The Springfield herald., 1907-06-28
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

out on top despite the frosts and bad
reports.
John Wolf of Denver, a retired
farmer. has purchased home n.
Boulder and will 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 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.
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 a current to Boulder to supply
the southern part of the city with
light. 1t is hoped TO 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 nj
3i,50O,O0O 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 seri-
ously, if not fatally injured in 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 it 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 j. Macky, n wealthy banker
of Boulder. died last week and after
providing for n number of relatives,
he wiled 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-
ity provides for the erection and main-
tenance of Macky building to bs
devoted to some branch of education.
The sum of 100000 is available fo'
this building and $4,000 for the chill.
drens 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 punches of
powder left on stone to dry without
being harmed. Morris fired the last
batch and when the powder blazed up
III 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
HtlNSo "Nio PAaSINais uSuu''eu'
United States Senator Simon Gug-
genheim paid Longmont a visit re-
Gently. He was met by Mayor Brad
ley, Judge f. p. Secor and l.. l.. Breck-
enridge. f. 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 a short talk in reference to
United States geological survey of the
country lying between Lonsmont 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. Fl. Chase. a feeble old man of &c
years, was taken before Judge Lewis
In the federal court in Denver recently
on bench warrant issued because he
diG not appear before the federal grand
jury when summoned. The old man
lives in Pagosa Springs, and although
he 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-
Se1teu SUCH Il pllldDle appearance iHdl
Judge Lewis dismissed him without
punishment. He testified before the
grand jury and was allowed three days
witness fees in addition to five GEMS
per mile mileage. q
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 We're
favorably impressed. The high line
canal as proposed will cost $1,500,00O
and reclaim hundreds of acres of land.
It's construction by the government has
been urged for years, but today is the
first time federal officials have seen
its Importance and possibilities. II
the government decides to build this
canal it will double Grand functions
population in few years.
While digging s.ell on the Vernon
ranch, eight miles east of