The Monte Vista journal., 1908-04-11
COLORADO news

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June goth is the date fixeA upon for
Strawberry Day at Glenwood Springs
this year.
Civil service examinations for clerks
and carriers in the post once service
will be held at Grand Junction April
29th. .ssf- tl4g
Louis Weir, North Lonsmont "a.
loonkeeper, was sentenced to six
months in the county Jail and hned
$500 for keeping disorderly house.
A cowboy tournament and Wild west
show is being arranged for In Denver
1t the time of the Democratic national
convention. The managers expect to
rope in the delegates.
Samuel Richards, who has been run
ing q hack line from the coal camps
to Florence for twenty years. has dis.
continued the service because Of Ill
health and the fact that the line does
not pay.
New patents issued to Coloradans
include the following: J. r. D. Remer.
Glenwood, water wheel; L. Chapman.
Berwind. wrench: H. Lutz, Denver.
friction clutch: NJ. B. Smith, Gunnison.
folding umbrella.
Orders for SIS carloads Of coal per
month for the next three months have
been placed by Kansas and Nebraska
dealers with the Colorado Fuel & Iron
Company and will be filled from the
Rockvale mine at Florence.
Sam F. Dutton, manager Of the Al
bany hotel at Denver, Is making ar
rangements to also conduct the new
Boulderado hotel at Boulder, which he
proposes to open about the July 1st,
In time for the Democratic convention
in Denver.
There were sixteen mining claims
located In one day recently in eastern
Weld county by Fort Morgan men who
believe that the gold mining district
said to have been discovered In the
Wildcat region in Morgan county ex-
tends over into Weld.
The school house at Watervale,
In Las Animas county. was de.
stroyed by fire on the night Of March
SOth. causing loss Of $S0O. The school
building was completed and opened
rive weeks before. and was the only
school house at that place.
Robert l.. Addington Of Gardner.
Colorado. has been appointed . forest
guard on the Wet mountain national
forest reserve. and Frank J. Boil Of
Sapinero. Colorado. has been appointed
an assistant forest ranger on the Gun.
nison national forest reserve.
The grain elevator at Erie was do
stroyed by fire April lst, causing loeo
Of $4,000. Three freight cars Of the
Union Pacific. standing o. the sidiAg,
were also consumed. No grain was
stored In the building, the oaly Co.
tents being 10000 grain sacks.
The city Of Denver maintains . large
collection OF Wild animals at the City
Park and the park board has gagged
J. Alden IIorinx At salary Of l.s0o
to take charge Of them. Three beav.
ers, lately added to the zoo. are At
tracing = great deal Of attention.
The little town Of Oak Creek. ON
the Moffat road 10 showing much activ.
ity. One hundred laps and a camp q
thirty teams II established there. and
the coal mines about the place are
opening up. The men are grading tAe
AoRat road toward Steamboat Springs.
Miss Manning Of Chicago. = graduate
deaconeAs. has been employed BY the
Methodist church at Greeley 70 assist
the pastor. Mr.. Davis. In his duties
with his congregation. This u the aret
church to employ . pastors assistant.
She will 3e paid regular salary By the
church.
About 100 persoas were present at
tie annual reception sivsa April "a 70
normal conductors and Instructions,
county superintendents and prominsns
educators from all parts oe The state BY
Miss Katherine L. Craig. state supsrin.
tendsat Ut public inatructiou ln her Of.
Ace Ia the state house.
Work II being pusAed In the COZ.
struction # l.eoosoot tunnsl through
the hogback near the northern limits
OF Canon City. This Woet 10 II Coz.
nectiou with q reservoir which will
store the 0ood and oeepage water OF
Sand creek 70 irrigats 80 acrss oe val.
liable lands near the fair grouads.
Fifty coavicts are employsd % road
work In the eastern end Of Fremont
county. New roads are being Graded
and old ones improved. The state dives
the free use Of the coavict labor aHd
all the expense 70 the county b for
their board and guards Whilo q duty.
They will b worked al summer.
Al the annual meeting Of ~ North.
ern Colorado Power Company held II
Denver. April eth, . e3.oe0. ~ boad is-
sue was authorised, and 4 was an.