The state herald., 1910-09-02
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rado City from diphtheria.
Mllliken will hold an Incorporation
election September 10th.
The Fort Collins band won first
prize at the Elks convention.
Boulder is to vote this year on a
charter form Of government.
Denver will try to secure next years
national convention of gas men.
The saloon question is causing much
agitation amongst Boulder politicians.
The new Fruita canning factory has
started its first run on tomatoes and
beans.
Boulder allows the Elks to depart
only to take on the X. of P. state
meeting for the rest of the week.
Reports of seventy.five and eighty.
five bushels Of wheat to the acre con-
tinue to come In from northern Colo.
RADIO.
Colorado produces onefourth of the
beet sugar of the United States. Last
year the state turned out 2S0,000,O00
pounds.
Over 100000 trout fry have been
supplied by the fish hatchery at
Creede for stocking streams in New
Mexico.
The Woman's Club OF Denver have
appointed special committee to
instructing them.
+ The contract for moving 100000 GU
bic yards of dirt on the main canal of
the Pueblo & Rocky Ford Irrigation
Company has been let
Fully two hundred former residents
of the Sucker state attended the pic
mic of the Illinois society at the col
lege in Fort Collins last Thursday.
Investigation into rumors that the
Standard Bottling works of Denver is
employing child labor will be taken
up by the Denver Trades and Labor
Assembly.
The Streets of All Nations is the
title of the dainty entertainment to be
given in the Auditorium. Denver. Oct.
II. under the auspices of the Denver
Woman's Club.
Miss Irene Howbert. a resident o:
the Pixies Peak region since 1860 and
a member Of one OF Colorado's most
prominent families, died at Colorado
Springs at the age of co.
Mrs William Shaffner killed the
biggest rattlesnake ever seen in the
vicinity OF Pierce. 1t was four feet
long and six inches In circumference
She killed 1t with stick.
Fire Friday night completely de-
stroyed the Santiago mill. within the
corporate limits Of Georgetown. The
loss is $4,000. fully insured. Said to
be of inccndiary origin.
Garfield county commissioners have
decided to appropriate $500 to pay the
expenses OF gathering an exhibit to
send to the Interstate Fair at Denver
and the Colorado State Fair at Pu.
eblo.
Fossils OF n species OF pre-. historic
deepsea dwellcrs. known to science
ms the pcarly nautilus. estimated by
Prof. Beardsley of the State Normal
School to be from 100000 to-5.000..
900 years old. have been found by
workmen near Greeley.
While being returned TO the Pueblo
jail after being fined 500 In court on
yaerancy charge. Peter Kerr. an nj
legged kleptomanlac. made an attempt
to steal the hat OF Magistrate Cham
bcrs. who nssessod the fine. lie had
almost reached the Jail TO work out
the fine when the deputy discovered
the hondpieoe under the prisoners
coat The police say petty thieying
is mania with Kerr.
For the first time probably since
the ancient cliff dwellers of the Mesa
Verde. southwest OF Mancos. carved
their homes from the sides of the
mountain. human hands will cree,
timbcrs aud construct masonry IN the
ruins The walls and the roomf are
falling outward and an effort will be
made TO preserve them by the gov.
ernmcnt Prof Edgar Hewitt and
Prof Jesse NuHhaum. Greeley boy,
have charge Of the work,
The Colorado Editorial Association
held It's midsummer meeting At nuena
Vista Friday and Saturday and were
given look.in at the new kucnEel
smclter where ores we're being 70.
duecd TO matte which win be refined
In a department not yet completed,
The editors were also entertained nj y
banquet rendered by Warden and Mrs
Felix o'Neill Of the State Roformnr
tory. whcrc urgent needs of tho lnstl
tuition were pointed cut. and the news
paper men viii work to create a mort
generous sentiment among their state
lrglHlaioru In the way of anproprla
tionr. that this Institution may do ~
fclenily and speedily the work laid
out for H.
The Denver 4 Rio Grandc has or,
ganiscd force Of 100 mon to work
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