The Springfield herald., 1908-06-19
COLORADO NEWS

City park in Denver is now in oper-
alton every night.
A postoffice has been established at
Brandon, Kiowa county. with Charles
ID. Blanchard as postmaster.
Fifty-one students were graduated at
Colorado College. Colorado Springs on
commencement day, June 10th.
The Colorado Springs High school
has Just graduated sixty-six pupils. OF
whom forty-four are girls and twenty
two boys.
The Camp Bird mine, near Ouray. re-
ported net profit of $11S.700 for the
month Of April. Who wouldn't call
that 'bird?"
The American Bankers Association
will hold its convention at Denver Sep
tember eth and an attendance OF
5000 is expected.
The State Bank of Gilcrest has been
organized and is capitalized for $4,000.
M. A. Selby president, w. II. Gilcrest
vice president and II. U. Keasey cash
der.
Bourke Cochran, the celebrated New
York politician and orator, has en-
gagged rooms at the Albany hotel in
Denver during the Democratic conven-
ton.
]. McGahen will build the McGahen
reservoir, 80 miles east of Ault. 1t VIII
be filled from South Pawnee and
Crabb creeks and have a capacity OF
30,000,000 cubic feet of water.
The Fort Morgan chamber of COM
;merce wants the city to purchase a
sixty-five acre tract one mile out for
park. 1t has n natural reservoir site and
with lake will make fine resort.
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trocuted at the western entrance of
the Gunnison tunnel on the 1lth inst.
He was pushing motor car into the
tunnel when the accident happened.
The forest service announces the fol-
lowing appointments on national for
;ests in Colorado: John Story. guard,
White River; Joseph w. Palmer, guard
Pixies Peak; c. T. Burroughs, guard,
San Juan.
Judge Gamble is too ill to preside
over the postponed session of the May
term of District Court at Greeley and
Judge Hubert Shattuck of Denver will
hold court and probably be assisted by
Judge Burke of the Thirteenth dis
!trict.
The El Paso county baseball team,
composed of county officials. has is
sued a challenge to the court house
Tigers of Pueblo for a match game
of ball to be played in the near future
for charity. The Tigers will accept
the challenge.
A petition to organize an irrigation
district south of Virgins has been
granted by the county commissioners
iof Morgan county. 1t embraces about
100000 acres of land known as the Up
Yer Bijou. The company will begin
iactive work soon.
Patrick Walsh, an inmate of the in
sane asylum. escaped Tuesday morn
ing at 7:30 O'Clock and created con-
siderable excitement as he ran
Through the business section of Pueblo
attempting to evade his pursuers. One
iof the men in pursuit stopped him by
hitting him on the hoad with a stone.
after which he was returned to the
asylum.
The present faculty of the Colorado
School of Mines at Golden has been
reelected for another year. although
lit is probable that after the opening of
the fall term there will be several ad-
iditions to meet the demands of the new
post graduate courses. AT the regular
meeting of the trustees resolutions
were passed thanking Hon. Thomas F.
Walsh for his donation of 81 900 to the
students loan fund.
Senator Henry NJ. Teller and Mrs.
Teller have returned from the session
of Congress just concluded. and the
senator will remain in Denver
now until July 18th, or after the Dem
iocratic national convention. He will
go East July 18th to attend the meet
ings of the national currency commits
sion, of which he was appointed
member after the passage of the new
currency law.
The new interurban electric road be-
tween Denver and Boulder will make
a seventy-five cent rate between the
two cities and s1.25 for the round trip.
The service will be hourly, one hour
via the university and Marshall the
other via the "Y' and Louisville. The
steam train which leaves Boulder for
Denver at 1925 p. m. and returning
reaches Boulder at :35 p. m, will be
abandoned after June 14th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry T. West, both
"a years old, Union Colony pioneers
who have resided at Greeley continu-
uously for thirtyeight years, cele-
'brated the sixty-third anniversary of
their marriage on the 10th inst. They
had expected to spend the day quietly
at the home of their son. George West,
but 70 pioneers and friends and.
members of the W. C. T. U. surprised
them by gathering in a body, going to
the sons home and spending the after
noon with them.
On his way to the Republican ma
,tional convention in Chicago, H. G.
Koch, of Grand Valley, left at the Den
yer city ticket office of the Colorado
Midland a fine display of branches
from the fruit trees, showing the eX
cellent condition of the crop at the
present time. The branches displayed
include plums, peaches, apricots, pears
apples and cherries and are from
the orchards OF Mr.. Koch, J. Connell
and James Brennan. Mr.. Koch esti-
mates that there will be sixty-five per
cent of a full fruit crop.
Operating officials of the Union Pa
cific railway will hold their third an
nual meeting at the Brown Palace no
tel in Denver June 22nd. At the eve
ing session Charles Hansel of New
York City will lecture on the subject
of signaling and Interlocking"
At the annual mpptinp Of the pilyo'c