The Dolores star., 1909-02-12
COLORADO ITEMS

The Farmers' Institute 1t Longmont
will be held February 4th to 9Th.
Postmaster d. q. Gray Of Greeley
has been re-appointed on the recon-
mendation Of Congressman Bonynge.
The juvenile band Of Longmont will
play at the meeting OF the National
Education Association In Denver next
summer
Game Warden Williams recently be-
gan feeding $50 antelope held In a
pasture nine miles southwest Of Fort
Morgan.
The work Of paving Main rtreet in
Trinidad has been completed. Over
half mile os asphalt wss laid at
cost of $4,000.
The annual business session Of the
Colorado State Editorial Association
will be held at the Albany hotel In
, Denver Wednesday: January 18th.
The Western Hereford Breeders
Association Of America will hold their
annual banquet on the evening of jan
uary 18th at the Colorado Traffic Club
In Denver.
The regents Of the State University
have provided for the establishment of
a summer laboratory In the mountains
near Boulder, to be conducted by the
department of biology.
On January 10th there will be an
auction sale of fourteen colts at the
government horse breeding station in
connection with the Agricultural col
lese at Fort Collins
There will be thirty pieces in the
newly organized brass band Of the
] State University at Boulder. Thetni-
form of the members will be gray,
adorned with gold braid.
"The Colorado Irrigationists' Asso-
citation" is the name recommended for
an organization projected in Colorado,
which Its promoters expect to launch
at meeting to be held in Denver jan
uary 20th.' Mr.. F. c. Goudy is one OF
the leaders in the movement.
AS result of the complaints OF the
insurance companies, the Denver Fire
and Police Board has ordered all cloth
signs removed from the business dis
trict- In the future a permit will be
required for any variety of signboard
erected within the city limits.
DR.. Lowell H. Smith, prominent
| Boulder county physician, died at his
home in Longmont on the 5th inst at
the age of seventy-six years. He for
| merly served two terms as county
treasurer and was well known In Do.
litical and Grand Army circles.
series Of union evangelistic meet
ings In charge Of six local pastors has
begun in Loveland. The plan is to
carry on the campaign for five consec-
utive weeks, holding services each
night during the week in one of the
churches and in all on Sunday.
The town Of Sligo, located forty
miles east of Greeley. although less
than two months old. has organized the
Sligo Booster club. with twenty-one
members, and Il woman. Mrs. Hoskins,
Is treasurer. The club intends to or
ganize telephone company.
While a party of Mexicans were
playing cards in the basement of the
Gordon saloon at Walsenburg the fur
mace blew up. tore out the floor, blew
out the front of the building and &C.
verely burned several o. the party, but
all escaped dangerous injuries.
The trustees Of the State Normal
school at Greeley will ask the Legisla-
ture to increase the state tax for the
school from one-fifth to one-fourth OF a
mill; $125,000 for practice school,
$4,000 for an auditorium and 100000
for manual training building. There
are 1900 students registered.
Following is the report that went
out from Trinidad on the 6tht inst:
Tonight SASS was sent by John Cara
bino, secretary Of the committee col
lecting funds for the earthquake suf-
ferers. Nine hundred dollars was
sent last night and $3.50 the preceding
night. All was collected in this city
and 1t is expected over $1,000 will be
! raised.
OF the 10000 taxpayers in Weld
J county, Bruce G. Eaton is said to pay
the most taxes, being assessed for
nearly $1,000 taxes on his lands in
Weld county alone, valued conserva-
lively at nearly 100000. comprising
| $4,000 acres. The greater part of this
| land is that which was taken up thirty
years ago by Eaton's father, Ex-Gov-
ernor B. H. Eaton.
Greeley has an organization Of Span
| ish-American War veterans numbering
thirty members. nearly all of whom
saw service in the Philippines. The
new officers are: Robert L. Dye, COM
mander; George, Robinson. senior vice
commander; Frank 8. Reed. junior
vice commander; James Kendel of
Eaton, surgeon; Harry Summerville of
Eaton. commander of the day. and H.
E. Mattox. officer Of the guard.
The county commissioners Of Mesa
county have granted franchise to
the Fruit Belt Traction Company for