The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-01-09
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Hardin. Weld county in the locality
known as Eagles nest
In the County Court of Weld county
Walter Had'cy and Charles Nicholas
were found guilty of running disor-
derly house at Mead. Judge Nixon
gave Hadley six months and Nicholas
ninety days in jail.
A company capitalized at 900 Is
being organized by John b. Taylor for
the purpose of erecting canning plant
in Pueblo. Contracts will be made
with farmers in the Arkansas valley
for vegetables and fruit.
An early morning fire December
eth AZ Eureka, a small town eight
miles from Silverton. destroyed four
buildings, the Eureka hotel, the Eu-
reka saloon and two livery stables,
with loss of $4,000. The total insur-
ance 's only $4,000.
On Christmas night at midnight the
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
rado.
Captain Augustus Paddock father OF
l.. c. Paddock, editor of the Boulder
Camera. died at Boulder, December
oath, 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. Sl7 ,046Sl 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'
thoritics from the sale OF government
lands IN lieu of taxes.
During the national Democratic con-
vention next July 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 its employees. responsible
for thy famous Adobe wreck. jury In
Judge Shattuck's division of the Dis
trict Court at Denver. has awarded
Pat Brennan $500 damages for the
death of his son. who was killed In
the wreck.
A large force is at work for the Den
yer 4 Interurban road in and near
Boulder. setting poles for .he trolley
wire. The company hopes TO be able
to run cars between Boulder and Den
yer within n few months. Most OF the
grading Is done. The new grade VIII
be used by the steam cars n>@i 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 90 cents sack. These
are unmarketable. and 1t is expected
that by spring six times the amount oil
starch now on hand Will be ready for
market.
To form a state association OF the
district attorneys and their assistants,
a movement is on foot to call meet
ing OF all he Colorado district attor'
news to be neld in Colorado Springs
early in February. The object OF the
organization will be to bring the dis
trict attorneys into closer sympathy
and to suggest to the legislature from
time to time changes IN existing or
proposed laws.
In n report Just completed by Cash
Ter Broderick the business done by the
Denver postofIice during the past ycai
ending with November goth shows an
increase of SIS per cent. or $lt,lO6.3s
over that Of last year From the sales
of stamps. boxes. etc, the receipts
amounted TO &932 .ls4.s6 against $685.
O77.6S in 1906. Altogether, Uncle Sam
will get $500. .S63.2O from the Denvc
postofiice 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. He
will start out in two weeks for an eN
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
return to Denver about May list.
The Badger Reservoir Company
has filed maps of its reservoir and
bitches with 'he county clerk OF Nor
gan county. This reservoir Is to be
] located twelve miles south of Fort
Morgan on badger creek, and have n
capacity of 430. 10000 cubic feet. COW
ering 200 acres. 1t will be filled with
| flood waters from Badger creek dur
ing the spring. The reservoir has a
drainage acca OF six townships. and
will bring under irrigation about TO-
/ 600 acres.