North Park union., 1900-01-19
COLORADO ITEMS.

Inc U0tlOn4I DuukB 0I tue SAkc hcho
In all &55.O0O.O0O deposits. and state
banks. including savings banks, over
$4,000, 900.
The body Of an unknown man was
found hanging under u tree few miles
from Florence. He had apparently
been lynchetl some time ago.
The body Of william Zaden was
found In well near In Junta the
other day. He had evidently been
murdered. Two Mexicans are sus-
pected.
Building permits issued In Denver
during 1909 were 81. 19O.O .O53. compared
with 81, ,7Os, 100 In 1893. 81 .26I 800 In
1897. $l.1l4.0OO in 1896. $1.125.GOO In
1895 and SECS, 100 in 1894.
The receipts Of the Denver postoffice
In 1899 were $4OO.354. The expenses
were $152, ,SO4, and the net profit to the
government was $247.55O. The In
crease In revenue over 1898 was 80 per
| cent.
The merchants of Grand Junction
have agreed TO close their places of
business at o'clock every evening ex-
cept Saturday for the next three
months. This matter was brought
about through the efforts OF the Retail
SfANa Ar AhtOthutVh1b -ASSSN'u''A1-
A. l.. Humphrey. superintendent of
motive power of the Colorado Midland
Railway. is In Paterson. New Jersey. to
inspect the $4,000 rotary snow plow
ordered several months ago. The ma
chine IL now completed and will be
| delivered as soon as approved by Mr.
Humphrey. IL will be the biggest
snow plow In the West. having II
sweep Two feet greater In width than
those now in use in the mountains.
| The value OF the manufactured goods
| produced In Denver during the year.
exclusive Of smelter products, was S34.-
G3i. .3I2- The factories employ 12h,o
| persons, whose earnings We're SI.Ho,'
80. During 1898 the Denver factories
produced goods valued ut 29.2GS,2a
and employed 1876 persons, who
| earned S7.1lO.45O In wages. In addi-
1 tlon the smelters employ 1900 men.
whose earnings during the year were
$0OO.OOO.
BY the agreement of the telegraph
err and the Rio Grande, IL new office
is created, that OF manager of the
main telegraph office. at Il salary of
sos n month. J. 4. Fegan has been in
charge of the Rio Grande telegraph of
flee for ten years. but without official
position. Now TINT the position IL de-
fined. II is to go TO the man who Is
Oldest in line of promotion, who is J..
w. Brunton of Pueblo. now wire
chief. with headquarters a. Pueblo.
| Secretary Martha A. Shute OF the
State Horticultural Society has been in
consultation with the National Paris
Commission as to the display of Colo
rado fruit ut the Paris Exposition. 1t
was the Intention OF the commission to
have fine fruit display In Paris from
Colorado, but the fruit growers Of the
state have responded coolly to the ap'
penls in this behalf. Mrs. Shute now
fears that the state will not have nny
fruit exhibit mt Paris. as the growers OF
Colorado do not seem to think that the
effort will bring Il fair return for the
expense involved.
The four days from the Ith to the
10th OF February are to be gala days
nt Colorado College. Preparations have
already been largely completed for II
double celebrntiOn--in honor Of the
opening of the new Pickens Fine Arts
building. and In cOmmemoratlOn OF the
twenty-fifth anniversary of the found
Ing OF the college The exact nnniver.
sary date came last May. hut 1t was
decided to postpone Its celebration un-
I'll the Perkins building should be fin
ished. and then make the joint cele-
brntiOn the most notable occasion of
Its sort In the history of the college.
j. l. Jackson of Grand Junction has
invented u machine which bids fair to
make for the inventor Il fortune. The
machine Is n beet digger and topper II
has four wheels and is operated by n
series OF levers at the command OF the
driver. \ plow which Is preceded by
coulter raises the beets out OF the
ground and throws them to the side,
and while this operation is going on n
sharp knife slices on the top. As fast
as a team can walk the beets are taken
out of the ground, topped and ready
for the tcamster to haul them to the
factory. A patent has been applied
for.
The Woman's Club of Grand June.
tion IL rejoicing greatly because of the
munificent donation made by Andrew
Carnegie to found free public library
in that city. The sum given by Mr.,
Carnegie IL 5000. which was the
amount asked for. The Woman's
Club own n fine building lot on
Seventh evenue and the building will
be erected on this lot. For some time
the executive committee OF the club
have been working to secure this dona
tion from the great iron master and
philanthropist and their Joy IL grea;
because they have been given this
handsome New Years present from
Mr.. Carnegie.
The first shovel full of dirt on the
new Colorado Springs l. Cripple Greek
short line was thrown out at I O'Clock
Thursday. President Irving Howber-
performed this ceremony near the
mouth of Bear creek canon. Abou,
twenty-five men were put to work and
the number Will he Increased to II thou
sand In n week. The first work 10 bt
accomplished il the cutting OF forty
foot roadway through the big hill lying
lust to the left Of Bear creek canon. Or
Saturday Camp No. Will be estab
lIshed In North Cheyenne canon, and
on Tuesday Camp No. B will be estnb
lished hnlf way between the Cheyenne
canon cnmp. and the present one south
west of Colorado City. The grade will
be about 3M per cent, which is less
than that OF either railroad entering
Cripple Greek. and Cameron. $500 feet
| above sea level. Will be the highest
point on the road.
The business Of the Colorado Fuc
I & Iron Company hns increased ut d
tremendous rate during the year. The
| Draat steel plant of the COMPANY nj