The Springfield herald., 1909-05-28
COLORADO NEWS
COLORADO.

from each clipped wool worth s125,
making an average OF about $3.50
head.
Colorado postmasters appointed:
Minturn, Eagle county, Dora Baker,
vice d. ]. Maynard. resigned; West
minister, Adams county, Loren ID. Null
ford. vice Il. II. Mellett, resigned.
The Department of Commerce and
Labor has given favorable Endorsement
to Senator Guggenheim's bill estab-
fishing an additional fish hatchery in
Colorado The bill provides for its To-
cation at Estes Park.
G. S. Billheimer. state secretary of
the Y. NJ. C. A.. was elected secretary
fill the vacancy caused by the resisna-
tion OF f. l.. Starrett, who went to
Oakland, Cal, two weeks ago.
Information has reached DIR. Leach,
chief of the federal laboratory in Den
YER, that the Association of Official
Agricultural Chemists will meet in
Denver at the same time that the
Pure Food and Dairy Commissioners
Association holds its meeting here.
II. w. Dean, for six years past con-
nected with the adjutant generals Of
flee in Denver and holding the rank of
sergeant major, has just wired General
c. A. Kelley that he has received an APP
pointment as third lieutenant in the
Philippine constabulary. He is at pres
ent at Hoquiam. Wash, and will leave
soon for the islands.
An anti-Jap movement has been
started at Florence with the organiza-
tion of branch of the United Mutual
Brotherhood. whose object is to pre-
vent the immigration of Japanese to
America. A large membership was en-
rolled. The organizers claim this
movement is rapidly spreading over
the country.
The Denver Motor Club will give a
treat to the orphans of Denver Satur-
day, June 5th. Four hundred autos are
to visit the various orphans homes of
the city and collect the little ones for
the purpose of giving them an outing
such as they never had before. Pea
nuts and popcorn in great quantities
have been contracted for
y
annual commencement of the Colorado
School of Mines have been issued by
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
The State Esperanto Council elected
the following officers at its annual
meeting at Colorado Springs: James
Underhill, president, Idaho Springs:
julius Eckhert, vice president, Denver:
X. NJ. Smith, treasurer, Colorado
Springs; W. G. Adams, secretary, Col
orado Springs; Prof. F. H. Loud, cor
responding secretary. Colorado
Springs.
Many valuable dogs have been pois
oned in Colorado Springs recently The
humane society has been notified and
employees at the library and other pub
lie places requested to issue a gen
eral warning to dog owners to safe
guard their animals. The police say
in every case death was caused by
strychnine. The authorities will Wig
orously search and prosecute the pois
oners.
When the shift came at both head
ings of the Gunnison tunnel on the
morning of May l7tn the distance be
tween the two was Just 900 feet. AL
the present rate of progress they will
come together by July Goth, when the
2O.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
]. H. Day of the form of Gobel &
Day. produce merchants OF New York
city. was in Montrose the middle of the
week. making an inspection of the fruit
situation He stated that fruit in the
Hood river country in Oregon would
be short this season and that Idaho
would have only small crop.
He stated that Colorado had the best
fruit crop prospect of any state OF the
West.
Secretary OF the Interior Ballinger
explained TO Messrs. De Long and Aup
perle of the Grand Valley Water Us
ers' Association, who called on him in
Washington, that the stoppage of work
on the Grand valley high line reclama-
ton project was due to two causes
doubts of the authority of the depart
ment to make the contract with the
association and shortage of funds. The
attorney general will be called on for
an opinion as TO the former question.
The Boulder County Ohio associa-
ton. which numbers over 500 men,
bers, is said TO be the largest organi-
zation of its kind in the state. 1t re-
Gently affiliated with the state organ
ization and with it will participate in
the reception that is to be given Pres
ident Taft on his visit to Colorado this
summer. An effort will be made to
secure the Presidents presence at the
state reunion in Boulder during his
western trip.
Denver's school population continues
to jump. an increase OF i.52 per cent.
being shown by the census of the chill
dren between the ages Of six and TWEEN
ty years, inclusive. The enumerators'
returns show 53 79O children of school