The Colorado statesman., 1908-05-30
COLORADO ITEMS

" NC vi 6dulLeu dL 6Gttlty.
The headquarters of the forest su-
pervisor of the Medicine Bow national
forest, Estes Park, have been restored
to Fort Collins.
By union of Methodists and Con-
gregationalists new church has been
erected at Coal Creek, which is larger
than the church burned last June.
The Elks' club at Canon City has
signed an agreement to quit the sale of
liquor to its members or others pend
ing decision by the state Supreme
Court.
Harry Dowell of Greeley, formerly
of the Victor schools, has a SNOWFALL
bush in his yard upon which three
fourths of the blossoms are a bright
scarlet
Company of Ault is preparing
to send rifle team to the state en-
campment at Golden next July. The
team will consist of eight men under
Lieutenant Swone.
The Ohio association of Boulder is
making preparations to give the Ohio
delegates to the Democratic National
Convention great outing after that
convention adjourns.
The Pioneers Society of Colorado
and the Sons of Colorado are consider
ing proposition to purchase the
Chamber of Commerce building in
Denver as permanent headquarters.
Six Greeley Business men, happy
over the rain of Saturday and Sunday,
have computed that the fall, which
was z.75 inches in the Greeley dis
trict, means that each acre received
315 tons of water.
The Fruit Belt Power Company, an
auxiliary of the Central Colorado Pow
er Company, has announced that work
will be started on the Grand juno
tion street car system about October
| 1st.
The school board of district No. l,
Pueblo, will employ physical director
to conduct athletics. 1t has arranged
for an athletic field in one of the
parks and for the use of the Mineral
Palace
Preston Smith, known as the cham
pion broncho buster of Middle Park,
was almost instantly killed May 23rd,
while breaking a broncho on Trouble
some ranch, few miles from Sulphur
Springs.
Walter F. DAILY, chief of the Colora-
reau, has left Denver to make tour
of the courts in Nebraska, Utah and
| Colorado to attend hearings in the nat.
uralization cases.
Florence people will make Tag
Day" of the Fourth of July, when a
big celebration will be held by the Bus
mess Mems Association for the benefit
of the public library. They will try to
tag and tax everybody.
The tri-county fair board held meet,
ing at Aspen and elected w. S. Cope
land president and Charles Daley sec
retary. 1t was decided to have a straw
berry shortcake day, probably to be
held June Goth.
The general announcement of the
eleventh annual assembly of the Colo
RADIO Chautauqua Association, to be
held. at Boulder July 4th to August
18th, has just been issued. 1t is a
book of forty-four pages.
For the first time in the history OF
the town Lyons now has Sunday
mail. Though the efforts of the Lyons
Commercial Association a star route
from Longmont via Hygiene was estab.
ished by the Postoffice department.
DR.. Victor c. Anderson, president OF
/
started on his European tour of inspec
ton, accompanied by Mrs. Anderson
DR.. Anderson will study methods in
vogue in mining school of the old
world.
The Florence Civic Improvement
league. after finishing its work OF
cleaning up the accumulation OF filth
of the last twenty-five years in Flor
| Il, nt In
the Identification of the school yards
at the three buildings.
Mrs. Elizabeth Tabor, widow of the
late Senator H. A. w. Tabor, has
finally raised money to pay the last
mortgage, of about $500, on the
Matchless mine at Leadville, and has
made arrangements by which it will
be worked on lease.
Secretary Mills of the Denver
Chamber of Commerce received tele
gram from Congressman Bonyngs, stat
ing that the bill for the purchase OF
the Rucker and Fabian tracts, adjoin
ing Fort Logan, has passed both
houses of Congress and the SllO,OOU
to be paid for the land will soon be
available. The tracts contain 34U
acres.
Deputy Cattle Inspector Rowe, at
Greeley, is credited with saying that
there are less than 5000 head of cat
tie now on feed in northern Colorado
OF these 1000 are at Longmont, 600 at
Eaton, 200 at Loveland and none in
Fort Collins or Greeley. Longmont
fed G,0e, head this season, more than
any oiS locality in northern Colorado
where total of 10000 were prepared
for market.
st. Paurs NJ. e. church in Denver
is to have one of the most unique insti
tutional churches in the country to be