The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-26
COLORADO ITEMS

short distance west of Fort Nor
gan Union Pacific train ran into a
herd of about 125 antelope, few days
since, killing two of them.
Invitations have been issued by the
University of Colorado for confer
ence of principals and superintendent
of high schools of the state at Boulder
Jan. 1st and End.
The Colorado Telephone Company
has decided to expend between $700,-
600 and 100000 for improvements and
extensions in Denver and throughout
Colorado and New Mexico.
The taxpayers of Denver on January
18th will vote on the question of is,
suing about $1,0OO,O0O of school bonds
for the erection of new school build
ings, repairs and additions.
The advance in the price of tungsten
from So to sc a unit and the belief that
it will go considerably higher soon,
has greatly stimulated development of
tungsten claims in the Nederland dis
trict
The Iona club has been formed by
Werner Y. Reed and a number of Den
yer people interested in the develop
ment of the Grand Valley. 1t is pro
posed to hold stated banquets at which
Western slope affairs will be dis.
cussed.
The course of the Cache la Poudre
river has been changed for over mile
north of Greeley to prevent possible
floods near the canning factory, and
of, ~.
of which will be reclaimed and added
to the city's residence district.
If the Indian school at Fort Lewis
near Durango is discontinued by the
government an effort will be made to
secure the site and building for the
use of some state institution. There
are dozen buildings and 5000 acres
of land, a part of which is underlaid
by coal
Owing to the rapid thinning out OF
young pine trees on the government
forest reserve during the past few
years, orders have been issued to the
rangers in the Colorado district to pro
hibit the cutting of Christmas trees
except where a necessity exists for
the thinning of clumps.
c. A. Brandenburg, chief weather
observer for the Denver district, says
this year beats the record for any sim
liar period in the last twenty years in
amuont of snowfall since September
1st. Up to the goth inst, 52.7 inches
had fallen in Denver. The total precfp-
itation for year to date is LII inches
above the average.
To obtain a much-needed rest and
to study conditions in Palestine and
Rome, DR.. r. A. Carnine, superinten-
dent of the Greeley district of the
Methodist Episcopal Church in Colo
rado, is preparing to leave for the
Holy Land. where he will spend the
winter. Mr.. Carnine will first visit
Palestine and go from there to Rome.
Grandma" Petrie, said to be the
Oldest resident of Mesa county and one
of the oldest women in the state, died
at Grand junction on the 18th inst, at
the age of ninety ty-seven. A week before,
she fell and sustained a broken hip.
This injury, together with old age, was
! the cause of her death. She was a ma
tive of Syracuse, N. Y, and came to
Grand Junction in 1888. living with her
son, Charles H. Petrie.
The following officers were chosen
by the Colorado Scientific Society at
it's meeting in Denver on the 18th
inst: Franklin Guiterman, president:
d. w. Brunton, first vice president;
Charles W. Comstock, second vice
president; William A. Johnston, sec
retary; John w. Richards, treasurer.
w. F. Mills and George l.. Cannon
were chosen to serve on the executive
! committee.
The affairs of the Colorado State
Bank of Durango are now said to be
practically settled. B. N. Freeman,
president of the bank, and his asso-
ciates have turned over to the receiver
cash and securities to the amount of
s175,000 in purchase of the bank assets,
which in addition to the cash collected
by the receiver, is sufficient to pay the
total liabilities of the bank, which at
the time Of suspension were $35O,OOO.
The Colorado Museum of Natural
History, situated in the City Park, at
Denver. has received a most valuable
gift from Mr.. Henry M. Porter of this
city consisting of what is known as
the Mary Kimball Pratt" collection
of fossils Indian relics, minerals,
gems, old coins, and similar articles.
The collection is said to be eXcep-
tionally valuable, containing something
like 5000 specimens, some of them
of great value because of their rarity.
1t is said that the automobile own
ers of Colorado Springs have prom
ised to contribute $4,000 toward the
proposed boulevard from Colorado
Springs TO Canon City, provided the
road is extended to the Royal Gorge
| rhiS is in line with the resolution