The Glenwood post., 1909-02-20
COLORADO NEWS

via the Colorado Midland. The spawn
came from Weissport, Pa.
For the three best individual ex-
hibits from Colorado at the Dry Farm
ing Congress in Cheyenne, February
25rd to 25th, the Denver Chamber OF
Commerce offers three trophy cups.
At the close of business February
5th. the six national banks of Denver
had on deposit $5S.149,1S3.11 This is
a gain of s313S15SO over the amount
OH deposit at the close of business
November q, 1908.
A mass meeting will be held at
Greeley February 27th and be ad
dressed by Z. X. Snyder, president of
the State Normal School on the matter
of securing a trades school for Weld
county. Action by the Legislature
will be asked.
The Laramie-Poudre Irrigation Com
pany has purchased the big Pierce lat
eral, twenty-five miles long, for siO,-
900, to become an important part of
the irrigation system which will pro
vide water for the Greeley-Poudre ir-
rigation district of 100000 acres.
Dr., A, Anderson OF Ault was fined
total of 5000 in the County Court at
Greeley, together with costs. for boot
Logging. He paid the fine. He was
arrested and charged on three counts
with selling liquor without a license
and was fined 5000 on each count.
The State Commercial Association
has taken up the burden of procuring
suitable exhibits from Colorado for the
third Trans Missouri Dry Farming Con
gress at Cheyenne February 23rd. 24ih
and 25th. The various commercial or
ganizations of the state are urged TO
take part in the work.
While hunting in the vicinity of the
pass above Manitou recently, Bert
Webb, formerly of the Colorado City
police department, discovered huge
crevice in the side of a mountain from
which a strong current of hot air is
sues. The existence of a large cave
is thought probable.
The Fort Morgan sugar factory laid
off all employees February 18th, with
the exception of the office men. The
work of repairing the factory will be
done after March 1st. when the direc-
tors of the Great Western Sugar Com
pany, meet. The factory is in excel
lent condition, after making the phe-
nomenal run of last fall.
The first class of nurses ever grad
uated from the Deaconess Hospital in
Colorado Springs received their di.
plomas on the 18th inst. The young
ladies are: Misses Emma I. AbsheT
of Albion, ILL.,; Mabel Blomberg, Colo
Denver; Clemmie Irwin, Derby, Ia,
and Nellie NJ. Joyce, Central City. Neb.
A man giving his name as Nathan
Hall was arrested in Estes park on the
18th inst. by Forest Rangers Thomson
and Ryan, charged with killing beay-
ers. The man confessed and was fined
$3.50, which he paid. Two dead noun
park. Indications are they We're shot
and it is likely arrests will be made.
In set of resolutions unanimously
adopted the members of the Afro
American Ministerial Union of Denver
have extended their thanks to Presi-
dent Roosevelt for his views concern
ing the status of the African race. its
future development, and the obligation
of this country to Africa and Africans,
and particularly to the Republic of Lii
IBERIA.
The Union Pacific railroad has an
nounced that during March and April
it will operate through Pullman
tourist sleeper without change be-
tween Denver Colo, and Oakland.
Calf. The car will be routed Union
Pacific to Ogden, and Southern Pa
cific to Ogden, and will run daily dur
ing these months.
The first call on the Denver Ma
tional Stock Exchange was made Feb
ruary 18th, a considerable number of
mining companies being on the list.
1t is proposed also to deal in indus
trial, railroad and other stocks. Off
GERS were elected as follows: H. J.
Clarke, president C. NJ. Kittredge,
vice president; w. B. Walton, treas
urer, and Sgd B. Sturdivant. secretary.
Denver's great auditorium would
hold every man, woman and child in
city OF twelve thousand inhabitants,
but the people of Denver are finding
it too small 1t would not begin to
accommodate the crowd on Lincoln's
birthday. Two thousand children
gathered in one end of it to sing pa
trotic songs They. with the military
organizations and members of the
Grand Army of the Republica, about
filled the ground floor.
Peter Gondry. convicted in the Dis.
trict Court at Buena Vista of arson,
was sentenced to six to eight years in
the penitentiary. Gondry had burned
practically all of the buildings and i'm
provements on the Mary Murphy mine
and last August was caught burning
the shaft house. Benjamin o. Cook,