The silver star., 1900-07-13
COLORADO NOTES.

Governor Roosevelt promises 10 visit
Colorado during the campaign
/ I. A Barrackman. of Brighton. was
shot by tramp last saturday.
With the exception of 1881 last
month was the hottest June on record.
The deepest mining shaft in Colorado
is the Geyser at Silver Cliff-2.t5o feet.
The town OF Nederiand in Boulder
county had a disastrous IRE few days
ago.
I General John Pierce. the man who
built the first house in Denver. died
I last week.
Cattle are said to be dying rapidly
in Yuma county of disease much like
hydrophobia-
Some Colorado Springs people are
7 planning TO organize a company TO bore
/ for gas and oil
A Colorado Springs boy died of hy-
7 drophobia the other day. the result of
the bite of dog.
The next reunion Of Rough Riders
will be held AT Colorado Springs next
. year. June oath TO 27th.
I The Texas-C Colorado Chautauqua has
opened NJ Boulder under the most hap
py auspices. \ list Of attractions has
been secured that viii doubtless draw
immense crowds
The slopes of Pixies Peak near the
summit are said to be covered with
billions of caterpillars. which make
walking almost impossible and choke
up the mountain streams.
{ Professor Charles :. Crandall of the
( department Of botany and horticulture
at the State Agricultural College, has
resigned TO accept position in the sec
tion OF forestry department of asri-
culture at Washington. u c.
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Goddard of Colo
rado Springs has donated $1,000 in
cash to Brown university. Ii i her
subscription 10 the John ID. Rockefeller
million-dollar fund. which the friends
Of the university began to raise nearly
year ago
All of the coal miners at the Union
mine. sixteen miles above Glenwood on
the Cardiff branch of the Midland,
went on strike Monday. The cause ap-
pears to be the ungranted demand for
an increase of twenty cents per car for
digging and minor grievances. Fifty
men are involved
The Union Pacific has opened
grayelpit near Granger. making three
pits In operation-tbe other two being
on Sherman hill. One steam shovel
has been placed and the gravel will be
used in ballasting the cut-offs between
Green River and Ogden. There is no
I limit to the supply of gravel. and the
/ pit will be operated all summer.
\ whole shift employed on the Santa
I Rita mine has been discharged be
cause of the disappearance of some
/ high grade ore. The management was
unable 10 detect the thieves. and there
I fore made the wholesale discharge,
/ hoping to include the guilty parties in
/ the lot. Ii Is said that the ore has been
traced to an assay office in Victor. Fur
, ther developments are expected.
! The potato crop. which is an import.
ant one in Larmer county. is coming
on finely. Onions and cabbages, both
of which are largely cultivated in the
Poudrc valley, are showing a fine
growth and promise Il large yield
! Stra wberries and other small fruits
are bearing abundantly. Home grown
berries have been on the market
for the past two weeks and are large
and luscious. Cherries viii be ripe
next week and will produce heavily.
The people east OF Berthoud are re-
joicing over the fact that they are to
have rural free delivery of mail For
I some time they have been clamoring
Tor the establishment of a mail route,
and their efforts to secure the same
have been rewarded. The route covers
the territory east Of Berthoud only, ex-
tending about nine miles east and COW
ering distance of about twenty-six
miles. To establish the route 100
nnmcs-1Oo families had 10 be secured.
people.
The State Board OF Charities and
Corrections, through its secretary, c. l..
Stonaker, has prepared a report OF the
population of the various state institu.
tions. In the State Home for Depend.
ent Children are fifty-fwo males and
twenty-eight females: In the Boys In
dustrial School at Golden. l61 in the
state Home and Industrial School for
Girls. forty-tllree: in the School for
Deaf Muies at Colorado Springs. 121
IN the State Reformatory. 10: in the
Insane Asylum, 3l2 males and 1872 fe.
males: in the penltentiary three females
and 525 males.
The board OF directors OF the Denver
Chamber OF Commerce have endorsed
the plan TO have mining bureau and
a mineral exhibit under the auspices of
the chamber as n permanent part of its
work. This project was suggested IN
the report Of the committee on
mines and mining. made last March,
II was proposed then that bureau OF
mines he opened. AZ which all informa.
ton possible regarding the districts of
the state. together with specimens OF
ore. should be kept for the benefit OF
intending investors. and that this be
lnde headquarters for mining men.
The bonrd Of directors after adopting
the report. sent II back to the commit
tee, with the request that It consider
me mntter further. and make recon.
mendntions regarding the carrying out
OF the plan.
The executive committee Of the Colo.
RADIO Editorial Association has chosen
Ourny ns the place OF its midsummer
meeting. md has fixed on the dnten
July 18th TO 10Th. inclusive. A bust
ness meeting will be held on the even.
ing OF the 18th. TO hear and discuss the
report OF the legislative coiunittoo