The Springfield herald., 1908-10-23
COLORADO NEWS

The Burlington Interurban Company
has its profiles completed and expects
to build its road from Hudson to Gree
ley within year.
Over 400 deer had been received in
Denver up to the 14th inst, with pros
poets of at least 1000 more before the
close of the season, October goth.
From 100 acres east of Eaton, James
Graham has harvested 10000 sacks of
potatoes, which he expects to bring
$1.10 sack for seed. This was tie
first season the land was cultivated.
George Tebeau has sold his.one-half
interest in the Denver baseball team of
the Western League TO j. F. Gunthrope
of Plainview, Neb., but he still retains
part ownership in the Broadway park
in Denver, where all the games are
played.
The Musicians union is the first sub
scriber to the fund to be raised to
maintain n permanent symphony or
chestra in Denver. The union has pre-
sented the directors of the Denver
Symphony orchestra with a check for
$500.
A claim shanty is doing double duty
on the plains near Grover in Weld
county, answering as home, where
Miss Mamie Smith, young school
teacher, is proving up on homestead,
and also as school house in which
Miss Smith presides.
Fifteen members of the junior class
of the Colorado Springs high school,
who recently were suspended for re-
fusing to remove paint and grease from
the sidewalk and flagpole of the school,
finally surrendered and were reinstated
after promising TO scrape off the of
Tending mixture.
The Estes Park Water Company has
been Incorporated, with a capital of
100000 to construct a waterworks sys-
TEN for Estes Park. The first work
will be to install Il pipe line 11,OOO feet
long. the water being taken from
Black Canon creek.
Mrs. Phoebe Bushnell. a colored wo-
man sixty years of age, living near
the railroad tracks in Denver. was so
shocked by the sudden spectacle of
"A coffin being carried into the house
next door that she dropped dead on
the front porch of her house, where
she was standing
Means of securing legislation for in
stitutions to care for the feeble mind
ed; of legislating against "shylocks"
and of bringing charity organizations
and the press into closer relationship
are to be discussed by the Social Ser
,,,x II =, i,. I,1,
meetings beginning Tuesday, Novem-
Der 10th.
Frank Lennon, resident of the
Cache la Poudre valley, for thirty-five
years. but lately engaged in feeding
sheep near Kimball, Neb. together
with John Warren and Engineer E. E.
Baker, will develop. with irrigation,
10000 acres just over the state line,
near Kimball To do this they will form
an irrigation district. to be provided
with water from IA proposed Lodge Pole
creek reservoir.
In reply to an inquiry by j. NJ. Alb
bott, an attorney at Yuma, Attorney
General Dickson states that mere pos
session of homestead in the state of
Colorado for year prior to the com
ing election. does not entitle man
to vote in this state. unless he has
lived in this state with his family dur
ing that period of time. or actually
moved into the state and established
home for a full year.
John Adams, father of the well
known Adams brothers of Colorado
died at his home in Pasadena, Cali
fornia, on the 18th inst, in the nine
tieth year of his age. Mrs. Adams.
four sons and daughter survive. The
sons are Frank. for years at the head
of the Denver Fire and Police Board;
William. states senator; John, well
known ranchman, and Alva. twice gov
ernor of the state.
Judge Fred A. Rudolph and wife
celebrated their golden wedding ami
versary at their ranch home
six miles north of Black Hawk
on the nth inst. Over 100
friends were present and the aged
couple received large number of
handsome gifts. Mr.. Rudolph, who is
Civil War veteran. came to Black
Hawk from New Jersey in 1868, and
later served several times as police
judge and as city clerk.
Natural gas in such quantity as to
be useful for commercial purposes
has been reported to the government
geological survey offices in Denver. as
having been struck in the property of
the Cottonwood Coal & Power Com
pany a few miles north of Colorado
Springs. 1t is reported that the flow
of gas was so strong it filled a drill
hole with shale to depth of thirty
five feet and escaped from the surface
with roar that could be heard a mile
away.
Although the Greeley sugar factory
will sell all its waste pulp and syrup to
Greeley sheep and cattle feeders. the
other factories of the Great Western
Sugar Company in northern Colorado.
not having the same demand for waste
products, Will feed 1900 cattle and
10000 sheep. Brush. Sterling and
Loveiand will take many of them.
1t is stated in Denver that the I'm