The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-09-24
COLORADO NEWS

tne Iall campaign on tHe lotH
Greeley postoffice receipts for the
year ended June Both were $2s,5Oo.
Train service between Denver and
Yampa, on the Moffat road, began Mon
day.
The keystone grocery at Colorado
Springs was robbed of $500 in cash and
checks Sunday night.
James Ogilvy. near Greeley, had
twenty-seven acres of wheat whlcn
yielded forty-two bushels to the acre.
William G. Kerr. bystander who
was shot by John Ryan in labor row
at Denver Sunday, died Monday morn
ing.
The Denver postoffice. alone among
the fifty largest cities of the country,
showed an increase in receipts over
last year.
The Morgan county fair at Fort Nor
gan attracted remarkably fine exhibits.
especially of horses and cattle and the
attendance was very large.
The annual Tri-county fair of Gar
neld, Eagle and Pitkin counties on
Thursday. Friday and Saturday. broke
the record both as to display Of prod
ucts and attendance.
The town of Grand Valley celebrated
its first annual Fruit day on the 10th
inst. After the show was over the fruit
display was shipped to the Tri-county
fair at Glenwood Springs.
s. l. Bush, on the Liggett ranch. two
miles south of Wellington. Larimer
county, has just threshed an eleven
acre field of oats yielding l.4O0
pounds, or an acreage Of over III bush
els an acre.
Prohibitionists of the city and coun-
ty of Denver will hold their county
convention Thursday afternoon. Sept
"a, at 2 p. m. in the lecture room OF the
Peoples Tabernacle. Twentieth and
Lawrence streets.
BY the will OF the late Mrs. Kathryn
Mclaughlin. who died in Denver re-
Gently, her entire estate escept few
minor bequests will go to the Old La
dies Home Association OF Denver. The
income is estimated at $50 month
Miss Jessie Edmonds OF FIT. Collins.
B. A.. University Of Colorado. 1908. has
gone to Porto Rico to teach In the
United States government schools IN
San Juan. having passed the cSaminl-
tion under the civil service rules.
Superintendent Deacon OF the Union
PrinterS' Home will take charge Of
the homes exhibit at the international
Tuberculosis Congress In Washington.
ID. c.. September 2lst. model steam
heated tent. patterned after those
used at the home. will be q feature
OF the exhibit.
Governor Buchtel has appointed two
more delegates TO represent Colorado
at the National Irrigation Congress in
Albuquerque. New Mexico. opening
September 20. They are T. C. Waite
meyer OF Boulder and Frederick Welt
ger OF Rocky Ford. Both men are in.
terested In the questions which will
come before the meeting and are stu.
dents OF irrigation problems.
At Colorado Springs "Wednesday
Henry Trowbridre. assistant dis,riS
attorney for the last two years and
who has also served as district attor-
ney. was nominated for district aitor.
ney by the Republican Fourth judicial
district convention. The district EN-.
braces El Paso. Teller. Cheyenne. Lin.
coin. Kit Carson Douglas and Ebert
counties.
Because he violated the civil ser.
vice rule which prohibits any political
activity of employees OF the govern.
ment, J. II. Rhinehart. a letter carrier
attached to the Denver office. is now
$500 year poorer than he would have
been had he refrained from political
meddling. Rhinehart's salary was re-
duced from 81. 100 to 5000 year by
the civil service commission.
Brush. Colo.-Company II. First regi
ment Colorado National Guard. was
mustered I'm here Tuesday night with
fifty men by General Zeph Hill and Ad-
jutant General Kelley. F. F. Rhine
hart was elected captain. David Wal
lace, first lieutenant. and George Bah
cock. second lieutenant. The business
men of Brush have agreed to build n
$4,000 armory for the company.
S. j. Schenck has been elected bust
ness agent of the Farmers Cooperative
and Educational union. and will open
headquarters in Pueblo The union
will ask, through a legislative commit
tee. the passage of laws concerning the
following matters: Initiative and ref
erendum. recall of officials. a guaranty
bank law modelled after that of Okla.
homa, railroad commission with ex-
tensive powers to regulate, and a mine
inspection law.
The United States government has
entered suit against James w Zim-
norman. sheriff of Garfield county.
charging him with allowing his cattle
TO run on the Holy Cross and Battle
ment Mesa national forest reserves.
A judgment in the sum OF $l,100 is
asked. Zimmerman is accused of fail
ing to take out permit and also of
attempting to influence other cattle
raisers to refuse to pay the government
the amount charged for allowing cattle
to Craze on forest reserves.
Montrose. Colo.-The second day of
the big western slope fair. Wednesday.
attracted vast crowds. The exhibits
eclipsed anything shown at previous
fairs. Some of the apples and peaches
measured twelve inches in circumfer-