The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-06-04
COLORADO ITEMS

pervisor of the Medicine Bow national
forest, Estes Park, have been restored
to Fort Collins.
BY a union of Methodists and Con
gregationalists new church has been
erected at Coal Creek. which is larger
than the church burned last June.
The Elks' club at Canon City has
signed an agreement to quit the sale of
liquor to its members or others pend
ing decision by the state Supreme
Court.
Harry Dowell of Greeley, formerly
of the Victor schools. has SNOWFALL
bush in his yard upon which three
fourths of the blossoms are a bright
scarlet.
to send a rifle team to the state en-
campment at Golden next July. The
team will consist OF eight men under
Lieutenant Swone.
The Ohio association of Boulder is
making preparations to give the Ohio
delegates to the Democratic National
Convention u great outing after that
convention adjourns.
The Pioneers Society of Colorado
and the Sons of Colorado are consider
ing proposition to purchase the
Chamber of Commerce building in
Denver as permanent headquarters.
Six Greeley Business men, happy
over the rain of Saturday and Sunday,
have computed that the fall. which
was 2.75 inches in the Greeley dis
trict means that each acre received
3l5 tons of water.
The Fruit Belt Power Company, an
auxiliary of the Central Colorado Pow
er Company, has announced that work
will be started on the Grand June.
ton street car system about october
LIST.
The school board of district No. /,
Pueblo. will employ a physical director
to conduct athletics. 1t has arranged
for an athletic field in one of the
parks and for the use of the Mineral
Palace.
Preston Smith, known as the cham
pion broncho buster of Middle Park,
was almost instantly killed May 23rd
while breaking a broncho on Trouble
some ranch, few miles from Sulphur
Springs.
Walter F. DAILY, chief of the Colora-
do department of the naturalization Du
reau. has left Denver to make tour
of the courts in Nebraska, Utah and
Colorado to attend hearings in the nat
uraliZation cases.
Florence people will make a Tag
Day" of the Fourth of July, when Il
big celebration will be held by the Bus
mess Mems Association for the benefit
of the public library. They will try to
tag and tax everybody.
The tri-county fair board held meet
ing at Aspen and elected w. S. Cope
land president and Charles DALEY sec
rotary. 1t was decided to have a, STRAW
berry shortcake day, probably tor be
held June Goth.
The general announcement of the
eleventh annual assembly of the Colo
| RADIO Chautauqua Association, to be
| held at Boulder July 4th to August
| 1tth. has just been issued. 1t is a
book of forty-four pages.
For the first time in the history Of
the town Lyons now has Sunday
mail. Though the efforts of the Lyons
Commercial Association star route
from Longmont via Hygiene was estab
lished by the Postotice department.
DR.. Victor c. Anderson, president of
the Colorado School OF Mines, has
started on his European tour of inspec-
ton. accompanied by Mrs. Anderson.
DR.. Anderson will study methods in
vogue in mining school of the old
world.
The Florence Civic Improvement
league. after finishing its work OF
cleaning up the accumulation of filth
| of the last twenty-five years in Flor
ence, is now turning its attention to
the Identification of the school yards
at the three buildings.
Mrs. Elizabeth Tabor, widow CT the
late Senator H. A. w. Tabor, has
finally raised money to pay the last
mortgage. of about $500, on the
Matchless mine at Leadville, and has
made arrangements by which it Will
be worked on lease.
Secretary Mills of the Denver
Chamber of Commerce received a tele-
gram from Congressman Bonyngs, stat
ing that the bill for the purchase OF
the Rucker and Fabian tracts, adjoin-
ing Fort Logan. has passed both
houses of Congress and the $4,000
to be paid for the land Will soon be
available. The tracts contain $40
acres.
Deputy Cattle Inspector Rowe, at
Greeley, is 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, coo at
Eaton, 200 at Loveland and none in
Fort Collins or Greeley. Longmont
fed G,OGI head this season, more than
any OH locality in northern Colorado,
where "A total of 10000 were prepared
for market.
St. Paul's NJ. E. church in Denver
is to have one of the most unique insti
utional churches in the country to be
erected at the cost of $4,000 OF this
sum $4,000 was voted to the church
at the meeting of the boards of the
Southern Methodist churches in ST.
Joseph. Missouri. May 9th. on the CON
dition that 100000 was raised by the