The Springfield herald., 1909-03-12
COLORADO NEWS


The City Council of Canon City has
elected George r. Tanner as mayor to
fill the unexpired term of Mayor A. II.
Seeley. resigned, the latter having re-
moved to Denver
The Fort Collins Pioneer Association
will purchase the first permanent
building erected in Fort Collins. 1t is
an old log cabin which at one time
served as hotel.
The women members of the chorus
of 1000, which will sing at the Gypsy
Smith revival meetings at the Audi
torium in Denver will wear white shirt
waists and the men white waistcoats.
Attorney 7. J. Leftwich, who shot
William Austin last summer on a Col
orado & Southern train, will be put on
trial again March END at Fort Collins.
His last trial resulted in hung jury.
That Greeley will have new high
school building is assured because of
the passage of the bill which raises
the bonded Indebtedness of school dis
tricts from 3la per cent OF its assessed
valuation to per cent.
The Leadville City Council has
granted the Colorado Telephone Com
pany a twenty-year extension of its
franchise. The company has a plant
at Leadville with an estimated value
of 100000 and has been in business
twenty years.
A herd of thirty-five tame antelope
is curiosity on the John Painter
ranch at Roggen in Weld county. The
early SHOWS last fall drove the animals
into the ranch for food and they have
been cared for all winter with the cat
tie on the ranch.
Prof T. u. A. Cockerell. department
of systematic zoology of the State Uni
versity, is preparing an article on Eos
sill Trees" for volume soon to be pub
lished on "TIces of the Rocky Noun
tains" by the government bureau of
forestry.
At the very hour that President Taft
was making his inaugural address,
William Taft Heffer arrived at the
home of j. P. Heffer OF Greeley, weigh
ing four pounds. His proud parents
were married March 4, 1896, the day
President Mckinley was first inaugu-
rated.
On the 4th inst. the town of Giicrist,
Weld county. was notified by an Off
Ger of the Union Pacific that the name
of Nantes was off the railroad map
and that Gilcrest had taken its place.
The new depot at Gilcrest is about com
pletel and is model structure.
Among the projects planned for Gill
crest the coming year is canning
factory.
The Montrose Commercial Associa-
tion is preparing for a grand celebra-
ton at the opening of the Gunnison
tunnel, which it is expected will be
completed in July. The record at the
tunnel last month was COS feet, which
leaves only 2,234 feet to drive before
the two headings come together. AT
the present rate of progress they will
meet by the middle of June.
A load dumping apparatus that is in
big demand among sugar factories is
the cause of suit for $50 900 damages
instituted by Timothy Carroll of Cali
fornia against Merritt |. Tuttle. one of
the wealthiest sugar beet growers in
FIT. Morgan. Carroll claims to be the in
ventor of the apparatus and alleges
that Tuttle has been using 1t in his
ldCbO1S NllHOul pei lAllSoIOl
Articles of incorporation have been
filed at Glenwood Springs for the Mu-
tual Light. Heat & Power Company,
capital $4,000, with II. j. Holmes, Geo.
Palmer, c. f. Hubbard and John l..
Noonan directors. The company pro-
poses to furnish light and heat for cit
liens of Glenwood, and power If
needed, and has filed on 200 feet of
water from the Roaring Fork river,
The Reverend and Mrs. R. j.
Van Valkenburg celebrated their six
ty-sixth wedding anniversary at their
home in Greeley on the LIST inst.
The Reverend Mr.. Van Valken-
burg enjoys the distinction of being
the Oldest Odd Fellow in Colorado
and for thirty-one years has officiated
as chaplain at every session OF the
grand lodge, The couple were mar
ried in New York in 1913
Plans and specifications for the new
postoffice building al Boulder have
arrived from Washington. The build
ing is to be of gray brick and cut
stone, the ground floor being S5X50
feet. one story high. "a feet to the
cornice The main working office will
be 4SX32 feet, surrounded on three
sides by special OFFICES, loDbteS and
corridors. The plans call for the
completion of the building by March
81. 1910.
At recent meeting of the commit
tee of eighteen, which has been push
ing the movement for a commission
form of government for Pueblo, was
increased to forty. c. A. Ballreioh was
authorized 10 at once bring mandamus
proceedings against the City Council
to compel that body to provide for a
charter election at the regular spring
election April 6. The petition for an
election was rejected by the council
at its last meeting.
The Union Station Association
News, published by the railroad
branch of the Y NJ. C. A, announces
that / 500 railroad men of the United
States, Canada and Mexico will attend
the International Railroad convention
Y. NJ. C. A. to be held at Denver May
27th.
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