The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-16

A company is being organized with
IL capital of 100000 to finance sum
mer resort which will be established
three miles east of Florence.
John H. Du Bots has purchased the
famous seltzer springs at Springdale,
in Boulder county, and will try to Or
Sa.niZe company which will pipe the
water to Boulder, eight miles.
The federal government through c.
K. Cabel has begun proceedings to
GUST a number Of homesteaders on
land west of Trinidad 1t is claimed
by the government that the land was
entered as homestead when it con-
tanned mineral.
Charles l.. Sherrard, who recently
brought suit against the Santa Fe rail
way for the loss of a foot in an acct
dent at Rocky Ford several months
ago, has settled with the company for
$4,000. This is the largest settlement
in similar case known for some time.
A prize of $25 in gold has been Of
fered to the member of the junior class
OF the Agricultural college who writes
the best paper on the college, by Mrs.
Robson Studio of Oratory at Fort
Collins. The contest will be held in
May.
After two months search, Herman
Pheiffer, formerly a Denver fireman,
VINO fell heir to a sixth part of
large estate in Germany some three
months ago, has been located in San
Francisco, where he is employed as
bookkeeper with the telephone COM
pany.
Of Inc at
deaconess, has been employed by the
Methodist church at Greeley to assist
the pastor, Mr.. Davis, in his duties
with his congregation. This is the first
church to employ pastors assistant.
She will Je paid regular salary by the
church.
Albert Settlement and Juan Santise-
van, charged with firing the coke
washer at Sopris, March 18th, which
caused the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company loss of 100000, have been
bound over to the next term of the Dis
trict Court at Trinidad under bonds
of 10000.
About 100 persons We're present at
the annual reception given April Sd to
normal conductors and instructions,
county superintendent and prominent
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Miss Katherine l.. Craig, state superin-
tendent of public instruction in her of
fee in the state house.
Work is being pushed in the con-
struction q: a 1.900-foot tunnel through
the hogback near the northern limits
of Canon City. This work is in con-
nection with n reservoir which will
store the flood and seepage water of
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liable lands near the fair grounds.
Fifty convicts are employed on road
work in the eastern end of Fremont
county. New roads are being graded
and old ones improved. The state gives
the free use of the convict labor and
all the expense to the county is for
their board and guards while on duty.
They will be worked all summer
At the annual meeting of the North
ern Colorado Power Company held in
Denver April 4th. a $3.000000 bond is
sue was authorized, and it was an
nounced that the proceeds OF the sale
of the bonds will be expended in COM
pleting the plans for the development
of the company's work in northern Col
orado.
Col. S. X. Hooper, general passenger
agent of the Denver & Rio Grande rail
road, has just issued new edition of
Camping in the Rockies 1t is care
fully compiled and beautifully illustrat
ed guide to desirable camping places in
Colorado. Utah and New Mexico and
gives estimates of the cost Of various
outings.
Ninety-one years of age, Mrs. Abb
gail Durham. the Oldest woman among
the Union colony of pioneers who
founded Greeley, has again planted her
garden. doing all the work alone, 80
that she might brag of it," she said.
Every year she cultivates plot of
ground tof recreation and carries the
crops to Leighbors.
A rare and valuable gold coin, of es
pecial interest to Coloradoans, has been
discovered in the National Bank of the
Republic at Chicago. A shipment of
gold was received from the banks Mo
line correspondent and one of the tel
lers, in weighing it, found among the
coins $50 Colorado gold piece issued
by Clark, Gruber & Co. of Denver, in
sci
Farm products to the value of $1,000
We're raised on the Denver poor farm
of $50 acres by Superintendent w. J.
Phillips last year. The farm itself con-
sumed about two-thirds of this product
last year and the rest was sent to the
county hospital or sold. The vegetable
plot yielded over sixty tons of vege-
tables. None of the inmates do any
of the farm work, although they are
set to light work about the house and
yards.
Greeley claims to have the largest
high school of any city of like popula-
ton in the United States. There are
now $50 students enrolled, all attend
ing regularly, and. with .he exception
of thirty, all residents of Greeley. The
Greeley public schools have 1900 pu-
pills enrolled. and higher percentage