The indicator. (Pueblo, Colo.) 1894-1911, 1897-08-07
COLORADO BRIEFS.


The mountain resorts all report a
good business.
Gambling at Silvcrton has been stop
ped by the sheriff.
The secretary OF agriculture expects
soon to visit Colorado.
Klondykc clubs are being organized
| in number of towns.
A company of Gypslcs are in camp
near Steamboat Springs.
The Miners Union of Victor are
about 10 erect building.
The Sunday closing law is being
strictly enforced in Denver.
The insane asylum at Pueblo has 1870
| lnmatcs-2O3 men and 13I women.
The state seems to he entering upon
an era of railroad construction.
| The slump in silver Is catching the
| smcltcrs of the state for large amounts.
| The Denver mint is paying out about
$4,000 n day for gold dust and rctorts.
Flower Carnival will be celebrated at
| Colorado Springs this year August il.
81.
Frank Crowley took charge OF the
Rocky Ford experiment station August
| LIST.
A Central City miner fell 100 feet
down a shaft the other day and still
| lives.
The recent Pullman excursion "Around
the Circle" ncttcd the Denver Y. NJ. c.
| A. 81 900
There have been thirty-two violent
deaths in Cripple Creek during the last
| four years.
A new flour mill with n capacity OF
| fifty barrels n day is to be built at
once at Monte Vista.
| a gentleman aged scvcnty-two was
married 10 n lady aged scventy-iive at
| Boulder the other day.
| The Denver nationals banks, accord
ing 10 n recent statement, have $4,7oo,-
600 in gold in their vaults.
II. G. Newsom. cashier of the WASH
ington County Bank, is being tried for
| misrepresentation of funds.
| A surveying party has taken the field
to settle the boundary dispute between
Eagle and Summit counties.
a wave of reform is sweeping over
Lcadville All gamblers and lcwd
women have been ordered out of town
forthwith.
The project OF removing the Carter
collection of Colorado animals from
breckenridge TO Denver is again under
| discussion.
Grand Junction peaches have made
| their appearance on the Denver mar
ket. The season will be AT it's height
about the middle of the month.
1t is rumorcd that Mr.. Icrcry. prcsi-
dent of the Denver " Rio Grandc, has
been offered the presidency of the Lake
| Shore Railway and that he will ac-
ccpt.
The Santa Fc shops and yard and d-
division trackage Of La Junta are re-
| solving themselves into one of the most
important of western railroad business
| factors. The total number of men now
under salary from La Junta Santa Fe
headquarters will reach 800, while Si0,-
600 is monthly paid out to men who are
actual La Junta residents.
Governor Adams has the Klondyke
| fever. He said to II News reporter: "If
| | were not tied down in this office |
would leave for the Yukon right away.
believe could make plenty of money
in that country. My business is deal
ing in hardware, and the trade In thar
line ought 10 be quite brisk along the
| Yukon for several years to come. If |
were to make the trip | would do so
| with the expectation of cleaning up
$4,000 or 100000 in n year or So"
Mr.. Wilcox, deputy game warden in
Routt county, says that game is more
plentiful than he ever saw 1t before.
In one days ride Mt tho foot of Flat
Tops he counted over sixty deer, most
of them having horns. one of the re-
! suits, as II is also in evidence, of their
not having been molcstcd is that they
| n M Lou. al. &, a.
| foot hills. A great rush of sportsmen is
expected when the season opens Sep
TENDER l and the deputies will be kept
busy. Mr.. Wilcox says that even in the
| open season any party, no matter how
| many people 1t contains, who Kill more
meat than is needed for immediate use
| Will be prosecuted. The law allowing
each man deer does not apply in such
( cases. The drying or carrying away of
meat will not be allowed under any
| consideration.
w. S. Coburn, president of the state
horticultural board claims to have
| found new and effective method for
trapping the larvae of the coddIinr
| moth or apple worm. He simply takes
a square piece of burlap and folds 1t
several times. He places the folded
| cloth on the lowest limb of an apple
| 'i'' Hl'l IllIttS II Small stone on II 10
| keep it from blowing away. The moths
seek refuge under thos cloth and all
that is necessary to do is to destroy the
worms which are found congrcgatcd
there. This method may be used in lieu
of that of applying bands to the trees.
| The Denver X Rio Grande, Wells
| Fargo and the Pacific Express COM
panics will carry all fruits which will
he for exhibition purposes at the fair
to Conon City or Pueblo free of charge
| Exhibitors may commence shipping
fruit nj once to Pueblo, where it will
he placed in cold storage vaults until
the evening of the fair Parties will di-
rect the packages to Secretary NJ. A.
Shutc, the Crystal lee Company. Pueb-
To- The name of the sender should be
placed on the outside of the package
| ana as different temperatures will he
required for each class of fruit. the
name of the fruit must be stamped on
| the boxes. No fruit for cold storage will
be received after September H.
| David II. How, state appraiser of
lands, has left Denver for I.lmberton.
| whore he Will look over large section
of timber land preparatory to making
selection for the state. After he con
cludcs his labors in that section of the
country he will leave for Montczuma
| county ana select more land. The land
| TO he selected will come under the in
demnity school land which Is being
| claimed by the state for land lost on
account of the Ute Indian reservation
| ana other reservations for the savages.
| state Land Register Paddock has an
| nonhccd that during his administration
| an sllch lands that cannot he recovered
! ny me STATE VIII he speedily taken pos
session of. He is prOmpfpJ i'm his nrtion