The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-01
COLORADO ITEMS

The Democratic State Press Asso-
citation held meeting at Pueblo at
which II. c. Branch of Denver was
elected president and George NJ. KIM
ball of Golden secretary.
Miss Jessie Edmonds of FIT Collins.
B. A. University of Colorado, 1908. has
gone to Porto Rico to teach in the
United States government schools III
San Juan, having passed the examina-
ton under the civil service rules.
The Fete of Lanterns at Mount Nor
rison on the occasion of the opening of
the new road to the top of Mount Fal-
con more than surpassed the expecta-
tons of the promoters in point OF at
tendance, but a high wind blew out the
Chinese lanterns and put stop to out
door speaking. Brilliant bonfires and
fireworks marked the line of the road
up the mountain and showed UP beauti-
fully from Denver.
Taft and Mrs. Taft the two pet
antelope in the state fish hatchery
near Denver. were killed Tuesday night
by dogs, which leaped the wire inclos-
ure and tore the animals to pieces The
antelope were about year old, and
were presented to the hatchery by the
members of the state fish and game
commission, one of the game wardens
having caught them when they were
fawns only a few days old.
Fruit shippers are considerably wor-
ried over raise in freight rates which
they claim will be in the nature of dis
elimination against Colorado because
the new rate on fruits from the Pacific
states is the same as that to st. Louis.
The tariff on apples from Portland to
Denver goes up from so cents to 81 in
carload lots. The rate on fruits of the
Hood river section in Oregon is ad-
vanced rs cents to 80 cents.
Billy" Tanner of Yampa will be one
of President Roosevelt's guides on the
big game hunt in Africa next summer.
He was with the chief executive on
hunting party into the Elk mountain
country south of Newcastle two years
ago, when John Golf was the leader OF
the hunt. Golf is now tied up with his
duties of protecting the big game in the
Yellowstone National Park and will not
be able to make the African hunt.
Colorado Springs and Pueblo capital
lists have just purchased 5000 acres OF
gypsum and Turkey creek stone quar-
ries in the Fountain valley, about half
way between Colorado Springs and
Pueblo, for $4,000, and have organized
the Turkey Creek Stone, Clay & Gyp-
sum company, with 100000 capitaliZa-
ton, to work the property. The Tur-
key creek stone is the same as that
used in the construction Of the Denver
public library.
The state military board has CON-
pleted the purchase of the half of block
of ground on Pennsylvania between
18th and 18th avenues in Denver as
the site for the new armory that Is to
be built Il: cost of $4,000. The LAM
cost $4,000. or this the state has al
ready paid cash down $4,000. The half
block is on the north side, diagonally
across from st. Luke's hospital. Plans
for the ormory have not yet been
drawn.
Camp Cleghorn, in Las Animas coun-
ty, where so or 80 convicts are at work
on the state highway, is entirely with
out guard and the convicts are upon
their own honor One of their mem
bers patrols the camp at night to keep
hoboes away Since the guards were
taken off there has been no attempt
at escape, and the prisoners openly de-
they will assist in having him returned
to the penitentiary.
Attempting to evade the Colorado
g;.me laws, which specify that non-resi-
dents must obtain license before ship
ping fish out of the state, c. j. Leuthe,
a prominent hardware dealer of Des
Mones, Iowa, was caught shipping
trout under the caption of Fruit and
was arrested and fined $25 and costs
at Thomasville in Pitliin county. He
saved the So license fee, but expended
$50 in doing SO, and lost the fish IN
addition.
William Miller of Denver, general
agent for large fire insurance com
pany, saw a full grown cinnamon bear
near Glen Eyrie, General Palmer's res
:dence near Manitou, few days since.
Miller, who was on horseback, pursued
the bear for 200 or 800 yards until the
animal disappeared among the rocks. a
large bear with two cubs was also seen
near Green mountain falls by John Nc
Lean, a rrospector. Mclean took a
shot at the animal, but the bullet chip
ped off a rock above the bear and her
cubs and all three disappeared.
With a reception rendered to the
visiting delegates to the twenty-third
annual meeting of the Colorado HON.
eopathic Society, the new College OF
Physicians and Surgeons was opened
at Denver Monday night. The college.
which is located at 1917 Fourteenth
street, is non-sectarian in character;
that is to say, both homeopathy and
alopathy will be taught there. The in.
sttution is under the direction of the
Homeopathic society. DR.. j. B. kinley
is dean. DR.. G. S. Peck is registrar
and DR.. Walter M Dake secretary.
Owing to the late season it is NOT
thought that the sugar campaign in
Weld county will begin until Oct. list,
although the factories are in readiness
for operation should crops be ready
Sept. 20. 1t is estimated that the crop
this year will be as good If not better