The Colorado statesman., 1909-02-20
STATE NEWS ITEMS


new brick court house
Three million fish eggs of various
kinds were shipped to the Glenwood
Springs fish hatchery on the 18th inst
via the Colorado Midland. The spawn
came from Weissport, Pa.
For the three best individual ex-
hibits from Colorado at the Dry Farm
ing Congress in Cheyenne, February
23rd to 25th, the Denver Chamber OF
Commerce offers three trophy cups.
The loveland City Council has let the
contract for building the new city hall
to M. c. Fansler for $685. Work will
Dsgin at once and only local material
and labor will be used in construction.
Farmers near Brush are planning
cabbage raising on a large scale this
year. A profit of $500 an acre was
realized by those who tried it last year
The seed used was imported from Den
mark
Contracts have been let to the Con-
solidated Engineering Company for a
waterworks system for the town of
Englewood, the initial cost to be about
$4,000. The system will be owned by
the town.
The Missouri Pacific railroad has an
nounced its intention to allow stop
overs on all one way and round trip
tickets to Colorado from the East and
from the East to Colorado. 1t will ap-
ply to tourist tickets.
A mass meeting will be held at
Greeley February 9th and be ad-
dressed by z. X. Snyder, president of
the State Normal School ON the matter
of securing a trades school for Weld
county. Action by the Legislature
will be asked.
The LaramiePoudre Irrigation Com
pany has purchased the big Pierce lat
eral, twenty-five miles long, for $4O,-
600, to become an important part of
the irrigation system which will pro-
vide water for the Greeley-Poudre ir-
rigation district of 100000 acres.
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, Gath
and 25th. The various commercial or
ganizations of the state are urged to
take part in the work.
While hunting in the vicinity of the
pass above Manitou recently, Bert
Webb formerly of the Colorado City
police department, discovered a huge
crevice in the side of mountain from
which a strong current of hot air is
sues. The existence of a large cave
is thought probable.
The Fort Morgan sugar factory laid
off all employees February 18th, with
the exception of the office men. The
work of repairing the factory will be
done after March 1st, when the direc-
tors OF the Great Western Sugar Com
pany meet The factory is in excel
lent condition, after making the phe-
nomenal run of last fall.
The first class of nurses ever grad
uated from the Deaconess Hospital in
Colorado Springs received their di-
plomas on the 18th inst The young
ladies are: Misses Emma /. Absher
of Albion, ILL.,; Mabel Blomberg, Colo
RADIO Springs; Sarah e. Bradshaw,
Denver; Clemmie Irwin, Derby, Ia,
and Nellie M. Joyce, Central City, Neb.
A man giving his name as Nathan
Hall was arrested in Estes park on the
18th inst by Forest Rangers Thomson
and Ryan. charged with killing beav-
ers. The man confessed and was fined
$3.50, which he paid. Two dead noun
tain sheep were also found in the
park. Indications are they were shot
and it is likely arrests will be made.
The Union Pacific railroad has an
uounced that during March and April
it will operate a through Pullman
tween Denver, Colo, and Oakland,
Calf The car will be routed Union
Pacific to Ogden, and Southern Pa
cific to Ogden, and will run daily dur
ing these months.
The annual report of the Colorado
Telephone Company for the year end
ing December 81, 1908, shows that the
company added 1920 subscribers in
1908 and added S,746 miles to the
length of it's local exchange lines. The
total number of exchange telephones in
service at the close of the year was
6S ,967, and the mileage was 159,59S.
Denver's great auditorium would
hold every man, woman and child in
city of twelve thousand inhabitants.
but the people of Denver are finding
it too small 1t would not begin to
accommodate the crowd on Lincoln's
birthday Two thousand children
gathered in one end of it to sing pa
triotic songs. They, with the military
organizations and members of the
Grand Army of the Republica, about
filled the ground floor.
Peter Gondry convicted in the Dis.