The new era., 1909-12-02
COLORADO ITEMS

The first consignment of rails for
the Kansas-Colorado railroad has ar
rived at Pueblo and the work of lay
Ing the track has been begun.
Plans have been drawn for the pro-
posed sanitarium for the tuberculosis
poor at Colorado Springs. 1t will cost
about $4,000. of which several thou
sand dollars have been raised.
Gov. John F. Shafroth has ap-
pointed ]. S. Appel Of Denver his spe-
cial representative to attend the ses-
sions OF the National Civic congress
to be held in Carnegie hall. New York
City, December to IL. 1909.
The Colorado Springs health depart
ment is preparing to register all tu-
bercular cases. as provided in the
charter. Each householder must re-
port all tubercular persons in his
home. and physicians must send
names of tubercular patients.
With fitting ceremonies the first
rails were laid at Pueblo November
22nd and the first spike driven on
the new Kansas-Colorado railroad.
near the State Insane Asylum
grounds. A special train took about
200 business men to the scene. The
first spike was driven by Mrs. An
drew Mcclellan and General Mana
ger r. c. Johnson.
The cornerstone OF new church
building, to cost $1,000, was laid at
the corner of Logan avenue and Speer
boulevard, in Denver, Sunday by the
Reorganized Church Of Jesus Christ Of
Latter Day Saints. This society is
not affiliated with the Mormons of
Utah. Bishop Richard Bullard, OF
Boston, delivered the principal ad-
dress.
Rock Island engineers are reported
to be making progress in their inves-
tigation of the Moffat road. having
visited Steamboat Springs, Craig and
other towns along the survey of the
western extension of the Moffat. 1t
is believed probable in Denver rail-
road circles that the Rock Island will
bid very high for the Moffat road If
given an opportunity.
The three Falconer brothers. Of
Granada, attracted considerable atten-
ton at Pueblo few days since. The
combined height of the brothers is l9
feet 2A inches. Ed Falconer, the
youngest, is the tallest. He stands
feet T. Eugene measures feet Az,
while William is feet 31a. The
brothers have adjoining ranches and
are almost inseparable.
Since the recent announcement that
the government is willing to furnish
blueberry plants to Colorado people
who wish to experiment at raising
them in this state, Mrs. Martha Shute,
Secretary of the State Board OF Hor-
ticulture, has received letters from
people all over the state, offering to
take the plants and do everything in
their power to coax them to grow.
Sister Superior Kunigunda, who has
been connected with ST. Francis hos
pital at Colorado Springs since it's
erection, twenty-five years ago, and in
charge of the institution for nine
years, has been transferred to Denver
to become sister superior at st. An
thongs hospital. She will be sue
ceeded at Colorado Springs by Sister
Superior Emerentia, who has been in
the hospital fifteen years.
State Game and Fish Commissioner
Thomas Holland has received a
unique souvenir that he is utilizing as
penholder on his desk. 1t is the
skull of large gray wolf that was
killed sixteen miles north of De Beque
few days ago by George Newton
The specimen is one of the largest
ever killed in the state and the ami
..ial had record of having destroyed
d large number of cattle and sheep.
The proposal to consolidate three
outlying school districts in Mesa
county was carried by a good major
lty and Immediate action will be
taken to bond the consolidated dis
trict and raise $4,000 for new
school building. The site has been
selected. Mesa county, according to
statistics recently compiled, has a
larger percentage of children OF
school age attending school than any
other part of the state.
Lack of funds to continue the con-
struceticn of the new state highway
between Canon City and Colorado
Springs may delay the work, according
to letter received by the Ell Paso
county commissioners from Warden
lyman of the penitentiary, who was
permitted several score of convicts to
do the work. The legislative appropri-
alton is tied up in the fifth class Of
the state funds. Possibly the Good
Roads Association may help to raise
the needed money.
The annual report Of the Denver
Jewish hospital made most credita
BILE showing at the annual meeting of
the National Jewish Hospital Associa-
ton held in New York. 1t was shown
that while ten years ago the death
rate was 7.S per cent. it has now been
reduced to 3-S per cent. Since the
hospital was founded 600 patients