The Springfield herald., 1908-04-17
COLORADO NEWS

place of William e. Avery.
The board of the State Normal
School has elected Richard Broad of
Golden president for the ensuing
year.
Summit county is arranging for an
extensive mineral exhibit at Denver
during the Democratic national con-
vention in July.
1t is expected that the board of ap-
praisers for the Denver water plant,
to fix its value on a proposition for
its purchase by the city, will reach
decision some time in May.
E. w. Rogers, one of the best
known jefferson county ranchmen.
died on the 9th inst. at his home near
Golden He was seventy-four years
old and a member of the jefferson
County Pioneer Association.
Col. A. ]. Sterling, veteran of the
Civil War, and one of the oldest and
most prominent attorneys in Lead
vile, died at his home in Leadville
April 10th, aged siNty-nine, after an
illness of few days with pneumonia.
He had been n resident of Leadville
since 1878.
The mayor and trustees of Coal
Creek have decided TO abolish their
salaries SO that the expenditures of
the town can be kept within the in
come. The mayor is paid SIS and
each trustee $50 per annum. Since
the town was burned last June the in
come has been small.
The following new postoffices have
been established in Colorado: Delhi.
Las Animas county. Samuel j. Reid,
postmaster; Shaw. Lincoln county,
Elizabeth A. Hockenbey, postmaster.
The name of the postoffice at Daffo-
dill, Douglas county, has been changed
to Deckers, with Stephen ID. Decker
postmaster.
Andrew Carnegie has donated the
additional sum of $4,000 for the COM
pletion of the inside work of the new
public library at Durango. Mr.. Car
negie previously gave $12,5O0 for the
construction of the library, and this
gift makes total of $4,000. The
building has been in use for some
time, although the interior was not
completed.
The Dairymen's Association re-
Gently organized will have for one OF
it's objects the promotion of dairy eX-
hibits at fairs in Colorado. To induce
competition large prizes are to be Of
fered. A premium list for the inter-
state fair at Denver is now being pre-
pared by B. G. d. Bishopp, state dairy
commissioner, who is lending his aid
to the advancement of the new or
ganization.
Four separate suits have been filed
in the United States Circuit Court by
the government against the Cutler
Lumber Company of Lake county, al
hn
named as having cut the timber and
sold it to the Cutler company are
John Anderson, j. ID. Riggs, Daniel
Ray. G. ii. Methard and Edward How
ard. The government places the.
amount of damages at total OF $G34
At the meeting of the state board
of pardons April 10th the applications
of James A. Hill and Leonard limbo
den, serving sentences in the state
penitentiary for looting the Denver
Savings Bank, were denied. Only one
conn. utation was granted, A. Burton,
No. GGGS, sentenced from Weld county
by Judge Garrigues November 20,
1906, to a term of five to six years
for forgery. Subject to parole in Au-
gust. 1910. commuted from six to two
and one-half years.
The Gunnison tunnel was advanced
about 329 feet during the month OF
March. The work was seriously inter
fered with by heavy flow of water
in both headings. In the east end the
flow was phenomenal, 15,l32.OoO gal
Ions having been pumped during the
month. In the west end the flow aver
aged c. cubic feet per second. Under
ordinary conditions the present organi-
zation will be able to drive about 500
feet of tunnel each month.
The annual encampment of the
Department of Colorado and Wyom-
ing, Grand Army of the Republic. at
Fort Collins, May Goth, 2lst and 22nd,
will be enlivened by the attendance
of the members of Custer Post No. l
of Laramie. Wyoming, in body.
They will come in wagons, carriages
and automobiles and will be accom-
panied by many of the ladies' OF the
Woman's Relief Corps. At Fort Col
Inns they will camp in the field.
Arrangements have been completed
for the tour of Inspection of the senior
School of Mines class, the finishing
touch to the four years course at the
state mining school. In charge of
number of professors, the class of 1908,
numbering fifty-two men, will leave
L
erary includes all the principal smell
ter cities of Colorado, Utah and Mon
tana, with a stop of five days at Butte.
They will return May 18th, one week
before commencement.
The business men of Walden have
organized a chamber of commerce to
take up the matter of advancing the
agricultural interests of western Lari-
mer county and twenty acres have
been donated for model farm. 1t is
purposed to put in charge of this
practical and experienced farmer, one
who is acquainted with the climatic
conditions and soil of the section. 1t
is, planned to raise specimen grain.
grasses, forage crops and small
fruits best adapted to the altitude of
North Park.
In the District Court at Denver on
the 10th inst, Judge Whitfcrd SEN
fenced William Longinotti to be
hanged during the week beginning
July 27th, for the crime of murder.
Two murders were committed on Sun
day, February 23rd, and two rcen are
now under sentence of death. Giu-
seppe Ala shot and killed Father Leo
Heinrichs on the morning of February
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