The Monte Vista journal., 1908-02-01
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


Tho bootblacks Of Denver have de.
cided to charge 6ve cents shine on
Sundays and holidays.
A large party OF Colorado and Wyom.
ing people left Denver. january 2sth.
for a months excursion In Old Mexico.
The first vaudeville theater in Gree
ley opened its doors on the night of
January goth, and another will be es-
tablished soon.
Rural free delivery route No. has
been ordered established April 1st, at
Hugo Lincoln county. serving coo peo-
pie and 1877 families.
The University Of Colorado has
Joined the Archaeological Institute OF
America and the regents appropriated
$500 to assist in the research work.
Mrs. Mary Downey. colored woman
at Pueblo. recently gave birth to a
nfteen.pound boy, which Is a record for
Pueblo county and 10 said to approach
the worlds record.
DR.. Ella Mead Of Greeley has been
appointed register Ql deaths and births
Of Weld county by the secretary Of the
State Board Of Health. DR.. Mead is
also city physician. ~
Grapes brought all the way from
South Africa are in the market at Den.
yer. They are from the Cecil Rhodes
country sbout Cape Town. Presum-
ably only multimillionaires dare ask
the price. esis
The comptroller Of the currency has
approved the conversion of the First
National Dank Of Montezuma Valley.
At Cortez. into the Aontezuma Val
ley National bank Of Cortez. with
capital Of $4,000. ~
w. Rolla Wilson and Alfred Lewis
will build the Maverick reservoir.
forty-two miles east OF Eaton. to cost
$4,000. It will have . capacity Of 35,-
900 cubic feet and receive its water
from Maverick gulch.
The state will receive eS, ,651.70 in In
heritance tax with six per cent. inter-
est, dated from October. 1902, from the
estate of Frederick J. Keener of Den
yer. who died over hve years ago. leav-
ing fortune Of $685.. 2.5SS.09.
John II. Shoephe. general manager
Of the Western Sugar and Land Com
pany. at Grand Junction. has rendered
his resignation to take effect March
1st He will be succeeded by Fred G.
Holmes, now assistant manager.
The high saloon license ordinance,
raising the annual license from 5000
to $1,000 year. was passed by the
Pueblo City Council Monday night. All
but one OF the aldermen voted for the
measure and 1t will 90 into effect
July LIST.
1t 10 reported that coyotes in some
parts Of Weld county. which have been
unusually numerous and destructive
this winter. are being decimated by q
disease. supposed to be mango. con
tracted from eating carcasses Of dis
eased cattle.
The University Of Denver, OF which
Gov. Henry A. Buchtel ID chancellor. is
considering plans for the establish.
ment Of . school Of engineering at Pu-
eblo as q branch Of the university with
q four years course. two OF which will
b In Denver and two In Pueblo.
Out Of the 1,285.349 Immigrant aliens
admitted into the United States during
the year ending June 30. 1907. Colorado
got 8,682. This was more than any
other state west OF the Mississippi
river received. with the exception OF
California and Washington.
BY order Of District Judge sheafor
the gambling devices, consisting OF
faro tables and roulette wheels seized
at Cripple Creek In recent raid. were
burned In public on bennett avenue
Saturday. A similar are took place
early In the week. The total value OF
the devices destroyed In this manner
10 estimated at 100000.
CITY Park In Denver. 10 to have a
utAe
mcr. according to the plans Of the park
boari. The fountain win bc placed
in tn I,entcr Of the big lake and will
be one of the largest ever constructed
In the United States. The tramway
viii furnish current for lighting and
tho pumping station ut The park will
keep the water In play. IL will be op'
Grated for two hours every night dur
Ing the season.
An sloquent address was given be.
fore q large gathering Of ooaored peo.
ple IN Denver by Hon. w. T. Vernon.
register Of the United States treasury.
on, "The Negro. His Opportunities and
Problems" In his address he said that
the negro has nearly $1,000 school
teachers, 500 young negroes pursuing
courses In the greatest institutions Of
learning Ia this and foreign countries.
and he 10 paying taxes on cutie $780,.
100000 WORTH Of property.
The body Of Peter Sartos, o Greek
miner. wns found Sunday night In the
entry 70 room IL OF the Victor Fuel and
fron Company mine at Delasua, thirty
miles north OF Trinidad. The mans
ciothing was disarranged. and Q money
hn1t known Ia have contained 800 was