The new era., 1909-06-10
COLORADO ITEMS

The new 100000 Y. M. c. A. build
ing at Grand Junction will be formally
dedicated June 4th. Many prominent
people will be present from all parts
Of the state.
Rev. G. A. Brandelle. D. D.. Of Dem
yer. was recently elected for the tenth
time president Of the Kansas Lutheran
orado and Texas.
Mrs. Rebecca Eaton, widow of the
late Ex-Governor Eaton, and Bruce G.
Eaton. and wife have incorporated the
Bruce G. Eaton Land G Live Stock
Company, capitalized at $50O.0O0.
The following Colorado citizens have
been appointed timber cruisers In the
general land office service: Wilson s..
Blaser Durango; Harry H. Schwartz,
Jr., Harry H. Ward, Jesse X. Chelten-
ten, Denver.
Postmaster Paul ]. Sours of Denver
trip to the Pacific coast. He will stay
a short time in San Francisco. where
he will join his family and he will
then attend the fair at Seattle.
The Union Pacific has filed condeln-
nation suits in the District Court at
Greeley against ten farmers In Crow
Creek district with whom the COM
farmers holding their land at over 800
an acre.
The Penrose & Northern railway, in
Fremont county, which Is financed by
the Beaver Land & Irrigation Com
pany, has just completed laying three
and half miles of rails and expects
to have the road in operation by June
1st.
DR.. Victor G. Anderson. president Of
the Colorado School of Mines. went to
Butte, Mont, to join the members OF
he senior class Of the institution, and
finish the inspection trip with them.
The class has been making a months
tour of the West, visiting all big mines,
mills. smelters and power enterprises
IN Colorado. Utah, Idaho and Montana.
The invitations for the thirty-fifth
annual commencement of the Colorado
the Board Of Trustees and the faculty
Of the school. The commencement
will take place Friday afternoon. May
2Sth, at Simon Guggenheim hall. in
Golden. The annual address will be
delivered by Mr.. John Hays Ham
mond.
Unable to extricate her foot from
between the bars of the cattle guard
which she attempted to cross with
two other children, Eva Warner, aged
eight. met death at railroad cross
ing at Windsor on the 18th inst. and
her two little companions almost lost
their lives In an heroic attempt to
aid her. The engineer did not see thu
children in time to stop the train.
The Greeley Commercial Club will
ask $40 from each of the big ditch
and reservoir companies of Weld coun-
ty to help create fund to push bill
in the next Legislature to enlarge the
forest reserves at the head Of the
streams in Colorado, for the benefit
of irrigation. The action was taken
following an address by Directors
mercial Club.
When the shift came at both head
ings Of the Gunnison tunnel on the
morning of May 17tn the distance be-
tween the two was Just 900 feet Al
the present rate of progress they will
20,640 feet Of the big bore will be
completed. The opening day will be
between the 18th and Goth of August.
when President Taft has announced
his intention to be present.
Greeley and vicinity will be the
background for scenes shown in many
picture shows in New York and Chi
cago next summer. One will be bank
robbery moving picture, with the Ker-
sey country in the background. James
Stewart, a Greeley boy, worked five
weeks training eleven people for the
scene. Among them are five real cow
boys and kersey maiden who cap
lures the robbers. The kersey bank
be used for the scene.
The government census Of the Den
yer district for 1910 will be in charge
Of A. B. McGaffey. who will relinquish
the position of secretary of the State
Board of Equalization on June list.
There will be two other districts in
Colorado and Timothy O'Conner, for
mer secretary of state. will be super
visor in one of them. Census super
visors receive $500 a year with all
additional fee of 81 for each thousand
names. The work will cover period
of three years, beginning July 1st.
Mrs. Sarah Morley. who settled in
Greeley in 1872, celebrated her eighty
sixth birthday at Greeley on the 18th
inst. She was the daughter of Judge
Benjamin Raymond of Norfolk, N. Y.
and the YoungeS of nine children five