The Grit-advocate., 1900-08-31
tUl.DR.AiJO NOTES.


There ar" at least five new creamery
enterprises soon to be started in Colo
rado. IN" industry continues to grow
slowly hut surely.
The International Typographical
Union, which has been in session dur
ing the last week in Milwaukee, voted
to reimburse Denver union 10 thc
amount of $1,000 for moneys donated
at different times to visiting lnVahd
printers from other unions.
The interest pertaining to the drill
ing contest at Ouray last week has not
died oui and II contest was held on the
Ind between Sam Hupps and Andrew
johnson ON Il wager of $500, each man
to drill fifteen minutes with man to
turn the drills The contest was very
close. resulting in Hupps drilling "
I-l6 inches and Johnson % 5-l6 inches
The first state convention Of the
agents ana members of the Colorado
Humane Society will occur in Denver
Monday October LIST. Legislation in the
society's interest of great importance
will be asked n, the coming session of
the Legislature. Plans for county Or
ganiZation and for putting the local
work throughout the state on more
satisfactory basis to the agents will
also be discussed.
At I o'clock Friday evening a dis
tressing accident occurred at Aspen,
which resulted in tie instant death of
the 12-ycar-old daughter of Dennis Sui
livan. y shotgun in the hands of
younger brother was accidentally dis
charged. striking the sister full in the
face at short range. An older brother
had been out hunting and left the gun
in the house without removing the
loaded shell The little boy took the
gun into the yard where the weapon
was discharged.
in all probability the Iliff School Of
Theology of the University of Denver
Will not be opened for the next term,'
says Bishop Warren. 1t was founded
by Mrs. Warren and has been sustain
ed by her. She does not feel able at the
present time 10 make up the difference
between $4,000 which the endowment
provides. and $1a.OOU which is the cost
of running the school. We have never
asked aid for the school from anyone
and are not now asking it. We expect,
therefore, that the school will not open
FOR the neXt term"
Colorado has no power to pay the
bills of the Colorado officers who par
ticipated in the chase after the Hole
in the Wall' gang from Utah last year.
Such is the decision of the attorney
general. The men We're called upon
by Governor Thomas to act in the Nc
Carthy case. but Governor Thomas
took this action only when he received
! telegram from Governor Iiehcr Wells
/ of Utah urging him 10 do so. He pre-
| suned that on the strength of this
telegram from the governor of Utah
the posse would be paid by Utah. but
that state has refused to make the
payment.
The forest fires now raging through
out the state will do damage to the eX
tent of Sl0.OUO,OOO. They have already
caused a loss of nearly thrccfOurths Of
that amount Those who are most like
ly to know how extensive the damage
will be place the loss at this large sum.
The man who puts the loss at $1O,OOO,
600 is G. T.. Wantland, general land
agent of the Union Pacific road, which
OWNS large tracts of land in Colorado
and other western states. In Middle
park the fires are burning 50 tercely
| thai rhnchmen are beginning to fear
that their homes Will be swept away
and their properties ruined
1t has been learned that the present
rapid transit railway company of Col
orado Springs has been purchased by
W. 5. Stratton. i. X. McKinnie and
other local capitalists. The deal has
been under way for some time. but the
negotiations have just been closed. The
new owners propose to make radical