The Glenwood post., 1909-09-11

engine Friday night.
County Treasurer Simmons. of Colo
rado Springs, says the tax payments
for this year are already 100000
above the entire amount paid in last
year.
The noted 3-R ranch, embracing
1896 acres and twenty-six cubic feet
OF water right, located near Beulah,
was sold by R. F. Weitbrec to former
Senator Hume Lewis for $125,000.
The coroner's jury which investi-
gated the shooting near Westcliff in
which Walter Lombard killed his
father-in-law, S. w. Simeral, returned
verdict that the killing was justifi-
able homicide.
That the late Christopher Lam
brecht of Fort Lupton was sane when
he made the will cutting off his Oldest
daughter, Mrs. Augusta Raiders Of
New York City. with 81, was the find
ins of a jury at Greeley
The excitement caused by the rich
gold strike just east of Salida in
creases and territory covering
nearly five square miles has been
stHked out by both men and women
from Salida and the nearby country,
who believe that second Cripple
Creek has been discovered.
Denver men, recognizing the tre-
niendously growing Importance of the
Dry Farming congress, will go to Bill
ings. Mont. next month to attend the
in
bers that 1t is considered almost a
foregone conclusion that the 1910 con-
vention will be brought to Denver.
President John w. Springer, OF the
Colorado Interstate Fair and Expo
sition, to be held at Overland Park.
Denver, commencing September IL.
has personally invited President Taft
to open and attend the exposition.
The president will be in the West
about fair time.
Reports from the threshing ma
chimes which have been running in the
Berthoud district for about three
weeks, confirm the most optimistic
forecasts made concerning prospective
yields of wheat and local elevators
have been taxed to the limit to handle
the grain coming from all directions.
Albert Noack of Mount Douglas,
about twelve miles east of Black
Hawk, shot and killed a golden eagle.
1t is evidently a young one, but has a
spread of seven feet from tip to tip
of its wings and was flying about 100
feet above the ground when shot.
The golden eagle is rarely found in
this section.
Despite the rainy weather, which
has interfered with the fruit picking
total of more than $50 carloads has
been shipped from the Grand valley
and the prospects are that next week
will see a still further increase. The
shipments from Palisade which stood
at the top of the list were nearly 200
cars, principally Alberta peaches.
There is $4,000 worth of buildings
being erected in Eaton at the present
time, including $4,000 high school
building. new building for the Eaton
National Bank. the Sandberg & Pier
son implement house and a new laun'
dry which is being put up by ]. A.
| Warren. Six miles of sidewalk have
been laid.
Denver and All-Colorado day at 'he
second annual Colorado Interstate Fair
and Exposition will be Thursday, Sep
tember Is, according to the official
proclamation of Mayor r. w. Speer. In
appreciation of this educational enter
prise the merchants are asked to close
their places of business at noon on
this day and the city Of Denver offices
will also be closed.
At the new town of Gill the con-
struction gang of the Union Pacific
arrived and broke ground for the new
station of the road at that point in
conjunction with gang of working
men which began installing the big
scales for commission house. The
been completed and work on the
depot will be rushed.
Henry Horst of Loveland. in com
pany with Weld county officer, has
been securing the country between
Loveland and Grover in an effort to
stolen a horse from Horst's pasture
last Thursday. A party of Loveland
people stated that they met the man
and horse. which they recognized,
near Grover.
The time is coming when the
United Sta.es will control the sugar
business of the world, regardless of
foreign cane sugar, German beet sugar
or any other kind of sugar. We can't
do it yet, because the laborers We en-
ploy IN our beet fields are not SO ef-
ficient as those in Germany, where the
industry is a hundred years old. but
we will overcome that in time and
when we do there is not the slightest
doubt that the control of the world s
snear industry will be held in the
United States. Our sugar mill ma
chinery Is better than theirs, and all