The Dolores star., 1908-02-07
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

The Antl-Saloon League has estab-
liehed headquarters in Pueblo With ..
II. 0albraith In charge.
The Fort Collins street railway car
sisd l2.30s passengers during the Arst
thirty days Of it, operation and its pat
rouags II steadily increasing.
The total valuation Of Boulder
county according to the ASSESSORS
books. Just completed. II nxed 1t H.
se4.02z. The exemption total $S63. 500.
leaving . taxable wealth Of 81. .00o. .611.
The First National bank Of Carbon
dale has been authorized to begin bust
ness with $4,000 capital. w. n. Din
kel 70 president: Oscar Holland and
James 7. Dalton. vice presidents. and
d. w. Shores. cashier.
Mrs. J. +. ireland, living In Weld
county, north OF Windsor. 10 proud OF
her rccord for buttermaking from four
teen ordinary ranch cows for the last
year. She made S.763 pounds. selling
all but 200 pounds. at an average OF
27h cents. or . total OF &s7s.82.
The American Street and Interur-
ban Association has selected Denver
for its next annual convention. which
takes place in October. It will bring
1000 prominent street railway mag,
mates to Colorado and an exhibition Of
some Of the latest street railway de-
vices.
According to an order issued by the
Colorado Midland after Feb. 10th the
division point for the passenger SER
vice on the road will be Leadville. Tho
enginemen have had their division
point In Leadville for about six
months, and the order does not a6ect
tlem.
Prof. II. A. Winkenwerder. . grad
uate Of tho Yale School Of Forestry and
for the last year connected with tho
educational branch Of the forest ser.
vice at Washington. D. c.. has been
appointed to succeed Prof Fred Baker.
resigned. as head of the Colorado COL
lege school Of forestry.
A new state bank, to be known ~
the Peoples Home bank. has been or
ganixed at Rocky Ford with Q capital
OF $4,000. G. M. Coffman. recently
from Kansas. II the president. and
Ralph p. Collins. vice president. The
directors are H. H. Ingraham. !. L
6mirl and o. =. Adams.
ArranEements have been made for
the removal OF the Collins & Burgie
company stove works from Marengo.
Illinois, to Pueblo. A bonus of $4,000
was given and work on tho plant 1t
Pueblo which will cost S1b0.000 and
employ nfty to seventy-dve men will be
begun within sixty days.
The University Of Colorado intends
TO erect on the bluff near the hospital
. number Of cottages. In which con-
~x,t11 hn tAA thra
giving better clinical advantages to
the medical students. The cottages
will be under direction OF DR.. Alvin n.
Peoples. professor OF internal medi-
cine.
Walter 8. Taylor Of Pittsburg. Penn
sylvania has purchased the Rocky
Mountain Paper mills. near Overland
Park st Denver. for $4,000. Three
warranty deeds were sAled IN the once
q tie recorder - Aeeds- The mill
and its site sold Tor &s0. 900. the COM
pany houses for $4,000 and some ad-
joining lots for $500.
To aid in the good roads movement
farmers in Pleasant valley, Weld
county. donated $50 days Of work and
with county funds available have built
two miles Of roadway east Of town.
All over the county farmers are gener.
cusly assisting in road building. The
Great Western Sugar Company has
agreed to build one mile for every two
miles made by the county.
II special dispatch received at Col
orado Springs from Washington 10 cor
rect, President Roosevelt will come to
Colorado on a hunting trip Immediately
after his term In the White House ex-
plres. The President has never FOX.
gotten his trips here after big game
and II anxious to procure mountain
lion to add to the collection OF trophies
which he secured ON his last visit
Twelve more informations were filed
January 31st against ofacers OF the de-
funct Rocky Ford State bank. which
closed January End. This makes thir-
teen informations. the amounts named
ranging from 800 to $1.700. and the
bonds Of the accused onhcers are fxed
~ follows: ]. e. Godding, president.
$4,000: E. ]. Smith, cashier. $4,000.
and d. w. Barley. assistant cashier.
10000.
d. r. Patterson, q brakeman on the
Short Line, was brought to Colorado
Springs severely injured ~ the re
suit OF fall from the top OF = fretgh,
car as his train was rounding = sharp
curve near the famous st. Peters
dome. Patterson not only fell from
the train, but rolled down the side Of
Q clifI about dfty feet He was uncon'
scious when picked up. but sustained
no fractured bones and will recover.
City Park In Denver. IL to have Z
magnificent electric fountain next sum
,mer, according to the plans OF the parA
board. The fountain win be placed
In the center Of the big lake and viii
Be one Of the largest ever constructed
In the United States. The tramway
win furnish current for lighting and
the pumping station at the park viii
keep tho water in play. It will be op
Grated for two hours every night dur
ing the season.
The extensive buildings and poweI