The state herald., 1908-04-24
COLORADO NEWS

number of owing to tho war against the
habitues of the Market street slums.
The great electric fountain in the
City park at Denver is nearly com
pleted and the screens for the colored
lights have been placed. 1t will be a
gorgeous spectacle.
The county commissioners of Pueblo
county have offered reward of $50 for
Italian who, 1t is charged. shot and
killed his wife on the 18th inst. and
escaped.
The work of double tracking the
Rio Grande between Florence and
Canon City will be completerd by the
end OF this month. All bridges along
the line are finished and the rails are
being laid rapidly.
The Grand Junction board of edu'
cation has authorized an increase OF 81
month in the salary OF every school
teacher in the city. The total increase
will require $4,000 year and forty.nine
teachers are affected.
Three thousand men were paid 5000.
900 April 18th at the Pueblo steel
works. This is 600 more men than re-
ceivod money on the last pay day, and
1t 10 expected that 600 more will be add
ed before the next one.
Two shifts are now working on the
Denver auditorium. One begins at D
o'clock In tho morning and works until
noon. when II is relieved by the sec
ond. which works an equal number OF
hours. stopping at o'clock in the ey-
ening.
]. NJ. Van Deren. a former resident
/ OF Boulder and also of Denver. died
at Paonia on the 18th inst. in his
/ seventy nth year. Mr.. Van Deren
came TO Colorado in 1859 and made
three trips across the plains by OK
team.
A new grading camp has been estab'
| lished on the line of the Moffat road
| twelve miles south OF Steamboat
| Springs Rails have been been laid
| into Routt county and II is expect
ed that by May LIST the terminal OF the
road will be Mccoy Siding.
The City Council of Florence has
! passed n resolution declaring the fallen
women Of the city nuisance and or
/ dering that their places be vacated
May lst The resolution reads that
the women will not be tolerated within
/ the city limits.
Five hundred thousand seedlings
/ from the government nurseries at
Bear creek and Monument will be
planted within the next year or two
in the adjoining region, and shipment
of 10000 trees will be planted near the
Monument nursery at once.
The Rock island has made arrange
ments to enlarge its repair shops in
Pueblo and will employ about twenty
more men. For some time the Rock
Island has maintained a small force
and will now increase II so that heavy
repairs can be made when necessary.
The Daughters of the American Rev
olution are planning 70 raise fund ui
| 900 with which TO purchase a mann
moth organ for the Denver auditorium
Mrs, J. II. Grant. regent Of the Colorado
| chapter. has the matter In charge, and
Is planning for kirmess TO be given
at the auditorium next fall.
Stats Auditor Statler has paid 10
the Pioneers Monument Association
the $4,000 appropriated at the last
/ session OF tho Legislature for the
/ pioneers monument designed by Fred
| erick Mscmonnies. The association has
now. In addition to the states gift,
/ S63. 900 subscribed 10 the fund. and is
working 10 raise $1,000 more.
A nnal dividend OF IN per cent was
allowed the deposltors OF the dcfunot
Denver Savings bank by District
Judge Riddle April 18th. making n total
dividend OF 77A per cent. The Inter.
national Trust Company. as receiver.
Was allowed a fee of s5.02l.52 Goudy
/ a Twltchell. attorneys for the trust
company. were allowed s. 800 and At
torney Z. H. Park was allowed $3.50.
Tho Greeley starch factory closed
April i7th for the season. having made
| 500 tons OF starch from ~ 200. zoe
pounds Of potatoes, None Of the starch
has been sold. as many cotton mills
which used Il for sizing are Idle. but
they will be running soon and huyin Z
tho product at higher prices The nor,
NAL price IL : To 4 cents a pound The
stock on hand In worth about 500. .o0o
Mrs Ray Middlesworth. daughter ot
James cowie. former sccrctaTy Of state,
died at Boulder ON the 10th inst. For
tho inst two years OF her fathers In
eumboney As secretary OF state. she
wns one Of his stonoErnphers She was
also st-nosrrph.r under the present
secretary VI state. Timothy O'connor
from the time OF his inauguration un
~ she was married. n few months aso
She was twenty y-ono years old
Tho Colorado Prison Association had
az many applicants for reli-t durlnF
January Snd February Of this year as 4,
did durins the entire year Of iso,
when tho organization was founded
Furthermore thoro were al many appll
oants during the first ihrc. months OF
the year as there ~er. during tho en-
Tire year Of 1908. A large per cent. oi
these who applied 10 the association
had 10 be- clothed. fed and housed
sometimes for weeks, bsfore they could
bc put In IN. way Of honest employ
mant The panic of last fall has made
work hard TO get. and ON that account
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