The Elbert County tribune., 1908-02-06
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

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The Fort Collins street railway car
ried 42.206 passengers during the nrst
thirty days OF its operation and its pat.
ronage is steadily increasing.
The total valuation Of Boulder
county according to the assessors
books. just completed. is fixed at H.
e64,022. The exemption total $3.50 800,
leaving taxable wealth Of $1z. 900 ,622.
The First National bank Of Carbon
dale has been authorized to begin busi-
ness with $25,000 capital. W. M. Din
kel Is president; Oscar Holland and
James I. Dalton, vice presidents, and
D. w. Shores. cashier.
Mrs. J. b. Ireland, living in Weld
county, north OF Windsor, is proud OF
her rocord for butter-malking from four
teen ordinary ranch cows for the last
year. She made 3.763 pounds. selling
all but 200 pounds. at an average Of
27h cents. or total Of $979.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.
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
tiem.
Prof. Fl. A. Winkenwerder, a grad
uate of tho 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
ganized at Rocky Ford with q capital
Of $4,000. G. M. 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 G. Burgie
company stove works from Marengo.
Illinois, to Pueblo. A bonus of 900
was given and work on the plant at
Pueblo which will cost $150.000 and
employ fifty to seventy-ive men will be
begun within sixty days.
The University of Colorado intends
to erect on the bluff 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
sylvania 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 $4,000, 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 150 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.
If 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. The President has never for
gotten his trips here after big game
and is anxious to procure mountain
lion to add to the collection Of trophies
which he secured on his last visit
Twelve more informations were filed
January 31st against officers Of the de-
funct Rocky Ford State bank, which
closed January End. This makes thir-
teen informations, the amounts named
ranging from $100 to $1,700, and the
bonds of the accused officers are fixed
as follows: ]. e. Godding, president,
100000: E. ]. Smith. cashier, 100000.
and d. w. Barkley, assistant cashier,
$4,000.
D. r. Patterson, a brakeman on the
Short Line, was brought to Colorado
Springs severely injured as the re-
suit OF fall from the top of a freight
car as his train was rounding a sharp
curve near the famous st. Peters
dome. Patterson not only fell from
the train, but rolled down the side OF
cliff about fifty feet He was uncon-
scious when picked up, but sustained
no fractured bones and will recover.
City Park in Denver, is to have a
; magnificent electric fountain next sum-
mer, according to the plans of the park
board. The fountain will be placed
in the center Of the big lake and will
be one of the largest ever constructed
in the United States. The tramway
: will furnish current for lighting and
, the pumping station at the park will
keep the water in play. It will be op-
Grated for two hours every night dur
: ing the season.
The extensive buildings and power
plant formerly occupied by the Rocky
Mountain Paper Mills Company. at
Denver has been purchased by the