The Glenwood post., 1908-09-26
COLORADO NEWS


rigation Congress display.
John NJ. Shultz. Colorado pioneer |
and for many years a resident of Pueb |
10, died Sunday at his home near Ord |
way as the result of an accidental gun
shot wound.
The annual Tri-county fair of Gar
field, Eagle and Pitkin counties on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday. broke
the record both as to display of prod
ucts and attendance.
Nicholas Finn, at one time promi
nent mining and smelling operator at
Leadville, died in the Sisters hospital
at Leadville Friday night after an i'll
ness of three months.
Medical men of Morgan county held
meeting at Fort Morgan Saturday,
formed county association and
elected DIR. J. A. Farnsworth president
and DR.. A. F. Williams secretary.
The town of Grand Valley celebrated
its first annual Fruit day on the 18th
INST. After the show was over the fruit
display was shipped to the Tr-county
fair at Glenwood Springs.
Students in the State Normal School
who live in Denver have organized
society with membership of over fif-
ty. Students from other towns in the
state will form similar organizations,
Governor Buchtel has appointed Geo
w. Cook, Robert w. Bonynge and War
rem A. HaggOtt delegates TO the Lake
to-Gulf Deep Waterway Association
congress to be held at Chicago Oct 7th,
Sth and 9th this year.
The Sheltering home for Jewish
Children in Denver was dedicated Sun
day. Provisions for twenty children
has been made in the home. Every
room in the building is fully furnished
and equipped for the purposes of day
nursery.
The Stratton-Cripple Creek Mining &
Development Company, which con
trolls all the mining property of the
Stratton estate, has just declared its
sixth dividend of $4,000, part of the
proceeds of the many leases on the
property.
The assessed valuation of Colorado
Springs is $12.5SO,OO0, according to fig
ures by Assessor Schreiber This is a
falling off of s1,2SO,OOO from the 1907
valuation. due to Schreiber's reduc-
tion in taxes of 10 per cent. The as
SCISSOR reduced the valuation so that
private owners might be assessed more
in accordance with corporate property
holders.
At the Ault carnival, Sept. Goth, the
irrigated districts and those growing
crops by the Campbell system will COM
pete with their exhibits. Wheat raised
on dry land which yielded 55 bushels
an acre and corn yielding 40 bushels
will be exhibited. There also will be
livestock on exhibition. and one of the
features of the carnival will be the pa
rade, in which floats will be entered by
business men.
The Tri-county fair ended Saturday
at Glenwood Springs with fine pro-
gram of races and an attendance which
insures a substantial surplus after all
expenses are paid All school children
in the three counties were admitted
free and treated to fruit The baby
show prizes were won by the son OF
Mrs. William johnson of Raven and
the granddaughter of Mrs. NJ. j. Wag.
ner of Glenwood.
In the County Court at Boulder Judge
Henderson directed that T. V. Wilson
executor of the Macky estate, turn over
to the regents of the university some
100000 worth of stocks, bonds anG
other property, in compliance with the
bequest of the university. About $780,
600 in cash was retained by the execu-
tor to meet other bequests and to pay
executors costs and attorney wees. An
appeal from the action Of the court will
be taken by the executor. The matter
of the inheritance tax is now in the
Supreme Court.
If the action of Judge Lewis in the
United States Court at Denver in over
ruling a demurrer of the city of Gree
ley is not reversed 1t would appear that
the Greeley and Northern Railroad &
Utilities Company can go ahead and
complete an interurban street car line
connecting Greeley, Eaton and other
towns in Weld county. The railroad
company has applied for an Injunction
restraining the city from interfering
with it's construction of the line. and it
is the city demurrer to this application
that has been overruled.
At the meeting of the State CONNER
cial Association in Montrose the fol
lowing directors were elected: B. w.
Marsh of Montrose, ]. H. Rankin of
Grand Junction. T. A. Williams of
Trinidad, l.. w. Markham of Lamar,
G. NJ. Culver of Alamosa, w. l.. Clay
ton of Greeley. G. f. Hosmer of Fort
Morgan, w. E. Skinner of Denver,
and A. G. Watson of Pueblo. Four
more directors are to be elected by
the board at meeting to be held soon
at Denver; also a president, first and
second vice presidents and secretary
treasurer.
Few applications have resulted from
the advertisement by the state for mer
and women of good character and ex
perience to fill number of vacancies
now existing in the position Of nurse
attendant at the State Insane asylum
at Pueblo. The salary is from s25 to
$50 month and board. Candidates
must possess good health. good char
acter, kind and patient disposition
and a common school education. Men
must be at least five feet eight inches
in height, women five feet four inches.
and properly proportioned. Previous