The Springfield herald., 1908-06-26
COLORADO ITEMS

| TluSeS at STlppIe Sicek this 'i
Contracts have been let for the com
pletion If the Cripple Creek Y. M. Z.
A. building.
The Colorado ChautauQua at Boui
der will be opened July 4th with an at
tractive program.
A postoffice has been established at
Brandon, kiowa county, with Charles
| ID. Blanchard as postmaster.
The Colorado Springs High school
has Just graduated sixty-six pupils, ol
whom forty-four are girls and twenty
two boys.
Postmaster Sours will install de-
partment of the Denver postoffice IN
the auditorium during the Democratic
National convention.
The new wagon road between Grip
pie Creek and Victor Is finished, re-
ducing the Pike distance between the
two cities from six to four and a hali
miles.
The state will get $4O0 in inheri-
tance tax from the estate OF Edward
P. George George left $4,000 worth
| of property assessable under the in
heritance tax law.
Numbers of ranchmen In outlying
districts have been notified to appear
at the land Office in Denver and an
swer the charge of unlawfully fencing
government land.
Colorado has Japanese newspaper,
just started In Denver by T. Homa-
tani. with r. Ono as editor. 1t Is
four-column folio, published weekly IN
Japanese characters.
A number of Greeley men have
started for Matamoras. Mexico, where
they have secured option on $4,000
acres of land which they intend to de-
velop by irrigation projects.
John d. McGilvray, stone contractor
and formerly noted local politician OF
Denver, was seriously injured In run
away accident at San Francisco, his
present home, on the 14th inst.
The throwing out Of the Patterson
delegation from Denver and the seat
ing OF the Speer delegation was dra-
matte event OF the Democratic State
convention at Glenwood Springs.
Under the supervision of Deputy La
Dor Commission Axel Swanson. all the
labor laws of the state enacted up to
January, 1909, have been compiled by
Attorneys Melville, Sackett & Cal
vert He has them for distribution.
The Fort Morgan Chamber of Com
merce has printed 10000 leaflets CIV
ing a description Of Fort Morgan and
Morgan county. They will be used
during the Democratic National con-
vention in Denver.
George Goode. known from coast to
coast as crack shot and the winner
Of several cups and many prizes. was
SO badly injured at Cripple Creek re-
Gently by the explosion of gunpowder
as to endanger the sight of both eyes.
1t is said that w. @. Hung, Chinese
official Interpreter for Denver, has
been dismissed from the service on ac-
count OF a complaint filed with gov
ernment officials, charging him with
operating e. gambling joint and accept
ing money from Chinese gamblers to
keep the information of the operation
of the joints from the police.
The state druggists at their conven-
In Glenwood Springs voted to meet at
Steamboat Springs next year. and
elected officers as follows: Fred Shaw
of Denver. president; W. S. Parkinson
of Glenwood Springs, first vice presi-
dent: Fred Page OF Denver, second vice
president H. A. Reynolds Of Greeley,
treasurer; j. A. Reynolds of Denver.
secretary.
Crops OF many dry farmers near
Grover n Weld county. have been
badly damaged by hail and In many in
stances rerlanting will be necessary.
Garden patches were completely ruined
and young corn was cut to pieces, ana
the fields where 1t stood must be re-
seeded. Four cows, one horse and two
mules were killed by lightning during
the storm.
Mrs. Julia James, who was shot and
seriously wounded by James Lynn,
who at the same time killed her daugh-
| ter Sarah, has left Pueblo with her five
children for Seattle, Washington, to
make their home with her sister. Mrs.
James has practically recovered from
the wounds Lynn inflicted. Lynn is
under conviction for murder with the
death penalty hanging over him.
Manager Kenne states that it is ex-
pected that the Greeley canning fac
tory will be in operation by June 25th
The thirteen hundred acres of peas are
looking fine and early peas will be
matured by June 21st These will be
canned, followed by the later variety
which will take the time of the two
hundred employees until the tomato
crop is ready. The cabbage crop is
to be made into kraut.
Delegates from COLORADO appointed
by Governor Buchtel to this years ma
tional good roads convention, which
meets in Buffalo, N. Y, July 7th and
sth and almost all automobilists or
dealers in motor cars. They are as fol-
lows: F. l.. Barnett, E. A. Colburn
G. H. Fernald, G. E. Hannah, j. II.
Nichols. A. T. Wilson, w. s. Hume
well. f. l.. Matthewson and d. M.
Howell, all OF Denver.
Denver is to have new bank. Work
men are engaged in changing and re-
modelling the main floor of the Ma
jestic building facing on Broadway,
and as soon as the work Is completed
It will be occupied by the San Juan
Banking and Trust Company. Will
liam A. McCutcheon, formerly of
Texas, and Robert S. Brownley of New
York are the principal men behind the
new bank and the capital comes prin-
cipally from the East.
The following promotions have been
made in the Boulder postoffice: One
clerk. from 5000 to $500: two clerks.
from $500 to $1,000; one clerk, from
$1,000 to s1,100; one clerk. from 81 100
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