The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1890-12-19
STATE HAPPENINGS.

N"y o "So'
Ridgeway is terrorized by band
of thieves.
Fort Collins women arc organizing
an athletic club.
Colorado College has permanent
endowment fund of 10000
Snow is reported Observation-Disclosures
deep in the Conejos mining camps.
There are ll2 children at the mute
and blind institute ut Colorado Springs.
1t is rumored that big smclter is
soon to be built in the Jan Juan coun-
try.
About forty miles OF stone sidewalk
have been laid in Denver the past
year.
Mr. Pabor has commenced the pub
lica,lon of HeaM and horticulture at
Denver.
The Aspen Tines complains that
there are no brick for sale on the west
side of the range.
Senator Wolcott has introduced
bill in Congress making the Denver
mint II coinage mint.
a company is being formed to 20
into the apiary business on n large
scale near Littleton.
A correspondent OF the Denver NeCS
telegraphs that the Southern Utes are
on the eve OF an outbreak.
There are now 5l7 inmates in the
penitentiary, u greater number than
there has ever been before.
A shipment OF from twenty to thirty
car loads of oil in one day is not in
frequently made from Florence.
Grand functions Amazon Guards
carried OIL the honors ut the recent
celebration ut that thriving city.
The State Auditor estimates the
expenditures of the state government
for the coming two years at Sl,25i,.
COO.
A Denver man has patented an APP
pliance which he claims will permit
railway trains to be run at three times
their present speed.
+. L. Edbrooke and Joseph t.
Bates have been appointed members
of the Denver Board Of Public Works
by Governor Cooper.
A Chicago expert has been visiting
the marble deposits near Crystal and
prononnces the quality of the stone the
finest in the world.
Real estate around Gunnison Is be.
ing quietly picked up by Denverspcc.
ulators in anticipation OF II coming
boom in that town.
A meeting OF the Law and Order
League was held in Denver last sun,
day. An effort will be made to have
all saloons closed at 10 o'clock in the
evening.
Messrs. MolTat and II. C. Brown OF
Denver are said to have become inter.
cstcd In tho marble deposits near
Crystal, and II is reported that devcl.
opmcnt ON large scale will soon
begin.
The farmers and settlers in and
around Hygiene have arranged II gen.
'iHl Wy tl' hAHl' nuns anu lilslbls
are ruled severely out, the only de.
fcnsivc weapon being that OF clubs.
A general good time is expected.
Nearly all the ranchmen around
Meeker are turning over their ground
and putting in winter wheat. Tn
experiment was tried last year and
proved TO be such n success that ii l.
estimated over one thousand acre
will be put into CROP this season.
Colonel Ed. +. Browne has returned
from Chicago. where he has beer
looking after the Worlds Fair mine.
He reports that everything looks very
ausplciuus for the success OF the on.
terprisc. The work now in hand /.
10 raise the money. There has beer
subscribed $4,000, aud he has no
doubt the necessary amount will soon
be obtained. -Ipdi Times.
Onc day last week there were forty.
three farmers wagons loaded with
wheat at the Alamosa mill. This was
II novel sight and one that was never
before seen in the San Luis valley.
Some extensive alterations are being
made there that will enable the hand
ling OF grain more oXpcditiously, aud
will also afford IN opportunity for m.
crcasing the capacity Of the mill.
An extremely sad accident, attended
with still sadder consequences. hap.
pened near Capulin last week. Juan
Murline2. II young and respected Mex
lean, while riding after cattle last
Wednesday was thrown from the
horse. breaking his leg In two places.
from the effects Of which he died the
next day. His young wifo-thcy were
married not yet n yoar-wns pros.
tra,cd and 30 overcome by the shock
Of the death Of her lie partner tina.
she, too, very soon followed him. She
died two hours after her husband.
The school population OF Colorado
10 20, l31; enrolment, 60. 400; average
daily attendance, 3s,7li5s; receipts,
S2,d9G,9is.i7; expenditures, Sl,glI..
s0Tss. The number Of school build
ings has Increased from 20 In the
the year 1877 TO l,ls2 Mt the present
time. furnishing accommOdnt ions for
~, 100 pupils, The number Of teach.
crs employed has advanced from $50
to 2,31G. The valuation OF school
property has increased from si72,9s2
10 1887 SOFAS. The annual cost OF
maintaining the public school system
during tho first year Of statehood was
s2l5. 225, ns against 81 ,glI. 1907. IS dur
Ing the school yoar Of 1889 mud 1890.
These figures Indicate In no indefinite
way that tho educational facilities of
the state have kept pace with it, al.
most unprecedented natural develop.
ment,
Superintendent, Porter oi tho cen sus
oIiice has received from MIR. Hyde. the
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