Delta chief., 1883-05-16
The state at Large.

Hard times is complained of al Trinidad.
Seed corn is worth two cents per pound at
Berthoud.
The Il. +. Lee ore thieves were bound over
in s., 800 each.
Leadville is listening to quarrel over the
county attorncyship.
Hay at Crested Butte is worth SIS per ton,
and milk 3 cents per quart.
There is great demand, just at present,
for laborng men at Sterling.
The George II. Thomas Post, G. \. T., at
Fort Collins has forty-ive members.
Considerable grain and garden truck was
damaged by hail near Denver las, week.
Everybody nt Grand Junction is jus; now
engaged in contributing to the advancement
Of their town.
About 500, 900 was raised in Trinidad last
week as a starter for narrow.gauge project
to II Moro.
For Collins is agitating the necessity of
Uacadamizing her streets. A good scheme If
properly carried through.
The Annual State Sunday School conven.
tion will be held at Pueblo early in June.
Fully 200 delegates will be present
Leading citizens of Fort Collins have de.
clare,l the sanitary condition Of that city as
in dcplorable condition.
Trinidad ranchmcn are feeling pretty bad
over the non.appearance Of grass, which has
been eagerly looked for since the recent snow
and rain.
A citizen Mt Crested Butte has invented a
drilling machine, and patented it, which will
rcyolu,ionixc mining and make the old-time
hammer and drill take a back seat
"The Gold.Ilunters Of the Black Hilis,"
sensational and absorbing drama, is now eS-
citing the Pucblos. The average man attends
the performance and then goes home and ere.
atcs CONSERVATION in his household.
Colorado is troubled with tramps already.
They have appeared with their old-timc FIRE.
qucncy, and more than their ancient cheek in
various towns of the State. 1t is early in the
season, hut people should be on the lookout
for them, and the local authorities should
provide promptly for enforcing the laws
against them.
The Colorado Coal and Iron company con-
template building hospital at Crested Butte.
II is essentially a temporary affair, and only
those patients will be confined in it who are
either too seriously injured to be shipped out
or else so slightly that the physician there
can attend to them. II will be Of wonderful
worth to the miners there.
Gunnison complains of the high rates in
surancc companies continue TO charge insur.
ers. II claims to be amply provided to cope
with the fiery element, and thinks the rates
shosld consequently be reduced from the
present mo water'' figures.
A hciior calf was born at Brewster ranch,
near Canon, last month, the body of which
measured three and one.fourth feet, while its
tail is four feet long. The reason for this
freak of nature is unknown, but, perhaps,
some mountain lion might "a tail unfold"
Farmers and stockmcn give cheering re-
ports of their prospects. The damp weather
this month has been just what they needed
for bringing forward the grass and grain.
The grass is springing up thickly. and early
sown grain is nearly all up. Crop and stock
prospects were never better.
Judging from the tone of the eastern mining
press il begins to look as though a return of
interest in mining was about to take place.
The pruning has been severe, but the plants
of healthy growth are beginning to show their
strength and those who have stood by them
are getting ready to gather in the harvest.
The Gunnison Ncrs. Democrat thus sums up
Gunnison's prospects: Five million dollar
steel works, n 100000 hotel, gas and water
work, street cars, telephone, graded streets,
three fine brick and stone school houses and
complete system of graded school, seven
churches, two railroad, smelter, $4,000
brick blocks, theatcr, Wholesale houses,
everybody happy--a boom! That's Gunnison,
Match II any where"