The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-12-25
COLORADO ITEMS

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TAere are stili several thousand ton
of beets In tie ground in northern
Colorado.
A short distance west OF Fort Nor
gan Unioa Pacific train ran into .
Aerd Of seoat 1875 antelops. u fev days
since. killing two OF them.
Invitations have been issued by the
University Of Colorado for q confer
.esce Of priDcipsls asd superintendents
OF high schools Of the state at Boulder
Jan. LIST and End
The Colorado Telephone Company
mas DECIDED 10 expend between $780,
OOO and $500. 900 for improvements and
extensions In Denver and throughout
Colorado and New Mexico.
TA6 taxpayers OF Deaver on January
18th will vote ON the question of Is
suing about 100000 Of school bonds
for the erection Of new school build.
ings. repairs and additions.
The advance In the price Of tungsten
from 81 to IS unit and the belief that
it will go considerably higher soon.
has greatly stimulated development Of
tungsten claims in the Nederland dis
trict.
The Iona club has been formed by
Werner 2. Reed and . number OF Den
yer people interested In the develop
sment Of the Grand Valley. It is pro-
posed to hold stated banQuets at which
Western slope affairs will be dis.
cussed.
The course of the Cache Ia Poudre
river has been changed for over q mile
north of Greeley to prevent possible
floods near the canning factory. and
the flooding Of the lowiands. $40 acres
of which will be reclaimed and added
to the city's residence district.
II the Indian school at Fort Lewis
near Durango is discontinued by the
government an effort will be made to
secure the site and building for the
use OF some state institution. There
are u dozen buildings and 5000 acres
of land, q part of which is uhderlaid
by coal.
Owing to the rapid thinning out Of
young pine trees on the government
forest reserve during the past few
years. orders have been issued to the
rangers in the Colorado district to pro
hibit the cutting of Christmas trees
except where necessity exists for
the thinning of clumps.
C. A. Brandenburg. chief weather
observer for the Denver district, says
this year beats the record for any sim
liar period in the last twenty years in
amuont Of snowfall since September
1st. Up to the Goth inst, 52.7 inches
had fallen in Denver. The total precip-
itation for year to date is LII inches
above the average.
To obtain . much-needed rest and
to study conditions in Palestine and
Rome. Dr.. R. A. Carnine. superinten-
dent Of the Greeley district of the
Methodist Episcopal Church In Colo
RADIO. u preparing to leave for the
Holy Land, where he will spend the
winter. Mr.. Carnine will first visit
Palestine and go from there to Rome.
Grandma" Petrie, said to be the
oldest resident Of Mesa county and one
of the oldest women in the state. died
at Grand Junction ON the 18th inst, at
the age of ninety-seven. A week before,
she fell and sustained = broken hip.
This injury, together with old age. was
the cause Of her death. She was ma
tive of Syracuse, N. Y, and came to
Grand Junction in 1888. living with her
son. Charles H. Petrie.
The following omcers were chosen
by the Colorado Scientific Society at
its meeting In Denver ON the 18th
inst: Franklin Guiterman. president:
D. w. Brunton, nrst vice president:
Charles W. Comstock. second vice
president: William A. Johnston. Sec
retary: John w. Richards, treasurer.
". F. Mills and George L. Cannon
were chosen to serve on the executive
committee.
The affairs Of the Colorado State
Bank Of Durango are now said to be
practically settled. B. N. Freeman.
president Of the bank, and his asso-
ciates have turned over to the receiver
cash end securities to the amount Of
Sl7s. 900 In purchase Of the bank assets.
which In addition to the cash collected
by the receiver. il sufficient to pay the
total liabilities Of the bank, which At
the time Of suspension were 3350.000.
The Colorado Museum OF Natural
History. situated in the City Park, at
Denver. has received a most valuable
gift from Mr.. Henry NJ. Porter of this
city consisting of what is known as
the Mary Kimball Pratt" collection
of fossils. Indian relics. minerals,
gems. old coins, and similar articles.
The collection is said to be excep-
valuable containing something
like 5000 specimens. some of them
of great value because of their rarity.
It is said that the automobile own
ers Of Colorado Springs have prom
ised to contribute 5000 toward the
proposed boulevard from Colorado