The state herald., 1905-05-19
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

lioh VI the De fOTesl WhcicSS ltlS-
graph service at Lake Minnequa will
be in operation within few days.
II experiments that are to be con.
Quoted this season in beet culture are
successful Durango will make strong
bid for a beet sugar factory next year.
Judge Frank w. overs Of the Fifth
judicial district is aking vacation,
having gone East last month via Gal.
weston. He will visit England before
his return.
Henry Wianand. who murdered his
wife in Denver last January. has been
sentenced to an indeterminate term
Of from ten to fifteen years in the pen.
itentiary.
Thursday, June 1st, has been de.
cided upon as the date for the com
mencement exercises at the Colorado
State School for the Deaf and Blind.
Six students will graduate.
Miss Belle p. Gil of Denver has
been appointed deputy state dairy
commissioner under Mrs. Mary
Wright. Miss Ella Wright held the of.
fee during the past two years.
Fifty thousand young trout were re.
ceived at Salida recently from the
Gunnison hatchery and taken TO the
South Arkansasa IN turned into the
river by committee of citizens.
Mrs. Mary K Lapier was elected
foreman of Jury in a divorce case at
Cripple Creek few days since. She
bears the distinction of being the first
woman juri't to serve in Teller county.
The Natbnal Electric Light Asso.
citation will hold its twenty-eighth an
nual convection at Denver June 9th to
l1th. A b'oncho busting contest is
being planned as a part of the enter
tainment.
The Pueblo City Council has called
on the mayor to appoint a committee of
three aldermen and three business
men to take preliminary steps toward
securing a supply of mountain water
for Pueblo.
Colorado will be represented Mt the
national library Association, which
convenes II Portland early in July, by
Miss Hattie l.. Stevenson, state libra
rian, and Charles r. Dudley, city libra
rian of Denver.
The Monrose Chamber of Com
merce has Issued 10000 pamphlets OF
twenty pages each entitled Facts Per
tinent to Mentrose County, in the
Heart of the Uncompahgre Valley and
Under the Glnnison Tunnel"
AT Salida on the Sth inst. Archie
Kimball. aget seventeen years. cap
tured youngmountain lion which had
IYtNn,, t,t thu .ifx hx- tho hnnksx
SHOWS. He made cage for the animal
and intended to keep 1t. but during
the night 1t escaped.
In the recent award of twenty-five
fellowshps by the state university OF
Wisconsin. X, II. Hess, graduate Of
Colorado College. was chosen fellow in
political economy and Helen Summer
Of Denver was made honorary fellow
In the same branch.
The Baptist church. the oldest
church ediiice In Greeley, built In the
early '70s. "a receiving an addition.
Partly for the sake of economy and to
show their good will. the men mem.
bers OF the congregation have under.
taken TO do all the work of building.
Governor Mcdonald has appointed
DR.. l.. u. Lemen OF Denver to be a
member Of the State Board OF Health.
vice Hubert Work Of Pueblo. resigned,
DIR. Works reason for rcsigning is the
fact that he lives so far away from
Denver that he cannot spare time for
the work.
Dressed In overalls and Jumpers. 200
students OF the University or Denver
recently planted 200 trees on the cam
pus. This was the direct result OF n
department Of landscape gardening
which has been Installed at the uni
versity. Ash. elm and locust trees
were planted.
Great interest is shown by Pueblo
real estate dealers who handle ranch
lands In the soil culture scheme advo
Gated by the Business Mems Associa
tion. Many experiments are being
conducted In the growth OF different
products on arid lands without irriea
ton. and thus far they are said to
have been successful.
A Colorado State Library Associs
ton was formed at Denver on the 9th
Inst. with the following officers: A. T.
Whitaker OF the State University H.
brary at Boulder. president: II. y
Richie OF the Denver city library. sec
retary; Miss Katherine Craig and Mrs
A. NJ. Wells. Prof. T. L. Carter OF Gree
ley. vice presidents; J. W. Chapman OF
Pueblo. treasurer.
Secretary Hitchcock has issued mn
order directing that the Akron land OF
fice. Colorado. be abolished and that
the lands OF the present Akron dis
trict be made n part OF the Sterling
district. A consolidation will TAX,
place July LIST. Mt which time the reg
lister and receiver at Akron viii be dis
missed and the records OF their one,
transferred to Sterling.
Mrs, Mary q. Wright. state dair,
commissioner. expects to attend The
annual meeting Of the national dair,
and pure food commission at Portlan,
June goth. The meeting viii be hel,
on the grounds OF the Lewis a Clnri
Exposition and will continu. In SEES
sion ten DAYS. Mrs. Wright will de
liver an address on the work OF th'
state department In Colorado.
Oliver A. whittcmore. who died n
Denver on the iith inst. was n promI
nent Colorado pioneer. III. built IN,
frst Touring mill In the territory II
1869, and was q member Of the terri
toriai Legislature. In 1864 he wa
elected To the constitutional eony.n
ton and served m president Of tina
body. lie was also one Of the found
cra OF the Masonic order In Colorado
The State Association Of County su
pcrin,cndcn,a Of schools a, It's fcc"n