The Colorado statesman., 1908-01-04

night shift of 100 men at the Greeley
Sugar factory were served a fine tur-
key dinner in the factory by their en-
ployers. When the men went to eat
their midnight luncheon they found
the feast spread for them.
Ell Paso, Texas, people have incorpo-
rated the New Mexico Development
Company in New Mexico, to build
railroad from Columbus, New Mexico.
near Ell Paso, to the coal fields of San
Juan county, New Mexico, and La
Plata and Montezuma counties in Colo
RADIO.
Captain Augustus Paddock, father of
L. c. Paddock, editor of the Boulder
Camera, died at Boulder, December
Gath, from pneumonia. He was in his
SD year. Up to 1873 he was one of
the leading lumbermen of Michigan.
For the last four years he lived in
Boulder.
AS the states portion of the sale of
government lands during the year just
passed, SIT, ,046S1 has been turned over
to State Treasurer Alfred Bent. The
state is allowed five per cent of the
total sum realized by the federal au-
thorities from the sale of government
lands in lieu of taxes.
During the national Democratic con-
ventiou next July a meeting of the
Single Takers of the United States
will also be held in Denver. Among
those who will attend the convention
are Louis Post of Chicago, Bolton Hall
of New York, Mayor Tom Johnson of
Cleveland, and Henry George, Jr., of
New York.
Finding that the Denver & Rio
Grande Railway Company, through the
negligence of it's employees, responsible
for tha famous Adobe wreck, a jury in
Judge Shattucks division of the Dis
trict Court at Denver, has awarded
Pat Brennan $500 damages for the
death of his son, who was killed IL
the wreck.
A large force is at work for the Den
yer & Interurban road in and near
Boulder, setting poles for the trolley
wire. The company hopes to be able
to run cars between Boulder and Den
yer within a few months. Most of the
grading is done. The new grade will
be used by the steam cars and the old
grade by the electric cars.
There is now stored in the Greeley
starch factory 100000 pounds of potato
starch in 1000 sacks, awaiting ship
ment to market. The starch campaign
has fairly begun and potatoes are com
ing in freely at 20 cents a sack. These
are unmarketable, and it is expected
that by spring six times the amount OF
starch now on hand will be ready for
market.
To form a state association of the
district attorneys and their assistants,
movement is on foot to call meet
ing of all he Colorado district attor-
neys to be held in Colorado Springs
early in February. The object of the
organization will be to bring the dis
tlfct attorneys ipto closer sympathy
and to suggest to the legislature from
time to time changes in existing or
proposed laws.
In a report just completed by Cash
ier Broderick the business done by the
Denver postoffice during the past year
ending with November 30th shows an
increase of S.S per cent. or $76,lO6,3S
over that of last year. From the sales
of stamps, boxes, etc, the receipts
amounted to S939, 9,1S4.S6 against $685.
O77.GS in 1906. Altogether, Uncle Sam
will get $S20,S63.20 from the Denver
postotfice this year.
Judge Ben B. Lindsey of Denver, re-
turned recently from a lecturing tour
in South Dakota and resumed his du-
ties on the Juvenile Court bench. lie
will start out in two weeks for an eX-
tended trip through. the South, partic-
ularly Oklahoma and Texas, where the
legislatures will create juvenile laws
this winter Instead of remaining
away for six months, however, he will
/ 10 a
The Badger Reservoir Company
has filed maps of it's reservoir and
bitches with the county clerk of Nor
gan county. This reservoir is to be
! located twelve miles south of Fort
Morgan on Badger creek, and have
capacity of 420000,000 cubic feet, Gov
ering 1900 acres. 1T will be filed with
flood waters from Badger creek dur
ing the spring. The reservoir has
drainage area of six townships, and
will bring under irrigation about IO'-
600 acres.
Mayor Vivian of Golden, has ordered
every saloon keeper to close his place
of business Saturday night, January
4th, at midnight and keep it closed
until five o'clock the following Mon
day morning. The order provides
that the saloons within the corporate
| limits of Golden shall keep closed be-
| tween the hours named on each sub
sequent Sunday after January 5th, the
date that the new Legislative act rela-
tive to Sunday closing goes into effect.
/ The Gwillum Investment Company,
which recently secured long term
| lease on the flowing artesian water
wells in the vicinity of the Chandler
1,rr, 1r,g,t Il Nsa1
to sell water for domestic purposes
to surrounding camps. and in order
to raise money necessary for the work,
has fled a deed OF trust for 500 900