The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-06-20
COLORADO ITEMS

Greeley is one Of the towns that are
preparing for big Fourth OF July cele-
brations.
Contracts have been let for the COM
pletion Of the Cripple Creek Y. M. G..
A. building.
The Colorado Chautauqua at Boul.
der will be opened July 4th with an at
tractive program.
The great electric fountain at the
City park In Denver IL now In oper.
alton every night.
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, 700 for the
month Of April. Who wouldn't call
that "bird?"
The American Bankers Association
will hold its convention at Denver Sep
TENDER 9th and an attendance OF
5000 is expected.
Bourke Cochran, the celebrated New
York politician and orator. has en-
gagged rooms at the Albany hotel In
Denver during the Democratic conven-
ton.
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-
yelop by irrigation projects.
The Invitation of the Boulder Com
mercial Association extended to the
Colorado Society OF Certified Public
Accountants to hold their September
meeting at Boulder, hes been accept
ed.
Rev. James T. W. G. Lyon, for eight
year rector OF ST. Matthew'S Episcopal
church ut Grand Junction. has been
appointed archdeacon by Bishop
Knight. lie will make his headquarters
at Delta after July LIST.
Charles H. Meyer, president of the
Western Federation Of Miners il ar
ranging for a convention OF organized
labor to meet at Grand Junction. early
in July. for the purpose of discussing
the proper attitude Of laboring men In
politics.
Up to the 18th inst, thirty.two Of the
fifty.three states and territories to be
represented at the Democratic national
convention had secured reservations In
the Denver hotels. and a. fast ~ the
state conventions are held applications
are pouring In.
The El PasO county baseball team.
composed Of county officials. has Ii.
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.
A petition to organise An irrigation
district south Of Virgins has been
granted by the county commissioner
OF Morgan county. II embraces about
$4,000 acres of land known a. the Up
Ter Bijou. The company will begin
active work soon.
Ivy Baldwin. the world wide famous
aeronaut, got caught by the storm
while walking wire over the deep
canon At Eldorado Springs Sunday
and had to stop and hang onto = guy
wire for considerable time. meantime
being drenched bp the storm.
The passing Of counterfeit silver at
Colorado Springs restaurant. com.
bined with . similar ofYense at the Of
nee Of the Colorado Telephone Com
pany several days ago. leads the an.
th0rities to believe that agents Of the
Salt Lake gang Of counterfeiters are
beginning to work 1t Colorado
Springs.
Contractors In charge Of the con.
struction work of the New Colorado 4
Southern freight depot It Boulder say
they will have the building completed
by July LIST. The structure u built Of
brick. with tile roof. and with plat
forms and sheds occupies the entire
space along the track from Eleventh
to Twelfth streets.
Dr.. Florian Cajori has resigned q
dean oe the engiaeeriug school Of Colo
RADIO college at Colorado Springs, biz
resignation TO take effect Immediately
He will assist IN the opening Of the
engineering school NEXT September and
will continue his work - head profes
cor Of Mathematics. Il u his plan q
give his entire extra time to the writ
Ing Of . text book on mathematics.
Greeley. Mum. Kersey, Evans, Auit
johnson and Eaton were visited b.
Q heavy rain on Monday, the 18th. iust
In time % prevent the farmerD- from
using reservoir water on their besl
fields. Tho precipitation 1t Greeley
was - OF an inch and about - much
fell ia other places. Irrigatioaists Dc
clare that there u enough water ID
the reservoirs 70 supply late irriga
tion.
Tho preseot faculty a the Colombo