The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-05-07
COLORADO NEWS

A chapter of the Sons OF the Ameri-
can Revolution has been organized at
Colorado Springs with membership OF
fifty. Henry Trowbridge was elected
president.
Lewis e. Weber and Ben MCGEE,
TRUSTEES, who escaped from the peniten-
tiary April 23rd, were captured next
day at Skaguay and taken back to
Canon City.
A company has been Incorporated
for the purpose of erecting mills i'll
Montrose, Ouray, Delta and Mesa
counties to manufacture alfalfa pro-
ducts and other stock foods.
The new Odd Fellows hall at Coal
Creek was dedicated April 18th. 1t is
built of stone, with an opera house
on the first floor and lodge rooms on
the second, and cost $4,000.
The Farmers National Bank OF
Windsor has been authorized to begin
business with $4,000 capital. R. S.
Dickey is president, James M. Allan
vice president, and J. N. Akey, cash
Ter.
The Rocky Ford National bank of
Rocky Ford, has been authorized to
begin business with $4,000 capital. F.
A. Hauck president; G. w. Lewis, vice
president, and w. B. Vaudeville.
cashier.
The present high price of provisions
has made the boarding house keepers
life anything but an easy one. A num-
Der of boarding houses for students at
the State University at Boulder have
been compelled to close.
Mrs. Lydie M. Derry, aged eighty
three died at the home of her son in
Leadville few days ago. Mrs. Derry
had lived in Leadville longer than any
present resident Of the city. She came
in 1862, before Leadville was started.
Henry Van Kleeck has been ap-
pointed as delegate to represent the
Denver Chamber of Commerce at the
National Conference of Peace Arbitra-
ton which will meet. as it annually
does, at Mohonk Lake, New York,
May 21st.
A syndicate of Greeley and Erie
farmers purchased the Owl Creek res
ervoir. twelve miles northeast of
Eaton, from Representative Walter
Farr for $4,000. for the purpose OF
bringing 10000 acres of rich land I'M
der irrigation.
Effective May 1st l.. d. Knowles.
general agent in Milwaukee for several
years of the Missouri Pacific system.
has been appointed general western
agent of the same system, with head
quarters at Denver. Mr.. Knowles has
been in the railroad business twenty
five years.
George l.. o. Davidson, the Denver
inventor, who has an airship near COM
,,ln Ioir ha
to make some small tests of the ma
chinery soon. He has organized fly
ing machine company and is confident
that his machine will be the most sue
cessful airship ever invented.
Gunnison granite has been selected
for use in the drilling contests in the
International mining exposition to be
held in Madison Square Garden, New
York, in May and June. This beautiful
stone is the product Of the Aberdeen
quarry, seven miles south of Gunnison,
and is the same as used in the State
Capitol.
The Royal Gorge will have tele-
phone line with wires on brackets on
the solid rocks of the canon. Men will
be let down by means of ropes from
the brim of the chasm to anchor the
wires. The line is to be constructed
by the Colorado Telephone Company,
and will be used in connection with
the new Canon City waterworks.
j. E. Moore's ranch in the Gunnison
valley, which adjoins the city limits of
Delta, has been sold to w. l.. Clark OF
Randolph, Pennsylvania, for $4,000:
1t contains 226 acres of rich sugar beet
land and it was on this ranch that the
sugar beets were raised which took the
first premium at the ST. Louis worlds
fair.
The N w Brock ranch. one of The
largest of the oldtime cattle ranches in
Routt county, has been sold 70 the
Yampa Livestock and Land Company.
This ranch comprises about 500 acres
of the finest bottom land along Bear
river and is one of the best acqUisi-
tons yet made to the big Cary Bros
ranch. The price paid is said 10 have
been $50 900.
The dismissal by Governor Buchtel
of Col Edward Verdeckberg and Lieut..
Col. Leo w. Kennedy, commanding the
First regiment of infantry of the Ma
tional Guard of Colorado on the ground
of alleged incompentency has occa-
stoned much surprise. Their many
friends say that the long service and
high standing of these officers are ill
requited by such summary action.
At Cripple Creek, April Goth, Colonel
Charles Harcourt, n veteran of the
Crimean and Civil Wars, eighty years
of age. and Mrs. Jane Kimberly, aged
sixty-three, were united in marriage.
Colonel Harcourt has served under two
flags, the Union Jack in the Crimean
war and the stars and Stripes in the
war of the rebellion, being inspector of
cavalry under General Banks. He had
never been married, but his bride was
a widow