The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1909-08-28
COLORADO NEWS

The free delivery system will soon
be introduced by the Glenwood
Springs postoffice.
Alfred De Gro. . Cuban farmer. ar.
rived in Greeley recently with the an
nounced intention Of purchasing .
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 1t is ex-
over the Union Pacific In about sixty
days.
Great preparations are being made
for the Weld County Fair. to be held
at Greeley. September LIST to 4th. The
fair will take the place Of the old har.
vest festival and is to be an annual
event. Fifty sacks Of the best pota.
toes will be baked and In addition
tine lunch will be served free. On the
last day there will be baby show.
Mrs. Rose ID. Rittman. Head Chief
Ranger Of the Women's Catholic Or
der Of Foresters. an insurance organ
ization for women and conducted en-
tirely by women, Is In Denver to or
ganize the Italian women Of the city
into courts. The order has $1,000
members. Mrs. Rittman has been at
the head of 1t for twelve years. Its
membership is limited to women Of
the Catholic faith.
The 1000 pounds Of pitchblende
purchased from the Kirkwood prop
critics ut 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.
At 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 lrri-
CATION Company. which will take over
the plants Of the MoHnt Evans com
pany and all other water rights ON the
creek and consolidate them.
James Kelley Of Telluride 10 wand.
ering demented In the hills south Of
Ridway. II he 10 not dead OF expo
sure. Kelley left for Denver Saturday.
but left the train At Placerville. Sun.
day night he went to the ranch oe
Charles Gallagher on the Pallas al.
vide. He appeared insane. Gallagher
tried to detain him. but Kelley broke
away and disappeared In the dark.
Since then no trace has been found OF
him.
The farmers living under the Hol.
brook ditch near Ia Junta have organ.
ICED the Holbrook irrigation district
and have purchased the canal and all
the water rights therein from the own.
ers and are now surveying for an in.
take ditch from the river to Dye
lake. This ditch will be 20 miles long.
10 feet wide and seven feet deep. The
Dye reservoir will probably hold 60.
900 acre feet OF water. This will help
the farmers out and give them . sup
ply in times Of water shortage.
One Of the largest. II mot the larg.
est single land transaction ever made
on the Western Slope was coasum.
mated q few days since when I. n.
Pepper sold the Eckerly ranch Of 1900
acres aud Peppers Gardens. an eO0.
nrrs. tract ~ ~,enh "a SA.A u>., A~~H
rose. for S2so.0O0 cash. The Eckeriy
ranch was purchased BY r. N. Whit.
ford Of 0alesburx. Ill.,. who u acting
for syndicate. for $4,000. Reed
AcDoaald Of Desvsr 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 ~. johnson,
vice l.. b. Hendrix. removed: Ivanhoe.
Pttkin county. Arthur T. Bunny. vice
r. T. Barr. resigned: Keokuk. Weld
county. Ernest z. Behring. vice =. Q.
Miller. resigned: Naturita. Montross
county. Samuel N. McNutt. vice n.
!. Cooper. resigned: Peetx. Logan
county. Munson A. Happen. vice q.
W. strohmeyer. resigned: ehoshone.
Garfield county. John w. Calvin, vice
r. II. Rogers. resigned.
Mrs. George n. Wilson OF 1904
West Twenty.eiGhth avenue. wife Of
the manager Of the Western Cement
and Lumber Company. Denver. will