Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-12-25
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STATE NEWS ITEMS

| VI oCCIo Al thS oiouhd IA Aoie eA>AH -
Colorado.
A short distance west of Fort Nor
| gan Union Pacific train ran into
herd of about 1876 antelope, few days
since, killing two of them.
! Invitations have been issued by the
/ University of Colorado for confer
ence Of principals and superintendents
of high schools of the state at Boulder
Jan. list and End.
The taxpayers of Denver on January
18th will vote on the question of is
| suing about 81 100000 of school bonds
for the erection of new school build
ings, repairs and additions.
The thirty-eighth annual session OF
the Colorado State Teachers Associa-
tion will be held In the East Side high
school at Denver. Dec. 2Sth, 29th. 3Oth
and 31st.
The Colorado Telephone Company
has decided to expend between $780,
900 and 100000 for improvements and
extensions in Denver and throughout
Colorado and New Mexico.
snowslide at the Tom Moore MINI
at Eureka, San Jaun county, on the
afternoon of the 10th inst, killed Will
liam Mondell, foreman. aged fifty-five.
and destroyed the large mine boarding
house.
The advance in the price of tungsten
from So to Sc INIT and the belief that
1t will go considerably higher soon.
has greatly stimulated development OF
tungsten claims in the Nederland dis
trict.
The new sewer system at Fort Nor
gan has been completed at a cost OF
about 100000. Work has been going
on for four months and sixteen miles
Of pipe have been laid. This covers
the entire town and all additions.
Colorado College is planning q sum-
mer school OF surveying to be con.
Quoted In Manitou park every June. as
part Of the work OF mining and civil
engineering. 1t will cost $4,000. OF
which 81. 900 has already been donated
by a Denver man.
The course OF the Cache Ia Poudre
river has been changed for over a mile
north Of Greeley to prevent possible
floods near the canning factory. and
the flooding Of the lowlands. 2iO acres
OF which will be reclaimed and added
to the city's residence district.
The Grand Junction Railway Com
pany will advertise at once for bids
for the construction of the terminal
stations. plans OF which were recently
decided upon. Ties and other equip
ment for the construction OF the road
will begin to arrive soon after the
first Of the year.
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 n necessity exists Tor
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
LIST. Up to the goth inst. 52.7 inches
had fallen in Denver. The total precip-
itation for year to date is LIT inches
above the average.
Tho affairs of the Colorado State
Bank OF Durango are now said to be
practically settled. b. y. Freeman.
presi lent of the bank. and his asso-
ciates have turned over to the receiver
cash end securities TO the amount Of
Sl15,00O 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 $350.0O0
Tho rnInrobn NnGnnEr, nf Natural
History. situated In the City Park. ut
Denver, has received a most valuable
gift from Mr.. Henry NJ. 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.
Governor-elect John F. Shafroth has
received word from his son, John F..
Jr.. that the football team of the bat
tleship Virginia of the United States
fleet. of which he was chosen captain.
won the $1,000 cup presented by the
Chinese government to the champion
football eleven of the fleet The mem-
bers of the eleven presented young
Shafroth with silver cup as n token
of appreciation of his work In coach.
ing the team. Shafroth was graduated
from Annapolis last June. He is one
of the youngest officers in the fleet.
Five convicts have been released
from the Canon City penitentiary by
order of Governor Buchtel. two given
conditional pardons and the other three
paroled. James a. Warford and Wal.
ter Kenly, convicted Of killing a guard
at Cripple Creek in 1904, being given
conditional pardOns, and HumnhraY