The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-06
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

The union carpenters OF Pueblo went
out on strike April 9th.
The lamb feeders OF northern Colo
rado expect to take in 81 $50 900 as the
result of this years feeding operations.
At meeting held April 9th Santa
Fa machiniStS who work in Pueblo, by
:. unanimous vote. decided not to strike
The new electric railway at Trini-
dad is starting out with large bust
ness, thousands riding for pleasure on
sunday.
Reports from all over the state
show that a large amount of interest
was evinced in the school elections of
May End.
Among the towns where Odd Fel-
lows anniversary celebrations were
held April Goth are Longmont. Wray
and Florence.
fair to raise money to build an
addition to st. Joseph's hospital at Ou-
ray will be held by the people of Ouray
May 18th to 14th
David II. Moffat, it is well known.
an run a railroad He has lately
bought an automobile and is learning
10 run that.
from Trinidad to the Worlds Fair.
where. it is said. they will be used as
asses from Jerusalem.
The Carnegie library at Colorado
Springs has arrived from Andrew Car
negie the gift of the works of Hugo
Glotius on international law.
Rural routes to be established June
| are: HOtchkiss, Delta county, ad-
ditional service with one carrier; La
Junta. Otero county, additional service
WIN one carrier.
Lieut.. Gov. Warren C. Haggott ar
lived in Denver April 9th to act as
governor during Governor Peabody's
absence of about a week at the Worlds
Fair in St. Louis.
The Longmont Farmers Produce EX-
change has been buying out implement
dealers. 1t includes some 400 farmers
among its stockholders and starts IN
as il it meant business.
At Rocky Ford April Goth Mrs. J. ].
Thompson and her little grand-daugh-
ter were fatally burned by coal oil
explosion. The child died in short
lime, but Mrs. Thompson lived until
the next morning.
Arkansas Valley Odd Fellows f.nniver-
sary Association was held at Rocky
Ford April 26th with an unprecedent-
ed attendance. Next years meeting
will be held at Ordway.
Bishop Warren. who has been absent
since last September, having visited
| Hawaii. Japan. China and the Philip
pines. returned to Denver Asril 9th
and Immediately left for Los Angeles
to attend the Methodist conference.
The Fort Collins district made the
banner shipment of lambs for the
Eastern market May End. when sew
enty-four cars were started for Chlca-
go and river markets. The shipment
was divided between eighteen ship
pers.
AS result of experiments conduct
ed by Professor E. Il. Wolcott Of the
State School of Mines and Professor
J. C. Shedd of Colorado College. the
water of the mineral springs at Mani
tou has been found to possess radio
activity.
Sixteen striking miners, who had
been arrested by the military, were
| placed on Colorado & Southern
special train at Trinidad May End and
taken south Of the New Mexico line,
where they were put off with orders
not to return.
The annual high school oratorical
contest of Colorado, inaugurated by
the State University, will take place
| at Boulder on the night of May
18th. There will be eight speakers. On
the same day eight girls will read es-
says for a prize.
The comptroller of the currency has
authorized the First National Bank OF
! Monte Vista to begin business. The
bank will employ capital of $25, 900.
The officers are: President, II. Fl. Abb
bott; vice president c. w. Gates;
treasurer. Wesley Naly
The Western Unions new telegraph
line which is being built from Omaha
to Los Angeles reached Denver May
2nd. 1t follows the Burlington from
Omaha to Denver and will take the
Santa Fe and the Denver and Rio
Grande to the coast.
A McCook. Neb.. dispatch of April
9th says: Twenty-three families of
Russians left McCook tonight, bound
for the beet fields of Colorado. They
formed part of a train load gathered up
| dI various .NeDEdShd pOluls. all uouAo
for Colorado sugar beet fields.
The third book issued by the Colo
RADIO Promotion and Publicity Commit
tee is entitled "Colorado-lts Gil
mate" 1t will be distributed where it
will do the most good. The City Coun-
Gil of Denver has just appropriated
$1,000 for the use of the committee.
Secretary Haywood OF the Western
Federation of Miners. who was in Jail
at Denver on charges which it was un-
derstood were made to prevent his be-
ing taken to Telluride, was admitted
to bail April 30th. The charges
against him at Telluride were with
drawn.
Sheriff w H. Gilbert of Ell Paso