The Monte Vista journal., 1898-02-05
COLORADO BRIEFS.

at Colorado Springs.
The snowslile season has opened In
the San Juan country.
San Luis valley farmers are organ
tzing u market association.
Farmers about Longmont have or
Eanized u sugar beet association.
\ hospital. church and n depot are
to bc built at Glenwood next summer.
War has been begun on billboar,ls
by the city authorities ut Colorado
Springs.
Frank Murray has been made fire
chief at Victor, vice James Frazier, re-
moved.
Two government cannon have been
received by the Grand Army men Of
Pueblo.
BOULDER tcamstcrs are working night
and day hauling coal from the Shan
ahnn mines.
surveyors are laying out grounds
Tor the new electric power and light
plant ut Eldora.
a Black Hawk firm has lust finished
and shipped two ten-ton ore wagons TO
Fairview, British Columbia.
BOULDER people have furnished the
FUNDS to secure 10000 young trout for
North and Middle Boulder creeks.
Foreclosure proceedings have been
instituted against st. Leo's Catholic
Church at Denver. Father O'Ryan has
resigned the pas,orate.
Special Policeman Cunningham WAS
hncd 500 NJ Colorado Springs for
STRIKING man with his revolver who
was riding II bicycle on the wrong side
OF the street.
The Colorado Forestry Association
will hold Its annual meeting at Denver
on the 11th OF February. Owing to the
Ill health of Secretary Parsons and his
consequent absence from the state. the
arrangements for the meeting are not
all completed
An employc of the Western Union
Telegraph Company ut Denver has
been arrested for giving copies of tclc-
grams to commission merchant.
Ncorgc j. Gernain. The latter, upon
the Information thus Obtained, was en-
abled to underhid his competitors on
out-of-town trade and did IL biz bust
ness.
The employees of the Colorado Fuel
and Iron Company's coke ovens at FL
Moro went out on II strike Il few days
ago. The trouble seems to have Origi-
mated over the fact that the works
have been operated only part of the
time and the men demand more work.
There Is no Kick on the wages paid.
the men simply wanting more work
The irack-laying gang on the Colo
RADIO Il Norihwc stern railway has
SfrurE a r,lisn nf
To 81 per day. The management rs-
fused 10 grant the increase. and the
consequence was iha, ,hiriy-iivc out
of foriy-iwo men pul, work The rail
road company has organized another
| gang and will push matters along
| again. The track is almost to Salina
Owing to excessive rrcigh, rates
many Greeley merchants are having
their goods hauled from Denver by
teams nj Il cost of II cents per 100
pounds for all kinds, heavy and bulky
They claim the saving by this means
Of transportation Is quite an Item
while the goods arrive In better con
dltiOn. owing 10 being handled less.
They are taken from the Denver deal
or tos the Greeley buyer without dis
turbnncc until delivered
l INV VII company
| Florence has been In great luck strik-
Ing new oil wells. ON Monday ut well
lfo oil was struck nt 2.lOO feet, and
since the well has been pumping sew
! cral days. The company IL congrntu-
lating itself on having u good pro-
Queer Of 10 barrels prr day. ON
"Wednesday morning nj well l5i oil
was struck. and Thursday at well l41.
II IL too soon To say what the pro,iuc-
tiOn Of III" last two will be. but sufiici-
cnt is known 10 warrant their pump
Ing.
| San Luis Valley farmers. In a mass
meeting. have decided To form n per-
maneni organization for marketing
grain. securing freight rates and tn look
after necessary extension OF railroad
facilities. A large committee repre-
scnting all localities In the valley was
appointed To prepare u plnn Of organi-
xntiOn and tn draft bylaws tn le re-
ported nj an adjourned meeting to In.
held here February l2;h. This ac.io,l
IL regarded ns meaning much for the
| valley. The new rates on wheat 10
Gulf ports for export has greatly slim
ulnted shipments. About ten cnrs per
day Is the average shipment from this
city.
For the first time In ten ycnrs the
state OF Colorado IL on u cash basis
and warrants issued on the revenue
Of ikS nrc paid almost ns soon as
they are presented to the treasurer.
This condition Of affairs Ii attributed
tn the generally favorable outlook OF
everything connected with financial
matters In Colorado and the prospects
for improvement In business conditions
all over the state. The direct cause
for the prosperity In sintc affairs r..
Of course. attributable 10 the Increase
In the state receipts. which could not
bc fOrcsecn when the Legislature pass.
ed the general appropriation biil nnd
made the special appropriations for
running the several state departments
for 1897 nnd lSIss. .\s IL well known
the revenue the state received during
1sD7 greatly exceeded the estimate Of
Auditor Parks. and the prospects nrc
now thnt for this year they Will l.nvc
u surplus IN the treasury after NIL M.
preparations nrr pnid.
| Two members of the Colorado com.
mission of tho Trans -Aiississippi and
International Exposition In ir held In
Omaha. have rendered their rcslg,,n.
tious To Governor .\inins. They urr
y. h. Hooper snd y. =. Bishop. ci,air.
man of the commission. The commits.
sion has experienced great disiicuity In
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