The Delta independent., 1888-02-21
COLORADO CONDENSED.

The Fariss artssian we'll at Pueblo
has struck water. .. t,
Leadville's anti-gambling crusade is
gaining strength. 90 -
Last week 1858 tons Of ore were
shipped out of Aspen.
Extensive improvements are being
made at Poncha Springs.
Canon City is making energetic ef-
forts TO secure new hotel.
Work has been resumed on the ST.
lent Friend mine at Monarch.
Another attempt was made Tuesday
Z" burn the town OF Poncha Springs.
One hundred thousand tons Of loo
have been put up In Denver this winter.
The business mon OF Canon CITY
have organized a Chamber Of Commerce.
Eastern capital is coming into Colo
RADIO in greater amounts than ever before.
T. u. Collier has been elected presi-
dent of rthe Trinidad Chamber Of Com.
merce.
The Leadvillc Board Of Trade have
declared against a reduction Of wages in
that city.
The Grand Army boys gave a pleas
ing and successful entertainment at Salida
on the 18th.
II is reported that six quite extensive
cheese factories will be established In Colo
RADIO this year.
Judge Hallett has denied the appll.
cation for = Receiver for the Bonnybel
mine at Aspen.
A very interesting and profitable
Farmers' Institute was held At Fort Collins
tso days last week. -.a-
-Four prominent Colorado Springs
druggists have been arrested for violating
tho liquor ordinance.
The Chieftain says an iron plant
with capital of siso.po will probably
soon be started In Pueblo.
Mr.. G. l.. Berry, Laramie Peak
ranchman has killed fourteen bears this
winter. nine OF them large silver-tips.
A grand coyote hunt in which il is
expected three hundred men will partici.
Pate Is being arranged for at Monument
Governor Adams has called con-
vcDtion To meet In Denver March 18th, for
the purpose Of considering irrigation reser.
voirs.
The clearings Of the Denver banks
last week were esq. SO. an increase OF
57.2 per cent over the corresponding week
Of last year.
Tho roots OF the Greeley shade trees
are clogHing up tho sewers OF that city.
Either the sewers or the cottonwoods will
have to 20. ~
Tho annual report Of tho Colorado
Coal and Iron company shows net earn.
ing during 1887 Of eG2i, sS7 against $500, ,505
for the previous year.
A delegation Of twenty Akron gentle
tlencn visited Denver the other day TO OBJ
tain assistance In their efforts 70 obtain a
land Office at their town.
The citizens of Poncha Springs offer
$500 10 any person who will secure the ar
res, and conviction OF the party who has
been trying TO burn that town.
On March Is convention will be
held IN Denver for the purpose OF consult
inx ~ to the best methods of securing res
ervoirs for the storing OF water for irrigat
ing purposes.
Some Denver men are greatly ex-
cited over discovery which they claim to
have made somewhere in Colorado Of a
sandstone that is identical with that OF
xgtslrh hs 1Svr~ vntds of RvvvSs h,,ll
Every time there Is rich strike in
Aspen some one endeavors to have work
stopped by applying for an injunction and
receiver. The courts have lately shown q
disposition TO sit down hard on all such At
tcmpts- rr
A woman's Relief Corps was last
week organized at Idaho Springs, auxiliary
!. 10 4 d. Baker Post by Mrs. Olive Hogle Of
Denver, National Aid, W. II. @. The corps
includes some Of the most influential and
excellent ladies Of the town.
An express tram running between
lied CHI and Glenwood last Monday had
To stpvel through twenty-one snow slides.
One inborer lost his life while engaged in
this work. aside Of mud, rocks and snow
coming down suddenly upon him.
A gentleman in the western part of
the state has started . bee agency near
Grand function. In the opinion Of the
MonGxose Messenger this Is Just the begin
ming Of . great industry which will shortly
have strong footing among the ranchmen
If the rceervaiion.
Colorado Cottage Home, the state
refuge for erring women under the auspices
Of the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, Is removed from Colorado Springs
and is now located on Pearl street In Den
iver, directly north Of Cherry Greek. Mrs.
Robert Marquis Of North Denver 10 1'rssi-
don't Of the Board. atf F2
Tho Industrial Club, Of Evergreen,
have met with great success In marketing
potatoes during the past season. The prac-
tice OF pcddling the products Of the Ever
grcen country has been almost entirely
rt,pped. 'l'hc farmers are putting their po-
tNtoes IN better shape and arc selling them
through regular dealers.
rhe Midland people make their own
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