The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-06-18
COLORADO ITEMS

Ing tnat coyotes are becoming SO NUM-
erous and bold that they nightly visit
their yards and carry away poultry.
l.. c. Larsen has established an auto
mobile line between Longmont and Els
ties Park II takes little less than three
hours to make the trip of thirty miles
A Greeley man. who is being sued
by sewing machine company, alleges
that his wife was hypnotized by the
agent into buying the machine. There
are others.
]. McGahen will build the McGahen
reservoir, 30 miles east of Ault. 1t will
be filled from South Pawnee and
Crabb creeks and have capacity OF
30,O0O,o00 cubic feet of water.
What is said to be the largest fish
ever taken out of the Twin Lakes,
weighing twenty pounds and four
ounces, was caught by Edward Lay
cock of Denver few days since.
AT the election in Holly the munich
pal water works bond proposition
was carried by an almost unanimous
vote. The system is to cost about $780,
600 and work will be commenced at
once.
Ranchmen about Barela, in Las AMI
mas county, complain that an unusual
iooS VI llNe SlOSh DllSo
of rattlesnakes, which are more plentl-
full than for years. The long dry spell
is believed to be responsible.
Judge Gamble is too i'll to preside
over the postponed session of the May
term of District Court at Greeley and
Judge Hubert Shattuck of Denver will
hold court and probably be assisted by
Judge Burke of the Thirteenth dis
trict.
AT a meeting of the Fort Collins
Chamber of Commerce a resolution
was adopted expressing the confidence
of that body in the ability of the board
of agriculture to settle all differences
at the college with full justice to all
concerned"
Under the provisions of the new
currency law Colorado banks are en-
titled to issue S4,654 900 in new bank
notes in the event of a financial
stringency. This is the allotment to
the state of the S500.000,000 new cir
culation authorized.
l.. A. Jackson of Orchard and w. r.
Wilson of Denver have sold to Den
yer company a reservoir location M
teen miles north of Fort Morgan. The
company will be known as the Chain
of Lakes Reservoir & Ditch Company
and will water about $500 acres.
A Jewish sheltering house will soon
be established in Denver. the society
having already bought house. 1t Is
inteHded that the home shall be for Or
phaned children and those children
whose parents are too poor to properly
support them Besides 1t will be a
place where mothers who work can
leave their children during the day
and can be sure that they will receive
proper care.
The soldiers monument that stands
at the east front of the capitol build
ing in Denver will soon be graced
with the statue of mounted soldier
At a meeting of the monument COM
mission it was found that about $4,000
is available out of the fund for the
statue and negotiations will at once
be opened with Washington firm
celebrated for its manufacture of stat
ues.
A. ]. Lynch, bookkeeper at Sho-
shone, in Garfield county, was arrest
ed on the 10th inst charged with forg
ing the name of Lewis Reynolds. SUI
perintendent of the Central Colorado
Power Company's works. He was
bound over to the District Court in
$1,000. Il must have been crazy to do
it," was the only explanation Lynch
would give. He has a wife at Colo
RADIO Springs.
Senator Henry NJ. Teller and Mrs.
Teller have returned from the session
of Congress just concluded, and the
senator will remain in Denver
now until July 18th. or after the Dem
ocratic national convention. He will
go East July 18th to attend the meet
ings of the national currency commits
sion, Of which he was appointed
member after the passage of the new
currency law.
Prosecutions are to be started by the
State Stock Inspection Board against
cattle owners who have not complied
with the dipping order issued in
March. The order gave them until
June LIST to carry out its terms. Ur-
gent circumstances demanded the dip
ping of cattle on the eastern slope and
the board will see that the full penalty
of the law is suffered by cattle own
ers who are negligent.
The new interurban electric road be-
tween Denver and Boulder will make
a seventy-five cent rate between the
two cities and sI25 for the round trip.
The service will be hourly, one hour
via the university and Marshall the
other via the ''Y' and Louisville. Tho
steam train which leaves Boulder for
Denver at 1925 p. m. and returning
reaches Boulder at 3:S5 p. m, will be
abandoned after June 18th
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry r. West. both
81 years old, Union Colony pioneers
who have resided at Greeley continn-
-uously for thirty-eight years, cele-
brated the sixty-third anniversary Of
their marriage on the 10th inst. They
had expected to spend the day quietly
Mt the home of their son. George West.
but rs pioneers and friends and
.,,ot,,hnrS of tho w C Z, IL Ssnrrarisa,