The Springfield herald., 1909-10-08
COLORADO NEWS

| w. n. MciLtosh, a teamster, has
mysteriously disappeared from Grand
Junction.
Milliken, the new town on the Den
yer, Laramie & Northwestern, is hav-
ing n 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.
]. L. Ridgeway is appointed post
master at Wolcott. Eagle county,
Colo, vice A. NJ. Tuttle, resigned.
Thirty warrants were Issued Mon
day at Pueblo for the arrest of men
living near the Missouri Pacific round
house, who, it is charged by Special
Agent F. J. 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 a handcar was
taken.
The body of E. Espineza. miner
eighteen years of age. employed by
the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company at
Segundo. was found on the railroad
tracks of the Colorado & Wyoming
at that camp Monday 1t is pre-
sumed that he was trying to beat his
way to Trinidad on a 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
aged so. 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
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,OOO cubic feet of wa
ter. The estimated cost of the neces-
sary construction work Is $4,000, as
determined by a survey completed
September 30. Charles E. 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 is survived by his stepdaughter.
lived in Colorado Springs.
Final survey for the proposed cleo
trio car line from Grand Junction TO
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 Genera!
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, it 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 S56,oOO,OoO. an increase of s4.-
900 900 over last years assessment.
The state will receive S240,0O0 in
taxes from this, and the counties COM
bined the sum of $1.70S,00.
The assessments on four corpor-
atoms fixed at the April meeting were
changed by the board; the Union Pa
cific was granted reduction of $780,
900 because it had made mistake in
figuring it's bonds of 100000. The
Western Union was reduced $4,000
and the Postal Telegraph company
SCI 900, these reductions being made
on account of losses claimed to have
been sustained in the business. The
Missouri Pacific was reduced because
of a clerical error of 100000
In spite of the big reduction for the
Union Pacific. that road has the great
est proportional increase of any of the
| railroads.
The Routt county school teachers
are holding an institute at Yampa
this week.
Lieutenant Colonel Charles A. Var
nun. retired upon his own application
is detailed as professor or military
science and tactics at the University
| 80 Nyo;po "a is ralipyeb from luty