Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-11-12
COLORADO NEWS

to direct the eastern campaign for
funds for the Palmer memorial statue.
After two years of experimenting, the
Colorado Vanadium Company has been
organized at Boulder and is now pro-
ducing vanadium of high grade in com.
n,ercial quantities, bringing ore from
San Miguel county. ..r
A number Of Norwegians in north
ern Illinois have taken an option on a
tract OF land in Beaver Park, Fremont
county. and propose to establish col
ony for the purpose of engaging in
gardening land fruit raising.
A fine filly has been shipped to
William Jennings Bryan from the
horse breeding station Of the Agricul-
tural college at Fort Collins 1t is a
yearling sired by the famous Carmon
and was selected by Mr.. Bryan at the
time of his visit last summer. The
dam was donated to the college by ex-
Governor Adams and the colt was his
property. =
Land seekers from Iowa startled a
band of twenty-six wild antelope. feed
ing on the Purcell ranch in northern
Weld county a few days since. when
their automobile suddenly bore down
on the band. Eight years ago there
were few antelope on the plains. but
the game laws have had the desired
effect. Antelope now roam in the un-
settled districts in big bands and are
quite tam. .
The county commissioners OF Weld
county have fixed the general county
tax levy at 90 mills. out OF which the
state gets Al mills and the general
school tax mills. The Greeley town
tax is 81 mills and with other taxes
the levy on Greeley property for the
coming year is &C mills. In Evans
taxpayers will pay 81 mills. at Ault
71.5 mills, in Eaton 60 mills. and at
Windsor 6S mills.
Twelve miles Of 36.inch concrete
pipe line has been completed BY the
Central Colorado Power Company. ex-
tending from the Nederland dam to
the Kosler reservoir. from which the
water drops 1850 feet to the power
house on Middle Boulder creek. The
power project will be practically com.
pleted by January LIST, except the dam.
which will not be finished before June
next year.
The Burlington railway has COM
pleted negotiations with the city Of
Denver whereby that line agrees to
build the subway under its double
track across the county road north.
east Of Riverside cemetery. The city
and Adams county will grade up to
either side Of the track. expending
$1,000. on condition that the road dig
the subway and put in a superstruc-
ture for a 50-foot dirt roadway.
The New York Tribune will soon re-
ceive a memento OF Greeley's carly
days. in an adobe. sun.baked brick
taken from the old Greeley Tribune
office. built In 1870. now being torn
down. In this building was published
for thirty.three years the newspaper
OF which N. c. Meeker. former agri-
cultural editor OF the New York Trib-
une, was editor. Horace Greeley also
contributed to the Greeley paper. The
New York Tribune first proposed the
founding Of the colony.
Following the recent acquittal OF
Engineer o. II. Lessig on a charge Of
manslaughter, the assistant district
attorney at Colorado Springs has
nolled similar cases against the other
members OF thse Rio Grande train
crew who were held responsible by a
coroner's jury for the recent collision
at Hustled. The defendants benefting
by this action are Engineer W. H.
Hnl hn 4.
Dalton: Brakeman c. S. McIlherne
and Fireman J. N. Wright. All live
in Denver. Twelve persons were
killed and 62 were injured in the
wreck at Hustled August II.
Believing that the Zip and leg dis
ease from which sheep in Wyoming
are said to be suffering is not the
same ailmcnt which is causing sore
mouths among the lambs in Colorado
Just at present, and that for this rea-
son the government agents are wrong
in quarantining Colorado lambs on in.
terstate shipments. DR.. Charles G.
Lamb. veterinary surgeon for the
State Stock Inspection Board, has
gone to Washington to consult with
DR.. A. D. Melvin. chief OF the govern
ment bureau Of animal husbandry.
J. s. McClelland, who died at Fort
Collins on the 4th inst, at the age of
n years. came to Colorado In 1872 and
after working as printer. in Denver
for some time started the Larimer
County Express. the first newspaper
In Larimer county, in April 1873. In
1879 he quit newspaper work for farm.
ing and fruit growing. For four years
Mr.. McClelland was a member OF the
state board Of agriculture two years
a commissioner OF Larimer county
and two years postmaster at Fort Col.
Inns He was n member of George n