The indicator., 1897-09-04
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Walsenburg is to have tclcphon,
exchange.
\ company has been orgaized ut Den
yer to make cottins.
\ double clopement of two married
women from Pueblo is reported.
a Woman's Christian Temperate,
Union has been organized at Cenra
City.
Judge Moses Hallett has been elected
vice president for Colorado for the Ma
tiOnll Bar Association.
Two burglarics were committed a
Monument ON the night Of she 29th, hu
the amount obtained was small.
Presideu; William f. Slocum OF Colo
RADIO College, in an open letter 10 III,
friends OF the institution, has an
uouuccd Ills decision To decline the cal
to The presidency OF Oberhn College.
The fourth annual camp meeting OF
the state Holiness Association will be
held at Pleasant Valley thalf way be
tween Erie and LonEmoutl september
10Th TO 10Th, IN one of the finest
groves in northern Colorado, Mrs
Amanda Smith OF Chicago. the African
reyivaliSt OF many countries powerful
in faith, weird aud thrilling in her
SONGS and words, has been engaged lot
this meeting. Many Christian workers,
cvangelistS. pastors and gospel singers
will have part in the meetings, that are
iuterlcnomiuatioual in character The
attendance at the camp meeting has III
creased from the first year. The larE'
est days attendance last year was csti'
mated at $500 people.
Congressman John G. Bell. Bel
Brothers and captain William Is, Upton,
umaug the most extensive fruit grow
crs of the Grand Valley, have just con
tractcd their entire crops of peaches,
plums and pears, now ripcuinG upon
their orchards To buyer FROM Tonnes
: g. who Will pick, pack aud ship the
products east This Is The iirst instance
in NIoutruSc county where The orchard
crops were contracted for on the tree,
aud Is the method all of our large fruit
growers will adopt FOR prrishahic fruiL
The same system that j. adopted IN
Michigan. Delaware Florida aud Call
furnia by commercial growers. The
prices paid were satisfactory To the
growers. \ car Of peaches WAS ship
ped To Denver sunday. Tie peach crop
is magnificent one this year The fruit
is large. firm anal high Favored.
Engineer, comprising a corps from
The office of stale Engineer Field have
returned to Denver after making q
thorough ana complete survey Of The
boundaries of Eagle and summit coun
ties In the y,ruacular Of IN" civil rn-
giuccr. they have run lines TINT cut of
from summit county about fifty square
miles OF territory and given 81 to Eagle
county. Thereby hangs lengthy lit-
cation. as residents Of Eagle county and
their elective officers all favor q law
suit IN ascertain the ownership of the
fifty .spuare-milr-,trip EN-S'ate EnGi-
ueer sumner. who headed the cNpcdi-
tlon, has reported that after three
weeks Of work the lines had been un.
doubleday correctly established. Much
Of the country iu the She"phom Greek
Valley has been long claimed 10y sum
nit county, but the new lines show that
Eagle county j. entitled to the land.
For many years the two counties have
prolonged "a fight over the proper locas
tiou Of the boundaries. and So far as
the state engineers office j. concerned
the dispute is settled.
Tile New York News Bureaus sum
mary of financial and commercial
news the leading newspaper published
In the interest OF Wall street, says Of
the outlook in Colorado: NO appre-
heusion need he felt regarding the fu-
turc Of Colorado on account Of the de
probation in The price Of silver. 1t is
an erroneous Idea that The fortunes of
the state are linked to anything mp
preaching n vital extent with the rise
or fall in the price of silver. Colorado
contains widely diversified sources Of
wealth. including millions OF acres of
land of the greatest fertility. adapted
and largely being utilized for the culti-
walton of grains and fruits Cattle
rnising and coal mining are only few
Of its sources, Colorado is prosperous
and its prospects are not only very fav-
orable. but the state has actually gone
ahead. About the only losses that
have been sustained in the state have
been experienced by real estate boom
erS. who paid $1,000 lot for $1,000
lots. The autUut Of gold In Colorado
In the next year will he very large and
will more than counterbalance any
losses that might result from the de
cline in the price Of silver