The Springfield herald., 1909-01-29
COLORADO NEWS

building at Denver.
A society has been Incorporated to
build arother Christian Science church
in Denver to be located on the South
side.
The Latimer Chemical Company with
q capital stock of $4,000, will erect
factory at Grand Junction for the man
ufacture of an acid spray.
A report of the census of Engle-
wood, Denver's growing suburb. has
been filed with the secretary of state.
1t shows the population to be 1882.
The Anti-Saloon League at La Junta
has filed petition asking that vote
be taken at the next election on the
question of making the city dry terri
tory.
AS result of withdrawal of tract
north of Greeley by the government
as mineral land, several settlers in the
vicinity of Carr have been obliged to
give up their claims.
In addition to a new downtown club
house thv Denver Motor. club has Sc
cured country club house about seven
miles south of the city for the coming
year.
Recent purchases of lambs by farm
ers in the Greeley district increased
the number of sheep fattening for mar
ket to 100000 head. several thousand
in excess Ct those fattened last win
ter.
The Oldest woman in Weld county
to make final proof on homestead
10 Martha n nnvptpp who has
Just been made owner of 100 acres
seven miles east of Eaton. Her age 10
seventy-three.
The Chamber of Commerce, the
Monday Club and other Fort Morgan
organizations are using every effort
to secure the location of an institution
for the feeble-minded The Monday
Club has guaranteed a site costing
$4,000.
recent test of the propellers to be
used in a flying machine invented by
j. NJ. Cage at Denver, though inter-
rupted by an accident, is claimed to
have shown that the propellers will
furnish abundance of power to lift and
propel the machine.
Charles ]. Hughes. Jr, newly elected
United States senator, has been for
many years n professor in the Univer
sity Of Denver law school and mem
ber of the board of trustees of the uni
versity. He is also lecturer on min
Ing law at Harvard University.
At recent meeting the directors OF
the consolidated Denver Stock Ex
chang elected the following officers:
T. NJ. Howell, president; Lou r. John
son. vice president; f. NJ. Kirton, sec
retary, ]. NJ. Shrote. assistant secre-
tary, and l.. C. Greenlee. treasurer
The annual report of the Young
Mems Christian Association of the
State University at Boulder shows that
sixty-one per cent. of the student body
of 1,025 are church members and that
fifty-three per cent. of the men and
seventy-three per cent. of the women
belong to some church. Those who
are either church members or have
church preference number eighty per
cent.
At the annual meeting of the Nor
gan County Fair Association the sec
retary and treasurer reported that its
real estate is worth more than its cap
italization of $4,000. The associa-
tion has held only two fairs and each
has been decided success. Instead
of declaring dividends, the policy of
the directors is to improve the grounds
until they are in first class condition,
with buildings to accommodate all ex-
hibits.
1t was learned that w. w. Bryan is
Colorado Springs recently from hem
orrhage of the brain as a result of n
fall. He was born near Denver forty
seven years ago and participated in
many Indian fights. His mother,
brother and sister. were killed in an
Indian raid, and Bryan. then two years
old, was taken by settlers to Denver,
where he grew to early manhood. He
lived nearly all his life in this state,
No relatives have been found.
The jury in the case of Carl Karg.
near Sterling, after being out fifty-six
hours, returned a verdict of murder in
the second degree and recommended
that the court use clemency. Mrs.
Tucker, with her husband, called at
the Karg home and when they knocked
at the door Karg is alleged to have
thrust it open and shot the woman
without warning. Kargs defense was
that he believed someone was trying
to get in and rob him.
The citizens charter convention
candidates to frame charter for
Colorado Springs were elected on the
18th inst. over the Peoples ticket by
a vote of nearly two to one. The to-
tai vote was about $500, as compared
with 10000, at the recent general cleo
tion. The Citizens ticket secured
over fifty per cent. of the straight bal
lots and got about two to one of the
scratches. The new charter must be
certified to the city clerk within sixty
days, and the people will vote on it
1he Tuesday next following the forty
fifth day after it is SO certified.
Senator Guggenheim has secured
from the government fish hatchery a
consignment of rainbow trout for
stocking Big Thomson creek in n ri