Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-21
COLORADO NEWS.

II is said the Santa Fe railroad will
spend five million dollars in Colorado
in extending and improving It's road.
bed aud shipping facilities.
Money from Holland is coming to
Weld county for investment In lands,
it is said, and the amount to be IN.
vested will run into the millions
State Food Inspector Cannon has or
dered thirty-eisht Colorado Springs
grocers TO appear before him and cx
plain If they can, why they sold adul
terated sausage.
Grand Junction is experiencing a
lively fight on the present aIniinistra
lion over an Illegal agreement in rhe
sale Of the city's sewer and street
improvement bonds. in the course of
which some one grated s3.500.
A Californian who lost his Jaw has
had 1t replaced with bones taken from
the head of calf. 1t is expected he
will be fully recovered and be able
TO eat without the use of tubes, witch
he is now Obliged TO use, within two
months.
A carload of sixteen elk have been
shipped to the Mancos game preserve
near Vermijo park. In the northern
part of New Mexico They came from
Fort Collins, where they were bought
by w. II. Bartlett, the Chicago board
of trade man.
| An alligator farm, with at least n
dozen alligators, will be one of ,hc
many features planned for The zoo
south of Colorado Springs. 'rhe ZOO
win at least be attractive with rha.
feature to those returning from
Colorado City late at night
| Yielding to the desire OF the local
interests. the treasury officials have
agreed 10 utilize Colorado marble in
| The construction of the exterior of the
federal building at Denver. This de.
cision has been reached on the under
standing that the building be furnish
ell so that the cost OF the entire struc
ture shall not exceed the limit availa.
Bile, $l,600,000, for the building alone
! A number of Germans conferred at
Holly with local parties over n project
for the manufacture of paper from beet
pulp. The scheme was most favorably
received and some action will be taxi
en- Immediately to boost n paper mill
Heretofore beet pulp has been sold 10
| cattlemen for 20 cents per ton, but IN
Germany and other countries beet pulp
sells at 81 per ton to paper mills.
ID. w. Bigoney. treasurer OF the
Erie Railroad company. received an
express package Saturday from Phila
ldelphia, containing two $500 bills Pin.
ned to the money was sheet OF paper
on which was written. This 81 900
Is due the Erie Railroad company.
Please credit II to restitution" Mr..
Bigoney said he was at loss to ac-
count for 1t. as there have been no
| shortages in accounts In years.
In statement given out E. H. Gary.
| chairman OF the United States Steel
corporation. announces that his cor
Doraiion has adopted plan by which
its employees viii be provided for in
case of injury. Under the plan relief
will be paid for temporary disable
ment. for permanent injury and for
death. The payments are entirely vol
uniary by the corporation and the EN-.
ployes are not expected to contribute.
The virtual decision of the United
States Steel corporation to advance
wages about $4,000 900 year is taken
In the stock market as certain in
dication that the board will also in
crease the dividend to per cent at
Its meeting April 2G The additional
distribution in wages amounts to II
per cent on the corporations common
stock Insiders claim that the cor
poration Is now earning at the rate OF
nearly 20 per cent on the common.
The number OF employees is approx.
mately 225.000 and the increase av.
erages about $40 a year for each en-.
ploye. The corporations average
wages per employe will he raised to
about 1916. and the total for the year
10 about si83.000. 900.
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