The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1907-01-04
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Gilbert Hand, a Leadville express
man, was instantly killed January list
by falling from the hayloft of a 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 list.
Forester Pinchot has apportioned to
the La Sale Colorado, and Utah re-
serve, 6,l00 acres cattle and horses;
81 900 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 ODonnell, son OF T. ].
ODounell, Denver, has been appointed
cadet midshipman at Annapolis Naval
Academy by Senator Teller.
Moving pictures Of scenes on Colo
RADIO railroad lines have attracted
hundreds of thousands of spectators in
the East curing the past year.
Reports from all parts of Colorado
show tat Christmas was celebrated
by lavish gifts to the unfortunate and
that all state and charitable institu
lions were remembered by generous
donors.
Earl England, 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 list.
The Boulder correspondent of the
Denver Republican records that buds
on the pussy willows in the mountains
are swelling dandelions and panses
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 $4,000 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
decided on the Denver postofice site,
| but will probably select the one rec
| immended by Architect Taylor. Mr..
Cook fears that 1t 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 $4,000 in re-equipping and enlars-
ing the company's shops at Colorado
| City The monthly payroll at the shops
| will be increased $1,000 and larger
I 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 first Of the
year, to take place in the Office of Dis
| trict Attorney Stidger at Denver, and
| o. Z. 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
3lS,T20 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, 900 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 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 40 by 140
feet in area, on the northwest corner
of Walnut and Fifteenth streets. and
was offered by C. G. Hicox and C. P.
McAlestei 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.
Special Agent C. I, HepdershOt of