The Elbert County tribune., 1909-05-27
COLORADO NEWS

his lambs at $8.15 per hundred and
from each clipped wool worth t1-25,
making an average OF about $3.50 q
head
Colorado postmasters appointed:
hfinturn, Eagle county. Dora Baker,
vice d. ]. Maynard. resigned; West
minister, Adams county, Loren D. Null
ford, vice X. H. 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. BiIIheimer. state secretary of
the Y. M. c. A., was elected secretary
of the Denver Y. M. G. A. yesterday to
fill the vacancy caused by the resigna-
ton of +. L. Starrett, who went to
Oakland. Cal, two weeks ago.
Information has reached DIR. Leach.
chief of the federal laboratory in Den
'ver, 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.
This win be from August oath to 9th.
H. 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
G. A. Kelley that he has received an ap-
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 a 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
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
The Invitations for the thirty-fifth
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
28th. 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. M. 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 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-
pners.
When the shift came at both head
ings of the Gunnison tunnel on the
morning of May 17th the distance be-
tween the two was just 800 feet. AL
the present rate of progress they will
come together by July goth, when the
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.
]. H. Day of the form of Cobel 6
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-
tion 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 mem
bers. is said to be,the largest organi-
zation Of its kind in the state. 1t re-
Gently affiliated with the state organ