Gilpin observer., 1908-07-30
COLORADO ITEMS

The annual convention of the Ameri-
can Bankers Association will be held
at Denver September 2Sth to October
3rd.
Steps are being taken to form a
Farmers union at Fort Morgan. This
organization is backing an independ-
ent sugar factory for North Fort Nor
gan.
County Surveyor Youngquist of Nor
gan county has just completed a map
of the county, giving all the irrigation
districts, as well as those which are
contemplated.
At the opening of the Greeley Chau-
tauqua assembly July oath, Senator La
Toilette of Wisconsin spoke for four
hours. Stranger still, the audience
stayed to listen to him.
The Colorado State Bankers Asso-
citation, at its meeting in Colorado
Springs placed itself on record as OBJ
posed to government guarantee of de-
posits in national banks.
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.
Owing to the renewed business OF
the smelters, it is announced that the
Eiler smelter at Pueblo will be opened
within two months. Machinery is 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, Otero
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 fill 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 at Fort Morgan and
large force is at work on cement cross
fngs. In few days the council hopes
30 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 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 $175,-
900, of which $1,700 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.
Pumpkin Pie Day will be celebrated
In Longmont this year on August 18th.
The ladies of Longmont will make 12,-
900 pies, and with the pies will be
10000 sandwiches and seventy-five
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 21st on his return trip after
brief visit to his daughter, Mrs. ]. A.
McClurg, and his granddaughter, Miss
Marjorie, in Paris. The date of his
sailing also chanced to mark his sixty
ninth birthday, and his relatives and
friends in Colorado kept the telegraph
and cable companies busy conveying to
Mr.. Moffat their messages of congrat-
ulation.
The Empson Packing Company of
Longmont has made filing in the Of
flee of the clerk and recorder of Boul-
der county, on reservoir site to be
filled with waters of Left Hand, Boul-
der and Dry creeks. The capacity of
the reservoir is to be 75,5S2.000 cubic
feet and the water will be used for
irrigation purposes. The dam is to be
twenty-six feet high and the estimated
cost is $4,000.
Rapid construction work is being
done on the Moffat road. Rails were
laid into Toponas July 23rd. and the
regular passenger trains will run to
that point after August 10th. Be
tween Mccoy and Yampa the rails are
being laid without ballasting the track
AS soon as all the iron Is down, the
construction crew will return and do
the work of ballasting. BY August 25th
the regular trains will be running into
Yampa and construction work will be
In full blast beyond that point.
The farmers of the Sunflower val
ley in Las Animas county on July
23rd. held a monster picnic at Hoehne,
which was attended by $500 people.
The picnic was in the nature Of farm.
ors' institute and addresses were made
by Prof. II. NJ. Cottrell of the Colorado
Agricultural College and +. j. Birch,
president of the State Fair Associa-
ton. A special train was run from
Trinidad to the picnic grounds. 1t is
expected to make the picnic an annual
event
Three teachers have been added 10
the State Normal faculty for the com.
ing year. They are Theophilus Fritz,
who comes from the State University
of Oklahoma to become the head of the
musical department; w. T. Stephens OF
the State Normal school of Winona
Minnesota, who will conduct research
work in the department of education
and John T. Lister of Cleveland. form.
erly n teacher in the school, who re.