The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1909-07-16
COLORADO ITEMS

Inc DlS swimming pun ~
boat Springs has been finished by the
contractors.
La Junta's six saloons were closed
at noon July Sth by order OF the DIS
trict attorney.
The new ten-story building that is
being erected for the Denver Gas and
Electric Company at the corner OF
Fifteenth and Champa streets in Den
yer will cost 100000
Secretary of State Pearce has APP
pointed r. E. Croskey, secretary OF the
State Federation of Labor, as head OF
the Denver free employment bureau.
The assistant superintendent will be
Mrs. Louis Van Horn, prominent club
woman.
Directors of the Weld county fair
expect to have an airship in opera
ton as one of the many attractions
planned for Greeley's first agricultural
fair within a quarter of a century.
Six thousand dollars will be offered
in premiums at the fair.
Under the direction of DR.. II. A.
Howe, astronomer of the University
Of Denver. brass tablet has been
placed in position on one of the west
steps of the Colorado capitol building.
marking the elevation of the top of
the step as exactly one mile above sea
level.
Arrangements are being made for
big meeting at Boulder July 31st In
the interest of the Metal Mining AS
sociation of Boulder county. The
meeting will be addressed by Capt. j.
T. Smith and another prominent min
ing man of Denver, also by Secretary
John R. Wood and speakers from va
rious mining camps Of the county.
w. E. Walton of Fort Collins has
been engaged to take charge Of the
poultry department of the Colorado
Agricultural College, new departure
in college work. Mr.. Walton is versed
in the theory of poultry culture, as
well as practice. having long been
among the best known and most sue
cessful producers OF chickens in the
state.
Lying in the San Raphael hospital
in Trinidad his body paralyzed below
the waist. is William Hudson. aide de
camp on the personal stan of Gen
eral U. s. Grant during the Civil War
and nephew of the great warrior.
Hudson's mother was sister OF Gen
eral Grant and Hudson's grandfather
was business partner OF Grants
father in tannery near Covington.
KY, before the war.
George II. Putnam, mining en-.
the State School Of Mines four years
ago, was murdered at Pilares, Mex.
July It'll. by Eleno Uriarte. police
man. who called him out Of a moving
picture show and shot him twice
through the body. Putnam was only
twenty-five years old and the only son
Of Mrs. +. c. Putnam, widow, who
resides in Denver. where his body will
be brought for interment.
To insure the minimum expense In
the experiments looking to the produc.
tion OF radium at the School OF Mines.
the Denver & Rio Grande and the Col
orado & Southern railroad companies
have agreed to haul all the necessary
ores free of charge to Golden from any
point on their lines. Preliminary ex-
periments In radium research are be-
ing carried on by Professors Fleck.
Miller and Haldanc. and within few
weel;s the actual work OF reducing the
pltchblende or carnotite ores, from
which 1t is hoped to produce the pre-
cious substance. will be commenced.
Denver Republican says: II is stated
on good authority that the Denver *
lnterurban will extend It's line from
Louisville to Lafayette. and from there
to Longmont, building something like
twelve miles OF double track. one line
to be used for freight traffic and the
other for passengers. The Colorado
& Southern. owner OF the electric line.
will by this cutoff shorten the present
line from Denver to Longmont. Love
land. Fort Collins and Greeley over ten
miles and also eliminate the heavy
grade by way OF Boulder. The cleo.
trio line will form loop. going by
way OF Louisville and Lafayette TO
Longmont and back over the Colorado
a Southern TO Boulder. Marshall and
Louisville Junction.
A permanent organization OF Colo,
RADIO Republicans living In the city of
Washington has been effected. with
Joseph Williams Of Denver. president:
Robert Il. Davidson. Denver. secre,
tary. and oney Carstarphcn. Silver
Cliff. treasurer. Membership In the
organization In restricted % Rcpubli.
cans who are residents or former resi-
dents OF Colorado either permanently
or temporarily residing In Washing
ton who have not forfeited their rlgh,
TO vote In Colorado. One Of the oh
jccts Of the association will be to pre-
vent applicants for government posi-
| lions from claiming citizenship In
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