The Delta independent., 1888-03-13
COLORADO CONDENSED.


The Aspen Times has again been en-
l1rged. 1t is now nine-column folio.
The Colorado Springs Council has
revoked number of drug store licenses.
1t has been finally settled that the
new Holden smelter will not be located a,
Denver.
The recent SHOWS have put the
ground in excellent condition for spring
plowing
The demand in the east for Colorado
potatoes is increasing and much greater
than the supply.
Heavy snow storms have been pre-
vailing in the San J Juan country. and snow
slides have been numerous.
The Moody meetings IN Denver are
attended by immense crowds. A great
many conversions are reported.
Test amalgamating and sampling
works are 10 be erected In connection with
State School of Mines to cost $4,000.
Salida is fast rebuilding upon the
burnt district, and the new buildings will
be great improvement upon the old ones.
Breckenridge dogs are troubled with
disease resembling hydrophobia which
has created much CONSERVATION In tina;
own.
A broken rail- caused an accident on
the Julesburg branch of the Union Pacific
few days ago. Several passengers were
slightly injured.
The Greeley Library Association
propose turning their collection OF books
over to the city II the latter will assume the
current expenses.
Colorado, according to Poor's Man
ual, pays more annually for freight and
passenger traffic than any corresponding
number of people in the world.
Ex-senator Tabor has written a let
ter to the commissioners OF the different
mining counties of the state urging them
to make Il display OF their mineral resources
st the next ST. Louis Exposition.
An Aspen Irishman claims that he
has not slept for over n year. He has lost
all desire to sleep. He goes TO bed as US.
ual, but spends the night in reading. Dur.
ing this time he has gained twenty pounds
Mr.. John O'Ncil. mail carrier in
tie San Juan country for the last five
years, was buried In ! snow.s'Ide last week
Although promptly dug out he had received
injuries from which he shortly aiterward
died.
About two hundred of the prominent
citizens OF Wyoming, including most OF the
members of the Legislature and the Terri
,or,Rl officers, visited Denyer n few days
ago as the guests of the Union Pacific rail-
road.
The government land in the vicinity
of Timber Lake is beink taken up A. a
pretty rapid rate. IL is an excellent agri-
cultural country, and to-day there are thirty
comfortable houses where but fifteen short
months ago 1t was barren country.
From August /, 1887, to February
81, ISIS, the Greeley Mercantile Company
shipped as cars Of potatoes. The average
weigh, of each car was 2o,Ooo pounds, a to-
tai OF 5, ,5oo, 900 pounds, or trine over A.
665 bushels.
The Denver World says that Hon.
T. c. Henry expects 10 locate 10000 set
tiers In the San Luis valley this spring. He
has large ditch and land Interests down
there and has had twenty-five agents out
all winter in different parts OF Kansas and
Nebraska setting forth the great agricultur-
al merits OF the San Luis region which
should induce settlers TO locate there.
At meeting of the Fremont County
orticnltural Society held last week, re-
ports concerning the fIuit prospects Were
made by various fruit growers, and, while
1t was thought that blackbcrries and rasp-
berries We're materially injured, full crop
of gnpes and strawberries could be ex
pected. The apple crop promises to be
very large. Taken altogether the outlook
or fruit from this section may be set down
as good.
There will be meeting of the Re-
publican State Central Committee In Den
yer on Friday, the Both day OF March, A. d.
lsSs, at 10 o'clock a. m, for the purpose of
fixing time and apportionment OF dele
gates to the several counties of the Sta
for State Convention to elect delegates
the Republican National Convention to be
held in Chicago ON the 10th day of June
next, and to transact such other business
as may come before said convention.
The Denver Republican of the 9TH
says: The Denver, Texas Il Fort Worth
railroad will be completed actually on the
18th instant. AT Q o'clock yesterday after
noon the construction gang on this side OF
the gap laid the rails 10 the post which
showed that only twenty-five miles inter
vencd between them and the construction
gang on the other end of the track. The
completion of the track-laying will be
pushed as rapidly as 600 Omen working fiom
both ends can accomplish 1t.
DIR. Bancroft, president of the State
Historical Society, and other prominent
citizens are making an effort TO nave the
Aztec ruins In the state preserved. There
are many of these ruins In the southwest
crn part of Colorado. The question has
been sopromptly agitatcd that the residents
of tho Montezuma valley will probably or.
ganize q society for exploring and saving
these ruirs. This is an important matter