The state herald., 1907-10-11
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


Eaton is to have new electrical
company.
Pueblo is to have a big cold stor-
age plant.
A Greeley cowboy roped coyote
and lead 1t into town.
The Gunnison tunnel is within 10.-
900 feet Of completion.
Grand Junction peaches were sold
for s2.371a a box In Boston.
Telluride, ouray and Silverton-that
great mining triangle-are beating
best records.
Land in Palisade. bought three years
ago for $40 an acre, was sold, recent
ly. for $1,05O an acre.
Forty.ilve carloads OF fruit netted
Grand Junction growers $50. 1920.
This is world record.
Grand Junction fruit growers say
that good crop OF high class pears Is
better than u gold mine.
Claim is set up by indicted drug
gists at Fort Collins, that the grand
jury was Illegally serving.
Pueblo hopes to add nailless horse
shoe factory to its already long list
OF manufacturing Industries.
Robert E. Cunningham shot and
killed himself on the grave Of his wife
At Leadville because of despondency.
mentally deranged Slav at Trini-
dad cleared rooming house of its
inmates and smashed up the furniture.
He was finally subdued.
o. Hall, who was in business at Ape
time at Idaho Springs and well known.
died at Stamford. Connecticut. His
brother. Albert Hall. is prominent
mine operator.
II. W. Moore near Brush, harvested
fifteen acres Of potatoes which went
40 sacks to the acre. weighing 40
pounds 10 the sack. This is the record
for this vicinity.
A petition signed by Postmaster
Walpole and officers of the Pueblo
Business Mems Association was for
warded to Washington requesting that
railway mail service be established on
Santa Fe trains No. COL and COZ be-
tween Denver and La Junta.
Peter Sprohesa, a rancher, and for
twenty-five years a resident Of Las
Animas county. died at his home near
Johns lake. east of Trinidad. De-
ceased was seventy years old and a
native Of England. He Is survived by
his widow and three sons.
Mrs. Augusta Cuthbertson Of Oak
land, California, seventy-nine years
old, died on board Denver & Rio
Grande train No. 2 while the train
was passing De Beque. of hemOrrhage
Of the brain. With her daughter. Mrs.
Kate c. Black, she was on her way
to visit relatives In the east The body
will be taken back to California by
Mrs. Black.
Robert H. Gore. city editor Of the
Chronicle-News OF Trinidad. and Miss
Lorens Eaury Of Owensboro. Ken
lucky. were married In the chapel OF
the Catholic church by the Rev.
Father Drummer. The bridegroom
went to Trinidad five months ago from
newspaper work. The bride arrived
from Kentucky later.
Old timers are predicting an un.
usually early and hard winter owing
to the fact that SO many porcupines
are seeking civilization. Not In many
years have SO many OF these little AMI.
mails made their appearance In Golden
aud Il Ia no strange sight to see one
numbering along through the street.
One was so bold AS 10 venture out on
Washington avenue In front OF the
business houses, where II was quickly
killed.
The Portland Gold Mining Com
pany. II is expected. viii declare u
fourcent dividend at the regular quar-.
terly meeting TO be held Saturday.
The amount will be $4,000. payable
October 18th TO stockholders OF record
October 9th. oncials OF the company
are ieticent about diyul.ing their
plans, but from outside sources II was
learned that they contemplate making
the dividend four cents. The disburse'
ment viii be one OF the largest Of the
year In mining circles.
VIII Z. Ferrili. curator. State His
,orical AID Natural History Society OF
Colorado. gave n lecture last week be
fore the Julcsburs high school on
Colorado Birds" which he illustrated
with n large number OF bird skins
IRON tho museum OF the society AT
the state house. In addition to hav
INK lecturcd to about 1900 Denver
school children ON historical and sci.
-ntinc subjects free OF charge. he
sometimes gives his services also 10
tho schools In other parts OF the stale.
DIR. Amos pourauin OF Denver. who
owns valuable grazing and agricul
tural land and water rights In Web.
s,cr park and Copper guich canon.
which he acquired from the Canon
Cattle Company. n few months ago.
hns secured from the District Court an
Injunction against Antoine Adamic pre-.
venting Adamic from developing
water right from the undcrnow OF
Copper gulch and conducting the
water across Bourauin's land 10
lG0hcr- tract on which Adamic pro
posed locating an Austrian settlement.
Boufquip alleged that the natural and