The new era., 1909-07-01
COLORADO NEWS

GfanQ junction.
The county treasurer OF Mesa county
has received a check for $4,000 as
Mesa county's share of the Forest Re-
serve Fund
Court at La Junta opened on the 14th
inst, with Judge Essex on the bench
and over 100 cases on the docket.
Fred Lombard of Colorado Springs
has been named by Governor Shafroth
for the post of water commissioner OF
the tenth irrigation district, one of
the most important districts within Ell
Paso county.
The Moffat road has already booked
for the summers excursion business
more than twenty-eight excursions
from Denver to Toland. A great
many of these are on Sunda. but a
greater number than usual have
signed for the weekday trip.
At the farewell reception rendered to
Rev. James B. Gregg at Colorado
Springs by his former congregation of
the First Congregational church, Dr.
Gregg was given $500 and handsome
travelling bag. He resigned after twen.
ty-seven years continuous service.
Three thousand acres of valuable
coal land will be opened between Agui-
lar and Hastings by the Columbian
Coal Mining Company, recently formed
by Colorado and Kansas City capital.
lists. C. V. Stewart of Kansas City is
at the head of the new company, and
Is said to represent several million
aires.
At recent meeting of the Boulder
county commissioners $500 was appro-
priated to the commercial organiza-
tions of the county, $3.50 going to Boul-
der, 5000 to Longmont. 500 each to
Louisville and Lafayette, and $50 to
Lyons. One-half of this amount is pay
able now and the other half in Novem-
ber
A Water Consumers Protective AS
sociation has been formed in Denver
for the purpose OF gathering and dis
seminating all information that may
be of value to the community regard
ing the water question of whether or
not the city shall purchase the Den
yer Water Companys plant or grant
the company a new twenty-year fran
chise.
E. ]. Carver, an original Union col
onist, an associate of N. C. Meeker,
founder of Greeley. in the Greeley
Tribune, and a resident of Greeley
over thirty-five years, died on the 18th
inst. in Riverside, Calf. For thirty
years MIR. Carver was engaged in
newspaper work in Greeley. He was
seventy-four years old.
Application has been made before
the State Land Board for tract of
land containing 40 acres upon which
to establish national home under the
auspices of the Actors association.
The last session of the Legislature
passed an act allowing the land board
to donate land for charitable purposes.
and advantage will be taken of this to
get some land If possible for old actors.
Two hundred teachers from all over
the state registered at the twenty-sec-
ond annual session of the Third Dis
trict Normal Institute, which started
its eleven-day meeting at the Manual
Training High school in Denver on the
14th inst. The attendance of teachers
was considered very large for the
opening session and it is expected to
reach at least 500 in the next few days
THE Denver convention promises
to exceed in numbers any convention
of recent years and to equal in excel
lence the great Cleveland convention
Of -, ,t, to
sued by DR.. Lorenzo D. Harvey, presi-
dent, and Professor Irwin Shepard,
secretary, of the National Educational
Association. which holds its forty
seventh annual convention in Denver
July 5th-9th.
A violent hailstorm, which is Sid to
be the worst in the citys history,
struck Trinidad on the 18th inst. and
caused severe damage to trees and Or
chards and caused the streams TO swell
and wash out great number of cul-
verts and small bridges. The storm
was more or less local. as it did not
reach any of the surrounding camps
and confined itself to district of
about five miles in all directions.
The body of Miss Ethel Alexander,
the young teacher who was drowned
Sunday night with Walter West while
attempting to ford the Big Sandy near
Mattison, Ebert county, was found
Wednesday afternoon by Jim and
Harry Pershing. four miles west of
Limon. 1t was lying about fifty feet
from the bank of the creek and twen-
ty miles from the scene of the acci-
dent.
The graduating exercises of Cutler
Academy connected with Colorado Col
lege at Colorado Springs, were held in
Perkins Hall. Wednesday, DR.. r. w.
Corwin of Pueblo delivering the prin-
cipal address. In his address during
the presentation of diplomas, Presi-
dent w. F. Slocum of Colorado Col