The state herald., 1893-10-27
NEWS OF THE WEST.


C0l0f800s
Evans had shooting scrape last week.
A telephone service 10 being put In At Fort
Collins.
Cripple Creek expects to poll a'ooo votes
this fall.
A new brass band has been organised 1t
Golden.
Cripple Creeks output for September VA
Tn postoiilce at Fort Collins VA burglar.
lied few nights ago
Mrs. Jenkins of Cheyenne is stumpins Colo
RADIO for equal suffrage.
There Is to be chrysantheum show Id
Denver early In November. nea 80,
There are now i6O men working Qn,thp
State Capitol and tho plastering Is faf a.
vanced.
The Denver Athletic Club beat the club OF
the University Of Missouri at foot ball Sstur-
day by q score Of 40 toe.
The State Board of Charities have been In.
vestigating tho Jefferson county jail, against
which charges Of bad sanitary condition have
been made.
]. 10 reported that work on the Cripple
Creek branch Of the Santa Fe road Will %
commenced At once and rushed forward with
all possible speed.
The attendance At the State Normal School
continues to increase Twelve added their
dlcations are that tho enrolment In the nor.
NAL department alone will reach three huns
dred this fall.
Tho Busk-Ivanhoe tunnel 10 pSeS feat ID
length, with b0-foot approaches, u 70 feee
high aud Is feet In the clear, II Will DO ready
for service about December I, Ices than three
and one-hAlf ycars from the first blAst
The state engineer hiss completed . plat Of
the Monument reservoir showing that II u
nsls: s .il. TO- Ts Ss .s.sES6s 1856
hfty acres aud now has i've acres OF water. IL
has coat nearly $50, 200.
Rev. W. 8. Priest, pastor Of the Frat Chris
tian church Of Colorado Springs, has pro-
scented his resignation, and asks that II take
effect on November l. He has received call
from the South Broadway church at Denver,
and II is probable that he will accept II.
This 10 the third pastor Of the city who re-
signed within week.
brick to send to Senator Allen Of Nebraska,
for his uutirlng work on the floor Of the Sen.
ate lately. Tho brick Is chemically ine and
was made at the Crookc smelter and 10 OF
San Juan County. On II will be inscribed:
"From many friends In Sllverton, Colorado"
The brick weighs forty ounces.
The report Of tho state coal mine Inspector
for the month Of September shows that there
was falling of In mining for the month q
compared with September, 1902, OF 47,151
tons OF coal. The total output last month
was "a, 058 tons. The number Of men en-
ployed Is reported at 1919, as compared with
5,354 for tho corresponding month Of last
year.
State Land Registrar Childs has made out
aud Issued to the governor for signature
list OF lands IN Routt County which tho state
will claim Of the United States. The lands
are well scattered along the mineral drift OF
the county, although not directly on the
yain nd ,v,rtso oh
soon as the matter can DO reached, tho State
Land department will continue claiming
lands Of the government until the full 100000
acres due the State from the Indian awards
are received.
Mr.. George sackctt OF Ohio, large prop
erty owner ut Salida, has donated to the city
the property formerly known - River Front
Park, comprising two blocks OF valuable
property fronting on the Arkansas River, 10
be used as public park. This was accepted
by the town at q special meeting OF the city
council and vote Of thanks given the gen
teman for his magnificent donation. 1t VIII
10 future be known as Sackett Park. IL 10
rich In natural beauty and fine, heavy timber,
and at but little expense can be made most
charming resort.
Hon. Hoke Smith, secretary Of tho Interior,
has decided that the motion for 4 review Of
the case Of the Union colony Of Colorado and
Others against John I. Fulmelc and others
is to confirm the title to all property In
Greeley. The Denver Land Office received
the decision Saturday. The secretary holds
that the entries BY Fisher, which were al
lowed to lapse, and the entries Of Fulmele
and others two years after 1887, whom tho
act was passed making tho land not subject
10 entry, were vitiated. Tho entries by Full
melc were Improperly allowed. Greeley's
present property owncrs' titles arc safe.
Colonel l.. p. Hoyt has made discovery It
Golden that will add another industry 10 the
clay business. Recently he discovered clay
which IL universally used by potters for giax-
Ing earthenware. Outside Of New jersey
this 10 the only deposit known to exist In tho
United States and as there are lnexbaustible
qualities around Golden, tho Colonel pro-
poses TO compete for the demand Of the en-
tire United States. The glaze 10 readily
marketed at SEQ 20 e23 = ton, and as II can 10
plowed up and loaded on board cars nj = net
cost Of rs cents ton It 10 obvious that the
discovery I. better than high grade silver at
the present time.