The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-26
COLORADO NEWS


ember 23d and gath.
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
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. II 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.
Arrangements are rapidly being com
pleted for the three days pioneer eel
ebration at Steamboat Springs start
ing September lst. Besides speaking
by old settlers, steer roping. racing
and broncho busting, the official open
ing OF the warm spring bath pool will
occur. The Steamboat Springs band
will go to Denver to accompany the
guests to the celebration.
The Greeley correspondent of the
Denver Republican asserts that the
fact that Greeley in a short time will
be the railroad center OF northern Col
orado is evidenced by the fact that
there are now thirty small towns
springing up in its vicinity. These new
places are all in a rich agricultural
community and Num-, the farthest
awoy only afghfaap o. miles
Charles E. Burton. superintendent
OF the Grand Junction Indian scnool.
has been notified OF his appointment
as one of the honorary vice presidents
of the Lincoln University Endowment
Association which has for its object
the raising OF a billion-dollar fund be-
fore the close OF the Lincoln centen-
NAL year Tor the foundation OF a Lin
coin university at cumberland Gap.
The committee on melon day at
Rocky Ford September 2 has extended
invitations to the governor and other
state officials of Colorado to be pres
ent on that day. They advise that
shipments OF the celebrated canta-
loupe and watermelon are now being
made from Rocky Ford at the rate of
fifteen carloads per day. The height
OF the. season will not be reached until
about September l.
Austin Gunnison. one OF the closest
descendants OF Captain Gunnison. after
whom Gunnison county. river and tun-
mel were named. has written the tun-
mel opening committee that he will
meet President Taft at Montrose Sep
tember 23d He is an aged man and
in business in New York City. Her
bert F. Gunnison. another descendant.
is editor of the Brooklyn Eagle. and
writes that he will be present.
Highball. sailed by r. c. Campbell
OF Denver. won the first cruise in the
yacht races on Grand lake for the Col
orado cup. on the 18th inst. the tine
being slow because of light winds and
squallish rains. Harry Bryant OF Den
yer came In a close second in his yacht
Dorothy H.. finishing fifty-six sec
onds behind highball. Leonard c.
Jones' The Witch finished third and
Harry Langley's The Loon fourth.
Phillip Dale. field man for the Great
Western Sugar Company. stated at
Greeley that this years beet yield will
exceed that OF last year in spite OF the
injury done by beet worms. This is
rarity because of the larger acreage
and partly because the beets where
they escaped the ravages Of the worm
are fine. The loss in the neighbor-
hood OF LaSalle is estimated at $50
acres. or about 20 per cent. OF the
crop.
Plans are being made in Denver for
the celebration on September I'd OF the
seventeenth anniversary OF the birth
OF Henry George. who in the early
days advocated the single tax system.
The celebration in all probability will
be in the form Of a banquet, at which
a number Of Denver's prominent husi-
ness men will speak. The committee
selected to perfect the arrangements
consists OF John B. McGauren, Jabez
Norman and w. v. Mallory.
While fishing on Tennessee creek.
five miles south of Leadville. on the
18th inst, Don w. Armstrong. aged 80,
was struck by lightning and instantly
killed. Armstrong was a lessee on the
Ibex mine and q son-in-law of Thomas
G. Crocombe. superintendent Of the
Ibex. His mother lives at 1885 East
Thirty-first avenue. Denver. and is the
widow Of A. E. Armstrong. former pas
tor OF the Leadville Presbyterian
church. and later q resident Of Denver
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 a special
fund to advertise Grand Valley fruit,
is receiving serious consideration.
The originators of the scheme believe
that by using magazine space to talk