The Lamar register., 1909-02-10
STATE NEWS ITEMS

drill for oil at Fort Morgan, where oil
rock Is In evidence.
DR.. John Davis Hartley of Sacra-
mento, California. will establish a col
0ny OF Dunkards in the Greeley dis
trict.
Snowslides interrupted telephone
communication between Durango and
Telluride from January 22d to Febru-
airy 4th.
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.
Permits for 234 new buildings, to
cost $G94,475, were issued in Denver
during the month of January. This
Is an Increase of s294,750 over the
same month last year.
That over 100000 worth of fruit
trees will be planted in Pueblo county
this spring is the estimate made by
Horticultural Inspector J. N. Bartels.
Most of these will be cherry. with
some apple. pear and peach.
A special short course of ten weeks
for forest rangers has been started by
the Colorado College school of forestry
at Colorado Springs under w. ]. Nor
rill, deputy forest supervisor Of the
Pixies Peak forest reserve.
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-
rxxa hnt hA fo,- MT tho
regular spring election.
, The Denver & Intermountain Rail-
way began running its cars by electric
power between Denver and Golden Feb
ruary LIST For the past fifteen years 1t
has used steam locomotives. 1t will
install new, well furnished passenger
coaches.
The State Commercial Association
has taken up the burden of procuring
suitable exhibits from Colorado for the
third Trans Missouri Dry Farming Con-
gress at Cheyenne February 23rd. cath
and 25th. The various commercial or
CARNATIONS OF the state are urged to
take part In the work.
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.
McIlwee 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.
The American Machine & Manufac-
turing Company has been organized at
Boulder. the incorpOrators being J. II.
Wallace. w. L. Whitacre and r.
Lindemann. II will build the Linace
motor car. and in addition will do n
general machine and repair business
The company is capitalized at 100000
and will at once commence the erection
OF brick and steel building.
Twenty-one members Of the Denver
University football team were enter
tained on the night of the 4th inst at
q banquet at the residence OF w. c.
Johnston in Colorado Springs. The
young men were accompanied each by
a lady friend and the party travelled
in a special car. Mr. Johnston, who
formerly lived near the University in
DtuNtI, 10 IL IOOluhli
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 1t dry under
the 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 Il men,
Der of the city council in early days.
Three new members of the State
Board of Health have been appointed
by Governor Shafroth. They are DIR.
Paul S. Hunter of Denver. DIR. Crum
Epler of Pueblo and Dr. ID. F. Wooding
years and succeed DIR. w. II. Davis OF
Denver. who was president of the
board: Dr. F. N. Carrier of Canon City
and DIR. ]. 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 a gross
value of sl.s34. OS0.79. The average
gross value per ton was $19.45. The
total production from the first ship
ment, April i, 1894. is 949.3S1.7i9 net
tons. OF n gross value of SIS. 469, 442.5i.
Four dividends, amounting TO siS0,Oo0.
were paid last year, the company thus
passing the $s,0O0,0OO mark. The total
dividends disbursed to date are $S,227.-
ESQ.
Farmers south of Fort Morgan held
an election on the 2nd inst, and organ
lied the Badger Creek Irrigation Com
pany to make a reservoir thirteen miles
from Fort Morgan, which they propose
to fill with the flood waters from Bad
ger Creek. 1t will cover about $4,000
acres. and joins the Bijou irrigation