The new era., 1909-07-08
COLORADO ITEMS

Twelve days after the big fire that
destroyed the electric light plant, the
city Of Trinidad was again lighted by
electricity.
Regular train service to Ward over
the Denver. Boulder & Western has
been established. after a blockade Of
over five months by snow.
A contract has been awarded by the
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company for
construction of twenty new concrete
houses at Coal Creek and work will
be started at once. They will cost
$4,000.
The Hawkeye Club of Denver will
hold an outdoor meeting sometime ear
ly in July at Denver. w. w. Griggs.
1912 California street, Denver. is chair
man and wishes to hear from all Iowa
people now in this state.
The following Colorado rural routes
have been ordered established Septem-
ber 1st: Hugo. Lincoln county. route
2. serving SO families; Lamar. Prov
ers county. route 3. SO families;
Olathe, Montrose county, route 2, 1913
families.
An ordinance has been introduced
in the City Council of Boulder pro-
viding that at the next general elec-
ton in November. 1910. twenty-one
qualified electors shall be chosen to
frame a city charter to be submitted
to the qualified voters of the city. An
effort will be made to adopt commits
sion form of government.
In the presence of his wife and five
Pine Grove, Jefferson county,
drew revolver and shot him.
self through the heart. McCutch-
con had been acting queerly for sew
eral weeks, and 1t is believed took his
life while in fit of insanity. He was
about forty years old and had lived in
this county about three years.
1t is stated that Denver county is
going to ask the state to settle bill
Of approximately 100000 paid out by
the county for the care Of insane dur
ing the past six years, and If payment
is refused, the Board of County Com
missioners will at once institute suit
against the state in a determined ef-
fort to recover the money.
A beautiful oil painting of Gen. U. S.
Grant, made from life while he was
President. and a portrait Of ex-Gov.
Routt Of Colorado were recently pre-
sented to the State Historical depart
ment in the Capitol building In Den.
yer on behalf of the Routt family.
Both of the pictures are artistically
framed.
From all states in the Union stu
dents are arriving to attend the State
Normal summer school at Greeley, and
Indications are that the attendance
will reach 600. Fifty teachers will
come from the schools of st. Joseph,
Mo-, and as many from the Indian Ter
ritory. A delegation has already ar
rived from Memphis. Tenn. and Louis
lana will send twenty-five students.
Everything is ready for letting the
$5.000.000 contract to the Empire Con-
struction Company for building Of res
ervoirs and bitches for the Greeley
Poudre Irrigation Company, which
owns $6O0s000 worth Il the reservoirs
and bitches to be used, and has a prop
osition by which 1000, ,000. 900 more Gu
bic feet of water can be furnished for
the use Of the Greeley-Poudre district.
Passengers on tourist sleeper
which was standing in the Union de-
pot yard at Pueblo were the victims of
a robbery a few nights since. Some
one went through the car and obtained
$31.40. two gold watches, a grip and
several railroad tickets. A pair of
trousers belonging to ]. D. Dexter
were found lying beside the track in
the yards with $24 gone.
These Colorado banks have been au.
thorized to begin business: The Platte
vile National of Plattevilie, with $685.
900 capital; ]. NJ. Kutchen, president:
w. D. Inger, vice president; W. A.
Suttpin. cashier; the Farmers Ma
tional of Sterling, with $4,000 capital;
G. Sherwin. president; ]. P. Dillon,
w. Propst and w. J. Patterson, vice
presidents; D. A. Bartholomew, cash
ier.
Frederic Zanetti. Austrian, was held
by Justice Updegaff for trial In the
District Court at Telluride in the sum
of $500, following a preliminary ex-
on a charge Of holding up
the Nellie mine bunk house a short
time since, when $4,000 of amalgam
was stolen. A reward of 5000 has
been awarded by Lessee Kent for the
arrest and conviction of Arturo Ri
cardo.
To allow the members of the State
Railroad Commission to take the Ques-
ton of the legality Of the railroad CON-
mission act into court and test its
State Treasurer Gal
ligan has accepted securities until
January 1, 1910. 1t is thought that by
this time decision can have been Sc
cured. The commission has been try
ing to get Judge r. E. Lewis of the
Federal Court to advance the case of