The state herald., 1908-02-07
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


/ ronage is steadily increasing.
The total valuation of Boulder
I county according to the assessors .
books. just completed, is fixed at 12,-
1 s64,022. The exemption total 1868, 500.
leaving taxable wealth Of sl2 1000, ,522.
The First National bank OF Carbon.
/ dale has been authorized to begin bust.
ness with $4,000 capital. w NJ. Din
kel is president; Oscar Holland and
James T. Dalton, vice presidents, and
D. W. Shores, cashier.
Mrs. j. F. Ireland, living in Weld
county, north of Windsor, is proud of
her record for butter-making from four
teen ordinary ranch COWS for the last
year. She made 3,763 pounds, selling
all but 200 pounds, at an average OF
271a cents, or total Of s979.s2.
The American Street and Interur-
ban Association has selected Denver
for its next annual convention. which
takes place in October. 1t 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. The
enginemen have had their division
point in Leadville for about six
months, and the order does not affect
t.Iem.
Prof. II. A. Winkenwerder. a grad
uate OF the Yale School of Forestry and
for the last year connected with the
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 as
the Peoples Home bank, has been or
ganlZed at Rocky Ford with a capital
of $4,000. G. NJ. Coffman, recently
from Kansas, is the president, and
Ralph P. Collins, vice president. The
directors are H. H. Ingraham, I. l.
Smirl and o. E. Adams.
Arrangements have been made for
the removal OF the Collins & Burgie
company stove works from Marengo.
Illinois, 10 Pueblo. A bonus OF $4,000
was given and work on the plant at
Pueblo which will cost sl50,000 and
employ fifty to seventy.five men will be
begun within sixty days,
The University Of Colorado intends
to erect on the Sluff near the hospital
a number Of cottages. in which con-
sumptive patients will be located. thus
giving better clinical advantages to
the medical students. The cottages
will be under direction Of DR.. Alvin r.
Peoples, professor of internal medr-
cine.
Walter S. Taylor of Pittsburg. Penn
sylyania has purchased the Rocky
Mountain Paper mills, near Overland
Park ct Denver, for $4,000. Three
warranty deeds were filed in the office
OF the recorder of deeds. The mill
and its site sold for 1000. 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 l50 days Of work and
with county funds available have built
two miles OF roadway east of town.
All over the county farmers are gener-
ously assisting in road building. The
Great Western Sugar Company has
agreed to build one mile for every two
miles made by the county.
II a special dispatch received at Col.
orado Springs from Washington is cor.
rect, President Roosevelt will come to
Colorado on hunting trip Immediately
after his term In the White House ex.
pires. rhe President has never for.
gotten his trips here after big game
and is anxious TO procure a mountain
lion to add TO the collection OF trophies
which he secured on his last visit,
Twelve more informations were filed
January 3ist against officers Of the de.
funct Rocky Ford State bank. which
closed January End. This makes thir.
teen informations. the amounts named
ranging from 800 to si.700, and the
bonds OF the accused officers are fixed
as follows: ]. f. Godding. president.
$4,000: L. J. Smith. cashier. $4,000,
and ID. W. Barkley. assistant cashier.
$4,000.
d. II. Patterson. n brakeman on the
Short Line, was brought TO Colorado
Springs severely injured as the re.
suit of fall from the top OF freight
car as his train was rounding n sharp
curve near the famous st. Peters
dome. Patterson not only fell from
the tram, put tDlltu uoNn tno hluc OF
n clifr about nifty feet lie was uncon'
seions when picked up, but sustained
no fractured bones and will recover.
City Park In Denver. is TO have Il
magnificent electric fountain next sum
NOR. according 20 the plans OF the park
board. Tho fountain will bo placed
In the center OF the big lake and will
/ bo one of the largest ever constructed
| in the United States. The tramwny
I will furnish current for lighting and
/ the pumping station at the park will
keep the water In play. II will be op.
Grated for two hours every night dur
/ Ing Tho season.
Tho extensive buildings and power
plant formerly occupied by the Rocky
Mountain Paper Mills Company. Mt
/ Denver has been purchased by tho
newly.formcd Denver Portland Cement
/ Company which has been Incorporated
with n capital stock Of s2,000.000, The
incorporators are. W. s, Campbell. y.