The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-22
COLORADO ITEMS

The Western Glass Manufacturing
Company has reopened its plant at
Denver.
Deputy Sheriff Peterson captured
large porcupine on one of the principal
streets Of Greeley few mornings
since.
Contracts are reported to have been
let for 100 new cottages to be built at
resorts along the Moffat road for use
next summer.
Petitions from nine city precincts
have been filed with the county clerk,
asking for special election on local
option in Pueblo at the election Novem-
Der Sd.
Denver is investing money in new
buildings at the rate OF over million
dollars a month. The building per
mits for September call for all expen-
'diture OF $1.OO6.625.
The International Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union will hold Its
annual convention at Denver October
23d to Both. Several hundred delegates
are expected to be in attendance.
c. c. Bull, formerly of Denver, where
he was for long time connected with
the postoffice, and more recently Of Ell
Paso and Albuquerque, has been APP
pointed assistant postmaster at Trini-
dad to fill the vacancy caused by the
recent death of John Alberty.
The county commissioners Of Gilpin'
county have appointed Charles E.
Wiley, Democrat, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death OF County Treas
urer Trezise. A partial examination OF
the books and accounts of the treas
urer's office showed nothing wrong.
The baggage car of Tuesdays Sui
phur Springs train for Denver con-
tanned twenty-seven deer which had
been killed n the vicinity of Yampa
and kremmling, along the Moffat road.
Although the woods are full of hunt
ers, large percentage of them are
said to get game.
While hunting rabbits near Trinidad
Monday, Peter Bessolo, a fourteen-year-
old boy, thrust his arms into prairie
dog hole in an effort to catch rabbit
which he had been chasing AS he
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into his fingers. He was taken to
Trinidad for treatment
Adam Simonski, aged thirty-nine.
was instantly killed while hunting near
Red Cliff, Sunday evening. Simonski
and companion had ended their days
sport and were on their way home.
when, in going down steep hill, ST.
monsKi fell, width his rifle under him.
The gun was discharged, the bullet
piercing the heart.
Mrs. Frances S. Klock, one Of the
first four women members of the Colo
RADIO Legislature and past national
president OF the Ladies of the
Grand Army of the Republic, died at
her home in Denver ON the 9th inst,
of paralysis. Her husband, John I.
Klock. who survives her. is veteran
of the Civil War, in which her father
and brother were killed.
Prof. Edgar L. Hewitt a director OF
the American Archaeological institute
at Washington, who recently returned
to Greeley from tour of Egypt, Syria
and Asia Minor, where he has been
studying people in comparison with
tribes of the Southwest, gathered in
his travels a most valuable collection
of rare curios for the State Normal
School.
Work has been commenced on the
steel frame of the new livestock pavil-
ion and coliseum at the Union Stock
yards in Denver. The structure wih
be EOS by 312 feet in dimensions and
seats will be provided for $500 persons,
beside which there will be standing
room for as many more. The arena in
the center will be IS by 100 feet. The
Western Stock Show is set for the
week of January 18th.
Cooperation in road building is ex-
emplified at Eaton in the opening, grad
ing and graveling of regular county
road through the Bruce Eaton land,
east Of town. The road saves nearly
a half mile to farmers. The land was
decided to the county by Bruce Eaton.
the Great Western Sugar Company do
mated the fencing, and the county road
overseer and farmers furnished men
and teams to build the road.
Professor Bennett OF the Colorado
Agricultural College proposes to make
an exhibit at the Farmers institute at
Greeley next winter of potatoes grown
in Maine, Minnesota, Wisconsin and
other states and also those grown in
foreign countries. The exhibits will be
of marketable potatoes only and will
be of great value to the Greeley farm
er in showing them with what quail
ties they must compete in growing po-
tatoes most successfully.
Fire Of unknown origin Friday night
destroyed two boarding houses at Gray
Creek, one OF the largest camps of the
Victor Fuel Company, eight miles
southeast of Trinidad, and for time
threatened the entire camp One of
the boarding houses was completed
about year ago at cost OF $4,000,