The Springfield herald., 1909-03-19
COLORADO ITEMS

costing about 100000.
Thirty-two hens belonging to Mrs.
Brady at Greeley laid 800 eggs last
month. The eggs sold at 90 cents a
dozen, which is handsome profit.
At Florence on the nth inst. forty
teams and fifty men began work on
the Beaver & Northern railway, which
is to be in operation by May 18th.
The Florence City Council has com,
pleted its budget for the fiscal year,
the appropriations totaling $37,550,
which is about $4,000 less than last
year.
The Florence Macaroni company will
Immediately double its capacity. 1t
was started six months ago and the
machinery is now inadequate to handle
the business on hand.
The Grand Junction Electric line pro
poses to lease the grounds Of the
County Fair Association for use as an
amusement park next summer, extend.
ing its road to the grounds.
Arrangements have been made for
two baseball games at Trinidad April
oath and 25th with the Denver West
ern league team. which will play the
local men, recently organized.
Queen Elizabeth, the old lioness a,
"Bathouse" John Coughlin's 200 in
Colorado Springs, has equaled the
worlds record. so far as known. by
giving birth to five babies, all of which
are girls.
The annual interstate debate be.
tween the Universities of Colorado and
Kansas will take place at Lawrence,
Kansas, on March 25th. Arrangements
are already under way for the Colo
rado-Texas debate which will occur
sometime in May.
While hunting near Pueblo on the
18th inst, Claude Harrison, the 15-year-
old son of j. Fl. Harrison. was accident
ally shot by Frank McColm and died
two hours afterward as the result of eX-
posure and the wound. The dead boys
father was in the hunting party.
On account of the crush OF prisoners
in the county jail at Trinidad the COM
missioners of Las Animas county have
decided to work the prisoners on the
county roads. The first gang will be
placed on the road TO Stonewall, which
will be a duplicate of the state high
way.
1t is stated that John Meter. a
wealthy Hollander of Chicago. who is
fostering the Holland settlement at
Kuner, Weld county, will transfer
his kraut factory in Illinois
to the Kuner district. This is
because the cabbage crop in Illinois
is affected with what is known as
CLUB foot fungus growth which
takes from the head all strength and
flavor.
Former State Senator c. w. Swink OF
Rocky Ford has purchased the Eli JEFF
freys ranch, forty-four miles northeast
of Trinidad, consisting of 1000 acres,
for which he paid 100000 The tract
is fine grazing land and well watered
Mr.. Swink is known as the father OF
the cantaloupe business of Rocky Ford
and it is stated that he intends to eX
tend their growth to Las Animas
county
Mrs. Grace Clark, known better as
Miss Grace Gale, formerly of Greeley
later of Los Angeles. Cal, is dead at
Bombay, India. Mrs. Clark left Cali
forna n few months ago for trip
around the world with friends. She
was born in Greeley and was the
daughter of Mrs. Jennie Gale. her
father, o. p Gale, being one of the
pioneers of Greeley, and dying many
years ago.
Seven outfits are now at work on
the Crow Creek and Pierce extension
of the Union Pacific in Weld county
with about 700 teams. Fitzpatrick Bros
& Collins have furnished bond 10 have
all work completed by August 1st
There will be sidetracks about every
five miles and townsites will follow
their placing. 1t is expected that eight
thrifty towns will grow up along the
thirty-five miles of road.
President E. w. Wilcox of the Ar.
gentine Central railroad, operating
from Silver Plume to. Mt. McClelland.
over Grly's Peak. has returned from an
extended trip east and announces that
the line will open May LIST, having re
mained closed since December 1st The
custom of closing for the winter will
be done away with this year and here
after and the Argentine Central will
be ycar-around line of railroad.
While driving three horses across
the tracks, Chester Wolfe, aged II, was
struck by Rock Island train at Aus
tin Bluffs, five miles northeast of Colo
RADIO Springs on the 18th inst. and sus-
tained injuries from which he dies in
the hospital three hours later, The
horses were almost instantly killed
Woods father, who is a consumptive,
has been dismissed as incurable by the
Modern Woodmen sanatorium at the
Springs, that institution taking only
durable cases.
The commissioners of Mesa county
have given their consent to the estab-
lishment of another irrigation district
in the lower end of the valley. includ-
ing the town of Fruita. Everything
was ready for the formation pending
the county's permission. 1t will be
bonded for 100000 and will water ap-
proximately 1000 acres.