The Colorado statesman., 1907-01-05


Gilbert Hand, a Leadville express.
man, was instantly killed January 1st
by falling from the hayloft of livery
barn.
John Corcoran has resigned his po-
sition as assistant postmaster at Den
yer and will be succeeded by Henry w.
Hannum.
1t is now expected that the electric
railway line from Canon City to the top
OF the Royal Gorge will be completed
by July 1st.
Forester Pinchot has apportioned to
the La Sale, Colorado, and Utah re-
serve, 6,100 acres cattle and horses;
21,000 acres sheep.
The postoffice business at Greeley
has increased so much that another
carrier has been added to the force,
making four in ALL
Ottoman O'Donnell. son of T. ].
O'Donnell, Denver, has been appointed
cadet midshipman at Annapolis Naval
Academy by Senator Teller
Moving pictures of scenes on Colo
rado railroad lines have attracted
hundreds of thousands of spectators in
the East during the past year.
Reports from all parts of Colorad,
show t.,at Christmas was celebrated
by lavish gifts to the unfortunate and
that all state and charitable institu.
tions were remembered by generous
donors.
Earl England, a linesman of the
Colorado Telephone Company, was in
stantly killed at Manitou, December
2Sth, by coming in contact with live
wire of the Pixies Peak Hydro-Electric
Company.
j. d. Kenworthy, general freight
agent of the Denver & Rio Grande at
Salt Lake City, has been appointed
general freight and passenger agent
for the system in Pueblo, assuming his
duties January 1st.
The Boulder correspondent of the
Denver Republican records that buds
on the pussy willows in the mountains
are swelling, dandelions and pansies
are in bloom in Boulder, and tulips
are already two inches high.
The new cement bridge built by the
city of Salida which spans the Arkan-
sas river between the town and the
Rio Grande depot, has been opened to
traffic. This bridge was built at cost
of 100000 and is claimed to be the
finest of the kind in the state.
Judge N. Walter Dixon of Pueblo,
who retires from the bench the first of
the year, has entered into partnership
with his brother, John R. Dixon, at
Denver. The firm name will be Dixon
& Dixon, with offices in the Symes
building in Denver, after January 10th.
Congressman-elect George Cook says
that Secretary Shaw has not definitely
hn cif 10
but will probably select the one rec
immended by Architect Taylor Mr..
Cook fears that it will be impossible to
get an appropriation for the building
this session.
Extensive improvements planned for
the coming year by the Colorado Mid
land road will entail the expenditure
Of 100000 in re-equfpping and enlarg-
ing the company's shops at Colorado
City. The monthly payroll at the shops
will be increased $4,000 and a larger
number Of men employed. Electric
power will be installed.
H. B. Kerr, travelling state agent of
the Colorado bureau of Child and Ami
NAL Protection, has announced his in
tention of resigning the frs. of the
year, to take place in the Office of Dis
trict Attorney Stidger at Denver, and
o. e. Tuft, another prominent agent
of the bureau will resign to travel for
a wholesale glove house.
The acting commissioner of the land
Office has announced the withdrawal of
31S,720 acres in Routt county, in north
west Colorado, west of the Continental
divide, for forest reserve purposes. He
also withdrew for forest reserve pur-
poses 4S3,000 acres lying in southwest
ern Colorado, north and east of the
Southern Ute reservation, near the
town of Durango.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert McClurg have
returned to the state for the holiday
season, after representing and describ-
ing Colorado in their illustrated lee
ture and travelogue, for the past three
month, from northern Wisconsin to
Mexico. During this tour they have
been the personal representatives of
the Denver Chamber of Commerce and
of leading sections of Colorado.
Lieut.. ]. H. Comfort, who is
recruiting for the navy in Denver, says
that applicants in Colorado are gener-
ally found to be stronger and in better
physical condition than those in most
sections, due, he thinks, to the climate
and a habit of outdoor life. He has
enlisted as many as seventeen to
twenty men in a week, running, in
those weeks. fourth in the list in the
United States.
Assistant Secretary Edwards of the
Treasury Department has selected
what is known as the Hicox corner as
the site for the proposed public build
ing at Boulder. This site is 120 by 140
feet in area, on the northwest corner
of Walnut and Fifteenth streets. and
was offered by c. G. Hicox and c. p.
McAlester for $4,000. Ten other sites
were offered, but the one selected was
recommended by the agent of the de-
partment, who made an examination OF
all offered