The Delta independent., 1900-12-28
COLORADO NOTES.

1t is stated that the Great Western
Construction Company will build beet
sugar factory at Denver.
A movement is on foot at GlenwOod
Springs to organize a home company
and run n prospecting tunnel into one
OF the mountains near the city.
The Bazaar dry goods store on Ben
nett avenue. in Cripple Greek. was bur
giarized on the morning OF December
18th. and from $Too - $1,000 worth ef
furs were stolen.
The Eaton school has opened again.
after being closed a week ON account
OF scarlet fever. There are NO new
cases In the district, and the few cases
were Of q mild form.
Teller county paid out during the
past year 1880 for Kelley cure to
drunkards. making a total expenditure
for poor Of $S,O63. IL. Lake county's
bill was $l2.25O.57 and Morgan 1854.
The tenth annual catalogue OF the
State Normal School shows total en-
rOllment Of SAG students at the institu-
ton, 234 being In the training depart
ment and 312 In the normal school pro-
per.
The buttermakers have succeeded In
securing their one-way rate to the na-
tional meeting OF butter-makefs to be
held in st. Paul. February l9th-2Sth.
The rate will be one fare for the
round trip.
The gun that wasn't loaded In the
hands Of Frank Cox, ten-year-0ld boy
living near Glenwood Springs, shot his
little brother in the head, going through
an ear and circling around the base OF
the skull and inhicting dangerous
wound.
John Upton, living about seven miles
southwest Of Ebert, had his right
hand crushed entirely OF At the wrist
in a hay baler. He bandaged the
wound and rode to Elbert In lumber
wagon to reach a doctor. He Is man
OF family. aged about ifty years.
John Matthews, the man who At
tempted to rob the Boss saloon on East
Bennett avenue, Cripple Creek. last
fall, and who shot the bartender, has
been sentenced by Judge Harris to an
indeterminate term in the Buena Vista
reformatoFy to not exceed fifteen years.
Everything seems to have risen this
year, even the thermometer. Up to
December 18th the weather bureau at
Denver reports an excess Of tempern-
ture amounting to eighty-seven degrees
since the first Of the Lsonth and 661
degrees since the beginning Of the
year.
Scenery and climate are among the
most valuable assets Of Colorado. This
fact In shown by the annual report Of
the Western Passenger Association, .
total Of 27,77S tickets having been ex-
changed at Denver. Colorado Springs
and Pueblo from May LIST to October
n, 1900.
In the criminal court at Denver yes
terday the case Of william w. Ander-
son, who shot Fred Bonfils and II. H.
Tammen. proprietors Of the Post. came
up ON the 10Th inst. for . second trial.
but on motion Of defendants counsel .
postponement was taken until the next
term.
A stock company has been organized
at Fort Lupton for the purpose Of erect
ing . condensed milk plant to be opsr-
sted BY O. =. Frink Of the Silver State
Creamery Company. The capitaliza-
ton will be $4,000. This will be the
only condensed milk plant west Of the
Mississippi river.
The Supreme Court has sustained the
right Of the stafe to assess the cars Of
foreign corporations doing business In
this state. and thus upheld the State
Board OF Equalization. which has as
sumed to take the action questioned by
the American Refrigerator Trninsit
Company as test suit.
]. ]. Lumsden. n Grand Junction
contractor, has been awarded the con-
tract to erect the new school building
at the Teller institute. The building
will be one Of the handsomest among
the group when completed. 1t will be
built Of brick and stone two stories
high. The contract price Is 10000.
The insane asylum report will show
that the commissioners think DIR. A. p.
Busey has made n SUCCESS as superin-
tendent and thot the institution was
ably conducted. The report will place
the value OF the asylum property at
S46S. 900 and will nsk for appropria-
tions to the amount Of &345. 600 for the
biennial period now commencing.
Brighton md Fort Lupton are rivals
In Offering sites for n condensed milk
factory. A meeting was held In
Brighton recently and the company
that proposes TO build the factory was
asked tO walt until January 18th for n
ANAL offer from Brighton A commit
tee Of twelve was appointed. each
member OF which will try to raise SEQ
DR.. Robert Coltman. Jr.. with his
wife 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. Ind
Mrs. Coltman. until a permanent Iocn-
ton is decided upon. Doctor Coitman's
diary and description Of the siege Of
the legations at Pekin, published In the
Chicago Record. has attracted wide
attention.
The report Of State Dairy Commis-
sioner Munson indorses the Grout oieo-
margarine bill and says that through
the once numerous indorsements were
Forwarded to Congress. In speaking
n ffe effect Of the measure taxing oleo-