The Colorado statesman., 1909-01-09
STATE NEWS ITEMS

mendation of Congressman Bonynge.
The juvenile band OF Longmont will
play at the meeting of the National
Education Association in Denver next
summer
Game Warden Williams recently be-
gan feeding $50 antelope held in a.
pasture nine miles southwest of Fort
Morgan.
The work of paving Main street in
Trinidad has been completed. Over
half mile of asphalt was laid at a
cost of $4,000.
The annual business session of the
Colorado State Editorial Association
will be held at the Albany hotel in
Denver Wednesday, January 18th.
The State Land Board has granted
the Fort Lyons Canal Company right
of way through state lands and the
privilege of using 1880 acres for reser-
voir sites.
On January 18th there will be an
auction sale of fourteen colts at the
government horse breeding station in
connection with the Agricultural col
lege at Fort Collins
THE Colorado Irrigationists' Asso-
citation" is the name recommended for
an organization projected in Colorado,
which its promoters expect to launch
at meeting to be held in Denver jan
uary 10th. Mr.. F. C. Goudy is one of
the leaders in the movement
Dr. Lowell H. Smith, a prominent
Boulder county physician, died at his
home in n ha fpg
the age of seventy-six years He for
merly served two terms as county
treasurer and was well known in po-
litical and Grand Army circles.
a series of union evangelistic meet
ings in charge of six local pastors has
begun in Loveland The plan is to
carry on the campaign for five consec-
utive weeks, holding services each
night during the week in one of the
churches and in all on Sunday.
The town of Sligo, located forty
miles east Of Greeley, although less
than two months old, has organized the
Sligo Booster club, with twenty-one
members, and woman, Mrs. Hoskins,
is treasurer. The club intends to or
ganize telephone company.
While a party of Mexicans were
playing cards in the basement of the
Gordon saloon at Walsenburg the fur
mace blew up, tore out the floor, blew
out the front of the building and Sc
verely burned several of the party, but
all escaped dangerous injuries.
Gen. George Vandermach, who was
an officer in the Boer army during the
South African war, claims to have dis
covered ground within one hundred
miles of Pueblo that is almost exactly
similar to the formation that yields
the great output of diamonds at kim
berley.
The trustees of the State Normal
school at Greeley will ask the Legisla-
ture to increase the state tax for the
school from one-fifth to one-fourth of
mill; S125,000 for a practice school,
$4,000 for an auditorium and $4,000
for a manual training building. There
are 800 students registered.
The Home Electric Company has
been awarded a five-year contract to
furnish electric lights to the city of
Greeley, to begin Immediately There
will be forty-five arc lights. to burn all
night for sS4 each, all lights for al
leys, city hall, parks and fire depart
ment to be free, and light for the pub
lie library 5 cents a kilowatt.
Following is the report that went
out from Trinidad on the 6tht inst:
Tonight SASS was sent by John Cara
bino, secretary of the committee col
lecting funds for the earthquake suf-
sent last night and $3.50 the preceding
night All was collected in this city
and it is expected over 5000 will be
raised.
The cornerstone of the new court
house building for Washington county
at Wray was laid on the 5th inst. by
the Colorado Grand Lodge A. F. & A.
NJ, Grand Master Haffy of Del Norte
officiating. Delegations of prominent
Masons were present from Wray,
Sterling, Brush. Fort Morgan and Den
yer. The building will be handsome,
modern, fireproof structure.
Greeley has an organization of Span
ish-American War veterans numbering
thirty members, nearly all of whom
saw services in the Philippines. The
new officers are: Robert l.. Dye, com
mander; George Robinson, senior vice
commander; Frank S. Reed, junior
vice commander; James Kendel of
Eaton, surgeon; Harry Summerville of
Eaton, commander of the day, and II.
E. Mattox, officer of the guard
The county commissioners of Mesa
county have granted a franchise to
the Fruit Belt Traction Company for
an electric line from Grand Junction
to Palisade. This company is asso-