The Ordway new era., 1906-06-01
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

SrOunu mas Deen broken Tor the new
Y. NJ. c. A. building In Denver.
The commence ment exercises OF the
State University at Boulder will be
held In the Chautauqua auditorium this
year.
While out hunting near Wellington
In Larimer county. Rudolph Leader,
aged fifteen, was accidentally shot and
killed.
The next annual meeting OF tho
Colorado Funeral Directors Associa-
tlon will be held at Boulder July 18th.
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Prof. p. NJ. Condit, for four years
principal of the Central school at Flor.
ence, will become superintendent OF
the Delta schools.
The park commissioners OF Denver
are fitting up outdoor Fairgrounds for
children in which suitable gymnastic
apparatus will be placed.
The Loveland Chamber of Commerce
has inaugurated series OF luncheons
like those so popular in Denver, and Is
increasing Its membership.
A civil service examination will be
held at the postoGice in Denver July
23d for those applying for positions OF
The old mint building and site At
Denver is among the properties that
the secretary OF the treasury has
asked permission OF Congress to sell.
The knights OF Columbus conferred
the fourth degree upon 1Gl candidates
Mt Denver Sunday. The order Is
Catholic one and is becoming very
prosperous In Colorado.
The Rocky Mountain National Bank
at Central City has received certiti-
cate from the comptroller of currency
extending its charter for another
twenty years. The bank was organized
In May, 1866.
The city OF Denver has subscribed
for 100000 of its own auditorium
bonds. They will be purchased for in
vestment of the Firemen's Relief ana
Sinking funds, and will pay four per
cent. interest.
John McEachren, n well-linown
hotel man OF Golden died May 22d
from stroke Of apoplexy. having
previously been in good health. He
was siXty.four years of age and vet
eran OF the Civil war.
The preliminary hearing at Greeley
OF Tom O'Neill. Sam Scoville and Fred
Metzer. charged with completely in the
murder of Jack Boyle, the Chalk Blur
ranchman, has been postponed until
July 18th, at the request of the defense.
Work has begun on a drainage sys-
TEN for the bottom land of the Saliva
ton Army colony Mt Amity. This
ground has been worthless on account
of seepage from the Little Buffalo ca
nal nnI from, irriuu ffnn nj hiuhar land
Representative Bonynge has recon.
mended for appointment as postmaster
at Littleton, Clarke z. CouZzins, to sue
ceed Maud G. Olmstead. whose term Is
about to expire. Couzzins is pioneer
of Colorado and a veteran of the Civil
War.
The Central of Georgia Railroad
Company has decided to open western
headquarters in Denver and will close
the commercial agency at Oklahoma
City. Col. A. II. Stevens has been
transferred from Oklahoma City to
take charge of the agency in Denver.
The county school superintendents
OF Custer, Pueblo and Fremont coun-
ties have arranged for the eighteenth
annual session of the Seventh District
Normal Institute, which will be held
in the Washington school building in
Canon City from July Both to August
11th.
John Divers, brakeman, was al
most instantly killed in the
Denver & Rio Grande yards at
Gunnison May goth. He was
making coupling when he got his foot
fastened in frog in the track. A box
car mangled him. Divers, who resided
in Salida, leaves widow and child.
Colonel Robert S. Moore, a veteran
of both the Mexican and the Civil wars,
died at Denver May 23d at the age OF
eighty-five years. He was colonel of
the Eighth Illinois and was wounded at
Stone River, Pennington, Corinth and
Perryville. During the Mexican War
he was captain in the Fourth Ken
lucky.
The Denver Fresh Air Fund camp
will be established this year at Glen
more lake, forty-fve miles from Den,
yer in the Platte canon. Sick and en-
feebled children will be taken to the
camp for rest and recuperation under
the care of the Juvenile Improvement
Association and the Visiting Nurses
Association.
vi WAY Gou uulihS Il olhai. .huhoSi
shower Fred Brown was killed by
stroke of lightning while working on
reservoir at the foot of Mt. Lamborn.
near Paonia. Five other men were
with him at the time and they were all
shocked, but none killed. Mr.. Brown
was an old settler and well known in
the county. He leaves wife and two
children.
An extraordinary large tourist
travel from Louisiana, Texas and
other Gulf states is anticipated by the
roads between Colorado and the