The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-08-27
COLORADO ITEMS


yer next summer.
The Florence Daily and Weekly
Tribune has been sold to j. F. Tor
renee. The paper will continue as
daily.
The word "Welcome" on the up
town side of the Denver welcome arch
has been removed and "MiZpah" sub
stituted.
Ault has decided to hold its annual
Harvest Carnival September 30th.
Northern Weld county is preparing to
make a great showing.
Mrs. C. c. Conrad of Trinidad, seeing
that her two little children were about
to be attacked by a three-foot rattle
snake, seized horsewhip and beat the
reptile to death.
The Denver competition chorus, I'M
der the management of Henry House
ly, will represent Denver at the Els
teddford to be held in the tabernacle
at Salt Lake this fall.
The new $125,OO0 hotel at Boulder
will be completed within few days
and 1t is believed that satisfactory ar
rangements will be entered into with
Samuel F. Dutton of Denver to take
charge of it.
Mrs Jake Borah died at her home at
Gypsum Tuesday morning, aged thirty
five. She is survived by two children
and her husband, who is the IA
nous guide who led President Roose-
welt in his recent hunting trip.
The sixth annual convention of the
American Press HumoriStS will be held
in Denver August oath tn 18th.
large number of the real, or alleged,
funny writer's of the leading newspa-
pers of the country are expected to be,
present.
Clyde L. King, professor OF Ameri-
can history and government In the
State Normal School of Kansas, has
been appointed acting professor OF
economics and sociology in the Uni
versity of Colorado, taking the place
of Prof. John B. Phillips.
BY filing a declaration in the secre-
tary of states office that it would
build a branch from its junction with
the Colorado & Wyoming railroad to
Craig in Routt county, the Union Pa
cafic has apparently finally confirmed
the story of its connection with the
Moffat road. The line will be Ais
miles long, and will run through the
anthracite coal fields of Routt county.
Loveland's annual Corn Roast festi-
val will be held Wednesday, August
18th. The special feature of the festi-
val.this year will be an industrial pa
rade. Nearly all the merchants and
mechanics in town have agreed to take
part. Farmers and stockmen have been
invited to join the procession and 1t is
expected that this will form lead
ing feature. ball game and other
amusements are on the program.
State Engineer JaycoX has sent a
letter to the boards of county commits
sioners Of Delta and Mesa counties an
nouncing his decision in regard to the
controversy over the disputed land
which the two counties have been
fighting for in the courts, in which
case Mr.. Jaycox has been conspicu-
Gus witness. This opinion sustains the
claims of Mesa county regarding the To-
cation of the boundary line between
the counties.
At the instance of DR.. Hugh l.. Tay'
lor and Wilbur F. Cannon of the state
boards of health and pure foods and
drugs, respectively, vigorous prosecu-
ton will be started at once against
grocers and keepers of meat markets
who are found violating the law in re-
gard to proper care of ice boxes, pres
ervation of produce, meats and other
perishable goods. Mr. Cannon says
that flies must be Kept away from
organic matter and vegetables and that
screening or glass must protect the
goods which are placed on the market.
Following are dates of Prohibition
county conventions Boulder county,
Monday August 18th, at Boulder: FL
Paso county, Tuesday, August 18th, at
Colorado Springs; Otero county, We'd
nesday, August 18th, at Rocky Ford;
Bent county. Las Animas, Thursday,
August 18th, at Colorado Springs
Otero county Thursday, August goth,
at Brighton: Prowers county, Friday,
August 21st. at Lamar; Weld county,
Friday, August 21st, at Greeley; Pueb-
10 county. at Pueblo, Saturday, August
22nd; Larimer county, Saturday, Au-
gust 2lnd. at Loveland.
Knabenshue with his famous pas
senger carrying airship, will arrive at
the Colorado Interstate Fair and Ex-
position grounds, Denver, August 25th.
Pain. the fireworks king, will arrive
there on the same date. These are two
of the big attractions at the Denver
fair and exposition to be held Septem-
Der 7th-12th. Knabenshues airship is
the largest now in existence, except
the one built by Walter Wellman for
Arctic exploration. 1t can carry two
people. aside from Knabenshue This
will be the first opportunity western
people have had of seeing an airship
that not only actually flies, but car
ries passengers. Pain gives the car
nival of Naples, requiring 300 people
to produce and comprising balets,
vaudeville. acrobatics, hippodromes.
feasts and fetes. followed by the erup-
ton of the volcano, Vesuvius, and the
destruction of the mimic city of Ma
| pies and ends with $1,000 display of
fireworks. This is said to be the most