The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-08-01
COLORADO NEWS

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A turkey gobbler sitting on thirteen
K. Packard At Eaton.
The annual convention Of the Amerl-
can Banks.s' Association will be held
ct Denver September zsth to October
3rd.
Steps are being taken to form .
Farmer union 1t Fort Morgan. This
organization IL backing an independ-
eQt sugar factory for North Fort Nor.
County Surveyor Younsauist Of Nor
g1n county has Just completed . map
q the county. giving all the irrigation
districts, % well ~ those which are
contemplated.
Number /. volume I. OF the Rocky
FORD Daily Gazette. was published
July xSth. with John Frazier. editor
ana publisher. and w. H. Butterfield.
assistant manager. ,sbD
At the opening Of the Greeley Chau-
tauQua assembly July 24th, Senator La
Toilette Of Wisconsin spoke for four
hours. Stranger still. the audience
The Colorado State Bankers Asso-
citation. ct its meeting in Colorado
SPRING. placed itself on record ~ OBJ
POSED to government guarantee Of de-
posts In national banks.
Owing to the renewed business VI
the smelters, II II announced that the
Eilcr smelter at Pueblo will be opened
within two months. Machinery IL be-
Ing Overhauled and new equipment in
stalled.
The following new postmasters have
been appointed: stratton. Kit Carson
county. Joseph A. Smith. vice w. r.
Smith. resigned: Sugar City, Oterc
county. Thomas w. Butler. vice w. F.
Tarpox. resigned.
Lieutenant Governor Harper has ap-
pointed ]. N. Janney water commits.
sioner for district thirty-five. to I'LL the
vacancy caused by the resignation Of
Max Atencio. Mr.. Janney resides At
Zapato In Costello county.
Street signs and house numbers are
being placed ut Fort Morgan and q
large force II 1t work on cement cross
ings. In few days the council hopes
to be able to meet the requirements
for free city delivery Of mail.
The first money order ever issued in
Greeley postoffice. Il was sent by the
late niagara Hail. tie first merchant
Of Greeley, to Jonas Harrington Of
western New York. and was for $3.50.
The success Of the Greeley Chautau.
qua assembly has been such that .
plan 10 now being devised to have
permanent committee . appointed
ano0g Greeley business MN who will
perfect an orga1isatioa insaring Gree
ley Chautauesa every year.
The American Best Sugar Company
has issued . circular advising an ex-
tension Of the time Of irrigation for
the best crop 70 August 30th. which 10
nearly three weeks later than ordi-
nary. This will apply to the district
about Las Animas and Rocky Ford.
The el3s.00o additioa to Olockner
sanitariuya ct Colorado Springs will be
formally opened Aug. 18th with music
and addresses BY Mayor D. N. Heller,
Grand Exalted Ruler Of the Elks X. l..
Holland. Mrs. Francis w. Goddard,
president Of the Olockner Relief Asso.
citation: Ri. Rev. Bishop N. C. Mats Of
Denver and n. A. ellis. grand knight
Of the Knights OF Columbus.
Grant n. Lucy. for two terms county
clerk Of Routt county. died at Denver
July 3Sth at the home Of James ~.
Marvel. Death was caused by stomach
trouble. He had been long Q sufferer
and . few days before his death un.
derwent an operation. Mr.. Lucy was
one Of the early settlers In Routt couu.
ty Four veara arm h. Wna AlArfNA
county clerk Of R0utt and reelected
two years ago.
A large party d negroes have made
application Ct the Pueblo land Office
for homestead claims 1t Elliott, fiStsen
miles southeast a Tountain. The -
gFeeW ore haeood ~ 4. Lyle. . well
known eolosed naA q Colombo
Springs. They intssA 10 cultivsts
Iaad uadsf tAs dry farming system
aad u more q The 1aoe can b H.
ducod . joda them, viii organise Q
cooperative coSoay.
TAs Colombo Mussum a Natural
History 1t ths City park N Dsnves.
he's boea peeoooeo1 With ~ llAo col
lectloa q miaefals exAiblteA h The
q. James hotel dasing ths Dsmocratic
coaveatioa. b. tAe CHAMBER ol Com
msres q 0ilpla coaaty. Ths exhibit
weighs - asgrefats six o. elgAt tons
and rsvsessnts 100 q more 0iass n
Oilpln county. 0o0a a tAe speci.
nsas ~ eseeo1inO1v saso ~ valH-
sb.s.
Articles Il Incorporation q the con.
soltdatoA roads q ~ Rio 0rands
Railway Comnnhy. lDc1o1lng IL DEN