court in Denver recently
on bench warrant issued because he
die not appear before the federal grand
jury when summoned. The old man
lives in Pagosa Springs, and although
nc 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 pitiable 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.
new forage plant has been intro 4.
duced in Boulder, which, 1t Is claimed,
is even better than alfalfa, especially
on sandy and dry soil. Its botanical
name is papsalum dilatatum, the com
mon name heing large water grass,
and also Golden crown urocc II 10