The state herald., 1908-06-05
COLORADO NEWS

Fort Collins will entertain the state
convention of Elks June 11th and 18th.
Glenwood Springs proposes to raise
$4,000 for the erection OF an audi
torium.
The board of trade of Glenwood
| Springs has planned a good fellowship
excursion to Leadville June Sth.
The headquarters of the forest su-
| pervisOr of the Medicine Bow national
| forest, Estes Park, have been restored
to Fort Collins.
The school census just completed
| in Fort Morgan shows an increase
/ from 372 children OF school age in 1900
to Al in 1908.
BY union of Methodlsts and Con
gregationalists new church has been
| erected at Coal Creek, which is larger
| than the church burned last June.
The Lakeside park and summer re
| sore grounds, just completed at Den
yer at cost of 100000, was formally
/ opened to the public on Memorial Day.
DR.. and Mrs. w. 5, Friedman and
their little son leave Denver June 10th
for three months trip abroad. They
| sail ON the Kaizerin Augusta-Nictoria,
/ June 18th.
| Frederick n. Donaldson Of Denver
| has won a $500 scholarship 70: four
months travel and study in Europe,
awarded by the Philadelphia acad-
emy of fine arts.
The financial committee OF the Flor
| ence City Council has just made a re-
| port which shows that the municipal
I debt has been reduced fOrty,five per
cent In the last five years
The second day OF the Frontier day
/ festival at Cheyenne next August will
| be Northern Colorado day, and the last
| day will be known as Denver day,
| when great crowds are expected from
| the Colorado capital
The annual class field and track
meet at the Agricultural college re-
/ suited In the sophOmOres winning a
] victory by one point The final score
stood: SOphnmOres, 50; freshmen, 52i
| seniors. ?, and juniors, /.
| At Denver. May 31st. Roy Tate.
Pullman porter, shot and killed his
/ wife, Eva Tate, whom he accused Of
being unfaithful to him He then shot
| himself through the abdomen and died
within a few hours.
| The Short Line railroad will estab-
/ lIsh an agency in Denver during the
/ tourist season and William Carruth.
cTs. district passenger and freight
/ agent for the road for several years
will be manager Of the office.
Mine owners in Gnpin county have
made an agreement with the New
/ house tunnel management by which
| IL is expected that the tunnel will be
/ driven forward until II affords an out.
/ let for 322 mining properties on
/ Quartz and Gunncll hills
While William Kenly. mining man
aged %, was fighting a forest lire In
] a canon six miles southwest Of Tellu.
/ ride. burning tree fell upon Tim,
NllinE him Instantly, Although mem.
bers Of the party began at once 10 cN.
] tricate kenly's body il was badly
I burned.
Gen William j. Palmer left Colo.
rado Springs for Europe on the 5lst
/ ult. Is a special car attached to the
/ Rock Island train, attended by a num-
Z ber Of servants and with every pos.
slble arrangement made for his com
fort. Hc viii sail on the steamship
/ Minneapolis,
Eaton. Ault and Windsor. and prob.
ably Nunn and Pierce. will have
farmers Institutes this summer con
/ Quoted under the auspices OF the Agri-
cultural College, The date at Wind
For will be June 18th, Eaton July 23d,
and Ault later Professor Cottrcll will
! have charge and his lecture will be ON
/ planting and growing OF crops and
seed selection.
Deputy Cattle Inspector Rowe, at
! Greeley. ia credited with saying that
there are less than 5000 head OF cat.
! tie now ON feed IN northern Colorado.
! OF these 1000 are at Longmont 600 at
| Eaton, 200 CT Loyeland and none In
| Fort Collins or Greeley Longmont
/ fed G,OO0 head this season, more than
any one locality In northern Colorado,
wi're a total OF 10000 were prepared
I for market,
Many persons Of Pueblo have been
| locating placer claims for stone. gyp.
sum and fire clay In the northwestern
/ part Of Pueblo county. ON account of
/ the rumor that one Of the railroads
| intends to construct spur through
that part Of the county and into III
/ paso county. II IN said some Of the
/ finest stone aud fire clay In eastern
Colorado has been found In that 10.
eality
Three preliminary surveys have
been completed for an electric rail.
way from Golden to the top OF Mount
] Lookout and now the final survey iB
/ being made, the most feasible route
having been found 10 be- through
Chimney canon. RcoB c, vidlor aud
| a number of Denver capitalists are
backing tic proposed railway and say
| they viii push work with nll possible
| speed after the survey N finished.
Three conylctH escaped from tho
] road building camp nj Sturlyiiir last
week They are George Mason. nunt
| uu In November 1905, from Garfield
county. for nyp 10 His years for rob