Good Old Days

8 years ago

June 24, 1887

The exercises of laying the corner stone of Colfax College were conducted with appropriate ceremonies on Tuesday evening. Hon. J.A. Perkins was master of ceremonies. Limited space precludes an extended notice of the many speakers who made remarks full of encouragement for the success of the college. The exercises were interesting and the audience not bored by long speeches, which is something unusual on occasions of this kind.

The city marshal will no longer permit the streets of Colfax to be used as a race track or an exhibition gound for the purpose of “showing of...