The state herald., 1908-07-31
COLORADO ITEMS

nall storm at iOloIduO Spl HISS ph lhS
afternoon of July 18th.
Heavy rain fell in nearly all sec
tions of Morgan and Logan counties
on Saturday, the 18th inst.
Steps are being taken to form n
Farmers union at Fort Morgan. This
organization is backing an independ'
ent sugar factory for North Fort Nor
gan.
The cornerstone Of the new Jewish
temple at Pueblo was laid on Sunday,
the 18th inst The honor of laying the
stone was sold at auction and went to
NJ Edelstein.
County Surveyor Youngquist OF Nor
gan county has just completed n map
of the county, giving all the irrigation
districts, as well as those which are
contemplated.
The Fort Morgan Commercial Club
has decided to employ landscape ar
tist to investigate different tracts un-
der consideration for a public park
and push the matter to completion.
The following new postmasters have
been appointed: Stratton, Kit Carson
county, Joseph A. Smith, vice w. X
Smith, resigned; Sugar City, otero
county, Thomas w Butler, vice w. f..
Tarpox, resigned.
Street signs and house numbers are
being placed at Fort Morgan and a
large force is at 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 state game and fish commits,
sioner's office has recently stocked
streams and lakes in Middle park with
100000 trout and will distribute about
100000 more young trout before the
end of the year in the Grand river at
Hot Sulphur Springs and in the Fra
zier river and Grand lake.
The state school fund. amounting to
Sli9,6S9 for the past six months. has
been apportioned pro rata TO the sew
eral counties of the state. The total
number OF school children In the state
IS 207,573, against 200,ill six months
ago. Nearly 1000 of the increase is
shown In the city OF Denver.
The will OF Henry Schneider, a pio'
neer brewer OF southern Colorado, was
probated at Trinidad July 22nd. The
value of his property is fixed at slI5,'
600. of which sl.7a0 has already been
paid to the state In the form OF an
inheritance tax. The remainder OF the
property is left equally to his three
children.
Thirty.five men were put to work
July 22nd at Pueblo us car repairers
by the Denver a. Kio Grande, bringing
the torce up TO l05 men. which is as
large as that employed before the big
cut was made all over the system. The
Den will work on heavy car repairs.
In the attempt to get many cars now
on storage tracks back into service.
Pumpkin Pie Day will be celebrated
in Longmont this year on August 18th.
The ladies OF Longmont will make IL.
900 pies. and with the pies Will be
10000 sandwiches and sevcnty-fiye
barrels OF coffee. With the festival
proper will be an Industrial parade
in which the farming interests will be
represented. In the evening there will
be fireworks and masked carnival.
David II. Moffat sailed from Europe
July 2lst on his return trip after a
brief visit to his daughter. Mrs. J. A.
McClurg. and his nd.daughter. Miss
Marjorie. In Paris. The date of his
sailing also Glanced to mark his sixty.
ninth birthday. and his relatives and
friends In Colorado kept the telegraph
and cable companies busy conveying TO
MIR. Moifat their messages OF congrat.
ulation.
A black coyote. the first OF the kind
known. Is attracting much attention
on the ranch OF A. l.. Camp. Jr.. near
Greeley. II Is now three months old.
has the run OF the place and is quite
tame. II was found IA litter OF
young coyotes. but the others were
Of the ordinary color. The black COY.
oto differs from the others In no way
escep, In color. II has been named
Mascot"
Tho Empson Packing Company Of
Longmont In. made filing In tho of
flee OF the clerk and recorder OF Boul
der county, ON reservoir site 10 be-
filled with waters Of Left Hand. Boul'
der and Dry creeks. The capacity OF
the reservoir Ia TO be 75.5Ss.000 cubic
feet and the water will be- used fof
irrigation purposes. The dam n to be
twcnty.siX feet high and the estimated
cost is $4,000.
The farmers Of the sunflower val
Icy In Las Animha county on Iuly
2lrd. held n monster picnic NJ iloehno
which was attended by $500 people
The picnic was In the nature Of n farm
ors institute and addresses were made
by Prof II. ~ Cottrell Of the Colorado
Agricultural College and y. J. Birch
president Of the State Fair Assocln
ton, 4 special train was run from
Trinidad 10 the picnic grounds. II u
expected 10 make the picnic an annua
event.
Rapid construction work II balni
done on the Moffat road, Rails wefi
laid Into Toponaa July 2lrd. and the
regular passenger trains Will run ,'
that point after August 10th, Iie
tween Mccoy and yampa tho rails arr
being laid without baiiasiinR the track
AZ soon as nil the iron In down. tbs
construction crew viii return and ~
thp work of bniipHtinp tiy AuptAt abti