The Ordway new era., 1908-06-19
COLORADO NEWS

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The great electric fountain at the
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 $llS,700 for the
month of April. Who wouldn't call
that bird"
The American Bankers Association
Will hold its convention at Denver Sep
tcmber 9th and an attendance of
1000 Is expected.
The State Bank of Gllcrcst has been
organized and is capitalized for s25 900.
NJ. A. Selby president, w. II. Gilcrest
vice president and II. u. Keasey cash
icr.
Bourke Cochran, the celebrated New
York politician and orator, has en-
gagged rooms at the Albany hotel in
Denver during the Democratic conven-
ton.
J. McGahen will build the McGahen
reservoir, 30 miles east of Ault. 1t will
be filled from South Pawnee and
Crabb creeks and have capacity OF
3O.OOO,OOO cubic feet of water
The Fort Morgan chamber of com
mcrce wants the city to purchase
SINt five, nlilp "a
park. 1t has n natural reservoir site and
with Il lake will make a fine resort.
John Blaizen, Russian, was cleo
trocuted at the western entrance of
the Gunnison tunnel on the llth inst.
He was pushing motor car into the
tunnel when the accident happened.
The forest service announces the fol-
lowing appointments on national for
csts 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 n 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
of Morgan county. 1t embraces about
10000 acres of land known as the Up.
Ler Bijou. The company will begin
active work soon.
Patrick Walsh. an inmate of the in
sane asylum. escaped Tuesday morn
ing ut 1:3O O'Clock and created con.
siderable excitement as he ran
through the business section of Pueblo
attempting to cvade his pursuers. One
of the men in pursuit stopped him by
hitting him on the head with stone.
after which he was returned to the
asylum.
The present faculty of the Colorado
School of Mines mt Golden has been
reelected for another year, although
it is probable that after the opening Of
the fall term there will be several ad
ditions 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
ocratic national convention. He will
go East July 18th to attend the meet
ings of the national currency commits
sion. of which he was appointed n
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 SIPS 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 ut 1885 p. M, will be
abandoned after June 14th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry r. West, both
S4 years old, Union Colony pioneers
who have resided at Greeley continu.
uously for thirty-eight 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 IS pioneers and friends and
members of the w. c. T. U. surprised
them by gathering in body, going to
the sons home and spending the after
noon with them.
On his way to the Republican ma
tional convention in Chicago, II. G.
Koch, of Grand Valley. left at the Den
yer city ticket office of the Colorado
Midland fine display of branches
from the fruit trees, showing the ex-
ccllent condition of the crop at the
present time, The branches displayed