The silver star., 1900-06-08
COLORADO NOTES.

Institute kuspUsTTy LAY uS sv~"A sAS'
iday. to which visitors Will be invited.
The county assessors in the south
eastern counties of the state are about
to make test case of the attempts
Of cattlemen TO escape taxation. Near
~ 5000 head OF southern cattle have
been imported since May list. and be-
fore May 1st. 1901. they will have bcei
marketed. thus escaping taxation.
l.. A. Thompson. editor and publisher
of the Weld County Republican, has
received n telegram from Washington
from A. W. Nachen. superintendent OF
the rural delivery system. stating that
he has been appointed. upon the recon-
mendation OF Senator T.. O. Wolcott.
special agent of rural free delivery.
At meeting of the Retail Mer-
chants Association of the Grippe
Creek district. n resolution was adopt
ed stating that In view of the fact that
o'clock closing had not been made
univeNal throughout the district the
members of the association will hcreaf-
ter keep their stores open until p. IN.
The Clerks Union has attempted TO en-
force the early closing movement FOR
the past week. but without success.
Mrs. j. a. Hayes of Colorado Springs
will be the new daughter of the Con
federacy, taking the place in the hearts
of the Southerners made vacant by the
death of her sister. Miss Winnie Davis.
Mrs. Hayes is the eldest daughter OF
the former president of the Confeder-
ate states. special car was sent to
take Mrs. Hayes to Chicago. from
whence she will start ON triumphai
IN I nufsrilIa ha l'nnfaL Lor ru NJ,
veterans are holding their reunion
there.
Judge Theron Stevens at MontrOsr
has decided ease OF much importanc,
to the counties of this state. The
county assessor assessed the First Ma
tional bank Of Montrose as agent for
its shareholders on its capital stock. He
also, on separate schedule. assessed
II for its real estate. The board Of
county commissioners sustained the as
SCISSOR. From this decision the banl:
took an appeal to the District Court
and prayed that the real estate should
be deducted from the capital stock
Judge Stevens denied the appeal and
decided that the assessment made by
the assessor was in conformity with
our statutes.
fatal accident occurred nj the
Dewdrop mine Friday morning. In
which Louis Il. Sibbitt. miner, lost
his life. Sibbitt and three other min
ers had contract for driving the Dew
drop tunnel near Ward. The night shift
had gone home leaving some Of the
shots unexploded. Sibbiti. il Is sup
posed. attempted TO shoot one of the
charges with a short fuse. When his
partner. Il. h. Atteberry, went to work
in the tunnel he found Sibbltt lying Oh
his face few feet from the breast of
the tunnel. badly mancled and uncon.
scious. Some pieces of rock had
struck him in the back, on the back of
the head and had penetrated the lungs
The unfortunate man was carried TO a
neighboring house. and died at 80
p. III.
The high school exercises at Aspen
were held mt the Wheeler opera house
Thursday night. There was class OF
eight boys and three girls who render.
ed literary and musical program
which was well received. Early In the
exercises an important event took
place which was not ON the program,
when Hon. J. NJ. Downing. In behalf
of u. II. e. Brown. Elmer T. Butler
David NJ. Hyman. +. NJ. Taylor and d.
w. Brunton, in an address. presented
TO School District No. an entire block
of ground in the heart of the city. con.
tanning the splendid residences Of Mr.
Brown and Mr.. Butler. the estimated
value OF these properties being $4,000
\ few months ago a proposition "a
purchase the ground at nominal
price for high school purposes failed
at special election for that purpose
The splendid gift from these public.
spirited gentlemen came as most
pleasant surprise TO the public and
school board.
At meeting of the State Normal
School Board of Greeley on the Both
the following business was transacted
Professor q. T. Work resigned TO take
.hargc of the Department OF Manual
Training of the San Francisco schools
at II salary OF 81. 700 a year. DR.. Il. q.
Dexter resigned to take charge OF the
department of Pedagogy of the Uni.
'er>ity OF Illinois: Professor \. n.
Freeman sewers his connection with
the State Normal School and goes to
the Chicago University to take charge
or the field work of geology and sur
veying carried on by the university.
and Mt the same time lie does work for
| ais doctors degree. DIR. j. W, Hall re-
signs and goes TO the university mt Co.
lumbus. Ohio. ns II fellow In the teach.
ers college. Professor l.. G. Butcher
resigns the chair OF Modern Ian.
gunges for more lucrative position
elsewhere. Professor Il. W. Rullock.
superintendent OF schools at Alnmosn.
Colorado. has been elected critic teach.
or OF the eighth. ninth and tenth
grades Of the training department The
other chairs probably will bc filled be-.
fore the bonrd finally adJourns.
II is understood that the Denver 4;
southwestern lRnllroad Company. the
New Jersey corporation controlling the
Midland Terminal and Florence and
Cripple Creek, may assist In the iinapc.
ing OF the Dcnvcr-Cripplc Creek cutoff.
Ihe matter has not yet been decided
because II IL not known whether the
Colorado 4 Southern and lilo Grnndc
western Interests nre willing 10 allow
any of the stock tO go into the hnnds of
the Denver X Southwestern people. II
~ IOf thcin To Sny, ms II Ia gencrnilv