The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-20
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

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 $50 200 capital. John f. 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 5S. to fill vacancy caused by the
resignation of W. E. Wheeler.
The following new postmasters have
been appointed: William Fl. Lawyer.
Montezuma. vice f. S. Fairchilds. re-
signed; Joseph r. Chitwood. Tin Cup.
Gnnnison county, vice E. o. Churchill.
resigned.
Myles Edward Mather, a Welshman,
fifty-seven years of age, who came froEl
Los Angeles eight months ago, was
found dead on a vacant lot in Denver
July 10Th There was no evidence Of
suicide OF foul play.
The Anti-Cigarette League will holl
a convention in Denver August l4th,
10th and 10th. 1t 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 13th.
There was 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
pany's 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. 1t will be enlarged but
no practical change will be made tn
the management.
Reports are being made by wool
buyers who are returning to Trinidad
from the chief grazing districts of the
state that TIE clip this year is the larg-
est and best ever known in Colorado.
Prices range from 81 to "a cents a
pound, which is higher than has been
| paid for 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 it the Midland
trains No. and No. to the west
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 snowsIide last winter at the head
of Junction Creek, sixteen miles above
Durango, was found in a snowbank on
the 3Oth of June by his brother. who
had been looking for him since early
Spring. He had been struck by slide
while going from his mine to his cabin.
On the afternoon Of the 18th inst.
lightning struck the granary on Frank
Busbnells farm, five miles northeast
iof 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
2Sd and the day promises to witness
even greater celebration than last
year. The festival will be county af.
fair and the Harvest Day Festival
Club, which was organized shortly at.
ter last years meeting, has mem
bership Of representative men from all
parts Of the county.
At meeting of the Colorado CON-
mandery OF the military order Of the
Loyal Region of the United States at
Denver, David II. Moffat, captain COM
pany b. Third Colorado cavalry ir the
War of the Rebellion. was elected an
original first-class member of the or.
der. There was large attendance Of
companions and Captain Moffat re-
ceived hearty greetings.
County Superintendent Harrison
mus luc tOtdl SSIlOUl CtHSuS VI NNelu
county to be S,140 persons between the
ages OF six and twenty-one years.
Upon this number it is estimated that
Weld county has population Of 32.-
600. Of the number enrolled this year,
1904 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 (Moffat road was held in
Denver on the 9th inst. The directors
went through the formality Of re-
electing the old officers as follows:
David H. Moffat, president; William
G. Evans. vice president; F. B. Gibson,
secretary: Thomas Keely, 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