The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1909-08-14
COLORADO NEWS

Mrs. Maude Ballington Booth aud
her sister, Mrs. Barclay. visited the
penitentiary at Canon City on the Sd
inst.
The total net assessed valuation Of
Pueblo county for 1909 is s2G,74o..
s89.01. The valuation for 1908 was
$26.S23.639.
One thousand laboFing men expect
to leave Colorado Springs In special
train September 9Th to attend the La
Dor day celebration at Pueblo.
During the first week in this month
the Cripple Creek drainage tunnel was
advanced 119 feet, making the full dis
lance from portal to heading 10,37l
feet.
w. e. Goddard. 7s years old. and .
prominent pioneer Of Montrose county
died at MontroSe ON the srd inst. As
the result Of injuries sustained In .
runaway.
The comptroller Of the currency has
approved the conversion Of the Farm.
ers' State Bank Of Center. Colo. into
the First National Bank Of Center.
with 100000 capital.
The Arkansas Valley Fair will open
at ,cky Ford August 31st and con.
tinue through the first three days Of
September. Watermelon day will be
celebi ated September I'd.
The compression house at the Cal
Hope mine. three and one-half miles
from Ouray. burned on the night of
August Sd. and although = few thou
sand dollars will cover the actual
money loss. enforced suspension Of
work in the mine and In the drainage
tunnel will entail extensive losses.
Charles Hull will have to spend
from three to four years in the pcni.
Tertiary for stealing $1.37. He pleaded
guilty in the West Side court at Den.
yer to charge Of burglary. He broke
into the home Of Judge o. B. Liddell.
August 9Th. and stole pocketbook be.
longing to Margaret Brothe.
The famous liberia peaches from
the Grand Valley will be served on
the presidential table at Beverly.
Mass. President C. e. Cherington Of
the Grand Junction chamber Of com.
merce recently received an order from
Thomas F. Walsh to ship box Of Ell.
berta peaches to Mrs. william H. Taft.
While Ernest Holmes. aged II. son
OF George Holmes. was hunting rab-
bits near Montrose with his brother
Arthur. aged II. the latter accidental.
~ shot his brother Ernest in the leg.
cutting an artery. Ernest lost 20
much blood that he died few hours
later.
According to . decision by Judge
Lavender In the District Court at
Leadville. . sheriff 10 entitled to mile.
age for. each prisoner taken to the
state Industrial School At Golden, a.
though he may take more than one
prisoner At . time. but In such cases
the officer ID entitled to but one mitti.
mus fee for the lot. y
A destructive fire occurred at Hart.
man. Pr0wers county. on the night Of
the 9Th inst. entailing loss OF nearly
$4,000. The fire started In q one-story
stone building occupied Jointly by I.
II. JOhnson's grocery store. and Appel
Brothers' clothing store. and before
assistance could arrive both stocks
were reduced to mass Of debris.
Tue directors OF the Conejos Co
Operative Mills Manufacturing Com.
pany met At Conejos q few days since
and voted to build mill In Antonito
to replace the old mill which burned
At Conejos June 20. The company has
Its water plant At Conejos and will
operate the new mill by electricity, ~
II has the contract 70 furnish Antonito
with electricity.
Tho sale OF 1884 acres OF dry
land In Weld county from the e.tate
OF an Illinois man TO W. L. Cornett
OF Denver 10 reported. The considera.
ton was $4,000. and the land ID III.
teen miles east OF Greeley. II IL un
derstood that steps have been taken
preliminary to irrisating this land.
and Il II expected TO b. the home Of {
large colony Of Illinois people In the
next five years.
Seven persons were seriously hurt
and large number d, others sus.
taincd bruises In the wreck OF The
Missouri Pacific passenger train No. 2.
one mile east oe Avondale. Pueblo
county. on the 9Th, inst. The smoking
car aud chair car were overturned
and every car len the rails. Iioyd
brown Of Ordway had a. arm broken
and Ollie Moore and Ellen Hammers.
ley OF Pueblo received bad bruises.