The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1909-03-06
STATE NEWS ITEMS

Company deny the report that the
company is about to be absorbed by
the United States Steel Corporation.
The City Council of Canon City has
elected George r. Tanner as mayor to
fill the unexpired term of Mayor A. ii.
Seeley, resigned, the latter having re-
moved to Denver.
The Fort Collins Pioneer Association
will purchase the first permanent
building erected in Fort Collins. 1t is
an old log cabin which at one time
served as hotel.
The first train after snow blockade
February 2Gth, carrying mail, express
and supplies. The food situation had
begun to cause some anxiety.
Attorney T. j. Leftwich, who shot
William Austin last summer on a Col
orado & Southern train, will be put on
trial again March 22nd at Fort Collins.
His last trial resulted in hung jury.
Governor Shafroth has declared the
towns of Englewood and Sterling to
be cities of the second class, having
reached a population which places
them in this class under the law.
In the new Exchange National Bank
building, now in process of construc-
ton, Colorado Springs, will have a
seven-story steel frame structure al
most in the skyscraper class.
One hundred and thirty-seven men
joined the Young Mems Christian as
ISOLATION at Boulder February Goth,
increasing the membership up to 46S.
A campaign is on to bring the member
ship up to 600.
Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell, department
of systematic zoology of the State Uni
versity, is preparing an article on Eos
sill Trees" for volume soon to be pub
lished on Trees of the Rocky Noun
tains" by the government bureau of
forestry.
The Leadville City Council has
granted the. Colorado Telephone Com
pany a twenty-year extension of it's
franchise The company has a plant
at Leadville with an estimated value
of 100000 and has been in business
twenty years.
The Union Station Association
News, published by the railroad
branch of the Y. M. C. A, announces
that 1900 railroad men of the United
States, Canada and Mexico, will attend
the International Railroad convention
Y Nj. C. A to be held at Denver May
9th.
The Colorado Springs Land COM
pany, owned by Gen. William j..
Palmer and associates, lbs plated a
new addition to the north end of Colo
RADIO Springs and intends to make it
one of the most attractive residence
districts. 1t adjoins Monument Valley
Park. built by General Palmer at a
cost of $750,O00 and decided to the
city.
The Denver, Laramie & Northwest
ern Railway Company has decided to
make all subscriptions by local inves-
tors to the company securities pay
able in cash at the end of ten years
if desired, with Z per cent interest an
nually, instead of returnable only in
freight charges as was first proposed.
The change, it is believed, will in
crease subscriptions.
The Reverend and Mrs. R. j.
Van Valkenburg celebrated their six
tysixth wedding anniversary at their
home in Greeley on the list inst.
The Reverend Mr.. Van Valken-
burg enjoys the distinction of being
the oldest Odd Fellow in Colorado,
and for thirty-one years has officiated
as chaplain at every session of the
grand lodge The couple were mar
ried in New York in 1S43.
The Canon City Coal company,
which has been prospecting go acres
of land southwest of Florence with a
diamond drill, reports finding thirty
separate coal veins. measuring from
six inches to six feet in thickness, o.
enough coal to supply the state for
twenty years. The company will i'm
mediately commence sinking a shaft
to develop the field. The land is to
be bought for 100000.
Plans and specifications for the new
postoffice building at Boulder have
arrived from Washington. The build
ing is to be of gray brick and cut
stone, the ground floor being S5x50
feet, one story high, "a feet to the
cornice. The main working office will
be 4Sx32 feet, surrounded on three
sides by special offices, lobbies and
corridors. The plans call for the
completion of the building by March
81, 1910.
A. B. Kahny hanged himself from a
gas fixture at the Victor Hotel in Den
yer on the 2Sth ult., leaving the fol-
lowing note pinned to his breast: ITO
whomsoever this may concern-I owe
no one a cent; my rent is paid until
Tuesday, the End of March. You need
not look for any friends. lele trunk