The state herald., 1908-12-11
STATE NEWS ITEMS

five new postoffices have been estab-
lished in Weld county.
A Chautauqua association has been
organized at Fort Morgan and guar
antce fund of S25O0 will be raised.
Christmas dividends are to be paid
by Cripple Creek mining companies TO
the total amount of more than $l25,0OO.
The formal transfer of the Grove
reservoir site on Pixies Peak has been
made to the city OF Colorado Springs.
Denver building permits for the
month of November amounted to S5iS,-
200 This is n gain Of S2O2,3i5 over
November, 1907
The new Carnegie library building
at Loveland was formally dedicated on
the night of the 3rd inst. The building,
ground ami furniture cost $4,000.
William Llcwellyn pleaded guilty TO
killing deer at Canon City out of sea
son in the County Court today and was
fined 800 and costs by Judge Cooper.
The Citizens Building and Loan
Company. capitalized at $4,000 in
! l.25O shares at 5000 each, has been
organized at Greeley and large mum
her OF shares sold.
The plat of the townsite of Sligo in
northwestern Weld county, which was
surveyed twenty years ago. has just
been filed at Greeley by the Lincoln
Land Company.
Miss Agnes McNair formerly
teacher in the Eaton high school and II
graduate of Denver University, has
been appointed 10 position in the for
estry service at Portland, Ore.
The Pawnee Buttes reservoir, twen-
ty-eight miles east of Grover, in Weld
county. and fourteen miles east OF
Keota is to be enlarged from 100000
900 cubic feet to 6GI 100000 cubic feet,
to water 5000 acres to be taken up un-
der the Carey act.
Denver union BARRIERS will hereafter
work only ten hours per day. instead
of eleven as at present The employ
ing BARRIERS of the city have decided on
making a rule TO this effect, accedins
to a demand made by the BARRIERS un-
ion some time ago.
On the night of the % inst fifty cat
lie belonging to A. G. Dawson, a rancls
man living five miles east Of Hayden,
were drowned while crossing the ice
under the state bridge. Twenty car
casses were pulled out of the stream.
but the others were lost
Bruce Eaton has donated block
poaru OF Eaton aud the district has
agreed TO raise the money TO erect
new high school building which
will cost s25 500 The present high
school building viii be given over to
the grades.
Denver pool room proprietors met
and decided that bets ON whether Taft
or Bryan would win In Colorado out
side OF Denver should be settled on II
basis OF go per cent for Taft and 40
per cent. for Bryan MS three Taft olec.
tors and two Bryan electors came to
Denver ahead
At the recent election In Colorado
over 10000 more votes were cast than
four years before, aud figuring tina, II
requires n full years residence in the
state TO entitle any person to vote. IL
10 believed the general Increase In pop.
ulation may be taken TO be nearly l00.-
goo In four years All settlers who
came TO the state In the latter part Of
1907 and later were not entitled TO
vote.
At mass meeting Of Fort Collins
citizens. u proposition OF the Denver.
Laramie a Northwestern railroad.
asking Fort Collins to subscribe 5000.
900 worth OF stock, was rejected. be.
rause OF the inability OF the city To
raise the sum asked. An effort will
be- made TO come 10 an agreement ON
some other basis, The company of.
fered . forfoi, of 100000 In bankabic
recurii.s. IN ease the stock was sub,
scribed. TO have the road built to Fort
Collins by July !. 1903.
Prof. Y. c. Lindemann Of Boulder il
said TO be- preparing bill to be- intro
duced by senator.-loet casaiday In the
next Legislature which will provide for
n stat. assay.r and chemist. who will
test all ores offered and analyE. fruit
products for adnl,ora,ions. charging
therefor q nominal fee. Professor Lin
dcmann says the office will b. self
supporting and nt III. same aimc pro
vide he miners with the means. n, a
uiilins cost, OF asoortaining the value
Of ore from source which cannot be
suspected Of prejudice,
The reclamation fund account afis
ing from tho sales Of public lands In
Colorado for tho fiscal year ended June
20, 1905. has been adjusted By the gen,
"ral land office, The receipts from
the sales ut public lands. from which
II deducted the five per cent. of aEri,
cultural lands of tip.1pi.bi wrro $3.50,
eso0a. leaving a surplus OF such mon
s,s u is5i i.sSs.b5. The receipts from
fees and commissions we're tiag..
5000. from which Ia deducted
sis.b1s,oi paid to registers and to-
cei,cfs Of N. local land offices. iaay,
ins a surplus Of such moness of flso.,