The Delta independent., 1890-01-28
STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
Golden has q nourishing dramatic
club
The State militia consists of 7s6
persons.
Fort Collins ieels itself on the verge
ots boom.
Boulder County has an indebtedness
Of sloo, ,SsLe4.
Salida's streets are to be lighted by
arc Ashts hereafter.
A "Bsled Beans" factory Il one Of
Deavse's latest institutions
There are said TO be number OF
eases Of smallpox at Rouse Junction.
A partially successful effort was
made 70 close Denver's saloons last Sum-
aay.
Tho contract for Pueblo's new
Board II Trade building has been let 1t
win cost $4,000.
A new dormitory to cost $50, 200 is
! % be erected In Boulder by the regents Of
as State University.
The Loveland Farmers Institute
II hold . three days session At Loveland
ommencing Feb. bth.
Charles G. Wentworth, q 17.year-
old boy, accidentally shot and killed him
self In the North Park few days ago.
The Colorado delegation are labor
Ing with the Senate Committee on Indian
Affairs To have the Utes removed st once.
Six carloads of gypsum are being
ssnt cut each week from the gypsum beds
near Bellevue, I've mlles west Of Fort Col
naa
Work on the great Bob Creek irri-
eating ditch IL 70 be commenced at once
Mr.. Henry says that 1000 men viii be EN-
plsSsd.
Hon. Warren Currier, OF St. Louis,
hss founded . scholarship Of $1,000 in
Ceior.Ao College, to be known as the
''Currier Scholarship"
Arrangements are now complete for
the erection Of nne Mosonic building At
Del Norte. II will 10 stone two stories
high, with store rooms below. Work will
begin soon.
Tho postoiiice department reports
Colorado has gained hfty-two post-
during the year. The gross receipts
o. &c Dcnver oficc increased twenty per
csat over tho preceding year.
Pueblo's Y. NJ. c. A. held their an
nual meeting In that city few nights
Hgo. The reports OF iis cficcrs showed it
70 b N = most prosperous condition. A
colieesion Of $500 was taken up for its
bessnt ss this meeting.
Tho Henry Ditch Company have
ssopped selling water rights At Lamar, ~
tAsy are up 10 their full capacity. until
this canal. which wss supposed 70 be big
enoush for six years, Ia enlarged. Nearly
all their land is now occupied.
There will be n meeting OF the vice.
prssidents Of the Colorado Silver Associa-
uou In Denver st 10 O'Clock, January 80,
sa tho Tabor Opcra House. Tho object OF
the meeting IL to demonstrate In the most
vigorous terms against tho passage Of the
windom Silver bill.
Tho State Board OF Land Commits
siooers Was In session Monday afternoon
and passed upon . large number OF appli-
catioas for land In the State under control
OF The board. Several Thousand acres
will b disposcd Of, and the land boom 10
growing 70 extraordinary proportions.
The grand jury Of Arapahoc County
have found Indictments against Secretary
Of State Rice, Collier & CleavelAnd aud
Graham q Weber for conspiracy TO de-
fsaud the Stats. Tho defendants express
shsmsslves - desirous Of . speedy and
thorough trial.
Leadville suffered from serious fire
last week. Tho nre started in the old
ChypnScls building on Harrison Avenue.
end lasted several hours. IL was one Of
sha wosst that has ever visited the camp
s.a 70 supposed TO have started from an
svsr.hsstsd stovepipc. Ths loss will be
n The nsighborhood Of ei2oo.
Two young men Of An adventure
soas turn Of mind, have In courss Of con.
struotioa at Bennctt's planning mill on the
Roaring Fork, . boat in which they intend
70 70 through the Grand Canon Of the COL
eeaAo. TIE craft II being put together
with IN eve 70 ;ightness'of draft combined
With durability, and Of such sixe ~ to &C.
csmmodasc plenty Of grub and bedding.
The Colorado Bee keepers held their
oanual meeting In Denver last week. The
following oi.cers were elected far the sue
oesdiug year: President Z. Millasen;
vScs pessideut w. L. Porter; secretary, J.
y. Clark; treasurer, r. H. Rhodes; coun-
y vics prssidents, H. Knight Arspahos;
d. r. Emory, Boulder; Mr.. Brock, Jslfsr-
eoo; Mr.. Bssl, Weld; o. F. Blair, Las
Aninas; N. G. Afford, Larimsr; A. Cush-
aaa, Aontross.
Men who havo expended money try
~ 70 Introduce the prairie chicken and
auaii 70 ths plains and parks Of Colorado.
eoaplain that irresponsible gunncrs k,ll
sAsm on - fast - thsy arc turned loose
n such . state Of AFFAIR contnues, says
A~or1s. haM the result will ho that