The Delta independent., 1891-05-27
STATE NEWS.


ated charities will NEE, In Denver next
year.
At the funeral OF two men killed in
the brick yard riot at Denver last week,
1900 men of the different unions particle
pated.
Tie Colorado Springs Garden Com
pany sold fifty tons of milk last month and
delivered It to customers at the rate OF
fourteen quarts for 81. q
The Trans Mississippi Commercial
Congress met in Denver on the 10Th with
athousand delegates in attendance, many
Of them being men of note.
Myron w. Reed, of Denver. has
been chosen president of the National
Society OF Associated Charities, which
will meet in Denver next year.
This spring the orchardists OF Otero
County have set out upwards Of 500 acres
in fruits of all kinds. This makes the
acreage in the county nearly 200.
w. f. Pabor, after doing more or
less OF colony work for twenty years in
Colorado, is about to engage in similar
work for Honduras, in Central America.
The great snow tunnel over Rain
bow pass route was completed last Thurs
day. The first stage drove through with
ten passengers. The tunnel is 3J4 feet
long.
The Denver Republican charges tina,
large amounts were los, to the city during
the irst three months of this year because
license fees were not collected from saloon
keepers.
The State Land Board has decided
not to complete the sale of the much
talked OF Arso tract. This will ooiige
the purchasers to go into the courts TO
have the matter settled.
Judge Campbell OF Colorado Springs
has sentenced II. II. Artz, an attorney, to
ray $1,000 for contempt OF court. Aru
was found guilty Of trying to bribe
prosecuting witness 10 leave the State.
The business men OF many Colorado
towns have passed resolutions urging
the railroads TO lower the tourist rate be-
tween this State and the Missoari River
To SO. The roads have placed !. at s2a.
The land lying below the line which
is supposed will be that OF the new Mesa
county state ditch Is being rapidly studded
with cabins of those who are taking ad
vantage of the prospect before them In
bringing this valuable land into the mar
kcI
The State University at Boulder has
good record this year. There will be
nine graduates from the college course at
the university next week, FIVE from the
medical department aud FIVE from tho
preparatory. The graduating class this
year is the largest ever TO leave the uni
rverslty.
Ali reports TO the contrary, not
withstanding, i. J. V. Skir has been
nominated BY Director General Davis of
Columbian Exposition TO be chief OF tha
department of mines and mining. There
is no; likely to be any contest before the
executive committee as to MIR. SkiG's con-
hrmation, as the appointment has the ap-
provai of large majority Of the directors
and hrs practically been decided upon for
sotpc timc.
Denver has won u staunch friend in
Postmaster General WanamalSer He will
urge the prompt completion OF tho post
oficc building, and will do his utmost to
provide her with adequate postal facilities.
He said 1t was such revelation to him,
its climate, its location At the foot OF the
Rockies, its people, energetic, thrifty
hospi,ablc, with the right views OF things
generally; its great buildings, its grand
opera houses and hotels, all combined TO
make queen among cities. "Of all tho
grand things which saw In our Journey
inrs," he continued, "tho grandest was
tho Denver public schools. Philadelphia,
moro than century old, has not II school
building that surpasscs the Denver High
School, and only one that equals it."
The total postal receipts in Colo
RADIO during the last year reached tho sum
Of sS5s, ,4l5.2o. These receipts are drawn
from the following sources, the principal
being tho sales of postage stamps, stamped
envelopes and postal cards, the amount
from which for the last year was $500, Oj3-
6l. BOX rents paid S4S, -, and waste
paper returned tho small sum OF sls.l6.
The total expenditures amounted to ssia,-
Slb.DS. Ah' Pahhsibo' assAh VI tNythsc IN
for transportation OF mails, which cost
last yoar st63, 1901. There was paid to
postmastcrs us compensation Sl70, lla. SO
while for clerks In postofliccs, fuel, light
and rent the expenditures wcro Ss', ,i5i.Os
Tho letter carriers received Col, i,40f.s7, and
tho railway postal clerks travelling iu the
State, e88, so. During tho last year
ninety Ave now Offices were established in
the State, while but twenty eight wero
discontinued, leaving u net increase of
sixty seven. Eleven postmastcrs died,
ia resigned and hfty-hve were removed.
The length OF tho star service in tho State
Ia as79 milcs, and II coats TO carry 1t on
eIac, ,2s5. SO. Tho railroad mail service is
ana miles in length, and tho not cost
thereof is &3l8, 8,sloaa, to which must bo
added g, 7o2. 20 for railway postofioe
cars. Total length Of mail sorviec IL 2, 45s
miles, operated at IN annual cost OF st7o,
56O.N.
william Gum, foreman OF q gang
In tho employ Of tho Bradbury Land and
Water Company, was shot and killed
Monday near Fosdick, u small station on
the line Of the Missouri Pacific, by Frank
,Rudar a boy of IS years. Tho RanR was