The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-05
COLORADO NEWS
Pumpkin Pie Day at Lonsmont is

set for August 18th.
September 22d has been set apart
as Peach Day at the Grand Junction
fair
The Berthoud Brick and Tile Com
pany has completed the delivery OF
100000 brick to the army post at
Fort Russell. near Cheyenne.
John Remple, conductor, and e. A.
Craddock, motorman of street car.
were held up and robbed OF gold
watches and about $50 in money few
nights since in West Pueblo.
A Takamine, Japanese, will estab-
lish a large Japanese boarding house
in Denver. He has purchased for
$4,000 the building and grounds on
Broadway formerly occupied by Dean
Peck's training school for girls.
Joseph w. Burkhardt of Florence
has been appointed deputy state oil
inspection. He is employed by the
United Oil Company and was candi-
date last fall for senator from FIRE.
mont county.
John Gates and William Eegan, who
were arrested by the Union Pacific for
digging hole under the track to save
their homes during the recent floods
at Greeley, were dismissed in justice
court for lack of evidence.
Edwin Gaylord. the well-known
horseman, who conducted the races
during the Interstate Fair at Over
land last year SO successfully, has
again agreed to be superintendent of
speed events at the September meet
ing.
The Rifle Light. Heat & Power com
pany. organized by local men, has been
taken up by home capital. the con-
tract let and electric power for light
ing and pumping purposes will be in
Rifle, under the terms of the contract,
by November /.
The State Normal Summer school
at Greeley closed the last OF July. There
was marked increase inattendace
over previous years. A large number
registered for nonresident work
Twenty received diplomas and 1t is
now arranged that there will be grad
uations every term of the school year.
The magnificent new $4,000
curtain for the T,enver Audito-
rum theatre, which. will be CIV
en- by the Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution. has been COM
pleted, save for few finishing
touches, according to Mrs. ]. B. Grant,
who has just returned from New
York. where the work has been done
by Albert Herter.
The Boulder Evangelical association
has filed articles of incorporation. 1t
is formed for the purpose of providing
a tabernacle in Boulder and carrying
on a series Of revival meetings under
the management of Billy Sunday, to
commence the iatter part of August
The meetings will continue six weeks
and 1t is said will cost. with the taber-
nacle. about S10.0U0.
James L. Hurt OF Center, who is
one of those before the Legislative in
vestigating committee which is going
over the administration of Mark G.
Woodruff as register. of the state land
board. made application few days
since for $50 acres of land at the low
est appraisement placed upon it. The
board rejected the bid and raised the
appraisement so per cent.
An airship. which, when completed.
will bear some resemblance to a
merry widow" hat, has been designed
by Architect John Conkie of Trinidad,
who aside from being an inventor. is
senior vice commander of the Depart
ment of Colorado and Wyoming G. A.
R. Mr.. Conkie's invention is an aero
plane with q parachute attachment,
which, he says. will prevent any seri-
Gus accident.
The state Prohibition party. through
its secretary of the state central COM
mittee. Jay B. Noble, wrote to the
attorney general requesting an ex-
plantation of the campaign fund law.
The letter inquired what proportion of
the fund the party would be allowed
and what conditions were attached to
the distribution. A copy of the law
was mailed to the questioners and
they will be forced to make their own
Interpretation.
Westminster College is one of Den
ver's youngest institutions of learning.
Two years ago the work of instruc-
ton was begun in the Central Pres
byterian Church, and last year the
college moved into its magnificent red
sandstone building, costing 100000.
This splendid building has been fur
nished and equipped for work and
with the opening of the fall term,