The new era., 1909-08-26
COLORADO ITEMS

The state conclave of knights
remplar will be held at Boulder Sept
ember 23d and Gath.
Wyoming is negotiating to have her
twenty women convicts taken care OF
in the Colorado penitentiary at Canon
City.
Capitalists from Kansas City and
Tulsa. Okla. are reported to be pre-
pairing to prospect for oil about thirty
miles south Of Lmon.
The taxpayers of Montrose county
have voted to bond the county for the
sum OF $4,000 for the purpose OF en-
larging and equipping the county high
school.
La Sale, which was founded in 1880.
when the Julesburg branch was COM
pleted to junction with the Denver
Cheyenne branch OF the Union Pacific,
is to be Incorporated.
DIR. Irving A. Miller will have charge
OF the department of science and phil
osophy Of education at the State Nor
NAL school. He is graduate Of the
University OF Chicago.
The plat of the new town OF Here
ford in Weld county. on the Burling-
ton. between Grover and Cheyenne.
has been filed at Greeley. 1t is one
mile south of the northern state line.
The Colorado Springs-Victor water
dispute over rights on the west slope
of Pixies peak, which has been pend
ing for six years. has been settled by
an agreement between the two towns.
The honorary commercial commits
sioners Of the Japanese empire to the
number OF thirty will reach Denver
November 7th. at 2:30 p. M, and will
leave at 11:45 p. m. ON the day fol.
lowing.
William w. Yard of Denver. A. G.
Brocker Of Steamboat Springs and
George w. Dickey OF Colorado Springs
have been appointed members of the
state board Of veterinary examiners by
Governor Shafroth.
The Colorado Telephone Company
has decided to erect large, new ex-
change at Tenth street and Tenth ave-
nue.. in Greeley, to cost $4,000. About
S125,000 will be expended by the COM
pany in the Greeley district, including
Eaton and Windsor, in 1910.
Dean e. 8. Parson Of Colorado col
lege has denied reports that the Tigers
may not have their football team. He
said that. on the contrary, the college
hopes to have the best team of its
history. and will arrange q full
schedule for the season.
The number of persons living on
the Chautauqua grounds at Boulder.
this season far exceeds that Of any
previous year. there having been more
than 375 people on the grounds for
four weeks or moro during the
session.
Two thousand former residents of
Iowa now living in the Grand valley
assembled at Grand Junction on the
14th inst. to celebrate Iowa Day. The
exercises were held at the fair
grounds. Lieutenant Governor Clark
of Iowa made the principal address.
The visitors enjoyed picnic lunch at
noon and afterward helped to swell the
crowd at teh ball game.
Perry Klein, Central City pioneer,
has presented the city with a large
pencil drawing of Central City as 1t
appeared in 1860, the sketch being
made by Mr.. Klein from a photograph.
1t shows about fifty cabins and
dozen business houses. none Of which
are standing today, as they were wiped
out by the fire of 1874. 1t shows the
old quartz mill Of Lyons & Pullman.
This was George M. Pullman, founder
OF the palace car company.
At an election on the 10th inst in
coin county to take in about 10000
acres south of Limon and to be
known as the Big Sandy Irrigation
district, it was decided to bond the
district for 3250,OO0 to carry out the
project. AS soon as the bonds are
disposed of. work will commence, and
1t is thought it will be completed in
time to water next seasons crops.
Through a gift of $500 by Chief
Justice Robert w. Steele of the Su.
preme Court, the building that is be-
ing added to the Steele Memorial hos
pital in Denver, will be ono OF the
best equipped in the country for the
treatment Of contagious diseases. The
money will be used entirely for fur
nishings and equipment, and will add
to the long list Of gifts received by
the hospital from the Steele family.
The building will accommodate about
fifty patients. One ward will be devot-
ed to scarlet fever cases. one to diph-
iberia and one to erysipelas.
The proposal that all fruit growers
associations in the valley set aside
per cent. of the receipts for the sea-
sons fruit, to be put into q special
fund to advertise Grand Valley fruit,
is receiving serious consideration.