The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-29
COLORADO NEWS

land has arranged for the stocking OF
the South Platte River with 100000
Try taken from the Denver hatcherfes.
The Denver & Rio Grande has re-
Gently ordered nineteen heavy passen-
ger locomotives. eight Mallet 1ocomo-
uves and three switching locomotives.
The government fish hatchery on
the Grand Mesa is preparing to ship q
large quantity Of trout eggs to foreign
countries. Italy will receive 100000,
France 100000 and Japan 100000.
The quarterly convention of the
Colorado Realty Dealers Association
ly attended by representative business
men from all sections of the state.
Professor Greene. OF Newton, Mass.
has been appointed a member of tho
Colorado College faculty to succeed
Prof. ]. r. Armstrong. who has been
granted two years leave of absence.
The premium list for the second an
nual Colorado Interstate Fair and Ex-
position at Denver is off the press and
can be had upon application to Secrc-
airy G. c. Fuller, 424 Tabor Opera
House, Denver.
Bids for the erection OF three cot
tages at the insane asylum at Pueblo
were rejected because none of them
were inside the sum available. The
lowest bid was s150,000. The board
will advertise for new bids.
The Christian Scientists of Arvada,
under the leadership of Mrs. Mary c.
Beck. have completed plans and are
receiving bids for small church
they hope to have ready for occu-
pancy before tho snow files.
AN international rock drilling con-
test is one OF the features being con-
sidered by the management of the Sec
ond annual Colorado Interstate Fair
and Exposition at Denver In connec-
tion with the mineral display.
The Denver & Rio Grande has or
dered 1000 fifty-ton steel dump bot
tom coal cars, 1900 steel under and
upper frame box cars. 800 steel under
and upper frame stock cars, ESQ steel
fifty-ton flat cars and 200 refrigerator
cars. This road has under construc-
ton ten all-steel passenger coaches.
ten all-steel baggage and express cars
and few caboose cars.
In an interview at Chicago ex-Gov-
ernor Buchtel. who was credited with
an interview denouncing woman suff-
rage, denied that he had made any
such statements. "I stated that some
OF the best people | know are very
Indifferent to the exercise of the
franchise" he said. "Nothing that l
said could be made to convey the idea
that only the dregs Of womankind
vote. That's not true"
On the afternoon of the goth inst.
there was a heavy cloudburst in
Green canon, thirty miles north of
Trinidad. causing a flood which swept
away portion OF the tramway trestle
leading to the mine of the Green
Canon Coal Company and partially
flooding the mine, causing suspension
OF operations. A number of houses
were flooded and there was considera
BILE damage done to furniture.
The Western conference OF the Y.
M. c. A. at Estes Park came to close
with a big camp fire. which was large
boring resorts. The newly elected of.
ficers for the ensuing year are: C. P.
Dodge of Colorado Springs, president;
H. w. Moore of Denver, first vice
president: o. A. Boyle of Wichita
Kan. second vice-president; A. l.
Johnson OF Lincoln. Neb.. third vice
president; ]. H. Causey OF Denver.
treasurer.
Charles e. Stubbs. vice president OF
the second annual Colorado Exposition
to be held at Denver the third week in
September, sailed from New York for
Hamburg on the new liner Cleveland
July 31st. For the past few months
Mr.. Stubs has canvassed the West in
the interests of the exposition. He
now goes abroad as foreign envoy for
the exposition to secure exhibits es
pecially of high class draft and coach
horses for joint showing at Denver
and the A.-Y.-P. Exposition.
Joseph G. Schall, one of Golden's
most prominent business men. died a
few days since at York. Pa. from
Bright's disease. Mr.. Schall had
served Jefferson county eighteen years
either as county treasurer or deputy
treasurer. He came to Golden in 1881
and for years had conducted the larg-
est book and stationery store in the
city. and was heavily interested in
real estate. He was a Mason, an Epls-
copal vestryman and staunch friend of
the School of Mines.
Chipeta. the aged widow of Chief
Ouray. the friend of the whites. and
the Indian who left deep impress
on the Uncompahgre valley. may be
guest of Montrose at the celebration
of the opening of the Gunnison tun-
mel September 2Sth II has been de-