La Junta tribune., 1900-09-26
COLORADO NOTES.

Pueblo has sent carload Of food 70
Galveston.
Deposits in the Denver banks amount
to over $25,OOO.OOO.
Snow fell on the foothills near Den.
yer on the night of the 18th.
Denver people have already sab
scribed over $1,000 for the Galveston
relief fund.
The Union National Bank Of Denver,
which failed In 1895. has now paid ats
depOsitors In full.
The Republicans of the Second Con
gressional district have nominated II.
NJ. Hogg for Congress.
John Calderwood has filed n protest
before the secretary of state against
his removal from the fusion ticket.
The Broadway Temple Association,
founded by the late Myron w. Reed, 10
NO longer in existence. The associa-
ton was practically dissolved last
June, when services In the Broadway
thcater were discontinued. and now the
association has formally disbanded.
Colorado WoOdmen of the World are
planning the erection of a building for
their order in Denver. The proposed
structure IL to cost about 100000 and
will be used by all the Woodmen
camps In the state. A site is yet to be
selected. An auditorium is to be an
adjunct to the building.
United States Indian Agent Randlett
at Anadarko, has issued orders to his
Indian police to clear the Kiowa and
Comanche reservation Of prospectors
and miners who are mt work In flae
Wichita mountains. IL the miners re
slst the police, troops will be sent ft0m
Fort Sill, az the department is deter
mined to keep everybody out until the
day Of opening.
The fortleth annual session @. the
Masonic Grand Lodge Of Colorado,
with representatives from the 1O7
lodges Of the stnte, met In Denver on
the 18th. The officers elected are as
follows: Grand master. Joseph WILL
llams, Canon City; deputy grand mas
ter, G. ID. Kennedy, Colorado Springs;
senior grand warden, NJ. II. Dean,
Glenwood Springs; Junior grand ward
en-, H. Il. Killian, Walsenburg: grand
treasurer, d. A. Barton, Denver; grand
secretary, Ed. G. Parmelee, Denver.
The bones OF Lieutenant Beecher
who was killed by Indians at the
mouth OF the Arickaree river in 1860,
have been found and transferred to
Denver. Some time ago members of
the G. A. II. organized Beecher Me-
mortal Association with the purpose Of
erecting n monument upon the desc
late spot. Last Sunday memorial ser
vices were held and the foundation for
f, the shaft laid. The undertaking was
under the auspices OF the Fred II.
Beecher and Harrison A. Condor posts
Of the G. A. X.
While Colorado is not such an extern
sive producer Of petroleum as WyOm-
ing, yet during the year 1899 the state
made Il good showing, as compared to
previous years. The output Of Colo
rado last year, while smaller In guam
tity than that of the preceding year,
was greater In value. In 1893 Colorado
produced 444 1888 barrels Of petroleum
and In 1899. but 800, ,27S barrels, but the
or $1.O3 per BARREL while In 1893 the
larger output was valued at 1857 ,5O4,
or 82.7 cents per barrel.
1t is reported that w. s. Stratton has
made another gift to the State School
of Mines. the amount with which he IL
credited with giving the institution this
time IL 1900, this being the third do
nation to the school. Mr.. StrattOn. is
n member Of the board of directors and
has always taken an active interest In
the welfare OF the college. The gift IL
entirely distinct from the one made q
short time ago. and will le used for
the erection OF another building at ~
school to be known as the Stratton
building.
The announcement that Pueblo has
grown but 14.56 per cent. in the last
ten years is somewhat Of n disappOint-
ment to the census officials, who had
looked for n larger increase In that
city, especially In view of the fact that
from 1890 to 1890 1t grew from 3,21I
to "a sos, or G63 per cent. In the past
decade 1t only reached 2S.157. BY
wards the population IL as follows:
First ward. 1891: Second ward, 2,732;
Third ward. 4O4s: Fourth ward. 1906;
Fifth ward, 3,44s; Sixth ward, 1855;
Seventh ward, 4,JO5; Eighth ward,
1912.
For the convenience OF the different
political parties aud other candidates
for office, Secretary Of State Beckwitb
has prepared nm abstract of the re-
vised election laws. According to this
abstract certificates Of nomination
must be In his hands by October 7tb,
II they are to figure at the coming elec-
ton, and the ncceptances of nomina-
ton must be filed within five days af-
ter the certificate. A failure OF the
candidate to comply will result In the
name being dropped from the ticket,
excepting In. the case OF the Democrat
ic or Republican tickets, where failure
to accept Will not be taken for resig-
nation. The limit to fill vacancies Is
October 18th, and certificates not by
convention must be filed before Octo-
ber 7th. Objections to nominations
must be made within three days after
the fling of the certificates or NO no
tice VIII be taken.
]. A. MCGUIRE, editor Of Outdoor
Life, who has just returned from .
months hunting and fishing trip to