The Lamar register., 1906-07-18
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

in the Penn mine on Breeze hill at
Leadville was killed on the 18th inst.
by falling rock.
On August LIST the people of Grand
Junction will vote for or against an
ordinance ratifying the plan to expend
$500. 900 for a mountain water system.
The First National Bank at Windsor
has been authorized to begin business
with $50. 900 capital. John e. Law is
president; Lewis korn, vice president,
and Frank N. Briggs, cashier.
Governor Mcdonald has appointed
NJ. NJ. Buck of Yampa, Colorado, as
water commissioner of water district
No. SO, to fill a vacancy caused by the
resignation of W. E. Wheeler.
The following new postmasters have
been appointed: William II. Lawyer.
Montezuma, vice E. S. Fairchilds. re-
signed; Joseph R. Chitwood, Tin Cup,
Gunnison county, vice z. o. Churchill,
resigned.
Myles Edward Mather WeIshman.
fifty-seveu years of age. who came froEi
Los Angeles eight months ago, was
found dead on a vacant lot in Denve.
July 10th. There was no evidence of
suicide or foul play.
The Anti-Cigarette League will hold
convention in Denver August l4th,
18th and 10th. It is expected that Mrs.
Carrie Nation will be present and de-
liver an address. The names of some
of the best speakers in Colorado are
on the program.
The new state armory at Ault was
opened on the night of July 18th.
There was a large attendance of Wis
itors from Greeley, Eaton, Windsor and
other neighboring towns. The Ault
military company. under Capt. Ray
Gale, has a membership Of forty
The Greeley Gas and Electric Com
panys plant has been sold to the Fed
eral Gas Company of Chicago. The
plant will be moved from its present
! quarters outside the residence portion
OF the town. It will be enlarged but
no practical change Will be made in
the management.
Reports are being made by wool
buyers who are returning to Trinidad
from the chief grazing districts of the
state that the clip this year is the larS-
est and best ever known in Colorado.
Prices range from 81 to "A cents
pound. which is higher than has been
paid for a number of years.
New dining car service on the Colo
RADIO Midland went into effect July 10th
for the first time in the history of the
road. and through ii the Midland
will be able to save one hour and thirty
minutes between Denver and Grand
Junction. This time was formerly oc-
cupied in stops at eating stations
The body of Henry Rudy. a prospect
or, who was swept down the mountain
by a snowslide last winter at the head
OF Junction Creek, sixteen miles above
Durango. was found in a snowbank on
the Both Of June by his brother. who
had been looking for him since early
Spring He had been struck by slid.
while going from his mine to his cabin.
On the afternoon OF the 18th inst
lightning struck the granary on Frank
Bushnell's farm, five miles northeast
of Fort Collins. In which Ralph Yaw,
aged sixteen; Arthur Linder, aged nine
teen, and Joseph Hubbard. aged thirty,
had taken shelter from the rain.
Young Yaw was instantly killed. Lin
der badly injured and Hubbard badly
shocked.
Hundreds OF cattle are lying dead
On the plains in the eastern part Of
this county and surrounding territory
because of the long continued drouth,
says Trinidad dispatch to the Denver
Republican. The grass has entirely
dried up and cattle are forced to eat
poisoned weeds. which is causing their
death. The loss to the ranchers Will
reach thousands of dollars.
The date Of the Harvest Day Festi-
val at Greeley has been set for August
23d and the day promises to witness
even a greater celebration than last
year. The festival will be county af
fair and the Harvest Day Festival
Club. which was organized shortly af-
ter last years meeting. has mem
bership of representative men from all
parts OF the county.
At meeting of the Colorado com
mandery of the military order of the
LOYAL Region of the United States at
Denver, David n. Moffat, captain com
pony p. Third Colorado cavalry in the
War Of the Rebellion. was elected an
original frst-class member of the or
der There was a large attendance of
companions and Captain Moffat re-
ceived hearty greetings.
County Superintendent Harrison
finds the total school census OF Weld
county to be $40 persons between the
ages of six and twenty-one years.
| Upon this number 1t is estimated that
Weld county has population of 32,-
900. or the number enrolled this year,
4,204 are males and 1886 are females.
| There are eighty-eight school districts
| in the county and 100 schools.
The annual meeting of the directors
of the Denver. Northwestern & Pacific
| railroad CMoffat road was held in
Denver on the 9th inst The directors
went through the formality of re-
electing the old officers as follows:
David II. Moffat. president; William
G. Evans. vice president; F. b. Gibson,
secretary; Thomas KeeIy, treasurer;
w. A. Deuel.. general manager.
A gift from Gen. w. !. Palmer has
equipped the School of Forestry of Col
orado College with full set of instru-
ments for meteorological observation,
| to be installed at the forest laboratory
az Manitou park. The careful study of
forest growth requires exact knowl-
edge of the prevailing atmospheric
| conditions, and the most important of
these will now be automatically and
| continuously registered.
| The fruit yield around Boulder is