The Meeker herald., 1900-10-27
COLORADO NOTES.

An effort Ks being made at Florence
70 form company to erect new
opera house that Will cost $4,000 and
seat 1000 people.
The laborers In the newa smelter at
Ourny went out on strike on the 18th
Inst, making the second strike at the
works within month.
John Abeel of Empire. Clear Creek
county, was found dead on the 18th
inst, In prospect he had been work.
ing on Lincoln mountain.
The Denver Teachers Club is consid-
ering the desirability Of petitioning the
Legislature to pass bill for pension
ing superannuated teachers.
Herman Silver, formerly assayer of
the United States mint at Denver, has
been nominated by the Republicans for
mayor of Los Angeles. California.
Chancellor Buchtel of the University
Of Denver. who is making tour among
the Methodist churches Of the state, TO
raise funds for the university, reports
good success.
City Treasurer Sours of Denver has
received 800, 9S8.4S on the sale Of Den
yer water bonds, and the city will prob
ably try to negotiate for the purchase
Of the present winter plant.
Secretary Osborn has practically
completed the program of the conven-
ton of the State Horticultural Society.
which meets In the state house on No
vember 21st. 22nd and 23rd.
The assessors valuation of property
In Pueblo Is higher than last year and
the assessment smaller. The total val
uatiOn of city property for 1900 Ia
$sSs7. So, IN Increase of 1861 ,s47 over
that. Of last year.
The canning factory at Manzanola
has canned 1900 cases Of string beans
and 5000 cases of tomatoes. This week
pumpkin canning begins and 1000
cases will be put up. Pueblo groceries
take the entire output.
The Denver boys who put q small
garter snake IN mail box for the fun
of seeing the letter carrier jump when
he put his hand In after the mail have
all beer, discharged after having been
pretty well scared by tile prospect of
having to serve term in jail.
The Colorado Humane Society is con-
sidering thorough investigation of
the conditions existing In mines where
horses and mules are kept below
ground throughout the year. 1t is said
that some animals never see daylight
from one years end to another.
Otero county alone will feed over
100000 lambs this winter. At Fowler,
ManxanOla, Ordway, La Junta and
Rocky Ford extensive preparations are
being made for the feeding season,
and train loads Of lambs are coming
into the county.
]. U. Schultz, proprietor Of the
Princeton restaurant In Denver, depos-
tied 5000 or whereabouts in some
bank or bank vault In Denver, under
an assumed name. Then he died sud
denly and his family can't find where
he left the money.
Herbert d. Avery. an engineer on the
Colorado & Southern railroad, was
killed ON the 18th instant, near Bailey's,
his engine turning over. 1t is supposed
that . spread rail caused the accident.
He lived n No. 404A Downing avenue,
Denver, and was married and had two
children.
Game Warden Lee says that the Uin-
tab Indians have been In Rio BlnncO
and Routt counties hunting, but have
been peaceable. That they care moth
ing for such regulations as have been
established by the state laws is evil
denced by their constant shooting at
either bucks or does.
The first car of sugar beets was ship
ped from Las Anlmas Oh he 18th inst.
to the American Beet Sugar Company
ut Rocky Ford. There was grown in
the vicinity only 100 acres which will
yield an average of fifteen tons to the
acre. The percentage of sugar Is
greater than expected, and 1t Is predict
ed that an acreage In the thousands
will be sown to beets peXt year.
Word has reached Montrose that JOS
eph Woods was murdered mt Naturita
in MOntrose county, by Austin 7. Ions
way, neighboring ranchman. There
has been i'll feeling existing between
the farmers for some time, growing
out of a dispute over some land, cul-
minating In murder. The murderer,
while fleeing, met his victims sons
coming to the home he had saddened.
On learning of the death of theft faith
er, the sons pursued the fugitive:
The harvesting Of sugar beets for the
factory mt Rocky Ford Is now being
rushed and the factory Is consuming
about 1000 tons n day. The product
Of the factory is about 1000 1OO-pound
sacks of sugar daily. The factory runs
night and day and Is employing at pres
ent about 40 hands. 1t will take be-
tween tl,gee and four months to use the
entire crop Of sugar beets, which COW
er an area OF about 5000 acres. The
yield of beets ls running from fifteen to
twenty tons per acre, and the price
paid, which Is according to quality,
runs In the neighborhood of So per ton.
Thomas Corcoran of Aspen, who is
riding wheel from Denver to Boston
arrived In New York after averaging
20 miles day for thirty dnys. Cor
coran left Aspen on August 18th. and
has made his ride alone. The run to
Denver was the hardest of his trip, 1t
being over n steep mountain trail. His
route led him through Topeka, st. Jos