The Meeker herald., 1900-12-22
COLORADO NOTES.

ty At the rate Of 100 for cent.
The sheriff Of Archuleta county. n
b. Henderson, has issued notice to So
looms to stop all gambling in Archuleta
county.
The Baxter shaft house, belonging to
the Utica mine mt Ward, was burned
December 18th, together with consid-
erable valuable machinery, the loss ap-
proximating $500.
The American Beet Sugar Company
shut down its factory at Rocky Ford
for the season December 6th. 1t has
worked $4,000 tons Of beets and made
4,bO0 tons Of fine beet sugar.
A number of Italians Of Ouray have
organised q patriotic order which was
Incorporated as the Society Of George
Washington. Fred Scala, John Cresto
and 4 Zunella are the incorporators.
The tenth annual catalogue Of the
State Normal School shows total en-
roalment Of 546 students at the institu.
ton, 234 being in the training depart
ment and 312 in the normal school pro-
per.
Mrs. N. Yoss Of No. 10 Irving avenue.
Atlantic City. New Jersey, hasn't seen
or heard Of her husband, Albert, in ten
years, and asks Governor Thomas to
help her ascertain II he has been in
Colorado.
The buttermakers have succeeded in
securing their one-way rate to the ma
tional meeting of butter-makers to be
held in st. Paul, February 10th-2Sth.
The rate will be one fare for the
round trip.
The twenty-sixth annual session of
th~ Cnlnp.p d<, Too Dhnrn, A Aau n ffnn Vvill
b held at the East Denver high school.
December 26th, 9th and 18th. Numer-
ess papers OF a highly instructive
character will be read.
The large meteor that passed over
Denver December 7th was seen by
Rev. Mr.. Earle of the Baptist church
Of Aspen. Mr.. Earle says the meteor
fell several miles north Of Red noun
tain. An attempt will be made to 10
cate 1t.
Acting Governor Akers Of Arizona
has honored the requisition from Colo
RADIO for Antonio Semenxa, wanted In
Telluride for the embezzlement Of
$500. Sheriff Fountain of Telluride IL
after the man, who has been located at
Bisbee.
The Board of Health of Fowler H.
sued an order on the 18th Instant clos
ing the schools on account Of scarlet
fever. One case was under quarantine.
All children are also required to bring
certificates Of vaccination when they
rs-enter school.
Fifteen horses were burned to death
and three more injured beyond reccv-
cry in fire that restr0yed the stables
u the City Package Delivery Express
Company, in the rear OF No. 1904
OhampA street, Denver, on the might
ef December 18th.
. The date for the annual poultry ex-
.hihit Of the Southern Colorado Poultry
Association at Pueblo, has been set for
January 18th. and the flve days sue
eeeding that day. Onacefs Of the asee-
eiation plan to have an even larger
sAow than in previous years.
The discovery of a nineteen-foot vean
of good coal near the surface 10 report
ed from Huerfano canon at point for
u miles from any mine now opened in
Huerfano county. 1t Is near the line
Of railroad proposed by the Denver and
RIO Grande from Walsenburg to Silver
Oin.
/ Everything seems to have risen this
year, even the thermometer. Up to
December 10Th the weather bureau at
Denver reports an excess Of tempera-
tuFe amounting to eighty-seven degrees
since the first Of the month and 661
degrees since the beginning Of the
year.
Scenery and climate are among the
most valuable assets Of Colorado. This
fact 10 shown by the annual report OF
the Western Passenger Association,
total of q ,778 tickets having been e1-
-
and Pueblo from May 1st to October
d. 1900
A stock company has been organised
At Fort Lupton for the purpose Of erect
ing q condensed milk plant to be opsr-
ated by o. q. Frink of the Silver stats
Creamery Company. The capitaliHa-
ton will be $4,000. This will be the
only condensed milk plant west of the
Mississippi river.
The insane asylum report will show
that the commissioners think DR.. A. p.
Busey has made success as superin-
tendent and that the institution was
ably conducted. The report will place
the value Of the asylum property at
446S, 600 and will ask for appropria-
lions to the amount of $346, GOO for the
biennial period now commencing.
Dr. Robert Coltman, Jr., with his
vile and six children. ranging in age
from two to sixteen years, has arrived
In La Junta from San Francisco. He
will visit with his parents, Rev. and
Nrs. Coltman, until q permanent loca-
ton II decided upon. Doctor Coltman's
diary and description Of the siege of
the legations ut Pekin, published in the
Chicago Record. has attracted wide
attention.
Charles n. Bowen has presented to
the war relic department in the state
house 4 rusty dagger blade found on
the battlefield Of the Alamo and sup
posed to have belonged to the army Of
santa Anna. Mr.. Bowen also turned
over to Custodian Cecil A. Deane a
sword dug from the battlefield Of Wa
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