The Elbert County tribune., 1908-09-17
COLORADO NEWS

Inc university OF DeuNer uhn
opened school OF commerce, accounts
and finance. Graduates will be given
the degree Of B. c. .S.-Bachelor Com
mercial Science.
The Democratic State Press Asso
citation held meeting at Pueblo at
which II. C. Branch of Denver was
elected president and George M. Kim.
ball Of Golden secretary.
By the will OF the late Mrs. Kathryn
Mclaughlin, who died In Denver re-
Gently. her entire estate escept a Few
minor bequests will go to the Old La
dies Home Association of Denver. The
income IL estimated at $50 month.
The Boulder Fish and Game club has
been incorporated. the articles of incor-
poratIon stating that the association
IL not for profit but to stock the
streams md woods of the region with
trout and game. The incorporators are
Daniel T.. McAllister, Peter c. Johnson
and Adam Weber.
Superintendent Deacon OF the Union
Printers Home will take charge OF
the homes exhibit at the international
Tuberculosis Congress- In Washington.
d. c., September 21st. A model steam
heated tent, patterned after those
used at the home, will be feature
OF the exhibit.
A Hartford, Connecticut. dispatch of
the 10th inst says that the gray geld
ing trotter. Doctor Harvey. was sold
at Charter Oak Park today to G.. Il.
Estabrook of Denver. The considera-
tion was $4,000. and horsemen here
are of the opinion that the Denver
man made wise move.
navarpar nunhta1 hoe appofntad Mre
]. d. Whitmpre of Denver and Mrs.
II. l. Wood of Trinidad, members OF
the Colorado Travelling Library Com
mission. Their terms will be three
years each and their duties will be to
read and select works best fitted for
the libraries.
Koliang Yih. son of Chinese admi-
raj and a member of the nobility OF
the Chinese Empire. arrived In Cripple
Creek from Cornell University a few
dnys since, where he is taking a post
graduate course in mining and will
spend some time In the gold camp in
vestigating mining conditions.
Forty-two delegates to the National
Irrigation congress have been ap-
pointed today by Mayor West of Pu-
eblo and the county commissioners.
OF photographs and Pueblo products to
the congress and will make a strong
bid to secure the next meeting for
Pueblo.
Mrs. Frona R. Houghan, for thirty
years teacher In the Denver public
schools and at present principal of the
Gilpin school, has been named as the
Denver representative of a committee
OF educators who will shortly leave for
Europe where careful study of the
school systems abroad will be made
with a view to making improvements
In American educational institutions.
During the first twelve days of the
month an approximate total of $4,000
tons of ore has been produced In the
Cripple Creek district, of which $4,000
tons has been shipped to the valley
mills and smelters. The figures ex.
ceed considerably those of the previ-
ous month and If the weather remains
favorable the output for last month
will be greatly surpassed.
Taft" and MRS. Taft" the two pet
antelope in the state fish hatchery
near Denver, were killed Tuesday night
by dogs. which leaped the wire inclos-
ure and tore the animals to pieces. The
antelope were about a year old, and
were presented to the hatchery by the
members OF the state fish and game
commission. one OF the game wardens
having caught them when they were
fawns only few days old.
Fruit shippers are considerably wor-
ried over raise In freight rates which
they claim will be In the nature OF dis
elimination against Colorado because
the new rate on fruits from the Pacific
states Is the same as that to ST. Louis.
Tho tariff on apples from Portland to
Denver goes up from so cents to 81 in
carload lots. The rate on fruits OF the
Hood river section In Oregon is ad-
yanced rs cents to 80 cents.
The big fruit crop In the North Fork
country has necessitated changes In
the train service on the Rio Grande
branch from Delta to Somerset. Be-
ginning Sunday. September 18th,
trains Nos. 377 and 1878, on the North
Fork line. have been changed. from
mixed trains to straight passenger
trains. The business of carrying the
fruit crop to market will be taken
care OF by special trains.
Camp Cleghorn. in Las Animas coun-
ty. where so or 80 convicts are at work
on the state highway. is entirely with
out a guard and the convicts are upon
their own honor. One of their mem
bers patrols the camp at night to keep
hoboes away. Since the guards were
taken off there has been no attempt
at escape. and the prisoners openly de-
clare that II anyone tries to get away
they will assist in having him returned
to the penitentiary.
thought that the sugar campaign in
Weld county will begin until Oct. LIST,
although the factories are in readiness
for operation should crops be ready
Sept. 20. 1t is estimated that the crop
this year will be as good II not better
than last and chemical test of twenty
one samples Of Greeley beets show the