The indicator., 1897-05-08
COLORADO BRIEFS.


Pueblo is having quite building boom.
\ militia company Is to he organized iu
Trinidad.
Christ Methodist Church Mt Denver has
just raised s2T,ooo to pay on IT. debt.
business men of Leadvlllc are raising
strong protests against the building OF spurs
to the Mines because II will throw ore haul
ers OUT Of work.
The ministers of Trinidad have formed an
association To relieve the needs OF the poor
but mud themselves unable to meet all the
demands made upon them for aid.
\ dry farmer near Denver sowcd kaiiir
corn broadcast as n catch crop. last June
On poor land. The yield was tremendous
and when it was breast high he cut It
green and shocked It, Cattle ate the fodder
greedily and clennly. The product from
three ncres fed fifteen cows and The feed
was fresh and green until after Christmas
Governor Adams has appointed the State
Board N stock Inspection Commissioners
az follows Ezra Fleming Meeker' \. Hart
man. Gunul>ou; y powlins. Alamosa; VII
liam Green Trinidad. Il. ". Hooker. ruch-
10; II. IL Mctrulf. River Bend NJ Full
WIDER RogEeu; j. X MuIlon, Denver; !, :
Brown, Denver J. X, Mullen aud Il, w.
Hooker are thc ouly rc.appolntc"s on the
new board.
Frank Kcmprr, tramsicr employed ("
hnul concentrates down the steep grade from
the trnmway terminal TO the railroad 81 Sil-
vcrton. was fatally injured on the @oth. The
wagon wheel went into rut In The road
and kemper was thrown 10 the ground ON
the heels II the horses. The wheels passed
over his abdomen, breaking his spine He
lived about three hours after being taken
to the hospital,
An Interesting and unique l-r u burning
is reported from colorado Springs. young
lady, Mis- Stella Evans, wn- boiling 4 can
NJ lard over cook stove and picking mp ana
egg thought size would h1il 10 iu the red ho,
grease. The egg uu sooner touched ihe boil
Ing lard than Cd loud explosion occurred, ana
the Young mdy WIS literally covered WITH
the living Ihrd She was stoopiuE over the
oIn ar ghr tiu,o. aud received the fuil benefit
" thr rNuIpsiau iu her noo. Her ams ana
hand. We're also badly burned.
\ game preserve l- started ou Clear creek
near pchclUr. hy uumhpr of eilkupwu
gentlemen Of Denver 'olorulo Springs
Aspen and Lcadvillr. N which George f.
Newton. well known citizen ~ That
place rs organizer 1uI promoter. Thr pIuec
sclcrled FOR the location NJ thc park i- nt th"
head uf clear crrrk .hnut seventeen miles
FROM prhogur. and is remarkably Wcll-
formed canon f1r Bu .uturprlsc ~ This kind
The CANON contains about l5,uon 0'rc- nnG
will need fenrlug ia bEt tow places.
wire woven rcncr eight fcrt high wilt hc
used where necessary. Regular huatinr par
tiles VIII be ur=nu.zrl among the members
aud t1ip made ru Lhi- park every f3ll
\ beet sugar gs-oaialIUu luS been organ.
lied % Sterling fur object uf thc association
being ru give o. practical fest " sugar beet
growing tu IhH' part uf the valley aud l-err-
tain sugar percentage and arf" Tonnage.
nud t1 acquire % practical knowledge "I
heyt culture EgCb member NJ the n--ocia-
unu Is tn plant during the coming season
from ouu-gWrtvr tp gw' acres NJ horL~.
thereby covering the major portion of the
territory that Will bee contiguous To the
plant when established. II the test proves
satisfactory. "a syndicate will ut once pro
ceed io erect factory go that point for the
manufacture OF sugar from bcets- seed has
been ordered and implements are cn route
for Immediate iuiiiatpry steps in the fur
thcrancr of crop test.
state Dairy Commissioner Cannon has set
about giving dealer. iu ulcomirEurinc. but
trrinc and an the other edible commodities
-lUt come under the general head Of -hull
butter taste Of the statute which rcgu-
afes the manufacture and sale Of these ar
this law has been practically imperative,
and ns result the vendors nf butter conn
terfclts have built up thriving trnde In
the cities and towns Of the state, particular
Is Denver, lie has already Initiated one
prosecution under the statute which pro
hlbit7 the sale NJ butter limitations under
the EuiSc of genuine dairy products. II
this one results satisfactorily warrants will
%" sworn out against several other dealers,
wage unreleutiuE war against bogus butter
dealers who upernte in conflict with the law.
Judge Dixon N the district Court az I'u-
cblO. has handed down decision that i-
of considerable Importance to counties which
are not ranked as nrst and second class He
decided that the county commissioners 0f
such counties may iucreas" or diminish the
compensation NJ county assessors at any
time while they are in office, The question
arose On suit brought 10y j. :. Booher,
county assessor of kipwa county, against tile
board Of county commissioners Of that
county. Mr. Ruohcr L. the present county
assessor and his predecessors had been paid
at the rate Of 81 per day. When he took his
seat the board of county commissioners ~
dur,d the per diem Of that office To 81 per
day. Hc brought suit for balance claimed
to be due him NJ <5n2. The question wa.
arguoI some days ago ON demurrer mud
Judge Dixon sustained Ga" demurrer there
by practically dl-postug " the cnsc.
The eleventh session u the Rocky Noun.
miu Chautuuluu Assembly VIII convene at
Glen Park July II. and will cputluue until
July 10 Many attractive features have
been added ip the assembly this ycnr, and
tile Instructors iu the several hrJurh"- u
IraFuiuE will o0"r courses N study parallel
with tGu~o uf the great 'uIuInuuuu Society
uf New York During the session many lee
turrS Will b" hrnrd from m"u prominent IN
educational iifr he Denver Glen Park l> The
Totpgu H,d place uf assembling for The 'hIu-
tauguH -l,irtlcs NJ Colorado" Wyoming and
Arizona. and the luoHii"u rs preserved fur
Chauuuuuan~ rhc property being held by
those interested iu che work and maintained
by duuuiiou- from 'hau'nuuuuus and chris
tinu people. Itrv Frank y. Euylcy. ~ Den
yet. lrS bcru engaged Hz superintendent Of
Instruction for tnr assembly. and Eey. e.. W
Iicislrr Will conduct tho normal Bible de
parfmeut.
There IS considerable un"a.iueSs ON the
part NJ residents Of Colorado. and especially
new Mexico. over the international treaty
between rh" United States aud Mexico
which, 90 is said. will prevent the diycruns
" any water from the Rio Graudr river or
any uf It's Ir.hutariuz. at any pIiut above the
International dam. II such would prove -
be tile case the loss 10 Ncw McNiru would
bc nrniculnblc. la fact. It is thought That It
cannot b" done without laying the govern
mont liable tp pay tremendous Indemnity.
amounting to millions 10 the parties whp
will he affected by the operations N the
treaty Delegate Ferguson and the rrprr-
scnuitIycS In Congress from California, colo.
RADIO aud other western States have Interest
ed themselves IN the matter aud the wording
or the treaty is likely 10 be changed In order
that the thousands of pcopl" who use the
waters of the Rio Grand" and Its tributaries
above. the dnm may not b" injured In such
an evidently unjust way. Las Vegas TX
amu"r-
A dispatch from Lander says Not within