The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-11-06
COLORADO ITEMS

Inc Students of the University CT
Colorado Lave organized brass band.
AT inc present rate of progress in
building The new Denver public library
1t VIII b. finished am ready for use
early ne&t yr.ng.
1he u A'e' Mining Exchange is to be
transforLt'l into general stock cx-
change, modelled after the New York
Consolid~t-d exchange.
5. J. Peterson OF Dunlap, Iowa, will
build the Parva ditch and reservoir,
north OF Windsor, to irrisatc several
hundred acres.
one hundred and ten tons of dried
brewery grain was shipped from Trim
ldad lew days since for London, Eng
lana, D. way of Galveston. The grain
was purchased by King Edward VII
through Sir Charles Willoughby and
will be used III the private stables of
his majcsiy.
Il. Il. Potter has filed plans with the
county clerk of Pueblo county for an
extensive irrigating system in the
northw'slcn pant of the county, in
the Turkey Creek region. The pro-
Jected Reservoir will nave capacity of
425,OO0,V0O cubic feet. Preliminary
work has already been commenced.
The removal of Dean w. l.. Carlyle
and Professor w. II. Olin from the
State Agricultural college was made
against the Urgent protest of Governor
Buchtcl VINO wrote a circular letter,
eXpressing his opinions very strongly
In answer to the appeals of prominent
citizens and organizations, but stating
that he was powcrless tC prevent the
action Of the state board.
John WhitemOrc's livery barn, con.
Quoted by Dode Wykert at Severance
in Weld county, burned October 30th
entailing a loss of $4,000 with insur-
ance OF only $500. All animals were
taken from the barn and corral eX-
cept colt, which was burned. Men,
women and children turned out and
fought the flames, thus saving the lum-
Der yard of George Schillig of Greeley.
To furnish electric power to indus
trial centers and towns within a ra
dius OF twenty to forty miles on all
sides OF Trinidad, Colorado, and prac
tically Danish stationery steam engines
from the district, is the object of the
Southern Colorado Power & Railway
Company. Following out enlargement
plans the money has been raised TO in
fol ,t,.l, ,r
10000 horsepower.
On the Pad inst. the county commits.
sioners Of Pueblo county signed the
first section of the $i4S,0 900 court house
contract with Frank Taylor of Pueblo
This contract is for the eXcavating,
foundatiol and' all first floor steel
beams for $5i, $40. The contract also
contains proposals by the contractor
for building and erecting the remain
der of he structure in stages at stated
prices within fixed periods of time
should the proposition be hereafter ac-
cepted.
At Colorado Springs on the 2nd inst
Miss Ellen T. Brinley was elected pres
idcnt of the Young Womcn's Chris,
tian Association to succeed Mrs. Mary
7. latch, who was retired at her
own request, to succeed Mrs. Elizabeth
Cass Goduard as vice president. Mrs
Goddard also asked leave to retire,
and was made second vice president.
Mrs. w. r. Slocum and Mrs. Noble
were made third and fourth vice pres
idents; Mrs. w. c. Robinson, secre-
tary and Lirs. William Stricby, treas
urer.
The body of John Lynch was found
lying beside the state road five miles
west of Tin Cup, Taylor Park district,
few days since by Mail Carrier Haw-
kins. who took it into Tin Cup. 1t is
reported that Lynch fell or was thrown
from his buggy and his neck broken.
He came to the district in 1879 and
had been prominently identified with
the development of the mineral re-
sources of Taylor Park, two large min
ing companies having been organized
by him. He leaves widow and
son.
Civil service examination will be
held at the Federal building in Den
Yer, December End and 3rd, for the po-
siliOns of junior engineer and junior
chemist in the tcchnologic branch of
the Geological Survey. The salaries
range from $50 to $1,000 year All
mon twenty-one years Old or more are
eligible to apply for this examination
and may secure application blanks
from Werner w. Campbell, secretary of
the United States Civil Service Com
federal building.
Denver.--Dr Hugh Taylor, secretary
Of the State Board of HEALTH has an
nounced that the typhoid epidemic is
now on the Wane. He is of the opinion
that the agitation in the newspapers
recently flS done much TO compel a
stricter compliance with the law in the !
matter of reporting cases of typhoid, !
and also has aroused the public to the |
necessity Of taking sanitary precau-
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