The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

pie trees at Pueblo during the past
two weeks.
The Ell Paso County Pioneer Society
had a big picnic at Stratton park In
Colorado Springs on the 10Th instant.
A free basket picnic was given to the
Visiting Grand Army veterans at Colo
RADIO Springs on the 18th inst.
The Woman's Club OF Colorado
Springs has voted to donate $50 to the
Jacob Riis settlement at 48 Henry
street, New York City.
Longmont is preparing for a big pa
rade on Pumpkin Pie Day, September
28th, in which great number OF
floats will appear
The name of The Polly Pry Maya
zine at Denver has been changed to
The Saturday Sun since it's purchase
by William G. Griffith.
The agents of the State Humane So
ciety will prosecute persons who ship
chickens in boxes too low to give
them room to stand upright.
The county commissioners of FIRE.
mont county have ordered large
steam roller, crusher and other ma
| chinery for road work at cost of ST.
900.
The hotel men of Colorado Springs
have agreed to subscribe $500 year
in furtherance of the work of the Con
vention League recently organized in
! Denver.
The Denver Chamber of Commerce
has appointed committee to endeavor
to prevail upon the government to en-
large the importance of Fort Logan as
| mil nd
there.
The postoffice department has sent
out instructions that all mail boxes
in the rural districts must be num-
bered and made weather proof. Boxes
which are not SO constructed must be
| replaced.
Fire destroyed the Gold Coin block
at Cameron in the Cripple Creek dis
| trict, on the 18th inst, the loss being
estimated at $1,000 on which there was
some insurance. 1t was the best
! building In the town.
Free pumpkin pie and cheap railway
rates are the attractions offered by
Longmont September 2Sth. In addi-
tion there will be races and parade.
| There will also be a chance to inspect
the great sugar factory.
The State Board of Horticulture will
| endeavor to have the state fair held at
least two weeks later in the fall here
after. 1t is claimed that early in Sep
| tember fruit has not attained its full
| development and coloring.
! The Short Line management will en-
i large and improve its Colorado Springs
| shops, owing to its determination to
| handle locally all repairs on its seven
Midland Terminal and twelve Short
Line engines. in addition to several
| coaches
The next annual meeting of the i'm
migration agents of the Gould system
of railways will be held in Colorado
next May. There are some 600 agents
and their coming will be no small
event in connection with advertising
| the state.
Governor Mcdonald has appointed a
| committee to make the semiannual en-
animation of the books of the state
treasurer and State Land Board. Mrs
| Del Mathies, G. A. Askline and ]. &.
! Wells, the latter of Golden, are the
| committee
Two carloads of machinery for the
! Dunbar rubber plant have arrived at
anu Will ue dl OllCc
in the old sampling works. There are
thirty machines to start with and it is
expected the number will be increased
before long.
A survey in Grand county, made for
the State Land Board shows that Colo
| rado does not own the tract Of land on
which gilsonite beds were discovered
last year. 1t is found to be located a
,,
from any school land
Governor Mcdonald has appointed
DR.. Josephine Peavy of Colorado
Springs to be member of the board
of control of the State Industrial
School for Girls. Mrs Peavy takes the
place of Mrs. Ina Thompson, who re.
signed about month ago.
Miss Josephine Hawes Of Denver,
| started to climb Pixies Peak on the
evening of the 18th inst, and lost her
way. She was found next morning by
the cog road trainmen In an exhausted
condition and nearly frozen to death,
| having nearly reached the summit.
Invitations have been issued by the
board of trustees and faculty of the
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, an
nouncing Monday, October I'd, as the
date on which the cornerstone OF the
Simon Guggenheim hall will be laid
The exercises will be held in the after
noon.
Two large Colorado corporations
/ have sent out notices to stockholders
of their annual meetings to be held in
Denver The corporations are the Col
orado Fuel and Iron Company and the
Denver 4 Rio Grande railway Both
meetings will be held on October 18th
and 18th.
According to figures of the joint
agency of the Western Passenger AS
sociation, of the $4,000 tourists arriv-
ing in Colorado Springs since June LIST,
on ha Ial-.