The Colorado statesman., 1908-09-26
STATE NEWS ITEMS

be worn all winter an an unique method
OF advertising Colorado Springs as a
winter resort.
Nicholas Finn, at one time promi-
nent mining and smelling operator at
Leadville, died in the Sisters hospital
at Leadville Friday night after an ILL
ness of three months.
Medical men of Morgan county held
meeting at Fort Morgan Saturday,
formed county association and
elected DR.. J. A. Farnsworth president
and DIR. A. F. Williams secretary.
The town of Dacona has been in
corporated. 1t is one of the new settle
ments in western Weld county estab-
lished as the result of rich coal strikes
which are being thoroughly developed.
The county clerk of Ell Paso county
has issued 2S5 hunting licenses for
the opening of the deer season, Oct!
list, and at least 200 additional appli-
cations are expected
D.. Contracts have been awarded by the
Ward Gold Cyanide Milling Company
Tor the erection of two unit miles of 25
tons each of the 150-ton mill at Ward,
Colo. The mills will be in operation
early next year
Work is being rushed on the Stand
ley Lake irrigation system and it is
expected that by the first of the year
| 10000 acres of land will be brought un-
der irrigation. BY the progress being
made. total of 100000 acres of arid
land lying north ana northwest of Den
| ,,in h.,
Twenty-Five children between the
age of and IL were taken from the
Fort Lupton canning factory by a pro-
baton officer and placed in school.
Their parents. the school board and
their employers were notified that un-
less they hereafter conform to the re-
quirements of the compulsory educa-
tion law, they will be brought into
court to answer.
In the District Court at Leadville
Judge Cavender sentenced Sherman
w. Morris to 20 to 25 years in the pen
itentiary. Norris was found guilty by
a jury of the murder at Leadville of
John Walsh, saloon-keeper, in June,
| 1893. He was arrested at Lansing,
Mich, in May of this year, and brought
to Leadville by Sheriff Bonner.
Dr. William J. Baird of Boulder has
presented to the city of Boulder for
park purposes 100 acres of land ad-
joining the city on the west, lying at
the mouth of Gregory canon and at
the foot of Flagstaff mountain. The
city already owns in this vicinity some
thing over 1000 acres and all will
eventually form one of the most beau
tiful natural parks in the country.
In the United States Court at Denver
Judge Lewis, after hearing arguments
in the case of Harry Hokasono, Jap
anese, against the LaramiePoudre
Reservation & Irrigation Company,
decided in favor of the plaintiff, awarl-
| ing him the full sum of $4.6S2.20, ac-
cording to the contract. Owing to dis
putes in regard to the completion of
the work the company had paid him
only s3,4S6.45.
The Southern Colorado Power &
Railway Company has filed a mort
gage for s1,500,0 900 in favor of the st.
Louis Union Trust Company of st.
Louis. The mortgage covers the en-
tire plant and all the lines of the Trim
idad company, which is merger of the
Old Trinidad Electric Railway COM
pany and the Stonewall Valley Elec-
trio Railway Company. OF the amount
named in the mortgage, 100000 is to
| be used in improvements.
Because the two modern buildings
erected over a year ago are not large
enough to meet the demands that the
rapid growth of Denver is raising,
Mayor Speer will recommend in his
budget for 1909 an appropriation to
| build a commodious addition to Steele
hospital for contagious diseases. An
other appropriation will be asked for
the erection of s50,O0O pesthouse to
replace the Sand Creek hospital de-
stroyed by fire.
If the action of Judge Lewis in the
United States Court at Denver in over
ruling a demurrer of the city of Gree
ley is not reversed it would appear that
the Greeley and Northern Railroad &
| Utilities Company can go ahead and
| complete an interurban street car line
| connecting Greeley, Eaton and other
| towns in Weld county. The railroad
| company has applied for an injunction
| restraining the city from interfering
with its construction of the line, and 1T
is the city demurrer to this application
! that has been overruled.
The Denver Reservoir Irrigation
| Company has just let contract to f.
/ W. Harrington and John McNabb of
] ha nj u
tunnel located on the Community canal
near Eldorado Springs. This tunnel is
1,lJ0 feet long and will be enlarged to