The Grit-advocate., 1900-05-11
COLORADO NOTES.
W. s. sratton has given $1,000 to
the Midland Band to purchase new uni

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the Midland Band to purchase new uni-
forms.
An agent Of the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition has been given permission to
capture six mountain sheep. They will
be placed in the geological park at
Washington.
At recent meeting Of the Candle
son and Mr.. +. A. Williams both e1-
of precinct option. An attempt will
doubtless be made to get such meas
ure through the next Legislature.
DIR. Giffin Of Boulder, who made a
post mortem examination on the re-
mains of late Postmaster Thomas Hall
OF Wall Street, in that county, found
that some time ago the man had swal.
lowed large prune seed, which lay
In a depression at the lower part Of
the stomach, and Immediately across
the opening into the bowels. AS nc
food could pass out of the stomach
the man starved to death. The prune
seed had been In the stomach long
enough for the moisture to cause the
seed to burst.
Practical instruction in mines and
mineralogy undertaken by eastern uni
versities, will result directly to the ben.
eft of Colorado. The University of
Minnesota has inaugurated the method
of instruction by sending out an entire
class in mineralogy, under Prof. Apple.
by. to spend several weeks in Colorado
mining camps, where their instructo:
will be the miner himself. The profes,
sor heads class of thirty, all young
men, each with a pipe. two suit cases
and specimen bags. This personal lug.
gage was of such extent that they re.
quired n special car.
A test case to determine the right to
tax deposits and capital stock of build
ing and loan associations was decided
at Denver Monday by Judge Butler OF
the District Court 1t was the suit of
the Fidelity Savings Association of
Denver against the Board of County
Commissioners, and the association
was victorious. Last summer the FL
deity Savings Association in its ta1
return to Assessor Ames mentioned ar
item Of $S,2O1 cash on hand Mr.. Ames
holding that the association was really
bank and should be taxed as such
eliminated the leash on hand" item
and added to the schedule $685., $40 tC
cover deposits. capital stock and the
like. The association asked the Coun
ty Board Of Equalization to strike of
this item on the ground that it was
really debt. This petition was denied
by the County Board Of Equalization
Accordingly the case was appealed tc
the District Court. In his opinion Judge
Butler decided that building and loar
institutions are not to be assessed like
banks.
A dispatch from Sterling to the Den
yer Republican on the 2nd says: OF
all the floods which ever poured dow1
the Platte valley. at least within the
memory of living men. none has ap
preached in magnitude and duration
the tremendous flow of to-day. Fol
ten days the river has been ut the dan
ger point. No sooner would The wa
ters begin to subside than the rains
would set in again and augment the
flow. Ever since noon yesterday. wher
the word came down the river that the
Platte had exceeded It's banks above
Hardin, the people here have been ex
pectant. The river began to rise
steadily In the evening. This morning
in many places it was out Of Its banks
and since then 1t has risen slowly, per
haps five or six inches in ten hours
The Burlington train from the Eas
was little late. At snaI's pace +
crossed the river. the timbers sway
ing and trembling under its weight
Scarcely twenty minutes aftere it.
passage span of sixty feet at the
east end of the trestle gave way undel
the irresistible force of the water. Tht
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