The daily tribune., 1908-12-24
state Neus


|of State Treasurer Bent the state OF
Colorado has 81. .4s4. .2s2 80 in the
various banks Of the state for check.
ing purposes. In addition to this
the state treasurer in his till at the
capitol today %. .695 03 and in addi j.
tion to both Of these the state has
interest bearing Investments the face
value of which total 81. 355, 9S6. 30
Quite . handsome showing for a
small commonwealth like Colorado.
Within calling distance of a
ranch house which meant warmth and
food. William Dosy, 10 years old, a
well.kuown guide aud fisherman of
Antlers park. was found frozen to
death yesterday. Doty who had been
caretaker Of the Locklin fish lake.
had been in Creede and started home
ward. The cold and the snow, twen-
ty-four inches doep. were too much
for the old man. His body was
found by q ranchman. His face,
hands and even his body were cut by
the snow crust and the corpse was
covered with blood.
Swan Nelson, timbermap, en-
ployed by the Portland Gold Mining
fell to his death at the No.
8 shaft on Battle mountain at noon
today. Nelson and two other men
we're examining the shaft timbers.
and in some manner he lost his foot
ing when near the 2OO-foot level. His
body WAS caught at the bulk bead of
the 400-foot level. Practically every
bone was broken and his skull was
crushed. The deceased was about
25 years Of age and single. He has
slster foeluin8 IN tine district.
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The D. and R G.. railroad started
work yesterday on their new GIG, 600
brick depot at Alamosa. aud al.
though the work WAS stopped by the
bad weather, construction will be
pushed a. rapidly as possible. Work
WAS also started on the new $1,000
library. which is gift to the city
by Andrew Carnegie. He mas agreed
to build the library aud equip it
II the city will agree to maintain
1t in proper way. 1t will be
structure when completed,
and will be valuable addition to
the city. A planning mill is also un-
der construction, which 1t is esti.
mated will cost $1,000. Scholtz,
Cole and Hall are the owners Of this
new enterprise.
OutclAssing in weight and quality
anything eyer seen or heard Of in the
turkey line, not excepting the TWEEN
ty:six FOUNDER recently sent to Presi.
dent Roosevelt, . Robbler which tip.
ped the scales at twenty N inc pounds,
dressed. was today shipped to Cover,
John T. Shafroth by the
Fruita Bryan club. The turkey was
raissd by T. Bsder, q well-known
rsnoher Of his section. It ia tho
lsFgest fowl ever sssn In these parts.
Hor4oe Vose of Rhode Island, who
annually supplies the turkey meat
for the president's Christmas dinner,
this year shipped twenty-six pound
bird and claimed the record.
The arst high voltage electric sys.
tom Of the world, which was estAb.
lished In this state in 1890. is to be
developed into one Of the gigantic
power systems Of the west. The Tel.
luride Power company has sold e..
900 900 worth Of It's bonds and the
money will be used for enlsrgin ng
and improving its power systems In
Colorado, Utah and Idaho. The
bonds arc part Of ei0. 900. 900 issue
authorized last March. l. L. Mum
10 the general manager for the ON
psuy. He is q pioneer In that class
Of work aud established the nrst sue.
oessful high voltage electric system
In tile world II WAS located at
Ames, Colo. and out of that little
systam grew the one which was In,