The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-05-14

of Fort Garland. 1t was established
June %, 1852. by Company F. FRS,
Dragons. and Company H. Third In
fantry, under command of Maj. George
A. II. Blake, First Dragons. These
troops were withdrawn November D.,
1853, and the post was reoccupied
April 80, 1854, from which time gar
Tison was continued there until 1t was
removed in the latter part of the year
1857, to the site of the new post. which
was named Fort Garland, in general
orders No. I. War Department, adju-
tant generals office, Washington, D..
c., June "a. 1858.
mems Clubs will meet at Colorado
session four days.
At the school election. May 4th.
Breckenridge voted in favor OF a bond
Issue of $4,000 to erect new school
building and Sterling voted $15,500 for
the same purpose.
Ira Hodgson OF Toponas has pur-
chased two automobiles and will con-
duct a passenger service this summer
between the end of of the Moffat road
and Steamboat Springs.
A company has been incorporated
for the purpose of erecting mills i'll
Montrose, Ouray, Delta and Mesa
counties to manufacture alfalfa pro-
ducts and other stock foods.
Ground was broken at Brighton May
LIST for the Wilmore Canning factory.
which il 10 cost 10000 and employ 200
people. The factory will be ready for
this years crops.
A party of fifty, consisting OF dele
gates and their families, left Denver on
the night of May Sd on special train
to attend the national convention Of
the Retail Grocers' Association at Bos-
ton, May 14th.
Thursron White, horticultural inspec-
tor of Fremont county, made an exam
nation of fruit conditions on Beaver
creek and reports that probably one
third of the apple crop is saved.
The first Japanese baby in the Gree
Icy district was born on May Day to
the wife of T. Koshi, a well-to-do small
farmer. 1t weighed only three pounds,
but is active and strong.
An explosion of the boiler of the
George l.. o. Davidson flying machine
at Denver on the 9Th inst. resulted in
the manning of the engineer. George
Parker, and the complete destruction
Of that part of the machine which
holds the engines. Windows were
shattered for more than block in the
vicinity of the explosion, which &C.
Cured at ITO Olive street, Montclair.
Parker had a leg broken and was
badly bruised. His left eye was seri-
ously injured.
The fact that the Denver & Rio
do ,tron f
which it had abrogated with the car
men, has apparently no Significance
whatever with its attitude toward
other labor unions 1t is stated by Of
ficials of the road that the striking
machinists, blacksmiths and boiler
makers will not be taken back un-
der any consideration, and commit
tee of the Brotherhood Of Railway
Trainmen met with no success when
1t presented certain requests.
Train robbers, who boarded Denver
G Rio Grande train No. at Castle
Rock early Thursday morning muir
dered Express Messenger Charles H.
Wright, aged 60, employed by the
Globe Express Company. From the
dead messenger the robbers took the
keys to small safe in the baggage
car, which they opened and took the
contents, In all worth less than q hun
dred dollars. They then left the train
probably at Littleton. The train was
a through one from Ogden to Denver
and carried no mail The robbers en-
tered through side window which
they broke open. From this window
they shot and killed the messenger,
who died with his gun in his hand
The State Geological Survey, Of
which Prof Russell d. George of the
University of Colorado is head, will
conduct several investigating trips
during the coming summer. Parties
will be sent to complete the work be-
gun in Routt county last year, while
others will study the foot-hill forma.
lions. The tungsten deposits of Boul-
der county will be carefully studied,
and 1t is probable that an expedition
will work near Rosita, Custer county.
The geology department Of the State
University has recently received collec-
lions Of ore from different parts OF the
state. Regent H. D. Thompson of
Cripple Creek, Mr.. C. T. Lake Of Boul-
der. Mr.. A. d. HUMPHREYS Of Creole,
and an alumnus, Mr.. C. A. Bell, of Tel
luride, have given quantities of va
rious specimens and concentrates.
These will be used in the courses in
economic geology, mineralogy and as.
saying.
Mrs. E. v. Alkire, formerly con-
nected with the city and county hos
pital of Denver, has been appointed
superintendent of the Fort Collins
hospital, vice Miss E. M. Griep, who
goes to Europe to study.
J. F. Shoemaker of Hillrose has sold
one-half interest in the Crowell
ranch. north of Hillrose, Morgan coun-
ty, for $4,000, to E. F. Freeman of
Pintley, Iowa. The property comprises
z.40O acres. It will be divided into
small farms and sold.
Frederick Law Olmstead, the
Charles Elliott professor of landscape
architecture at Harvard. has been en-.