The Springfield herald., 1909-10-29
COLORADO NEWS

will hold its annual exhibition at Col
orado Springs, December 13 to IS.
The Rev. Thomas f. Bliss, one of
the pinoneer Congregational ministers
of Colorado, died in Denver few
days since at the age of S5 years.
Vice-President Green of the Denver.
Laramie & Northwestern Railroad
Company. has placed orders for rails
for the terminal road into Greeley,
which he says will be built within
sixty days.
Dunbar F. Carpenter. an attorney.
has been elected president OF the new
Civil Service Commission in Colorado
Springs. The other two members are
E. H. Joslyn. printer. and C. w. Zie-
ger. optician.
Owing to shortage of cars the
coal mines OF Fremont county are
working only half time. The railroads
claim that the shortage is due to the
heavy crop movement. At least 1900
men are affected.
The farmers of Colorado are invited
to send their names and addresses to
Congressman Edward T. Taylor at
Glenwood Springs for vegetable and
flower seeds, which the government
furnishes him for distribution.
Congressman Edward T. Taylor, at
Glenwood Springs, would be glad to
furnish every farmer in the state, free
of cost, with twenty-five Farmers
Bulletins. They contain much infor-
nation of great value and request
for them can be sent on a postcard.
After canvassing about 40 per cent.
of the population of the city as to its
religious propensities, the religious
census takers who recently engaged
in the work are convinced that about
SIS per cent of the people of Denver
are willing to admit their preference
for some one of the branches OF the
Christian church.
Six new wells are now drilling in
the Boulder oil field. The Niwot
compiny is drilling on the Johnson
tract. the Fidelity on the Moffat tract,
the Colorado Refining Company near
the flowing wells, and the Inland
company is drilling wells Nos.
IT and IS, the former well be-
ing 1900 feet deep. The BOul-
ier-Greeley company's new well is ex-
pected to reach the oil sands the lat
ter part of the month.
AS a mark of appreciation Of his
bravery in taking away revolver
rom highwayman, who had made his
entrapce to the Cliff House hotel at
Manitou, James Marrow. clerk at the
hotel, was presented with medal at
the banquet of the Colorado Hotel
Clerks Association at the Albany ho-
tel in Denver. The medal was given
by the association and was presented
by Governor Shafroth.
The Railroad Red Book for Octo-
Der, which has just been issued by
Publisher j. Harry Carson at Denver.
for the passenger department of the
Denver G. Rio Grande Railroad Com
pany, presents a pictorial story OF
President Taft's trip through Colorado
on the occasion of the recent opening
of the Gunnison tunnel of the Un-
compahgre irrigation project Of the
government.
In the vicinity of Upper Hardscrab-
BILE, Fremont county, large number
of men are at work picking pine cones.
drying them and extracting the seed,
which finds ready market with the
government at $1.5O to 81 per pound.
according to quality. 1t is said good
picker can make 81 to IS day. In
one camp on the forest reserve near
Buelah, % men are engaged in the
work. The government uses the seed
to replant forests.
Gov. John F. Shafroth left Denver
on the 22nd inst. to join President
Taft and his party at st. Louis, the
starting point of the trip down the
Mississippi river to New Orleans. in
which about thirty-one governors
are to take part The trip will last
about six days and the governor is
expected back the latter part of this
week During his absence Lieut.. Gov.
S. r. Fitzgerald will occupy the
chief executives chair.
The action of the state board Of
equalization in CHASING the Engleville
branch of the Rio Grande as switch
tracks instead of main line. has i'm
poverished the treasury of school dis
trct No. 2, just east of Trinidad. The
100000 valuation of last year was cut
to $4,000, and on this the levy will
not be sufficient to defray the ex-
penses of the school throughout the
year A reduction of over 100000
was made on Las Animas county
| tracks.
On November 4th $4,000 acres of
government land in the San Luis Val
ley will be disposed of to settlers un.
der the direction of the State Land
Board The land will be allotted by
drawings which will be held at Anto.
1 nito. The land is very choice and is
all under a completed canal and res
ervoir system. Any citizen OF the
United States over 81 years old, male
or female, can participate in this
drawing. The State Land Board will
send full particulars to any one in
terested.
The number of mine accidents in
the Cripple Creek district, according
to the figures of Deputy State Mine
Inspector Mccarthy, totals thirteen SO
far this year. This is the lowest rec,
ord of fatal accidents since the birth
of the camp. Mines and machinery