The Meeker herald., 1897-05-22
COLORADO BRIEFS.

The railroad business at Creede ts inespas-
Ing In volume.
A summer home for sickiy babIes of pnor
parents In to he opened at Denver soos-
Crop prospects In Costiila county are bet.
ter than for several years at this ssasoe-
Boulder clerks have organized to secure
early closing and Sunday closing Of storeA
All the remaining cases ON the docket
against members Of the I>eadvills Miners
Union have been dismissed.
President slocum of Colorado Colieee has
been offered the presidency Of Oberiia Col
leEe. He says he will decline.
Rev. G. Masden of New Haven. Connectl
cut, has taken charge Of the Colorado
Springs First Methodist Episcopal Church
Three new attendants have been added 10
the force At the Pueblo asylum and . recrea-
tion ground will be estsbIinhed for eonva
lescent patients.
Mayor MeMurray OF Denver objects be-
cause the county commissioners have made
big cuts In personal assessmeuts OF several
rich men since January list.
welI-attended meeting of the Soufhern
Stock Growers Association WAS held at Pu
eblo on the 14th, and arrangements made
for the spring round up In District No. .
which will start from La Jnntn June LIST. and
work up to Huerfano. then south alon-
south creek and the ST.. Charles to Brad
ford lake and taking In the surrounding
country.
A meeting of those interested In the sugar
beet Industry was held Mt Ordway. Otero
county. on Saturday and resulted In the per
fection Of permanent organization known
as the Ordwny Sugar Beet Growers Asso-
citation. comprising the farmers and prop
erfy owners of Otero county who are seek
Ing the establishment of sugarbeet fac
tory at Ordway.
There has been serious trouble Mt the State
School OF Mines at Golden. The faculty de.
MED Charles 7. Atkins the right to gradu-.
ate because as they claimed b. had not
lived up to the rules and was not sufficiently
proficient In his studies. He appealed to the
trustees and they rcinstated him. In the in
quiry the fact was apparently Proved that
other graduates had been more dtrelict thau
Arkins. 1t has been stated that The faculty
may resign to show their dspleasrre.
Last year a man In Weld county spent
&47 for paris green with which to fight the
grasshopper pest. His plan IL 10 mix the
poison In bran with small proportion Of
nolasses, dampen with water and SOW
broadcast over his farm. He uses II cart
carrying the mixture. drawn by span Of
horses and scatters the poison the same as
sowing small grain. He says he kills
wagon loads Of the hoppers by this means
and saved his crops. Besides he has seen
no cicada on his farm this year while come
Of his neighbors are literally eaten up. 1t
pays to do things well, and the time to ac-
cOmplish the most Is early In the season.
For the nrst time In the history Of ru
eblo, all Of the saloons Were closed on Sun
day. the 10th. The action WAS concerted
one the part Of the proprietors Of the
saloons. and not taken at any suggcs-
ton or order Of any of the police officials
1t is presumed that the saloon men came to
the understanding largely from the fact that
a grand Jury is at present sitting In the
city. and 1t has been generally rulnoretl that
this jury would consider Sunday closing Of
SALOONS. 40 far the grand Jury has not
turned any indictments against proprietors
Of saloons for keeping open ON Sundays. and
1t is not thought they will do so.
Joseph Murray, who is visiting his home
In Fort Collins, is soon to return to Alaska,
to 4 better position than he had before. He
has been promoted to chief agent. with n
SALARY Of ~ go a year and faoo for travel
st. Paul Island. and his Jurisdiction will ex-
tend over that island and also 1t. George
island. these islands being forty miles apart.
These islands are the breeding place of the
seals, and Mr.. Murray will have full control
Of the seal fishing. Mr.. Murray has also
been appointed dIsbursing agent q the gov
eminent without extra compensation. He
will have complete supervision Of 80 natives
who inhabit these two islands. and who are
supported by the government.
The annual state convention OF the Society
of Christian Endeavor will be held at Canon
City. June 18th to Goth. The committee an
nounce that they have engaged n tent to
seat 1000 people. This will be cool and well
ventilated. 1t will be located In the center
t1, Mi hnro utvaI x.hO
choir. which meets weekly for practice. but
will meet daily for two weeks before the
convention, under the leadership Of Pro
fessOr Colburn. a musician of experience In
such work. They have decided on twenty
four pages of .'Cbristian Endeavor Hymns"
which will be bound In a cover Of special
design. with the program inserted. They
are making designs for decoration Of the
city. An excursion through the Royal Gorge
and another to the top Of the Gorge. will be
conducted June 81.
A most remarkable incident occurred at
Georgetown last week In the trial Of RnS
Santorn. charged with the theft Of watch
and chain. Josie Clavel the prosecuting
witness. was placed upon the stand. She
answered few questions and then became
silent. Persuasion aud threats would not
move her: short stay In jail and private
talk with the Judge were Of no avail. The
attorneys for the defense In cross examine
tiDn met with no better success. Finally;
when everything had failed. the court dis
charged the tongue tied Witness and the I'M
patient Jury. II Is thought that the witness
was hypnotixed by the defendant or some OF
his friends. Others claim that she had been
intimidated; threats had een made Of such
a nature as to render her hystericai and
really unable to speak at times. The mat
ter Is to be thoroughly ventilated.
Final arrangements have been made be-
tween the I.eadville mine owners for pump
ing out the downtown mines. The agree
ment specifies that fund Of &JO.0oo shall
be raised In cash to meet these expenses be
fore stroke Of work is done. The pumps
and other machinery necessary have been
ordered and are now being built, part In
eastern manufactures and part In Denver.
II Is estimated that the pressure of the
water now In the mines is at the rate Of
500 gallons a minute. and the pumps and
baline tanks being manufactured have ca
pacity Of 400 q minute. All Of the ma