The Elbert County tribune., 1907-02-07
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

CITY Stove and Furnace Company has
purchased an entire city block In that
town. near the Rio Grande depot. for
a site.
The United States Senate has con-
firmed the nominations of Samuel A.
Abbey and Leo Fairbanks as registers
OF tho Pueblo and Del Norte iaud Of
fees.
Tho date of the department encamp-
ment OF the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie at Colorado Springs has been
char ged from May 9th to 11th to May
14th to 10th.
The Stockmen's National Back OF
Brush. Colorado. has been authorized
to begin business with $4,000 capital.
w. A. Cotton is president: E. Mum.
vice president. and F. e. Cotton, cash
Ter.
The vacancy In the commandership
of the Agricultural college cadets, due
to the resignation of Capt. Thomas NJ.
Anderson, Jr.. has been filled by the
state board calling Capt. II. d. Hum
phrey Of Fort Collins to that position.
NJ. NJ. HANNA and E. A. Pfeltlei.
expert accountants of Cripple Crech,
have been engaged by the county com
mssioners of Fremont county to aucit
the books of the county officials. The
work will take about forty days. and
cost $1,000.
Bob McMannis, alias Black Bob.
from Oklahoma territory, was arrested
at Pueblo Friday, on a 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 1O0-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.
w. NJ. Weaver, night watchman at
the Anaconda cyanide mill at Gold
hill in the Cripple Creek district, was
held up on the night of January 25th
by three masked men, who carried off
poo rounds of precipitates valued at
$500, FIRST tying the watchman.
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-
hrt claims. sixty cash sales, fourteen
final desert land entries and fifty-three
final homestead claims. This covers
81 $50 acres Cf land.
Mrs. w w Taylor of Fort Collins
has been notified of the death of her
BON. Everett N. Taylor, at Guayaquil.
Ecuador. where he was employed as
h railway conductor. Mr.. Taylor
teryed in the Philippine army. and af-
terward went south. He leaves a
widow and one younug son.
Former Governor and Mrs. Alva
Adams started from Pueblo January
26th on trip around the world. to oc-
cupy the greater part of year, sailing
from San Francisco February 9th and
going via Honolulu. Yokohama. Hong
kong. Singapore, Calcutta, Delhi, Bonn
bay, Marseilles, and Paris to London
The annual report of the Colorado
Springs Y NJ. C. A. shows total OF
p50 members, receipts of s5S,S37.47 and
expenditures of s57 1887 during 1906
A credit fund of $9,S22 is on hand for
improvements. On February 18th the
association will inaugurate a one-day
whirlwind compaign for 500 new
members.
A spur from the main line OF the
Santa Fe has Just been completed to
new coal mine near Morley on the
Trinidad side of Ration mountain,
where the Colorado Fuel ahi Iron
Company is opening new mine
When the camp is in running order
It is expected that 5000 tons OF coal a
day will be mined.
The Glockner sanitarIum at Colo
rado Springs will shortly construct a
three-story brick addition. accommo
dating forty patients and to cost $751;
900. The present sanitarium, with its
hospital ward and tents and cottages
cost S115, 900. Work will be started by
March at the latest and will be fin
ished in nine months.
Rev. Samuel Moore of Greeley has
sold his ranch of 5,370 acres 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 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 300 feet long and cost
about 100000. 1t will have double
tracks and be as high as the roadbed
at the La Sale station a quarter Of a
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. Profes-
sor Morton holds bachelor of science
degree from the Colorado Agricultural
College. He graduated with the class
Of 1904.