The Colorado statesman., 1907-11-30
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


large water tank at Platteville and will
soon begin remodeling and enlarging
the depot.
The contract for the erection of the
new city hall at Trinidad will be let
January LIST. Additional ground for
the site has been donated by Edward
West.
An Illinois association was started
at Boulder few days ago, and now
the southerners are contemplating
Dixie club.
The annual reunion of Union Colony
pioneers will be held at Greeley De-
cember 7th. 1t is now thirty-seven
years since the first settlers came.
The entire switchboard capacity of
the Florence telephone office is now oc-
cupied and the company is planning to
expend $4,000 to enlarge the equip
ment.
The ladies of Greeley gave banquet
/ to the members of the Greeley Cham
ber of Commerce on the night of No
vember 22nd, at which plates were laid
for ITS persons.
Instructions have been given the po-
lice of Colorado City to rid the town
of it's opium dens and cocaine joints.
and vigorous campaign will be op-
ened against such places.
The citizens of Johnstown have
voted unanimously for the issuance of
$40, 1000 bonds for the building of a
water works system. The water will be
furnished by the Highline ditch.
The town of Frederick in south
western Weld county, has pc-itioned
to become incorporated. Firestone,
Frederick and Dacomah are coal
towns, within a mile of each other.
In excavating for the new addition
to the Denver postoflice a few days
ago the workmen found an old flint
lock musket. Pioneers say that the
ground was once occupied by Colonel
Chivington's cabin.
Deputy Sheriff Robert Meldrum,
who is charged with killing David
Lambert at the Tom Boy mine, after
the latter had fatally wounded Thomas
Sullivan, was given a preliminary
hearing at Telluride Saturday and his
bond fixed at $500.
H. E. Bald of Denver, who has been
drilling for artesian water near Ora
Junta, five miles north of Florence, re-
Gently struck big flow at depth of
los feet. The well will pump 141a gal
Ions a minute. Mr. Bald owns 120
acres which will he irrigated by it.
The Arkansas river, which has been
muddy for the last twelve years on ac-
count of placer operations near Gran
lite, is clearer at present than for many
years. The placer men have closed
down the workings for the winter. The
tailings were all dumped into the river
Work has begun on the new l. o. o.
F. hall at Eaton, to cost $4,000. To
erect the building a company was in
corporated and bonds issued bearing
per cent interest, payable semi-annu-
ally. Most of the bonds were taken by
the lodge, which numbers 140 men,
bers.
Thursday, November 21st, was
Cleanup Day" in Fruita, in pursu-
ance of a proclamation by the mayor.
Nearly all the citizens turned out and
by night the town was "as clean as
whistle" and the workers ready for
the big banquet rendered them by the
women of Fruita.
Application has been received at the
Pueblo land office from James H. Pea
body and others of Canon City for a
right of way over government lands for
the Royal Gorge railway. According
to the statement made, the railway
will be eight and one-half miles in
length to the top of the Royal gorge.
Much confusion has been current
throughout the state recently in re-
gard to the use of the name of the
State University. AS it is supported
by the commonwealth the institution
remains properly the University of
Colorado although it may well be
called the State University. But the
school never was or will be Boulder
University"
The Colorado Agricultural College
held during the year ending Novem-
ber 15, 1907, 113 Farmers Institutes
with total attendance Of 1890 per-
sons. Fifteen stops were made on the
Santa Fe Institute train with an at
tendance of 1,705. Through the Farm
ers' Institutes and the Institute train
the college force has met during the
year 21,495 people.
The annual exhibition of the Pixies
Peak Poultry Association will be held
at Colorado Springs, December 9th to
18th. Denver, Pueblo, Boulder, Fort
Collins and Canon City fanciers have
made an unusually large number of en-
tries. w. F. Kendrick of Denver will
show a large number of pheasants.
Twenty-Five silver cups and more than
100 special prizes have been offered.
The magnificent bronze statue of
Winfield Scott Stratton which is to
be erected in his honor by the STRAIT
ton estate executors in Stratton park,
Colorado Springs, has just been COM
pleted by Miss Nellie V. Walker, a
Chicago sculptress. 1t is eight feet
high and shows Mr.. Stratton in
standing position. The cost of the
statue is $4,000. 1t will rest on a
granite pedestal seven feet high which
cost $4,000.
Three interstate debates have been
arranged this year by the University