The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-02-09
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS j..

Florence district will drill q number
ot wells near Longmont
The recently organized Colorado
City Stove and Furnace Company has
purchased an entire city block in that
town, near the Rio Grande depot. for
site.
The vacancy in the commandership
Of the Agricultural college cadets, due
to the resignation Of Capt. Thomas N
Anderson, Jr.. has been filled by the
state board calling Capt. II. d. Hum
phrey Of Fort Collins to that position.
Bob McMannis, alias Black Bob,
from Oklahoma territory was arrested,
at Pueblo Friday, on a charge OF horse
stealing by Officers Beu 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 l00acre 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.
Business in the Pueblo pos,office for
January shows an increase of ten per
cent over that of the correspondents
month last year. January, 1906, showed
a heavy increase over the previous
year, SO that the advance during the
last two years shows eighteen and one
half per cent.
The January business OF the Pueblo
Land Office was the largest in its his
tory. there being recorded 1856 home
stead entries, twenty-five original des-
ert claims. sixty cash sales, fourteen
final desert land entries and fifty-thres
final homestead claims. This cover
81 $50 acres Of land
Superintendent w. II. Tate Of III.
Union Depot Company at Pueblo has
completed his report for January
which shows that the sale of tickets a.
the Pueblo Office was fifteen per cent
higher than last year and that the
number OF pieces OF baggage handled
was 2.o71 more than during the same
month last year
Judge Kerr Of the Probate Court o.
El Paso county has approved the peti
tion Of the executors Of the Stratton
estate to pay the remaining legatees
under the will. There are ten benefi-
eiaries whose bequests aggregate
$435. 600. approximately 5000 inner
withheld from the amount.
In the special election held at Aspen
to decide whether the taxpayers wish
to extend the franchise of the Castle
Creek Water Company for twenty-five
years, with reduction OF twenty
seven per cent in the present water
rates. only 1S4 votes were cast OF
these 126 were for granting the new
fra
George p. Avery OF Fort Collins has
been elected by certificate holders OF
the Monte Cristo Rubber Plantation
Company TO go to Mexico to inspect
the company's proposition there, ex-
penses paid. The directors in the big
company, which owns an orchard OF
5000 acres of rubber trees. are Gree
ley. Denver and Montana men.
The largest shipment OF cement
made from the Portland Cement
Works left Florence a few days ago.
and the cement will be distributed over
Colorado to the west and northwe st.
II consisted Of twenty-eight cars, 5000
barrels, or total OF 2.000. 900 pounds.
Most of it will be used in railroad coz
struction and government work.
Rev. Samuel Moore of Greeley has
sold his ranch of 5,370 acres with wa
ter, near Livermore, to J. 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 Willow Creek Reservoir Com
pany has let the contract for the build
ing OF its new reservoir, thirty-fiye
miles northeast of Greeley and four
miles southwest OF Grover. to cost $685.
600. The reservoirs have a combined
capacity of 175,0 ,000 cubic feet, VIII draw
water from Willow creek and bring
under cultivation 1000 acres Of land.
Eugene Engley, attorney general of
the state during the Waite administra-
ton. was taken to the Sisters hospi-
tai at Cripple Greek on the Attn inst.
in precarious condition. He had been
mining on an extensive scale on the
Corialanus and Ocean Wave, on Bat
tie mountain, where he contracted Sc
we're cold and was threatened with
pneumonia.
The Union Pacific is putting in a
new steel railroad bridge across the
Platte river south of Evans The exca-
yations for the first two piers bridge
will be over 800 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 filed to-day by the acceptance Of
the position by Prof George E. Morton
Of the University OF Wyoming. Profess
sor Morton holds bachelor of science
degree from the Colorado Agricultural
College. He graduated with the class
OF 1904.