The Springfield herald., 1909-04-02
COLORADO NEWS

will be opened by October list.
A movement has been started at
Pueblo to secure large fund for the
erection of Young Mems Christian
Association building.
The Pueblo Manufacturers Associa-
tion has made arrangements to pre-
pare an exhibit of Pueblo made goods
in centrally located storeroom, to be
kept up several weeks in campaign to
have the people support home indus
tries.
The following clerks have been ap-
pointed to the forestry service: War
ren NJ Cox of Durango, to be located
at Sulphur Springs; Colonel Willis A.
Wood of Durango, located at Fort Col
Inns; Sue Trainor of Leadville, located
ut Leadvilie.
Colorado Springs delegates to the
annual convention of the American
Federation of Musicians in Mime
apolis May 10th to 10th, Will endeavor
to secure the projected national home
of that organization for Colorado
Springs.
At a recent meeting in Denver the
Rocky Mountain Baseball league was
organized for the coming season. The
league comprises the following clubs:
Denver Gas G. Electric Co, Colorado &
Southern, Continental OIL Co., Colo
RADIO Telephone Co., First National
Bank. Sechrist Manufacturing Co.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed by the Plateau City Water Works
Company of Grand Junction capital
ized at $4,000. 1t is composed OF
prominent Grand Junction property
owners who will Immediately install
water system which may subsequently
be taken over by the municipality.
The Pueblo state fair directors have
decided to change the dates of the fair
from September 12-1S to September
2O-25, by request of fruit growers of
the Western slope, who believe they
can make a better showing at the later
dates. They ask that one day of the
fair be known as Peach dry, and one
grower has agreed to donate three car
loads of peaches to be given away to
visitors that day.
It is stated that Frank Shercliffe.
alias Morris. now in the penitentiary
at Canon City, has employed lawyer
10 appeal his case to the Supreme
Court. Shercliffe was convicted on n
charge OF numbering a Leadville sa-
loonkeeper, fifteen years ago. On his
way to state prison he escaped from
Sheriff Bonner of Leadville. and was n
few weeks ago brought back from
Minnesota, where he was acquitted of
"a charge of train robbing.
Warden Cleghorn of the peuitentiary
gave complimentary dinner few
days since TO Chaplain Blake and TWEEN
,ty-two teachers. who have been con-
ductinS the prison school successfully
for the last two years. All the teach
ers are convicts, some of them being
college graduates. and all the common
branches are taught. The enrolment
of the school number le5, among them
being those who have attended col
Iege. while there are others who cam
potrread nor write.
Ell. Tuttle has been appointed gen
eral freight and passenger agent OF
the Argentine Central Railway Com
pany, with headquarters at 3li-15 Colo
RADIO building in Denver. vice c. A.
johnson, resigned. effective April 1st.
The Argentine Central will open its
line from Silver Plume TO the Waldorf
mine, Mt Mcclellan ana intermediate
points earlier this year than formerly,
probably April 18th. and it is proposed
10 keep the road open the year around
henceforth.
Farmers reservoir No. I, the first
of several TO be built by Theodore
Jones in southeastern Weld county
east of Platteviile, will provide irriga-
tion for several thousand acres now
cultivated The capacity of the Farm
ers' reservoir No i will be ia, ,435.421
cubic feet of water and the cost will be
s41 ,577. Ranch Draw reservoir is also
one of the irrigation enterprises to be
buiit 1t will be located about twenty
miles northeast of Fort Lupton, will
have capacity of 900,00O000 cable
feet of water, and cost $4,000.
When any person achieves notor!ety,
good or bad, his or her name is i'm
mediately associated with Denver. 4
Denver paper prints the following
Sharon Pa. special: James f. Boyle
kidnapper of Willie Whitla, was mar
ried about a year ago to Hiss Helen
Faulkner OF Denver. The pair came
TO Sharon year ago and were roy
ally received at the home of his
widowed mother. Miss Ella Boyle, the
lidnapper's only sister, was pleased
with her new sister-in.law and took de-
light in entertaining her wheh she Wis
tied here Boyle's wife made favor
able impression here. She was attrac-
tive, highly educated. an excellent
piano player and an interesting con-
yersationalist.
The largest mortgage ever giveH in
San Miguel county has been filed at
Telluride. 1t is for $500, 900, given by
the Japan-Flora Mines and Tunnel
Company and runs ten years.
1t covers the entire property
and is understood to have been
placed with the intention of commenc-
ing important development work The
mine is owned by Philadelphia parties
Tho citv of Eercav hoe icsuad hnpdc