North Park union., 1900-07-27
COLORADO NOTES.

Much-needed showers nave fallen
over most OF the state.
Grand Junction will celebrate Sen.
tember 18th as Peach Day.
Mr.. Stratton has made the State
School of Mines a present of $4,000.
A Boulder family were seriously bat
not fatally poisoned by eating impure
Ice cream last week.
Consistent with Its declaration as to
the economy of selling timber from
state lands while there is danger from
depreciation without hope Of relief, the
State Land Board Is turning down all
applications where the reverse Is the
case.
It is said that the new agreement to
be signed August 1st between the San
tn Fe and Colorado 4 Southern rail-
roads will embrace the enlargement Of
the Santa Fe yards In Pueblo and that
the Colorado road will attempt to do
much business In Its old yards in that
city.
The next appointment Of cadets from
this state for the military academy at
West Point and the naval academy at
Annapolis Will be made by Senators
Teller and Wolcott. The appointments
of cadets, two for each of the institu-
tions, are made alternately by sena-
tors and representatives. Senator Tel
Ter will have charge of the examina-
tiOn.
NJ, Lindley of Chicago, manager of
the Century Mining Company of that
city. has been in Grand Junction the
past week investigating that point as
location for a smelter plant. He was
more than pleased with the outlook
and will advise the members Of the
company he represents to locate
smeiter in that city instead of at an
other point farther west.
The Federal Union of Pueblo, the
second largest In the city, mas with
drawn from the Western Labor Union.
1t is thought by some labor leaders that
this Is the beginning of the end of the
Western Labor Union influence In Col
orado. The Pueblo union withdrew be-
cause 1t does not believe that 1t derives
benefit from the Western Labor Union.
the Headquarters and offices Of which
are located in Montana.
Ranchmen In water district No. 15
who get water from the st. Charles
river. are preparing to make deter
mined fight against the plans of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company TO
divert an additional amount of water
from the river for the purpose of sup
plying the new reservoir which the
company is about to construct three
miles south OF Lake Minnequa to sup
ply the rolling mills with water.
The governor In n few days will ap-
point the seven members of the COM
mission to draft bills to revise the rev.
enue laws of the state. This commits
sion for the present will be unsalared,
but 1t Is expected that the next Legis-
lature will provide pay for the men,
bers. Among those who will be asked
TO serve are Clay B. Whitford, state
senator from this county: C.J. Hughes.
T. NJ. Patterson and L. T. Wells. Sen
ator W. S. Buckley OF San Miguel coun-
ty has been decided upon as mem
Der.
Pensions have recently been granted
Coloradoans as follows: William n.
Sheets. Georgetown, s.; John NJ. kortz,
Fort Collins, $40: Oscar f. Chaplin,
PouchO, SO: Adam Jardine, Delta, Sl2:
Mary +. Kortz. Fort Collins, $S; Mich
olas Mullen. Cripple Greek. So; james
w. Kearns. Denver, 50: Edwin Squires.
Colorado Springs. $40: William II.
Brockway. Greeley, So; Charles l..
Blanke, Golden. SO: Luke II. Monson.
Fort Lupton, $50; Edwin A. Curtiss,
Trinidad. SO: John G. Furniss. Elmoro.
$40; Michael HOolaliau, Fort Logan.
SIT.
Rondmaster Ridrewny of the Colo
RADIO & Southern will soon make n trip
of Inspection and location up the Purg-
atolre river, between Trinidad and
Stonewnll. and before snow again flies
construction Will begin on n new and
important Colorado 4 southern branch
railroad. The new road is to run up
the Purgatoirc river, take In the Stone
wall region and the heavy anl virgin
pine lumber growths on the head Of
Ponil creek and will have San Luis
valley localities as early objective
points with Alamosa as an ultimate
terminal.
The North Poudre Canal Company is
arranging for extensive improvements
to Its plnnt. eight miles from Fort Col
Inns. where II has five reservoirs in op-
Grafton and is building n sixth. The
plans for the completion of this sixth
reservoir were filed with State Engi.
neer McCune Inst week. 1t Will be the
largest and most expensive Of the sys.
TEN, and will ndd fifty per cent to the
capacity OF the. company's storage
lakes. The system covers several hun.
dred acres, and provides water for the
entire North Poudre district. rhila-
delphia capitalists control the enter
prise. State Engineer McCune person
nlly will oversee the work on the new
reservoir
Officials of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science are
making preparations for the meeting
of the convention In Denver next year
The date of the meeting has been
fixed for the Inst week In August, 1901,
the first council meeting to be held at
noon Saturday, August oath, and the
first general session to be held ut 10
O'Clock Monday, August Goth. The meet
ings will continue until Friday night.
August Both. No entertainments or So
cial features that may be arranged for
the scientific men who compose the as
ISOLATION will be allowed to interfere
with the business sessions, but the
working days will be held inviolablc,
writes Secretary l.. o. Howard of the
Cosmos Club to Professor L. G. Car
penter of the State Agricultural Col
lege. Secretary Howard is In charge OF
the preparations going forward In the
East.
A special to the Denver Republican
says: The toll gate on the Lyons and
Estes Park toll road was torn down
and destroyed by armed men at $50