The Colorado statesman., 1909-02-27
COLORADO NEWS


Thirty men will graduate from the
college of engineering of the State Uni
versity at Boulder in June.
A new rural route has been estab
lished at Wellington, Larimer county
length twenty-four miles, families 112
The contract for the erection of a
new high school building at Eaton has
been let to J. A. Warren of Boulder
for $26,65O.
An elaborate guide for Colorado
sportsmen is being prepared by Lee
Haney, advertising agent for the Colo
RADIO Midland railroad.
The Colorado Cliff Dwellings Asso-
citation has voted $4,000 toward the
restoration of the balcony of the House
Ruesa Verde, Paris.
George O. Fairweather, B. A, Uni
pointed assistant business manager OF
the University of Chicago.
Mrs Laura D. Smith, formerly the
wife of David Swickheimer, discoverer
of the famous Rico mine and one-time
millionaire, died at Oakland, Cal, Feb
ruary goth.
LAS You Like IT. is the play chosen
by committee of the combined senior
classes of the University of Colorado,
to be given as the annual class play
on the campus in June.
The bakers of Pueblo have organ
lied and March 1st will raise the price
of bread TO twenty-five loaves for 81
instead of twenty-eight loaves, the
number given for many years.
The Teachers Normal Institute for
the Fifth district, comprising the coun-
ties of El Paso, Teller, Elbert and
Douglas, will be held at Colorado
Springs August 3rd-13th inclusive.
Railroads running into Pueblo have
granted "A 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.
A Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion has been organized at Brush with
the following officers: President, w.
E. Smith; vice president, DR.. Park
hurst; secretary, f. Seaman; streas-
urer, F. E. Cotton. All are leading
business men.
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.
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.
To cut the prices of coal in half was
the offer of Max Bird of Walsenburg
to the Pueblo Business Mems Associa-
tion. Mr.. Bird proposes that the asso-
citation go into a cooperative plan of
distributing coal by which he claims
the consumers can be saved SO per
cent of the present price. The associa-
ton appointed a committee to look
into the matter.
The withdrawal from entry of $500
acres of government land in north
western Weld county by the register
of the land office at Sterling, marks
the last step preparatory to the issu-
ance of bonds for the purpose of build
ing the Pawnee reservoir in eastern
Weld county, near Keota, by the Paw
nee Irrigated Lands Company. The
company is capitalized at 100000 and
DR.. F. p. Lonergan of Evans is it's
president.
Weld county will have a permanent
fair organization and next September
it will inaugurate an old-fashioned
county fair, to be held annually. The
Farmers Club, the Commercial Club
and the Gentlemens Driving Club will
cooperate and it is proposed to have
the fair the week previous to the In
terstate fair in Denver, SO that the
prize exhibits may also be entered at
Denver and Pueblo.
1t is stated that Sen. T. NJ. Patter-
son is planning to build skyscraper
at the corner of Seventeenth and Wei
ton streets in Denver. The building
will be twelve stories tall and cost in
the neighborhood of $500, 900, it is said.
The old Patterson block and two other
buildings which now occupy the site
of the structure will be pulled down,
ard the offices of the News-Times will
be provided for in another building on
Glenarm street on property Senator
Patterson recently purchased
The land holders of the Henrylyn
Irrigation district have voted to ratify
the letting of the contract for the con-
struction of the system to S. r. II.
Robinson Company of st. Louis. The
price is $3,296,000, and the contract
provides for completion of the system
in one year from April next and the