Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-05-28
COLORADO ITEMS


$4,000 bonds for an addition to the
of school age In the Windsor district.
Colorado postmasters appointed:
Minturn. Eagle county. Dora Baker.
vice D. J. Maynard, resigned; West
minister, Adams county, Loren D. Null
ford, vice R. H. Mellett, resigned.
The National Orchard Heater Com
pany has been Incorporated at Grand
Junction. capital 100000. and will
erect factory and manufacture fire.
pots on an extensive scale.
The following Colorado citizens have
zen appointed timber cruisers in the
general land office service: Wilson s.
Blaser. Durango: Harry H. Schwartz.
Jr., Harry H. Ward, Jesse X. Chelten-
ten, Denver.
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
Of the Denver Y. NJ. c. A. yesterday to
I'LL the vacancy caused by the resigna-
tion Of F. L. Starrett, who went to
Oakland. Cal, two weeks ago.
Information has reached DR.. 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.
This will be from August cath to eth.
An anti-Jap movement has been
started at Florence with the organiza-
ton 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 first "grandchild" In the herd
Of buffalo In the City Park at Denver.
was born q few days since. The little
fellow is a bull and has been the cen.
ter of interest ever since his arrival.
Its mother was born In the park and is
three years old. The sire Is one OF
the Pablo Alta herd from the Flathead
reservation in Montana.
The body of DIR. Stephen Douthitt.
killed in the snowslide at the Camp
Bird mine on January 22nd. was re-
covered Tuesday. 1t was buried un-
der fifty feet OF snow. $50 feet below
the trail. The body OF George Witt
wer, killed at the same time. is still
In the snow. and a hose line is being
used to wash away the snow.
The federal census bureau esti-
mates that the population OF Colorado.
June 80. 1910. will be s73.il6. an in
crease Of 62 per cent over the popula-
ton shown by the report OF the bu-
reau in 1900. The estimate for Den
yer Is 249.S5l. and the officials Of the
bureau say that this estimate prob
ably will have to be raised to above
250,O0O.
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
2sth. at Simon Guggenheim hall. In
Golden. The annual address will be
delivered by Mr.. John Hays Ham,
mond.
The government census of the Den.
yer district for 1910 will be in charg"
OF A. b. McGaffey. who will relinquish
the position OF secretary OF the State
Board of Equalization on June lst
There will be two other districts in
Colorado and Timothy O'Conner, for
mer secretary of state. will be super
visor in one of them. Census super
visors receive $500 a year with all
additional fee OF 81 for each thousand
names. The work will cover a period
of three years. beginning July 1st.
When the shift came at both head
ings OF the Gunnison tunnel on the
morning OF May 17tn 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
O,64O 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.
J. II. 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 a 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 U.s.
ers' Association. who called on him In