The Springfield herald., 1907-05-17
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

| getting their Sp"lng crops in between
showers.
A pointer dog was sold at Leadville
recently for 500. Here's a pointer
for dog fanciers.
The Hygienic Ice & Cold Storage
Company at Boulder sold It's plant and
business to the Hygienic Ice & Coal
Company.
A Denver man undertook to butt in
on neighbor woman last Sunday, and
she shot. him in the neck with re-
volver No more rubbering for HIM
A. Patell and Frank Webster, two
Denver newspaper men. are touring the
intermountain region with "A moving
picture machine and Il Panama lee
| ture.
The subject of freigh, rates was
taken up at meeting of the Mer-
chants Association at Colorado
Springs and committee was ap-
pointed to endeavor to secure n more
satisfactory schedule of freight rates
for Colorado points. The charge was
made that Colorado Springs vas dis
criminated against in this respect, and
the matter was gone into thoroughly.
The new sc5,000 opera house which
| Is being erected at Trinidad and
|
| Der list, has been leased for a term of
five years to s.. N. Nye of Colorado
| Springs and Bobby" tountain, an
actor and theatrical man. The opera
house will be one of the finest in the
| state and is being constructed along
| the lines of the Broadway theater in
| Denver.
Harry Roberts was burned fearfully
about the face at the Milnequa plant
of the Colorado Fuel & ron Company
at Pueblo. and Is now in the hospital,
although it is believed he will not be
permanently injured. Rogers was
looking through the oil plant, and in
order to see how much oil there v as in
tank pushed a lighted torch in front,
of him into the tank. The gas gener.
ated from the oil exploded.
After being involved in litigation for
| over, two years. Mrs. Franklin w
Gaines of Grand Junction. has come
into possession OF her share OF the
million-dollar estate left her by, her
father. DIR. E. F. Lowe, a prominent
and wealthy planter of Crystal City,
Mississippi. -Four children participated
In the distribution of the property, and
Mrs. Gaines received one-fourth inter
est.
The Santa Fe Is now compile ing ar
rangements for erecting d $4,000 hos
pital at La Junta. The structure is to
be built of cream-colored pressed brick
trimmed with white stone and located
near the old hospital. Inclined planes
will be used instead of stairways, This
plan is taken from the famous c. f. &
/. hospital at. Pueblo. When completed
the building will be'one of the finest in
La Junta.
Newt Schaeffer, an employe OF
Haynes & Clark. local grocers. was
walking through the storeat Cripple
Creek when he. suddenly slipped and
fell fiat on his back Other men went
to his assistance and Schaeffer was
conveyed to his home, where he lies In
a helpless condition. One of his ribs
| was broken and he sustained an injury
to his spine which has caused partial
| paralysis. His ultimate recovery is
expected. 49,
A. G. Lonsdale. formerly local insur-
ance agent for the Mechanics and
| Traders Association of New Orleans,
has been missing from his home at
| Trinidad for two weeks. II. ii. Smith
of Denver. travelling agent and ad-
| juster of the com .,any, is in the city
| endeavoring to secure some trace of
the man and nine of the company's pol
icies Londsdale's wife knows nothing
of his whereabouts and fears that her
husband has met with foul play. -
/ -Nietor F. Brown, pastor of Con
gregafdonal church in Wisconsin, mas
| accepteai1t 1the call to the Pilgrim Con-
gfegatfnar church at Pueblo and will
arrive With his wife and little daughter
/ on, July 1st. MIR. Brown is thirty-eight
years old and has been in the ministry
for siNeeh years. He is said % be a
l.Good s&aker and an excellent organ
izer. Ne succeeds Rev. ]. F. Bruno,
who goes to Colorado Springs to take
charge of the.work of the Associated
Charities.
The countyfcommissione f Gar
field, county. adopted resolution
guaranteeingSa tax levy next fall for
a sum sufficient to pay any balance in
| the cost.,iof construction of the pro-
lposetl brfdge aSrpss the Grand river at
1'Silt, half way Between New Castle and
Rifle, The. State Legislature this win,
ter Appropriated. $4,000 for bridge at
that. point,n4 The road fund Of the
countyiis exhausted, but the residents
of the vicinity are so anxious 10 have
the bridge. and need it so badly, that
they have agreed to advance any funds
needed above the state appropriation
until such time as the commissioners
can reimburse them. The advance win
be about $4,000 and the sum has al
most entirely been subscribed By
ranchmen' who will be benefited. I
The decision made by the Sulrems
Court recently that holders of ditch
! rights may transfer water from one
ditch to another, drawing waite from
the same, source, is arousing consi1ler'
able discussion among farmers. II ia
argued that this might lead 10 the
Il abandoning of ditch. if many owners
thought fit to transfer and draw theiI
water through another ditch, provided
the preferred ditch was able TO carry
such water Another question ther
arises as to whether stockholders will
be required 10 payi assessments II
dit ches from whicR they transfer wa
ter, and whether they will be required
: to pay for the privilege of running wa
ter in the ditch to which transferred
n The advantage ofs the plan is plain
Where lands require little or no irri
cation, their waters may be used OF
], tdifferent properties by bitches rrovid
ling Irrigation for such land, The Gues
tion has also arisen as to the legality
| Of n