The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1900-06-09
ITEMS FROM DENVER.


day afternoon. Lovingly his words and
deeds were recalled. by priest and
working man, when the monument
erected at his grave In FairmOunt was
unveiled under the auspices OF the
Trades Assembly that gave It Inc
modest granite block. beautiful In ns
simplicity, good taste and deep mean
Ing, was surrounded by mass OF the
plain people, such az Myron Reed loved
aud considered the salt of the eartn.
Addresses were delivered by Rabbi
Friedman. Father O'Rynn and j. Il.
Faulkner of the Trades Assembly.
Governor T'hOmas Inns taken the
same position regarding the interest Oh
the public school fund as has Mrs.
Helen l.. Grenfell. state superintendent
of public instruction. and insists that
the interest on this money should mol
go into the general fund rs at present,
but should br added to the school FUND.
In this way the school fund would be
Increased by several thousand dollars
duying the prcsent biennial period. Mrs.
Grenfeil asked ]. II. Fesler. the state
treasurer, whether he would abandon
the custom of adding the school fund
interest TO In" general fund instead OF
to the school fund. Mr.. Fesler replied
that he would let the matter rest until
the end OF :he present fiscal year when
he hoped 10 add the interest to tile
proper funds.
The Womai;s Club IL exercised over
the increase IN defective vision among
school children. Their committee re-
ports: 1.-The increasing number of
spectucles worn are mute witnesses
that fault exists. We very earnestly
desire that the school boards shall pro-
vide for testing the eyes and ears Of
every child In school. 1t can be done
very quickly, ut no great expense. The
report disclOses. tiguratively. that near
sightedness is OH the Increase and TINT
deafness Is more observed nowadays
than of late years. The cnuses are left
more to conjecture than statement.
However. it is intiinated In the report
that many school rooms are poorly
lighted and that parents should re-
strain their children from too attentive
application to studies under gas and
electric lights ut home
The state treasury has been enriched
by the addition of $11.531. with Inter
est since 1898. paid by the bOndsmen OF
George w. Kephart. former stnte treas
urer. As IL result the states suit
against the bondsmen will be with
drawn by the attorney general ana the
incident of the treasurer's shortage Will
be closed, NO far as the state Is con-
cerned. The shortage was caused by
the failure of the First National Bank
Of MontrOse, in which Mr.. kephnrt had
deposited $11.995. or this sum $4GI
was afterwards paid by the bank. Mr..
kephart was unable to collect from the
bondsmen OF the bank. and when his
term Of Office expired. the state brought
suit to recover from his bOndsmcn.
They ARE David IL. Moffat. James A..
McClurg. Henry Wolcott, Bennett u
l.. II. EichOltx. G. J. Hughes, George
Ross Levin and Thomas Kelley. Mr..
kephart's bondsmen will begin action
against the bunixmen Of the bank for
relief.
The perils of the Grand Canon Of the
Colorado are to be braved by n party
Of scientists from eastern colleges.
Yale, Harvard. Columbia and Cam.
bridge. England. will he represented
among the explorers. who will travel
In the treacherOus canon. Yesterday
DIR. Herbert Il. Gregory of Yale ar
rived In Denver. He went to Colorado
Springs after 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 department: Professor Il. f
Dodge of the Photographed depart
ment ut Columbia. and DIR. Anderson
of Cambridge, England. Saturday the
party will start from Flagstaff, Arizo-
ma. DIR. Gregory is professor of physi
ography at Yale: I'VE have secured
the American museum OUTFIT said DIR,
Gregory. I'VE will have with us Mr..
WetheriIl the expert on Mouui Indians,
He IL an excellent guide and knows
the country From Flagstaff we shall
go to Yubn City, and across to Lees
ferry. where We reach the Grand can
on proper. We will take the north side
and will keep on that bank until we IRE
nearly to the mouth of the canon. We
have studies the weaknesses of other
exploring parties. aud know about what
we can do. Our outfit IL elaborate. and
we have prepared ourselves for every
emergency. There Is no doubt there
Ia much OF interest in fossil and min
er,il Kingdom to he discovered. and
with careful and scientific study
ought to add many pages to the earth's
history"
The Carter collection il now the prop
erty of the Colorado Museum and Nat
ural History Society. and if the advice
of Secretary L. W. Merritt Is acted up
on will lie brought to Denver az soon
as possible. Rudolph Borclierdt. the 20
ciety's taxidernist. is now nj Brecken-
ridge. working among the pelts and
mounted specimens. While nll skins
mounted We're found to he in very ex-
cellent condition. very many duplicate
pelts. which lad not been properly
cared for, were found alive with white
moths. Secretary Merritt. Rudolph
Borchertlt and two assistants worked
for hours In spreading OUT and exam
lining these pelts and threw out about
fifty which We're considered too badly
damaged to he preserved. Under the
agreement the society has the use OF
the Carter building in breckenridge