The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1910-07-01
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Denver Moose will try to land the
1911 convention.
A half-mile racetrack has been fin
ished at Atwood.
Six new schoolhouses will be built
In the Pawnee district, Weld County
A government weather observer has
been installed in office at Canon City
The Great Western Railway will
build handsome new depot at Johns
town.
New postmasters: Granville Swarm.
er, Concrete; James s. Kitchen. Ma
sonville.
The town of Hayden has granted an
electric light franchise, to run twenty
five years.
A hundred miners employed at the
Perry mine at Yampa went out on a
strike Sunday.
A new theater to house the Shu.
bert plays will be built at once in
Denver. to cost 100000.
The Julesburg Irrigation District is
advertising for bids for its issue Of
$150,000 worth of bonds.
The state meet of Elks will be held
at Boulder August 25th to 9th. Great
preparations are being made.
Martin jacobson, ranch hand work
ing ten miles east of Denver fell from
a haystack Friday, breaking his neck.
The Hayden Building Company. with
a capitalization of $40. 1000 has been in
corporated at Hayden.
The town of Collbran is trying to
figure out plan for the acquisition
of waterworks plant.
The Denver Fire and Police Board
has Issued orders that no fireworks
are to be sold prior to July I'd.
DIR. ]. v. Beitwleser of Columbia
University has been appointed to the
chair of philosophy at Colorado
College.
Maps of the Shell Creek Irrigation
Company's project. near Trinidad. have
been filed. 1t ia proposed to reclaim
5000 acres.
The Boulder City Council will sub
NIT to the voters at the next election
the proposition of calling . convention
to frame charter.
Morrison Shafroth, son Of the gov
ernor. will be class orator upon his
graduation from the University OF
Michigan, June 30th.
Sterling Is In line for an $4,000 no.
tel, and already a considerable amount
of the stock Of the building company
has been subscribed.
Advices from Montrose are that wa
ter will be turned on the lands Of the
Uncompahgre valley from the Gunni-
son tunnel July LIST.
The Pixies Peak Cog Railway Com
pany was recognized at Kenosha,
Wis. Friday. C. w. Sells Of Manitou
was elected president.
Denver Elks will take special train
July 9TH for the big meeting at De
troit. They expect to take the first
drill prize. as they did last year.
Idaho Springs celebration this year
will last three days-3d, 4th and 5th.
Twelve teams have entered the hose
contest. and double-handed rock-drill-
ing contest will be feature.
Misses Mayme and Eda Blumck
were chloroformed and robbed at their
home in Fort Collins Thursday night.
The burglar secured $40 but over
looked $40.
A special election Saturday created
the Yellow Jacket irrigation district
in Routt County and Improvement
bonds will be issued. The project in.
wolves the reclamation Of $1,000 acres.
While John s. Cusack of Wellington
MO, hio ouforpnhilo ho thing
started up and hiked right across the
street and poked its nose through the
front window of Patterson's drug
store. Cusack ought to put hopples
on the old fool.
]. A. Bernard, Midland agent at
Granite. wrote to the chief dispatcher:
you will find my account at Granite
little short, but 1 am gone.-J. A.
Bernard" And so he was. Besides
the 500 reported to be missing. cit
izen of the town also mourns the loss
of wife.
The Colorado Springs Electric Com
pany. the Colorado Springs Light and
Power Company and the Pixies Peak
Hydro-Electric Company have been
merged as the Colorado Springs Light.
Heat and Power Company. with cap
italization Of $2.OOO.OOO.
Vouchers for amounts ranging be.
tween $3.50 and $4,000 are held at the
state treasurers office for officials of
several of the fair associations of Col
orado. The amount totals $12.441.05.
This will be paid over when suitable
bond has been given by these c-gani-
cations.
Denver dairymen who were fined
for violating the ordinance prohibiting
the feeding of brewers swill to dairy
cows will appeal the case to the Coun-
ty Court as test of the constitution
ality of the ordinance.
The body of Walter Johnson, who
was drowned at Shoshone month
ago, was found in the Grand River at
Glenwood Springs Saturday night.
The Sixth National Western Stock
Show will be held at the Denver Union
stock yards January 18th to 21st. Pre-
miums will aggregate $4,000 and a
new $4,000 building will be erected.
F. Mark of Pueblo was fined 800
and costs at Pueblo Thursday for sell