The Colorado statesman., 1910-01-01
STATE NEWS ITEMS

Young Men CHRISTIAN Association
building at Greeley will be begun
March Gath, 1910, and continue until
April 4th.
No money was expended for charity
oy Grand county during the fiscal year
ending December list, according to the
report filed by the county clerk with
he secretary of state at Denver.
The town of Manitou is planning to
establish miniature White Way by
The installation of hundreds of addi-
.ional electric lights. The council is
taking up the matter with the electric
company.
During the fiscal year which closed
December /, the county of Denver ex-
pended s190,06S.07 for charity. The
.otal number of persons taken care OF
was 1851, consisting of 1874 males
md 1,977 females.
Colorado Springs is making extern
;ive preparations to entertain the Col
,rado Realty Dealers convention jan
1ary 18th and goth. More than 1000
.etters of invitation are to be mailed
20 real estate men all over the state.
The Colorado Springs & Interurban
Railway Company has announced thet
hereafter all the regular employees will
be granted two days off each month
at full salary, which is the equivalent
Of one-fifteenth of their wages.
The Santa Fe and the Denver & Rio
Grande railroads have arranged to be-
gin fast mail service, effective jan
uary 9th, which will be of importance
to many towns in the Northwest as
well as to Pueblo, Salt Lake, Ogden
and intermediate points.
Good management by Thomas F.
lyman, warden of the state peniten-
tiary at Canon City, has saved 100000
10 the state. The saving has been
made out of building appropriations
and by the industry of the convicts,
together with the money realized on
the sale of prison products.
At the beginning of the next school
year of the University of Denver it is
said that the Tiff School of Theology,
which has been closed for ten years
past, will be reopened, this being made
possible by an offer of $4,000 to the
endowment fund made by friend of
the school known only to Bishop H. w.
Warren.
The Western Federation of Miners,
through its attorneys. has filed brief
with the state auditing board to show
that the board has the right under the
law to issue bonds TO cover the claim
Of the federation, which amounts to
$50 900. The federation claims that
out of the war bond issue of $1.000,OOO
it is permissible to pay this claim, the
same as the claims of the mine own
ers.
The Purgatoire Development Com
pany of which former State Treasurer
e. A. Bent is the head, proposes to
construct a canal and storage system
to cover the irrigable land under the
line of the new Mammoth canal sur
vey, on the north side of the Arkansas
river which runs from it's initial point
near the town of Las Animas easterly
to the Kansas state line.
With the incoming of the new year
the Denver public library will be
moved into it's new quarters, the big
public library building just completed.
1t will be necessary that the library
shall remain closed for six weeks in
order that the 125,000 volumes in the
regular catalogue edition, the dupli-
Gates, pamphlets, magazines and mis-
cellaneous collection of twenty-three
years may be transferred to the new
building.
Seventy-two people, eight of whom
were women, ate Christmas dinner at
the city jail in Denver. A complete
bill of fare was provided, including
everything from turkey to plum pud-
ding. This was done in compliance
with the usual custom of the city on
Christmas day. A short religious sery-
ice preceded the dinner. For the brief
space of a dinner time few people in
Denver Jared any better than the pris-
oners in the city jail.
Various railroads of the state are
becoming interested in learning wheth-
er or not state officials are obtaining
passes and then charging the state
mileage on expenses. Not long ago
Auditor Kenehan refused to honor a
warrant for $69.50 in favor of John d.
Jones, state coal mine inspector, for
transportation. The refusal was made
on the ground that the amount for
mileage should not be paid when the
inspector received free transportation.
The last automobile number issued
by the Denver fire and police board is
"4060." This means that Denver now
boasts of 4,060 automobiles, operated
under licenses, and with population
considered is probably the biggest
auto center in the country. During
1909, 1920 licenses have been issued.
Many of the holders of licenses have