The Springfield herald., 1907-03-15
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

| Apricot trees are In bloom at Pfli-
SADIE. Three rose bushes at Florence
have about 200 full-blown roses OH
them.
| Denver bricklayers have been
granted raise In wages OF so cents
day, bringing the average daily pay
up to Sc.
The Logan County Advocate and
the Republican at Sterling have been
consolidated and will be conducted by
d. c. Smith, former publisher Of tbs
Republican.
The cornerstone OF the new Chris.
tian church at Canon City was laid OH
the 26th. The building, which will
cost about $4,000, will be of Greciaa
style Of architecture, and Is to be com
pleted by August 1st.
That Pullman conductor or porto;
is not a passenger and may not recover
damages against railway company in
case of injuries sustained through a
wreck. is the doctrine enunciated by
the State Supreme Court.
Tho Western Baseball League will
be made up during the. coming season
Of Denver. Colorado Springs. Pueblo.
Topeka, ST. Joseph. Des Moines, Lin
coin and Sioux City. The opening
games will be played April 18th.
Natives OF Ohio now living In Colo
rado had banquet at Denver the
other night and afterwards organized
n permanent society with Governor
Buchtel as president. Ex-Governor
| Herrick was present.
The Argentine Central railroad has
practically been closed down for the
| balance Of the winter. The heavy
| snowslides have resulted in Its being
| found almost impossible to keep the
tracks clear, while the cost Of run.
ming the trains has been unusually
heavy.
The Colorado Midland railway is
considering the advisability OF replac
ing Its telegraph system with tele.
phones. The innovation will ba
cheaper, 1t is said. and increasing diff
| fculties with the telegraph operators
add another point in favor OF the
change.
Mrs. w. s. Wylie. wife OF the paste:
of the Reformed Presbyterian church
at Evans, was seriously and perhaps
I fatally injured in runaway in Gree
ley on the End, by her buggy being up
| set. One of her lower limbs was
broken and she also sustained several
internal injuries.
TOT StllluS lluuOT O1l tue llue Vi Lie
Moffat road, now under construction
near Toponas, in Routt county. Mrs
Hagerman has been arrested and
hea. lily fined. a large stock of beer
which sne had in the cellar of her
cabin, ccnfiscated, and her cabin de-
stroyed by dynamite.
DIR. f. L: Fauver and NJ. H. Tucker
have bought several hundred acres Of
| land in the first canon of the Big
| Thompson, eleven miles from Love
land. and will at once begin the con
| struction of a modern sanitarium and
hotel. 1t is intended to have the work
done before the tourist travel opens
this season.
Former Mayor NJ S. Whitley OF
Boulder has received cablegram from
Oxford, England, saying it had become
| necessary to operate on his son,
George. because OF injuries received
in football game. that one OF the kid
neys was successfully removed and
that his son is getting along satisfac.
torily.
Madison Smith, the Oldest male
member of Union colony pioneers, ceie'
brated his ninety-second birthday an
niversary at Greeley on the 3rd. He
came to Colorado with the Union col.
onists, which founded the town OF
Greeley thirty-six years ago, and. bar.
ring a short residence In Fort Morgan
he has lived there since.
The formal opening OF the Y. M. c.
A. campaign for the purpose of raising
| $4,000 to erect building in Grand
Junction and equip 1t in modern style,
began on the 4th. The movement has
enthused the residents there, and at 8
p. m. on March 18th 1t is expected
that the desired amount, $4,000 will
have been raised for the building.
Charged with stealing $S5 from a
gambling table in the Bonfadini saloon.
at Sopris, last Sunday, Julian Olage
Samuel Rora and NJ Martinez were
arrested and are in jail. There Is
some question as 10 whether the men
can be convicted, as 1t is against the
law to have saloon open or to gam
BILE on Sunday. The money was stolen
from a gambling table.
| A novel industry, the making OF
syrup from the sap of boxelder trees.
is said to be in operation by number
of farmers living along the Cache la
Poudre river. The trees are tapped
The same as hardwood naples OF the
East, and the sap is boiled out Of doors
| III SndllOW pans. ! nose WHO nave
lasted the product say it cannot be told
from Vermont maple syrup.
The annual breakfast aud election
of officers OF the Denver Press Cab
has been arranged for Sunday morn
ing. March 10, at the Albany hotc! N
Denver. Among the important mat
ters to be discussed are the removal
OF the headquarters of the club to a
more desirable location. The establish
r,ent of a permanent building fund nad
the securing of an extensive library.
Disguised for seven months as a
huckster boy. Mrs. Lottie Shirley, ar
rested in male attire. with her hus-
| band and ID. w. Bntler at Colorado
Springs, Thursday, for Wholesale rob
berry, confessed that she had been at
tending Colorado City dances in her
assumed role. taking girls to enter
tainments. dancing with and making
desperate love to them. Nearly $1,000
worth of goods We're found in the
rooms of the trio.
R. X. Schuyler of Colorado Springs
has filed a map for mesa canal and
series of storage reservoirs to irrigate
a large tract of scni-arid land
on the north side OF the Arltan-
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