The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-09-16
STATE NEWS ITEMS

A man supposed TO De Il. bl2uk0 OF
Cawker City. Kan. took noverdose
OF morphine at Pueblo and was found
dead
Greeley IL much concerned over the
rumor that the Union Pacific has pur-
chased the Denver. Laramie & North
western road.
Walter Honey, . machine tender
at the Gunnison tunnel, was instantly
killed by slab Of rock from the roof
of the tunnel falling on him.
While playing wild West show" q
lad in Denver shot Mrs. Emma Nor
gan In the back with . 22-calibre rifle.
She was not dangerously hurt.
Greeley received the first consign-
ment Of mules ever sent to that city
by express this week. when twenty
eight head arrived from Kansas City.
County Treasurer Simmons. Of Colo
RADIO Springs. says the tax payments
for this year are already 100000
year.
IS Joseph Devine, marshal Of Pryor, .
mining camp, was shot and almost In
stantly killed by Michael Peyton. a
miner. Peyton did not resist arrest
and is now in jail.
That the late Christopher Lam
brecht Of Fort Lupton was sane when
he made the will cutting off his Oldest
daughter, Mrs. Augusta Raiders of
New York City, with 81, was the find
ms of jury at Greeley.
The Union Printers Home will. in
all probability. contest the sale several
months ago by the state to Brooks
lrione. as trustee of the National Let
ter Carriers Association. of 16O acres
OF land east OF the Printers Home.
Rev. Oscar Lowrey, evangelist from
Iowa, has opened q four weeks cam.
paign under the auspices of the Minis
terial Association OF Durango, COM
bining all the churches. including the
Episcopal. Over 1000 people attended
the first meeting.
The excitement caused by the rich
gold strike just east Of Salida In
creases and a territory covering
nearly five square miles has been
staked out by both men and women
from Salida and the nearby country.
who believe that second Cripple
Creek has been discovered.
Denver men. recognizing the ire
niendously growing Importance of the
Dry Farming congress, will go to Bill
ings, Mont. next month to attend the
fifth annual convention in such num-
beers that 1t is considered almost =
foregone conclusion that the 1910 con-
vention will be brought to Denver.
The contract for building the bridge
over the Big Sandy river south OF
Boyero. Lincoln county. was awarded
the Levey Construction Company OF
Denver. 1t being the lowest bidder,
1852. The Legislature appropriated
$4,000 for this bridge. This is much
needed improvement for the southern
part Of the county.
Albert Noack of Mount Douglas.
about twelve miles east of Black
Hawk, shot and killed golden eagle.
1t is evidently q young one, but has
spread of seven feet from tip to tip
of its wings and was flying about 100
feet above the ground when shot.
The golden eagle is rarely found in
thig section.
Despite the rainy weather. which
has interfered with the fruit picking
a total of more than $50 carloads has
been shipped from the Grand valley
and the prospects are that next week
will see still further increase. The
shipments from Palisade which stood
at the top Of the list were nearly 200
cars. principally Alberta peaches.
Denver and All-Colorado day at -he
second annual Colorado Interstate Fair
and Exposition will be Thursday, Sep
TENDER 16. according to the official
proclamation Of Mayor r. w. Speer. In
prise the merchants are asked to close
their places of business at noon on
this day and the city Of Denver offices
will also be closed.
A valuable sorrel horse which be-
longed to Mrs. A. e. Carlton, wife Of
the president Of the First National
bank At Cripple Creek. died on the
street in front Of the bank. Mrs. Carl
ton Immediately arranged for a fu-
neral for her pet. Invitations were
sent out to the friends this afternoon
announcing that the funeral would be
held tomorrow afternoon and that the
interment would be in the dogs ceme-
terry. in which six lots were purchased
in order to get enough room to bury
tho animal.
THE time is coming when the
United States will control the sugar
business Of the world, regardless Of
foreign cane sugar, German beet sugar
or any other kind of sugar. We can't
do 1t yet, because the laborers we en-
ploy in our beet fields are not SO ef-
ficient as those in Germany, where the
industry is hundred years old. but
we will overcome that in time and
when we do there is not the slightest
doubt that the control of the worlds
sugar industry will be held in the
United States Our sugar mill ma