The Colorado statesman., 1909-01-23
COLORADO ITEMS

The next annual meeting of the Colo
RADIO Federation of Club Women will
be held in Leadville.
A society has been Incorporated to
| build another Christian Science church
in Denver to be located on the South
side
A report of the census of Engle-
wood, Denver's growing suburb, has
been filed with the secretary of state
1t shows the population to be 1882.
La Junta has an Anti-Japanese So
ciety which aims to keep Japanese
laborers from coming and induce
those already present to go away.
Senator Guggenheim has secured
from the government fish hatchery
consignment of rainbow trout for
stocking Big Thompson creek, in Lari-
mer county.
The Anti-Saloon League at La Junta
has filed a petition asking that vote
be taken at the next election on the
question of making the city dry terri
tory.
As z result of withdrawal of a tract
north of Greeley by the government
as mineral land, several settlers in the
vicinity of Carr have been obliged to
give up their claims.
In addition to a new downtown club
house the Denver Motor club has Sc
cured a country club house about seven
miles south of the city for the coming
year.
Recent purchases of lambs by fsrm-
-, tl,n s,,1
the number of sheep fattening for mar
ket to 100000 head, several thousand
in excess of those fattened last win
ter.
The oldest woman in Weld county
to make final proof on a homestead
is Mrs. Martha Downing, who has
just been made owner of 160 acres
seven miles east of Eaton Her age is
seventy-three.
The Mesa County Fruit and Indus
trial Fair at Grand Junction has been
set for September 22nd, 23rd and oath,
directly following the Colorado Inter
state Fair in Denver and the State
Fair at Pueblo.
The Chamber of Commerce. the
Monday Club and other Fort Morgan
organizations are using every effort
to secure the location of an institution
for the feeble-minded. The Monday
Club has guaranteed site costing
$4,000
E. Linn Mathewson made an auto
mobile trip from Colorado Springs to
Denver few days since in two hours
and nine minutes, which is said to be
the record time for the trip. The roads
were in bad condition from mud and
snow
1t is anticipated in railroad circles
that one of the results of the acquisi-
ton of the Colorado & Southern by
the Burlington will be the purchase of
the Pullman shops in Denver by the
allied roads 1t has been understood
that the shops are for sale.
Charles ]. Hughes, Jr., newly elected
United States senator, has been for
many years professor in the Univer
sity of Denver law school and a mem
ber of the board of trustees of the uni
versity. He is also a lecturer on min
ing law at Harvard University
At recent meeting the directors of
the consolidated Denver Stock EX-
chang elected the following officers:
T. NJ. Howell, president; Lou R. John
son, vice president E. NJ Kirton, sec
retary; ]. M. Shrote, assistant secre-
tary, and l.. c. Greenlee, treasurer.
At the annual meeting of the Nor
gan County Fair Association the sec
retary and treasurer reported that its
real estate is worth more than it's cap
italization of $4,000. The associa-
tion has held only two fairs and each
has been a decided success. Instead
of declaring dividends, the policy of
the directors is to improve the grounds
until they are in first class condition,
with buildings to accommodate all ex-
hibits.
The jury in the case of Carl Karg,
the Russian who killed Mrs. Tucker
near Sterling, after being out fifty-siX
hours, returned a verdict of murder in
the second degree and recommended
that the court use clemency. Mrs.
Tucker, with her husband, called at
the Karg home and when they knocked
at the door Karg is alleged to have
thrust it open and shot the woman
without warning. Karg's defense was
that he believed someone was trying
to get in and rob him.
The citizens charter convention
candidates to frame a charter for
Colorado Springs were elected on the
18th inst. over the Peoples ticket by
a vote of nearly two to one. The to-
tai vote was about $500, as compared
with 10000, at the recent general cleo
tion. The Citizens ticket secured