La Junta tribune., 1900-10-06
COLORADO NOTES.

The Denver Iresbytssy voted IN IA,
vor of a revision Of the creed
The pay roll Of the steel works a; I'u
cbho amounts to >iSO.VsD u month.
Fifteen hundred men are Mt work ON
the ID. X Il. q. extension TO silver
CHI.
I1Ae Denver Horse Show opened aus.
plsjnusly on the Bird. attended by u
larDe and fashionable crowd.
The members Of Trinity Church,
Denver. took mp collection OF 81. 800
last Sunday for the University OF Den.
yer.
Two men were killed by fall OF
rock In the Vindicator mine mt Victor
last Thursday. They wcre Thomns
Cannon and Gust Krohn-
The potato crop In the Greeley dis
frict shows shortage of twenty five
per cent. and the crop on the Divide.
south OF Denver, il siuallcr still
The Colorado Springs horse show
opened Friday afternoon under the
most auspicious circumstances, the
weather being warm and clear. thereby
insuring large attendance II Roswell
park.
Reports from three of the state insti.
futions give the following populations:
State Industrial School FOR Girls. fifty-
five. added dnring the month. five:
State Industrial School for Boys, 1GJ,
added during the month. six: Stale Re-
formafory. lis. added during the
month. ten.
The Denver branch mint has COM
menced paying fE,ht cents per fine
f,s
This Is an advance of cents over
prices paid during the last few years.
and is equal 10 - cents per standard
ounce. The new buying price has been
set by The director Of the mint AT
Washington
Rural free delivery will be started
October LIST on the north side of the
Arkansas river. between Las Animas
and the county line on the west. where
connection will be made with another
route running east from Rocky Ford
In Otero county. The route from here
covers twenty-siy square miles and
will serve 300 people. Drop boxes will
be established and private boxes are
allowed. The carrier viii be a peram-
bulating postmaster. furnishing every
thing but money orders. and he VIII
obtain those for any person at the Las
Animas postoffice. Fredonia postof-
flee will be the only one affected in
Bent county and that Will be discon-
finued.
Instruments completing formation of
n trust to control the entire output,
with single exception, of lime rock
for fiuxins and building purposes In the
Arkansas valley between Pueblo and
Canon City. have been filed. Some
III. L..
is more or less opened up for quarry
ing lime stone. are transferred outright
or by long lease and not quarry ex-
cept one operated by Herbert George
remains outside the trust In all the |
list OF those from which the Colorado |
Fuel and Iron Company and the two |
smeltcr trust plants have been secur- |
ing their huxing materials. Mr.. George |
has been supplying and Is furnishing !,
the Philadelphia sint.lter with itx lime
rock under n contract that has yet sew
cral years TO run.
Not for many years past has there |
been such activity In the coal mines of |
southern Colorado as at the present |
time. Though the companies have or |
ders on hand that would keep the |
mines busy at their full capacity for |
at least an entire year. the production
mt this time falls short by fully twen- |
ty per cent. OF the total capacity of the
mines. The PRINCIPAL reason for this
condition Is said to be the shortage OF
miners, for whom search is being
made invarlous parts OF the state and
country. The shipments OF coal ARE
for consumption In Colorado. Nehras-
ka and Kansas and for the use of most
OF the railroad lines entering the state.
The peculiar condition is presented of
the mines not being able to turn out all
the coal they would like. Yet. were the
mines run to their full capacity there
would be. In the opinion OF railroad
men familiar with the situation, a
shortage OF both ears and engines for
the movement of the coal. since the
present production OF eighty per cent.
of the mines capacity keeps busy all
tile equipment and power which the
railroads are able to devote TO this par
ticular business at this particular time.
Express companies are noting that
banks are making much larger use OF
the United States mails In transport
ing currency than ever before. Hun
slreds of thousands of dollars are daily
passing through the mails which. until
recently. were handled almost exclus-
ively by the express companies. One
Of the reasons of tile change, as ex-
planned at Denver hanks. Is that the
cost Is less and AZ the money Is In,
sured. there can be no loss. even II the
package Is destroyed en- route by fire.
The government does not agree to re-
turn to the sender money which is
stolen or lost In transit. but the insur-
ance company pledges itself to make
good any such loss. All the bank has
to pay IL the regular postage such as Is
charged for money order packages.
Some Of the express companies with
Offices in Denver claim they are glad
the change has come about as II re-
lieves the company Of heavy charge
for caring for highly valuable pack
ages. The government takes no more