The Springfield herald., 1909-02-26
COLORADO NEWS

0iaH SCHOOL, SullIOTnla.
A new rural route has been estab-
lished at Wellington, Larimer county,
length twenty-four miles. families 112.
An elaborate guide for Colorado
sportsmen is being prepared by Lee
Haney. advertising agent for the Colo
RADIO Midland railroad.
The bakers of Pueblo have organ
lied and March list will raise the price
of bread to twenty-five loaves for 81
instead of twenty-eight loaves, the
number given for many years.
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.
The loveland City Council has let the
contract for building the new city hall
to M. C. Fansler for SS,9s5. Work will
begin at once and only local material
and labor will be used in construction.
Farmers near Brush are planning
cabbage raising on large scale this
year. profit of $500 an acre was
realized by those who tried it last year.
The seed used was imported from Den
mark.
Railroads running into Pueblo have
granted one and one-fifth rate for
delegates who will attend the annual
state meeting of the Farmers Union,
which will be held at Pueblo March
10th to 18th.
Contracts have been let to the Con-
solidated Engineering Company for
.waterworks system for the town OF
Englewood, the initial cost to be about
$4,000. The system will be owned by
the town.
Frank Beiiord of Denver, who has
held a clerical position with Senator
Teller for several years, has been Sc
lected by Senator Guggenheim for a
similar place in his clerical force after
March 4th
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.
Congressman-elect Edward Taylor
has announced the appointment of Leo
Vincent of Boulder as his private Sec
retary. Mr.. Vincent was recently a
candidate for clerk of the Supreme
Court. but failed to secure the position.
Perhaps the place at Washington will
suit him better.
Grand Junction Is to have 100000
cold storage plant for the care of fruit
of the Grand valley. The enterprise
is backed by j. c. Vining, formerly
superintendent of the Colorado Mid
land, who will be president and man
ager of the company which will erect
the structure.
After prolonged illness. DR.. c. c.
Bradbury, one of the founders of Ev
ans. died at his home in Denver on the
18th inst. at the age of SC years. With
st. Louis and Boston associates he
plated the town of Evans in 1870, re-
moving to Colorado Springs in 1872
and later to Denver.
Superintendent Mooney of the
Northern Colorado Power Company
states within the last fifteen days
contracts have been signed calling
for power to pump water for irriga-
tion purposes to supply over 5000
acres of land in various parts of north
ern Colorado.
On February 10, 2009, committee
will open a tin box in possession OF
the Colorado Historical Society and
read the newspapers of Denver of Feb
ruary 12 and IS, 1909, giving an ac-
count of the celebration in Denver of
the Tooth anniversary of the birth of
Abraham Lincoln.
The product of the Wooten coal
mines, operated by the Morgan inter-
ests in Las Animas county, is to be
tested by the government on battle
ships. If the coal meets the require
ments of the government, large con-
tracts will be secured. and it is said
tie first one will be for 100000 tons.
Instructions have been received in
Denver from the headquarters of the
Union Pacific railroad at Omaha that
all supplies and provisions for the
new construction work north of Den
yer will be purchased in Colorado. Fiji
teen hundred men will be employed
and the expenditures will probably
reach half million dollars.
BY the explosion of dynamite in the
old Pandora slide ]. A. Manifold, own
er of the Pandora lease at Telluride
brought down thousands of tons of
snow. Snow guards were erected to
protect the buildings. This action was
taken to protect the workmen on the
lease, who had to cross the track of
the slide to their work
The largest amount ever collected
in Weld county in a campaign for law
and order is the S5,075 now deposited
with the county treasurer to be turned
into the general school fund of the
county, all of which has accrued from
fines assessed for bootlegging and
gambling, through the efforts of Dis
trict Attorney Carlson, Deputy Keyes
and Sheriff Florance.
Reports received by the state insur-
ance commissioner show that sixty-two
fire insurance companies out of the 100
doing business in Colorado had losses
amounting to s5s1 ,242.35 during the
year 1908. Net premiums of the same
companies amounted to S1,299, ,S47.0S,
making the loss ratio little more than
an average of "A per cent for the year.
Many companies have not yet reported