The Colorado statesman., 1909-02-06
COLORADO NEWS

Kansas day was observed at Pueblo
January 29th by native Kansans with a
big banquet. This will probably be
made an annual affair
The Boulder oil field is still attract
ing great deal of attention and ar
rangements are being made to drill a
large number of new wells.
Thomas F. Mahoney, former secre-
tary of the Longmont Commercial AS
sociation, is 10 be secretary of the
chamber of commerce at Rocky Ford.
To make the state bear the expense
OF political campaigns and stop private
contributions to campaign funds is the
purpose of bill drafted by Gov. John
F. Shafroth in person, which will be
introduced in the Senate by Senator
Campbell.
The committee of IS which is push.
ing the charter form of government
for Pueblo has decided to withdraw its
application to the city council for
special election, and will probably re.
quest that the matter come up at the
regular spring election.
The Denver & Intermountain Rail.
way began running its cars by electric
power between Denver and Golden Feb
ruary 1st For the past fifteen years it
has used steam locomotives 1t will
install new, well furnished passenger
coaches.
Through solid trains from the Union
depot in Denver to San Francisco daily
and ready, unhampered outlet for
Colorado coal and other products to the
Pacific coast by September l. is the as
surance received by the Denver & Rio
Grande Railroad Company from the
Western Pacic Railroad Company.
The previous record of $50 feet in 81
days in the driving of the double track
tunnel in Pixies Peak granite in the
Cripple Creek district was eclipsed in
January by Superintendent James A
Mcllwee and his picked force of ma
chine men and miners at the portal
heading of the Roosevelt deep drainage
tunnel and the new mark stands at 435
feet.
John B. Driskell a well-known resi-
dent of Black Hawk for forty-three
years, died on the 29th ult. of dropsy,
aged siXty-eight. He was a member of
the First Virginia cavalry and claimed
to have been paroled in the Shenan-
doah valley when General Lee surrend-
cred, and that he was never released
from parole. He had rich relatives in
Virginia.
The American Machine & Mauufac-
turing Company has been organized at
Boulder, the incorporators being ]. H.
Wallace, w. E. Whitacre and R.
Lindemann. 1t will build the Linace
motor car, and in addition will do a
general machine and repair business.
The company is capitalized at 100000
and will at once commence the erection
of brick and steel building.
Petitions are being circulated in
each of the six wards of Canon City
by the anti-saloon people, to secure a
vote on the local option question at the
spring municipal election. For nearly
four years Canon City has been with
out saloons and the prohibition advo-
Gates think that the experiment has
been so successful that they will have
little difficulty in keeping it dry under
tne local option law.
NJ. B. Knowles of Fort Lupton. one
of the founders of Greeley and one of
the original Union colonists, celebrated
his eighty sixth birthday at his home
on the Sd inst, surrounded by his fam
lily. AS member of the society over
eighty years old he received box of
flower and birthday letters. He was
the first school teacher in Greeley, the
first justice of the peace and a mem
ber of the city council in early days.
Three new members of the State
Board of Health have been appointed
by Governor Shafroth. They are DR..
Paul S. Hunter of Denver, DR. Crum
Epler of Pueblo and DR.. d. F. Wooding
of Denver. They are appointed for six
years and succeed DR.. w. Fl. Davis of
Denver who was president of the |
board; DR.. f. N. Carrier of Canon City |
and DR.. ]. Tracy Melvin of Saguache |
county.
The total production of the Portland |
mine, in the Cripple Creek district for
1908 was 94,311, ,432 net tons, of gross
value of S1,S34, ,0SO.79. The average
SlosS Nalue pei toh WAS 9l5.fo. Inc |
total production from the first ship
ment, April l, 1894, is 949, 1881, ,749 net
tons, of gross value of $2S ,469, ,442.51. !
Four dividends, amounting to $3.50, 900, |
were paid last year, the company thus
passing the sS,OOO,OOO mark. The total
dividends disbursed to date are SS,227,-
ESQ.
Another irrigation district has been
organized in Weld county, called the
Denver Greeley Valley irrigation dis |
trict. The district will get it's water
from Clear creek, South Boulder creek |
and tributaries, and from the Frasier |