The Springfield herald., 1909-06-11
COLORADO ITEMS


of Golden.
The tipple, boiler and engine house
of the Calumet Coal Company near
Durango, burned on the night of the
End inst. Loss about 100000.
A $4,000 bond issue for the pur-
pose of building a new high school was
authorized in an election at Grand
Junction. Less than 100 votes were
cast.
Supervisor A. j. Spengel has intro
duced an ordinance in the Denver City
Council to tax all kids Of vehicles for
the creation of fund to be used in
street improvements.
Owing to change in date, the an
nual conference of the Methodist
church of Colorado will be held in Pu-
eblo on September list this year, in
stead of September Sth, as first an
nounced.
Fifty homeseekers are travelling
daily via the Moffat road to Routt
county where 100000 acres of govern
ment land are now open to entry. They
come from the East and are from all
parts of the United States.
The eighteenth anniversary of the
Cripple Creek District Pioneers AS
sociation, falling on Sunday, July Attn,
memorial services will be held on that
day and the graves of the pioneers Will
be fittingly decorated.
1t cost ]. H. Clark $100 to treat
friend to drink of whisky at Mont
rose. Extracting a flask from his pis-
tp1 hn
friend on street corner, was imme-
diately arrested and fined 500.
The Great Western Sugar Company
will add several hundred jars of fruit
to its display at the Capitol building
in Denver, the object being to show
that the sugar made from Colorado
beets is just as good, If not superior to
the cane sugar, for preserving pur-
poses.
The United States civil service COM
mission announces an examination on
June goth at its rooms in the Federal
building, Denver, to secure eligibles
from which to make certification to
fill vacancies in the position of timber
cruiser under the chief of the field di-
visions of the general land office at
81 day.
The Denver Park board announces
the following schedule for amuse-
ments in the City park for the month
of June. On Sunday, Wednesday and
Saturday nights the electric fountain
at City park will be Illuminated, and
there will be an open air concert by
Gargiulo's band every evening, as well
as on Saturday and Sunday after
Moons.
The commercial value to Trinidad of
the new state highway was illustrated
when the Santa Fe reduced freight
rates between Trinidad and La Junta
from % cents to Is cents per hundred
weight. Transfers had been making
contracts for hauling freight between
the two points at Is cents per hun
dred.
Somewhere in the neighborhood Of
1870 900, 900 in gold coin, the greater
portion of which has been brought
from San Francisco, is now stored in
the vaults of the Denver mint. The
last shipment of about s6,000,000 ar
rived on the 1st inst. in special eN-
press car belonging to the Wells-Far-
go company, which was loaded down
with armed guards.
Governor Shafroth, by the advice of
the attorney general, has refused to
pay the reward of $500 offered for the
arrest and conviction of the murderer
of William Collier, which was claimed
by Sheriff Clapp of Boulder county,
who arrested Lem Mayhew for the
crime Mayhew, after confessing,
committed suicide in Jail. The county
commissioners refuse to pay a like re-
ward.
In the contests between the high
schools of Routt county, held at Hay
den, Steamboat got first place in the
oratorical contest, Hayden second and
Craig third In the field sports Craig
made II points, Steamboat, 81 and
Hayden IS. Craig also won the relay
race, getting beautiful banner. A
ball game between the regular teams
of Craig and Hayden resulted in VIC
tory for Craig.
The State Supreme Court has
handed down a decision denying the
application of Henry E. Woklcke for
writ of supersedeas, which went up
from the District Court at Boulder
which held that the election held in
Nederland April Sth, when the town
voted to become anti-saloon territory,
was legal. The writ was applied for
in behalf of saloon which will now
be closed.
The largest acreage of seed pota-
toes ever planted on one farm in Weld
county, Colorado, is on the ranch of
James E. Graham and his son-in-law,
W. Howard, seven miles east of Lu-
cerne. The seed came from Stove
Prairie, near Fort Collins and from
Maine, and the cost of seed alone
was $4,000. With an average yield
of 100 sacks an acre at the usual SELL
ing price of 50 sack for seed pota-
toes. the growers will obtain $4,000
for their crop.
An interesting fact pertaining to SUI
gar beet raising is told by w. 7. Burge,
says The Denver Republican. Mr..
Burge bought farm two and one-half
I 1pet