The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1909-10-08
COLORADO NEWS

Maude Fealy has been granted q
divorce.
w. H. Mcintosh. teamster. has
mysteriously disappeared from Grand
Junction.
Milliken, the new town on the Den.
yer, Laramie & Northwestern, is hav.
Ing boom.
The Glenwood Springs bank rob-
bers seem to have escaped all possi.
bility of detection.
Charles Woolf OF Golden was bound
over to the District Court on charge
Of cattle rustling.
J. L. Ridgeway is appointed post
master ut Wolcott. Eagle county.
Colo, vice A. M. futile, resigned.
Thirty warrants were Issued Mon
day at Pueblo for the arrest Of men
living near the Missouri Pacific round.
house. who. 1t is charged by Special
Agent F. ]. Cox. have stolen almost
enough tools to start another rail-
road. All manner of railroad property
is included in the list, and 1t is
charged that even handcar was
taken.
The body OF E. Espineza, a miner
eighteen years of age, employed by
the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company at
Segundo. was found on the railroad
tracks of the Colorado & Wyoming
NJ hot ia
sumed that he was trying to beat his
way to Trinidad on freight when he
fell under the wheels. He was un-
married and lived with his parents.
Driven to desperation by pain. the re-
suit of months of suffering from
stomach trouble. Fred c. Bucherdee.
aged 60. a pioneer Of Boulder county.
committed suicide in his home at
Lyons. He first slashed his wrists
with butcher knife, but fearing that
his wife would detect his act before
he could bleed to death, he took a
shotgun and blew off the top Of his
head.
Reports received at Pueblo from
experts state that the crops In Pueblo
county and the Arkansas valley will
be at least double the average this
year and 1t is believed that one Of
the greatest crops in the history Of
the state will be garnered. This ap-
plies both to irrigated and non-irri.
gated lands. Corn is the best ever
and sugar beets the most prolific and
sweet for years. Hay alone is scarce
and poor.
Plans have been submitted to the
state engineer for the Decker Creek
Reservoir Company's irrigation
scheme. which contemplates the build
ing Of a twenty-foot dam on Decker
creek in Mineral county, and i'm
pounding 43.422.00O cubic feet of wa
ter. The estimated cost of the neces-
sary construction work is $4,000. rs
determined by survey completed
September 20. Charles L. Hal is the
applicant.
John e. Caldwell. commander Of
Colorado Springs Post No. %. G. A. R..
died suddenly Sunday morning in San
Diego, Cal. He reached San Diego
Friday. having gone there after sew
eral weeks illness In the hospital In
the hopes that the lower altitude
would benefit his health. The direct
cause OF his death was heart failure.
Mr.. Caldwell was sixty-fIve years old
and 10 survived by his stepdaughter.
Mrs. Belle Coulter. with whom ne
lived In Colorado Springs.
Final survey for the proposed cleo
trio car line from Grand Junction 10
Fruita was commenced Monday under
the direction Of Chief Engineer Nose
ly OF the company. The right Of way
over the entire course has been Sc
cured and at conference held In
Fruita last Saturday between General
Manager Sunderlin and other officials
OF the Interurban Electric Company
and the local committee. which had
In charge the securing Of the right Of
way, II was formally announced that
the road would be In operation by
January LIST.
Denver-Reviewing OF the assess
ments OF corporations was finished by
the state board Of equalization. and
values fixed on telegraph. telephone.
railroad and express companies in the
sum Of $4,000. 900. an increase Of 81.
100000 over last years assessment.
The state will receive $4,000 In
taxes from this. and the counties com.
bined the sum Of Si.7os.oo.
Tho assessments on four corpor'
atoms fixed at the April meeting were
changed by tho board: the Union Pa
cific was granted a reduction OF $500.
900 because II had made mistake In
figuring it's bonds Of 100000. The
Western Union was reduced $4,000
and the Postal Telegraph company
sol 900. these reductions being made
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