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COLORADO NEWS ITEMS
The first basket of Rocky Ford cantaloupes were shipped to Denver on the 2d inst.
The first dividend of twenty-five per cent, has been paid by the receiver of the defunct American Savings Bank at Trinidad.
The Taos Indians who have been at work in the sugar beet fields near Rocky Ford have returned to their home in New Mexico.
John C. Fitterer has been appointed assistant engineer in the reclamation service and assigned to duty at Denver under M. C. Hinderlider.
The new canning factory at Rocky Ford began operations on the 2d inst. It will work for the first three weeks on beans, after which it will tackle the tomato crop.
The Colorado Springs Automobile Club has issued a circular announcing that chauffeurs who violate the city ordinance in regard to speed will receive no sympathy or support from the club.
Governor McDonald will go to Portland to attend the exercises on Colorado Day, August 22d, at the Lewis and Clark Exposition. He hopes to see as many Coloradans as possible present.
Frank Fielding, aged nineteen, son of Henry Fielding, a well-known cattleman of the Buena Vista district, was dangerously injured by being thrown from his horse on the 2d inst. Both hips were broken.
Colorado day at the Portland fair has been set for August 22nd, and a special train carrying the governor and his staff and more than 200 prominent business men will go to Oregon to assist in the celebration.
On the night of July 30th the United Oil Company at Florence struck oil in well 348 at a depth of 2,850 feet. The oil arose 1,000 feet in the hole and from present indications the well will prove a good and permanent producer.
The Weaver artesian well near Florence is reported to be flowing 1,080,000 gallons every twenty-four hours. This well, while being drilled for oil, opened a subterranean water body. There is enough water flowing to irrigate 500 acres of land.
One hundred and four Texans, who have been visiting for two months at Colorado Springs, have formed the Colorado Springs-Texas association. Among the members are Texans from Manitou and former residents of the Lone Star State.
Judge L. W. Cunningham of the District Court at Colorado Springs will shortly go to Pagosa Springs to hold court for Judge J. L. Russell. There are some criminal cases in Archuleta county which Judge Russell does not want to try himself.
The new Santa Fe railroad depot at Trinidad which replaced the one destroyed by a flood three years ago, has been turned over to the railroad company. It is said to be the finest example of the Spanish mission depot on the Santa Fe system.
The Denver library board is confronted with the necessity of changing the plans adopted for the Carnegie library building or raising more money. The architect whose plans were adopted seems to have been too extravagant in his ideas.
Thomas Lash, a California '49er, died at his home at Vijil, near Trinidad, August 2d, aged sixty-eight years. He was born on what is now the site of St. Louis, and went to California in '49. He was a member of the California regiment, and later enlisted in the First New Mexico volunteers. He settled at Vijil in 1875.
Judge Cunningham, in the District Court at Colorado Springs, has denied the motion for a new trial in the case of J. B. Belford vs. the Stratton estate, and entered judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of $8,000. An appeal was granted to the Supreme Court, Judge Belford's claim is for services as attorney during Mr. Stratton's lifetime.
According to the decision of District Judge Mullins at Denver, George E. Smith and Frank Anderson, former county commissioners of old Arapahoe county, who were legislated out of office by the Rush amendment, are still entitled to serve. He bases his decision on the recent decision of the Supreme Court in the case of other county officers.
Edwin G. Arkins, son of the late Col. John Arkins of the Rocky Mountain News, died at Denver on the 4th inst. of diabetes. He was for many years dramatic editor of the News. Together with his mother, he was owner of a one-third interest in the News at the time of his death. His health had been bad for several years and he had only recently returned from Honolulu.
Patents have been issued to Coloradans as follows: Ira A. Cammett, Denver, ore concentrator; A. Hoover, Estes Park, washing machine; J. G. Leyner, drill bitt rotating mechanism for rock-drilling engines; J. S. Shepherd, Idaho Springs, wrench; H. S. Sherman, Denver, electro-magnetically operated reciprocating tool; John T. Wilmer, Denver, can cap soldering apparatus.
The Gunnison tunnel has attained a length of 2,150 feet and 300 men are employed, Work is being prosecuted from four separate openings, Electric motors are being installed to haul the rock from the tunnel. The present town of tents at the west portal is rapidly being replaced by permanent buildings by the government officials in charge of the tunnel work. Two large buildings are practically completed. They will supply eating and sleeping accommodations for 250 men employed at the west portal.
Extensions and improvements to cost several thousand dollars will be made in the Cardenas hotel at Trinidad, owned by the Santa Fe Company. The entire hotel will be enlarged and redecorated and the grounds surround