Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-06-08
ITEMS FROM DENVER,

The receipts OF Secretary Of State
BeckwitlI's office for May were nearly
twice ns large ms those for May, 1899,
when the months receipts We're 81 1853.
During the last month there has been
received and turned into the treasury
OF the state Ss.3Ol.
Rev. Myron ". Reed. whose golden
elOqucncr has 80 often echoed forth
among the trees and Towering shrubs
OF the cemetery on Memorial Day. was
again the center OF the ilrong Wcdnes-
dny afternoon. Lovingly his words and
deeds were recalled, by priest nnd
working man. when the monument
erected nj his grave In Fairmount was
unveiled under the auspices OF the
Trades Assembly that gave IL. The
modest granite block. beautiful In It's
simplicity, good taste and deep mean
Ing. wis surrounded by u mass OF the
plain people. such as Myron Reed loved
AMI considered the salt of the earth.
Addresses were delivered by Rabbi
Friedman. Father O'Ityan and J. +.
Faulkner Of the Trades Assembly.
The woman's Club Is exercised over
the Increase In defective vision among
school children. Their committee re-
ports: THE incrcasin. number OF
slHrtuclrs worn arr mute witnesses
that n fault exists. We very earnestly
desire that the school boards shall pro-
vide FOR testing the eyes nnd ears Of
every clili la school. II can le done
very quickly. AT no great expense. The
rcport discloscs. tiguratircly. that near
sightrdncss IL on the Increase and that
deafness II more observed nowadays
than of lat" years. The causes arc left
morc To conjecture tlinn statement.
However. II Is intimatcd In the rcport
that many school rooms nr" poorly
lighted and that parents should rc-
strnin their children from too attentive
application to studies under gas and
electric lights at home"
Mgr. Sebastian Martinciii. archbish.
or OF Eph.sus. pupai nblcrnic nnd
apostolic delegate To America. u In
Denver. as the guest Of Bishop Mnix-
Archbishop AInrtincllrs crrund In Den
yer Il, II IL said. TO settle the dispute
which, has divided the Italian colony.
\ parf Of the Italians. headed by
Frank Duina.cio. have been for ciTh.
teen month. In revolt against Father
lrI,ore. pastor Of Mt. Carmel church.
They have chapel under construction
which they have called San Rocco
churci. Bishop Matx was appealed
to TO provide a pastor for the new con.
grcgnti,n. but he refused. aud or'icrcd
the a. y-iistissl Italians to return to
Mt. c. u. An appeal was taken
from - .-ecixion to the pupal ab,ceatc
who ifz,slly decides all such matters
for tliir country. there being no appeal
from his mandate. Mgr. Martineali
Is returning from u trip to Portland.
Oregon. where he went io take part
In u solemn service Of invcsiiiurc.
The Carter collection Is now the prop.
crty of the Colorado Museum aud Maj.
ural History Society. and if the advice
Of Secretary T.. ". Merritt Is acted up
Oh will In, brought To Denver us soon
as possible. Rudolph Borrh.rdt. the so.
cicty's taxidcrmist. II now nt Brcckcn.
ridge. working among the pclis aud
mounted specimens. While all skins
mounted wcrc found To bc In u very cx.
cclicn, condition. very many duplicate
pclts. which had not been properly
cnrr.i for. were found alive with white
moths. Secretary Merritt. Rudolph
Rorrhcr,it and two assistants worked
for hours In spreading out and exam
lining these pclts and threw out about
tifiy which wcrc considered too badly
damaged tn bc preserved. Under the
agreement the socirty has the use Of
the Carter building In breckenridge.
rent free. until October 1st. hut ns the
building is full Of moths. Secretary
Merit will recommend the removal Of
the collection to Denver nj once. AS II
will h. probably n year before the col.
lection Is completed and ready for cx-
hibition. a storage room In Denver Is
wanted. One OF the conditions OF the
trnpsfcr is that the collection shall bc
known ms the Carter collection. and
,Iiat the collection. when transferred TO
pcnycr. shall bc open To the public free
of cost for u reasonable number Of
hours mt least one dn, In each week.
The board OF directors OF the society Is
composed Of Joseph \. Thatcher. Da.
yid II. Mofrat. John 4. Campion, Frank
Trumbull and r. NJ. Merritt. There
has been raised so far by the society
$4,000 OF which about onc-half has
been spent. The Carter collection In
considered by the society the nucleus
OF n larger collection.
The pcriis of the Grand Canon OF the
Colorado are to bc bravcd by u party
OF scientists from eastern colleges.
Yale. Harvard. Columbia and Cam.
bridge. England. will he represented
among the explorers. who will travel
In the trcachcrous canon. Yesterday
pr, IIcrlcrt Il. Gregory OF Yale ar
rlNtt III lytuNtE. Nett W
Springs after a few hours stay In the
city. At Colorado Springs he will join
the others OF his party. Professor W.
NJ. Davis OF Harvard. head OF the geo
logical departments: Professor X. 4.
Dodge OF the physiographical depart
mcnt mt Columbia. and DR.. Anderson
of Cambridge. England. Saturday the
parry will start from Flagstaff. Arizo-
mn. Dr. Gregory II professor OF physi-
orraphy at Yale: 1--WE have secured
the american museum outfit. said DIR.
Grcgory. I'VE will have with us Mr..
wethcrill. the expert on Mopui Indians.
IN, is nn excellent guide and knows
the country. From Flagstaff we shall
sosto Yuba City. and across to Lees
ferry. where we reach the Grand can
OF, proper. We will take the north side
and VIII keep on that bank until We are
nearly to the mouth of the canon. We