The Ordway new era., 1909-08-27
COLORADO ITEMS

he Introduced by the Gienwood
Springs postoffice.
The plat OF the new town OF Here
ford In Weld county, on the Burling.
ton. between Grover and Cheyenne.
has been filed at Greeley. IL is one
mile south OF the northern state line.
The Colorado Springs.Victor water
dispute over rights on the west slope
OF Pixies peak. which has been pend
Ing for six years. has been settled by
an agreement between the two towns.
Alfred DE Oro. n Cuban farmer. ar-
rived In Greeley recently with the an
farming tract In Weld county on
which to experiment with several
new types OF potatoes.
Work on the Union Pacific cutoff
which Is to give Boulder additional
passenger service into Denver Is
making good progress and IL is eX.
over the Union Pacific In about sixty
days.
Arrangements are rapidly being com
pleted for the three days pioneer Gel.
ebration at Steamboat Springs start.
Ing September lst. Besides speaking
by old settlers. steer roping. racing
and broncho busting. the official open.
Ing OF the warm spring bath pool will
occur. The Steamboat Springs band
VIII go to Denver to accompany the
guests to the celebration.
The 1000 pounds OF pitchblende
purchased from the Kirkwood prop
critics at Central City In Gilpin by
the Colorado School OF Mines by use
OF the Thomas F. Walsh fund for the
research work In making radium will
be one OF the exhibits at the mining
department at the second annual
Colorado Interstate Fair and EXposi-
ton which will be held at Denver
commencing September 18th.
Charles +. Burton. superintendent.
OF the Grand Junction Indian school.
has been notified OF his appointment
as one OF the honorary vice presidents
OF the Lincoln University Endowment
Association which has for its object
the raising OF a billion-dollar fund be-
fore the close OF the Lincoln centen-
NAL year for the foundation OF Lin
coin university at cumberland Gap.
The committee on melon day at
Rocky Ford September 2 has extended
invitations to the governor and other
state officials OF Colorado to be pres.
ent on that day. They advise that
shipments OF the celebrated canta.
loupe and watermelon are now being
made from Rocky Ford at the rate OF
fifteen carloads per day. The height
of the season will not be reached until
about September l.
At a cost of 100000. Denver and
Eastern men will construct an i'm
mense reservoir along Bear creek
above Morrison. to develop electric
power and irrigate dry lands. They
are planning to organize company
to be called the Home Power and irri-
CATION Company. which will take over
the plants of the Mount Evans com
pany and all other water rights on the
creek and consolidate them.
Preparations for Lamb Day. which
Fort Collins will celebrate September
Goth. are maturing rapidly. Senator
Drake started few days since on
trip in search of lambs, which are to
be roasted and fed to the multitude
expected in Fort Collins during the
great celebration. The Colorado &
Southern has arranged for a half-fare
round trip on that day into Fort Col
Inns from all points north of Denver.
Plans are being made in Denver for
the celebration on September I'd of the
seventeenth anniversary of the birth
of Henry George, who in the early
days advocated the single tax system.
The celebration in all probability will
be in the form of banquet, at which
a number of Denver's prominent iusi-
ness men will speak. The committee
selected to perfect the arrangements
consists OF John B. McGauren, Jabez
Norman and w. V. Mallory.
One of the largest, If not the Iarg-
est single land transaction ever made
on the Western Slope was consum-
mated few days since when |. N.
Pepper sold the Eckerly ranch of 1.6O0
acres and Peppers Gardens. an 500
acre tract of orchard land, near Mont
rose, for $250,000 cash. The Eckerly
ranch was purchased by R. N. Whit
ford of Galesburg. ILL.,, who is acting
for syndicate, for $17O,000. Reed
Mcdonald of Denver was the pur-
chaser of the orchard tract, the price
being $4,000.
The following new postmasters have
been appointed for Colorado: Haxtum,
Phillips county. Frances NJ. Johnson,
vice l.. B. Hendrix, removed; Ivanhoe,
Pitkin county, Arthur r. Bunny. vice
r. T. Barr, resigned; Keokuk, Weld
county. Ernest E. Behring. vice F. s.
Miller, resigned; Naturita, Montrose
county, Samuel M. McNutt, vice M.
I. Cooper. resigned: Peetz, Logan