The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-09-19
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

Train service between Denver and
Yampa. on the Moffat road, began Mon
| day.
The Logan county fair ut Stirling,
the first for many years, was very sue
cessful.
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 which
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 University OF Denver has
opened school of commerce. accounts
and finance. Graduates will be given
the degree Of B. c. S.-Bachelor Com.
mercial Science.
Prohibitionists of the city and coun-
ty Of Denver will hold their county
"a, at 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 IL 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 n
San Juan. having passed the cxamina-
ton 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. A model steam
heated tent. patterned after those
used at the home, will be q feature
OF the exhibit.
A Hartford. Connecticut. dispatch OF
the 10th inst. says that the gray geld
Ing trotter. Doctor Harvey. was sold
ut Charter Oak Park today to G. E.
Eeabro0k Of Denver. The considera-
ton was 5000. and horsemen here
are Of the opinion that the Denver
man made . wise move.
Governor Buchtel has appointed Mrs.
J. d. Whitm0re OF Denver and Mrs.
II. I. 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.
Kollang Yih, son Of Chinese admi.
raj and . ms0ber Of the nobility Of
the Chinese Empire. arrived IN Cripple
Creek from Cornell University . few
days since. where he 10 taking a post
graduate course In mining and will
spend some time In the gold camp in.
vesugating mining conditions.
Brush. Colo.-Company H. First regi.
ment Colorado National Guard. was
mustered In here Tuesday night with
fifty men BY General Zeph Hill and Ad.
jutant General Kelley. r. 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
$4,000 armory for the company.
Fruit shippers are considerably wor.
ricd over raise In freight rates which
they claim will be In the nature Of dis.
elimination against Colorado because
tho new rate on fruits from the Pacific
states II the same ~ that to st. Louis.
The tariff on apples from Portland to
Denver goes up from 80 cents to 81 In
carload lots. Tho rate on fruits Of the
Hood river section In Oregon IL Id.
vanccd Is cents to 30 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 37S. 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 b taken
care Of by special trains.
Camp ClcEhorn, in Las Animns coun-
~. where SO or 30 convicts are at worh
on the state highway. 10 entirely with.
out gunrd and the couvicts are upon
their own honor. One Of their mem.
beers 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 Dc.
clare that II anyone tries to get away
they will assist IL having him returned
to the penitentiasy.
Owing TO the late season Il 10 not
thought that tho sugar campaign In
Weld county will begin until Oct. ist.
although the factories arc 10 rcadincss
for operation should crops be ready
Sept. 20. II IL estimated that the crop