The Ordway new era., 1909-05-28
COLORADO ITEMS

Taxpayers OF Windsor have voted
$4,000 bonds for an addition to the
school house. There are 1O3 persons
of school age In the Windsor district.
Colorado postmasters appointed:
Minturn. Eagle county. Dora Baker,
vice d. ]. Maynard resigned; West
minister. Adams county. Loren ID. Null
ford, vice X. II. 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
.rcn appointed timber cruisers in the
general land office service: Wilson S.
Bascr. Durango: Harry II. Schwartz,
Jr Harry II. Ward. Jesse X. Chelten-
ten. Denver.
The Department OF Commerce and
Labor has given favorable Endorsement
10 Senator GuGgcnheim's bill estnb-
fishing an additional fish hatchery in
Colorado The bill provides for its 10
cation at Estes Park.
u D blllu'lIu'I, SNil' Stti'taiS Va
the Y NJ. c. A, was elected secretary
of the Denver Y. NJ. c. A. yesterday to
'ill 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 9th.
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. \ 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 few days since. The little
fellow Is 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 DR.. 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. 25O feet below
the trail. The body OF George Witt.
wer. killed at the same time. is still
in the snow. and hose line is being
used to wash away the snow.
The federal census bureau cstl-
mates that the population OF Colorado.
June 80. 1910. will be S73.4l6. an in
crease Of 90 per cent over the popula.
tIOn shown by the report of the bu.
rcau 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
100000.
The invitations for the thirty-flfth
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 MIR. John Hays Ham.
mond.
The government census Of the Den
yer district for 1910 will he in charge
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 sl.500 year with all
additional fee of 81 for each thousand
names. The work will cover period
Of three years. beginning July lst.
When the shift came at both head.
ings OF the Gunnison tunnel on the
morning of May lItn the distance be-
tween the two was Just 300 feet AT
the present rate of progress they will
come together by July Goth. when the
2O.6iO feet of the big bore will he
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 tn,
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 Ann.
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