The new era., 1910-02-10
STATE NEWS ITEMS


Grand Junction some time in Septem-
Der.
Leroy Lewis, convicted at Boulder
OF the murder of Mike Clifford at
Marshall in October. 1909. has been
granted new trial
Kansas City capitalists are planning
an amusement park in Pueblo, similar
to the White City in Denver and Elec-
trio Park in Kansas City.
The Platteyille cannery will double
its capacity the coming season, en-
large its buildings and construct a
boarding house for its help.
Dir. G.. II. Slower and DR.. Edward
Delehanty, two prominent physicians
OF Denver, who were recently operated
upon for appendicitis. are rapidly re-
covering and will soon be well.
The Missouri Pacific, January S1st.
took over the Pueblo & State Line
railroad for "$10O and other consider
ations." This line runs from Pueblo
to the Kansas state line.
The Denver Chamber of Commerce
has now 70S active members and five
honorary ones. Its present total as
sets amount to $45,595. The new
building which it is preparing to erect
will cost about $14O,O0O.
In a suit before the Colorado SUI
preme Court the Denver & Rio Grande
and Colorado Midland railways will at
tack the constitutionality of the fenc-
ing law passed by the special session
OF the Legislature in 1902.
The foundation is completed and
the work of laying the steel of the
new Denver Chamber of Commerce
building at 1710 Champa street, has
begun. The building will cost about
$140,000, will be six stories in height
and will probably be completed in
time for occupancy by the various
commercial bodies of the city July 1st.
Senator Charles ]. Hughes has in
troduced bill for an appropriation of
$1,000 for the worlds congress of the
deaf, to be held in Colorado Springs
this summer. The bill was referred to
the committee on industrial eXposi-
tions and as Senator Hughes is giving
his personal attention to the bill he
feels that the appropriation will be
granted.
M. Elliott Houston, United States
weather observers at Steamboat
Springs, has forwarded to Moffat road
headquarters in Denver report of
climatic conditions in Routt county in
1909. The record shows that 25.17
inches of moisture We're precipitated
during the year, and that the rainfall
was very evenly distributed among
the several months. There were no
floods or washouts.
State Auditor Roady Kenehan re-
Gently received notice from Warden
Felix O'Neill of the State Reformatory
for Boys, saying that Commissioner
Stracey had returned $97 to the cash
| fund of the reformatory and that Com
missioner Mum had paid back $206.40.
| These were the amounts which the
two commissioners spent on trips
which the auditor has decided could
not properly be charged to the insti-
| tuition.
The $5,OO0,OOO house of granite and
marble at Braddock, Pa. known as
"Loyejoy's Folly will soon be turned
into an apartment house. according to
advices received at Colorado Springs.
s.. r. F. Lovejoy, formerly of Colorado
Springs, was the builder, but when the
house was once to be sold at auction
for payment of Lovejoys debts, An
drew Carnegie came to his rescue,
paid of all obligations and advanced
tim money to complete the structure.
At the suggestion of Mrs. Catherine
M. Cook, state superintendent of pub
lie instruction, the State Land Board
is considering scheme to donate
from two to five acres of land for
playground purposes to each public
school in Colorado which is occupying
public land at the present time. The
plan is to donate the land to the
schools on condition that each school
board which accepts gift of the sort
does so with the understanding that it
must supply the equipment necessary
to furnish the playground in the prop
er manner.
In order to ascertain if the cost of
living has increased in Greeley in the
last year materially over that of pre-
vious years, a merchant in business at
Greeley for twenty-five years has gone
carefully over his books, compiling the
cost Of groceries and dairy products in
the years 1890, 1900 and 1910. The re-
suit shows that all dairy and farm pro-
ducts, butter, bacon, eggs, cheese, etc..
have increased from ten to fifty per
cent in cost since 1890, but the cost
of the bulk of all other groceries, with
the exception of lard, has not in
creased and in many cases is much
less. Sugar is cheaper, coffee 10 cents
a pound less, spices are much lower
and all groceries far purer. Canned
goods have decreased in cost over
twenty-five per cent and all fresh
fruits are cheaper, with the exception
of apples.