The Colorado statesman., 1908-01-11
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

9Th inst. from blood poisoning at the
age of sixty years.
The court house of Arapahoe county
at Littleton will be formally opened
January 18th at which time there will
be public gathering, speeches, mu.
sic and dancing.
The new pipe organ being placed in
the Methodist church at Boulder
weighs II 500 pounds, will be operated
with electricity and contains forty-ive
miles of electric wire.
A club for the study of the inter-
national language, Esperanto, has
been formed at Fort Collins 1t has
ten members, DR.. Scoheld being presi-
dent and instructor.
William S. Paul, commander of the
Colorado, Utah and Wyoming divis-
ions, Sons of Veterans, died at his
home in Denver on the 5th inst. from
congestion of the lungs.
Joseph Love, who died at George
town on the 4th inst. Of heart failure
and old age, was one of the earliest
pioneers of Colorado, having carried
the first mails in the Argentine dis
trict.
Governor Henry A. Buch,el left Den
yer on the night of the 9th inst. on
short trip to Washington. 1t is stated
that he went at the invitation of Presi-
dent Roosevelt to discuss political
matters.
A new postoflce has been estab-
1ished in Washington county eleven
miles south of Akron, named Brunker.
James Brunker has been appointed
postmaster. 1t will supply some sixty
families.
Bishop Henry W. Warren of the
Methodist church celebrated his sew
enty-seventh birthday at his residence
in Denver January 4th. In looks and
activity he is younger than most men
at sixty.
Anson Rudd, father of Anson S.
Rudd, editor of the Black Diamond
World at Louisville, died on the 4th
inst. at the home of his son in Louis
vile, Colorado, at the age Of eighty
eight years.
As attractions for his new health
and pleasure resort at Morrison, John
Brisben Walker proposes to repro
duce ruins of the cliff dwellings and
the communal pueblos, ouch as are
seen at Taos.
According to the annual report of
the sidewalk inspector, 31.1 miles of
walk were laid in Denver during the
last year at total cost of S90,670.03.
This is exclusive of the work done by
contractors for the sidewalk districts.
The report of the Pueblo land office
for December, 1907, shows that en-
tries of all kinds of land covered
27,779 acres, including: Homesteads,
109; desert, "a; final homesteads, 35;
state selections, s.; coal lands, 1.
The double tracking Of the main line
of the Rio Grande between Florence
and Canon City will be completed in
six weeks, when the company hopes to
facilitate the handling of both freight
an dpassenger service on the Pueblo
division.
IA fine flow of artesian water has
Sen struck on the state capitol
grounds N Denver at the depth of ISL
feet. 1t is estimated that the well will
supply 100000 gallons a day, which
will be amply sufficient for the build
ing and grounds.
To settle a wager, Charles Sherman
and Ray Fox, employed by George
Bradley under contract to load 5000
tons of beets at Greeley broke the
state record for handling the vege-
tables by shoveling 101 tons and $50
pounds each in ten hours.
Mr.. F. 8. Ellsworth has presented
a fine pianola and an abundant supply
of music to the State Industrial School
for Girls. Mr.. Ellsworth was a for
mer member of the board in control
of the institution, and has always been
one of its most generous benefactors.
The report Of the superintendent Of
the Pueblo county poor farm shows
that $16,652.77 was spent for the sup
port of the poor during 1901 The ma
jority of this amount was spent at the
poor farm. The average daily number
Of inmates at the farm wac sixty and
the cost per capita per diem was thir-
ty-five cents.
The new Odd Feaows' temple at
Longmont has just been completed.
The building is built of gray pressed
brick. 1t is 5Ox125 feet in size, three
stories high, and cost over S25,000.
The first floor and basement will be
used for stores. The second and third
stories will be devoted entirely to the
use of the Odd Fellows.
At the regular monthly sale of the
State Land Board at Denver, January
I'd, 1,340 acres of land were sold to
homesteaders. They were in four
tracts, situated in Logan, Kiowa and
Larimer counties, One tract calls for
$40 an acre and the others ranged from
$3.50 to S10.75 an acre. On each tract
the state made the usual reservation
of mineral rights.
On account of i'll health, o. v. OFF,
Ger has resigned as manager of the
Longmont sugar factory and N. Roy
McCreery has been appointed to fill
the vacancy. Mr.. McCrccry began
work for the Great Western Sugar
Company at Loveland seven years
ago as a stenographer and was pro-
NOTED to be assistant manager at
Longmont four years ago.