The Ordway new era., 1909-04-09
COLORADO ITEMS

Dehtai association with about
i'ooo delegates will be held at Denver
IN July. The organization has lust
Deen holding session in Birming.
ham. Ala.
Inc annual meeting of the State
Board of Agriculture will take place In
Fort Collins April 14th. A success,r
to Pres. B. o. Aylesworth, resigned.
VIII DO chosen. and matters relating
to the future policy OF the institution
determined
Miss Dorothy Palmer, second daugh.
ter OF the late General w. J. Palmer,
Will soon leave for England, 1t is un.
derstood. where she will make an ex-
tended visit with friends. She returned
nome with the general last fall, a few
months before his death.
Samples OF gray sandstone from the
steamboat Springs quarries were taken
to Denver recently to be sent to Wash
inston. the purpose being to have the
stone tested by the supervising archi-
tect In order to see II the material is
suitable to go into the new federal
building.
.
Peak between the city OF Victor and
Colorado Springs will be tried at Pu-
eblo June LIST. This case has been in
the courts over five years and has at
trncted much attention In the district
securing Its water supply from the
Pixies Peak shed.
A new town to be known as Model
ha
erty OF the Model Land and Irrigation
Company. twenty-five miles southeast
OF Trinidad. 1t will be on the main
line Of the Santa Fe and is the site OF
reservoirs now under construction.
which will irrigate 10000 acres.
The Fort Morgan correspondent of
The Denver Republican, under date of
March 31st, says: Denver parties have
leased the fishing rights on Jackson
Lake and today made their first large
catch. landing 200 pounds in ono
haul. mostly carp. bass and suckers.
They are being shipped to Denver.
Naval men now In Denver have per-
fected an organization to be known as
the Ernest w. Weichart section OF the
Navy league. II was named in men,
ory Of Weichart. who. while an officer
OF the navy. received fatal injuries in
an explosion on the battleship Missouri
In 1904. A. b. Frenzel is chairman.
On April End Henry T. West. eighty.
three years old. president of the So.
ciety OF Union Colony Pioneers, began
his fortieth consecutive year of resi-.
dence in Greeley. 1t was thirty-nine
years ago on that day that Mr.. West,
In company with n. C. Meeker and
General Cameron, selected the site OF
Greeley.
The measurements OF the deep drain.
age tunnel made April End show that
the following distances have been COW
cred since March 1st: From the por-
| tai heading, $40 feet; north from the
intermediate shaft. 3i7 feet: south
from the shaft, 29O feet. Up to the
present time. 5.5S7 feet Of driving has
been done from the portal and 1.SGS
from the intermediate shaft, making
total OF 1855 feet OF work done along
the tunnel line.
Assistant District Attorney Purcell
ut Colorado Springs Is of the opinion
that under the law although thief
steal several hundred dollars worth OF
gold concentrates. he is guilty OF petit
larceny only. II he takes away less
| than $50 worth at time. In this be-
| lief he dismissed charge of grand lar
| ceny against l.. II. Harmon. accused OF
stealing over $500 worth of ore from
the Portland mine. to file four separate
charges of petit larceny.
Within n few days work will prob
ably begin on the proposed improve
ments at Crystal park. above Manitou.
which will cost about 100000 and in.
clude n large casino, automobile road
to Manitou. numerous summer cot
tages and hotel. The park was re-
Gently owned by John Hay. late secre-
tary of state. who wrote his Life OF
Lincoln" while summering there. The
cabin in which he wrote the book Will
be saved as a relic.
The Potter.Turkey Creek Reservoir
Company. in which r. X. Potter. the
Tellers and other large land owners
nre interested. has let contract for
the construction OF a reservoir on Tur-
kew creek twenty miles northwest Of
Pueblo, at a cost of 100000 to Olson
Bros. of Denver. The reservoir will
provide water for irrigating $4,000 to
20 900 acres of land in Pueblo county.
chiefly the Teller tract. Surveyors are
cutting this tract into small farms.
The Democratic club of Denver has
taken a five years lease on the large
and stately mansion of the late Sena-
tor N. p. Hill on Fourteenth street In
Denver, and has already moved into 1t.
Much of the furniture Of the olden
days remains in the house, including
the thousand.dollar cut glass chande-
lier in the reception parlor. The fine