The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-11-14
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

man voting machine" at its next cleo
ton.
Grand Junction proposes to vote on
the construction of a mountain water
works system.
G. D. Couch Of Montrose, who
pleaded guilty of forgery, drew . sen
tence of three years In the pen.
The job OF alderman is SO undesir,
able in Boulder that a recently vacated
chair in that august body ia geing beg
ging.
Within the next twelve months $685.
900 will be spent by Colorado Springs
in marking Cascade avenue, the finest
residence street.
The first cormorant ever seen in the
vicinity of Greeley region was cap
tured near LaSalle and given to tn
Normal school museum.
Mrs. Louella Town has been granite,
divorce from her husband, who il
serving term of twenty years In tn
penitentiary. She lives at Fort Co.
Inns.
that Judge Kerr has very well devel
oped judicial bee humming IN his
Bingham bonnet of the County Court
variety.
The short course at the State Agri-
cultural College opened on the 4th
inst. with ninety-five in attendance.
will reach $50.
Over 100000 trout are now being
placed in streams throughout the
state. This is almost 100000 more
than the lot that stopped the streams
last year at this time.
! w. e. Blair OF the state insurance
department has succeeded Morris Leh-
man as deputy insurance commits
sioner. The latter resigned to give his
whole time to his business interests in
Durango.
The dry farming system is to redeem
1000 acres of arid land in the vicinity
of Grand Junction under the Campbell
idea. 1t Is getting so in Colorado that
we farmers don't care rap whether it
rains or not.
The veterinary department at the
Agricultural College is graduating
| itself on its success in securing the
services of Professor Tennycook of
Glasgow. Scotland, as instructor in
horse shoeing.
| A large tract of land. including three
quarters of mile of the Platte valley
betwecn Pine Grove and Buffalo Park,
has ,evn purchased by John Bond Of
Denver, who proposes to make a sum
mer resort of this place.
The jury in the case of Edward Mar
shall, charged with completely in the
alleged theft of sixteen head of cattle,
the hides of which were found in the
A.. I'll; De- lit, No.,
pany, returned a verdict of not guilty.
| In a report to the Longmont cham
Der of commerce by Mayor ii. e.
Kelly, manager of the Big Thompson
mill, it is set forth that 200 900 bush
els of wheat have been marketed in
Loveland this fall at an average price
| of so cents.
| Since the bonding companies took
charge of the construction of the Den
yer auditorium the work has pro
crossed rapidly and it is now claimed
by those in charge that it will be pos
sible to have it completed by the first
of next May.
Frank Loughmiller pleaded guilty to
murder in the second degree in the Dis
trict Court at Trinidad and was SEN
twenty years. Loughmiller shot and
killed Moses Inman October 14th at
Weston. He was craZed with drink at
the time and claimed to have no recol-
lection of his act the following day.
TIL men quarreled over livery bill OF
10 cents.
There will be a public Thanksgiv-
ing service In the Broadway theater
at Denver on Thanksgiving day, No
vember 2Sth, at 1890 a. m. Mayor
Robert w. Speer is to lead in the eX-
preston of thanksgiving For the
State;" the Rev. David Utter, For
Our Schools" the Rev. William
Organ, "For Our Homes" DR.. Will
liam 8. Friedman, For Our Religion
AS the result Of the promotion OF
I. w. Mcconnell. chief engineer of The
Gunnison tunnel, TO be supervising
engineer for Colorado, Kansas. Ne
braska and South Dakota, there will
soon be several changes in the gov
eminent Offices in Montrose. E. E.
Sands, 1t is said, will be appointed to
succeed Mcconnell. Mr.. Sands was
the constructing engineer OF the Big
South canal, which was ITO feet wide
and laid with cement.
Residents on the plains in northeast
ern Weld county and western Ne
braska are said to be disturbed over
the reports that AL Cochran, the des-
perado who ten years ago was charged
with the murder of young Paul Rose
of Nebraska, and convicted Of cattle
stealing in Colorado, who was SEN
fenced to thirty years in the peniten-
tiary, has been pardoned and has re-
turned to his old home near Kimball,
Nebraska.
Coroner Thompson at Victor held
an inquest in the case of Oswald
Schranz, who was instantly killed
Saturday afternoon by the mysterious
axnlnSinn of n fo1l..-fnnt niece of iron