The state herald., 1908-06-19
COLORADO NEWS

Greeley is one of the towns that are
preparing for big Fourth of July cele-
brations.
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 a net profit of $11S,70O for the
month of April. Who wouldn't call
that "bird2"
The American Bankers Association
| will hold its convention at Denver Sep
/ tember 27th and an attendance of
/ 5000 is expected.
The State Bank of Gilcrest has been
organized and is capitalized for $4,000.
| NJ A. Selby president, w. II. Gilcrest
vice president and II. u. Keasey cash.
! ier.
Bourke Cochran the celebrated New
York politician and orator has en-
gagged rooms at the Albany hotel in
Denver during the Democratic conyen-
tion.
j. McGahen will build the McGahen
reservoir, 80 miles east of Ault 1t will
be filled from South Pawnee ana
Crabb creeks and have a capacity OF
SOOOOOOO cubic feet of water.
The Fort Morgan chamber of com
merce wants the city to purchase a
slXty-flye acre tract one mile out for a
park. 1t has natural reservoir site and
with lake will make a fine resort.
John Blaizen, a Russian, was cleo
trocuted at the western entrance Of
the Gunnison tunnel on the llth inst.
lie 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 III to preside
over the postponed session OF the May
term of District Court at Greeley and
Judge Hubert Shattucll Of Denver wit
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 q match game
Of ball to be played In the near future
for charity. The Tigers will accept
the challenge.
4 petition to organize an irrigation
district south of Virgins has been
granted by the county commissioners
Of Morgan county. II embraces about
10000 acres OF land known as the Up
Ter Bllou. The company viii begin
active work soon.
Patrick Walsh. an inmate OF the in
sane asylum, escaped Tuesday morn
ing at 1880 o'clock and created con,
siderable excitement as he ran
through the business section of Pueblo
attempting to oyadc his pursuers. One
Of the men IN pursuit stopped him by
hitting him on the head with a stone,
after which he was returned To the
asylum
The present faculty of the Colorado
School OF Mines nj Golden has been
reelected for another year. although
Il is probable that after the opening OF
the fan term there will be several nd.
ditlons to meet the demands Of the new
post graduate courses At the regular
meeting uf the trustees resolutions
Were passed thanking Hon. Thomas r.
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 viii remain In Denver
now until July 10th, or after the Dem.
ocrntic national convention. lie viii
go East July 18th 10 attend the meet.
ings Of the national currency commits.
sion. of which he was appointed a
member after the passage Of the new
currency law,
The new intcrurhan electric road be-.
] tween Denver and Boulder viii mako
seventy i've cent rate between the
two cities aud 81 i25 for Tho round trip.
/ The service will be hourly. one hour
via the university and Marshall. tho
other Via the "f' and lstuiHyllle. Tho
steam train which leaves boulder for
/ Denver nt ~ 20 y. m and returning
reaches Boulder at 1886 D. m. viii be-
abandoned after June lith
Str. and Mrs, Henry r. West, both
"a years old. Union Colony pioneers
| who hayo resided at Greeley cuntinu.
uoualy for thirty eight years. colc
brated the sixty third anniversary OF
| their marriage on the 10Th inst Thoy
| had expected Ia spend tho dny quietly
/ ut the home of their sou, George West
/ but "a pioneers and friends nnd
members ~ the W, G, r. u, rurprisra
I them By gathering In body, going 10
I the sons home ana spending the after
| noon with them.
on HE way 10 tho Republican ma
ti0nal convention In Chicago. n. q,
Koch. ot Grand Valley. ioft at the Den
| Yer city ticket office uf the Colorado
Midland fine display uf branches
from the fruit trees, showing tho ga
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