The Meeker herald., 1900-10-06
COLORADO NOTES.

laSt Thursday. They were Thomas
Cannon and Gust Krohn.
The Colorado Springs horse show
opened Friday afternoon under the
most auspicious circumstances, the
weather being warm and clear. theraby
insuriDg large attendance at Roswell
park.
When making addresses at Victor.
Governor Roosevelt was interrupted
by frequent cries for Bryan and other
disc0urtesies TINT must have left with
him an unpleasant impression OF the
town. Almost riot occurred at one
time. rieH4
Four men were severely injured and
$4,000 damage resulted from head
end collision between two Denver q
Rio Grande freight trains at Spike
Buck ut 1910 o'clock last Friday night.
The collision was caused by the failure
OF the operator at Echo to deliver or
ders. He disappeared Immediately fol-
lowing the wreck.
Kemp G. Cooper for eighteen years
business manager OF the Denver Re
publican and one of the best known
newspaper men In the West. died sud
denly In Denver on the 2ith, at his
home. Just before his death, Father
Callahan was called to administer the
sacramento. The cause of death was
Bright's disease. with which Mr. Coop
er had been afflicted for some time
The threatened trouble at the indie
pendence mine Mt Victor over the mat
ter of changing clothes has been avert
ed. Under a compromise agreement
the men Mt the Independence will en-
ter one room of the change house, re-
move their working clothes and pass
into the other clad In one thickness OF
undercl0thing. their socks and shoes.
There IL tncit understanding that the
company Waterman shall have the
privilege OF searching any one whose
appearance or conduct Is suspicious.
Rural free delivery win be started
October 1st on the north side Of the
Arkansas river, between Las Aninas
and the county line on the west, where
connection will he made with another
route running east from Rocky Ford
In Otero county. The route from here
covers twenty-siX square miles and
will serve 300 people. Drop boxes will
be established ana private boxes are
allowed. The carrier VIII be q peranl-
bulating postmaster, furnishing every
thing but money orders, and he will
obtain those for any person at the Las
Anlmas pOstoffice. Fredonin pOstOf-
flee will be the only one affected in
Bent county nIM that will be -discon-
tinued.
: Instruments completing formation Of
q trust to control the entire output,
with. q single exception, of lime rock
for fiuxing and building purposes In the.
Arkansas valley between Pueblo and
Canon City, have been filed. Some
hundreds OF acres of land, all Of which
IL 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
remain4 outside the trust in all the
list OF those from which the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company and the two
smelGef trust plants haze been seQus-
Ing their duxinE materials. Mr.. Geprge
has been supplying and Is furnishing
ANsPhtladelphla smelfer with IT'S H1isits.
f6ck A4deg asepntract that has yet sew
eral years to run.
The stsife convention of the W0mnn's
Christian Temperance Union was held
at Pueblo ON Thursday und Friday.
One Of the important actions taken
was the decision OF the delegates to
contributions from Colo.
RADIO to the W. c. II. U. temple in
Chicago. II was thought to he I'M
possible TO raise. the enormous; debt
yet to be paid, and 1t was thought
asest to discontinue the support of the
The former officers were
reelected as foli1ws;.y President, Mrs.
AntOinette Hnwley, Denver; Vice presI-
dent. M1s. Margaret 4, Wier. Del.
Norte; corresponding secretary, Miss
Lena A: Dwight, Boulder: recording
secretary, Mrs, Josephine Hicks, Ben /
yer; treasurer. Mrs. Myra II. Sprague.
Denver: ~" secretary, Mrs Alice v.
Alderdice; L. r. L. secretary, Mrs.
Mary A. ReIchenbach, Denver. The
days program was very Interest,"
ing and the meetings were well Mt.
tended. The delegation was quite
large and the convention was one of
the most successful yet held.
The Colorado Federation of Won,en's
Climbs Mt Its recent meeting In Canon
City elected the following officers;
President, Mrs. T. NJ. Harding, Canon
City; first vice president, Mrs. Mary
O.. Bradford, Denver; second vice \
president. Mrs. Irn,a Conklin Lee.
Cripple Creek; recording secretary,
Mrs. II. E. Churchill, Greeley; CORE. |
spouding secretary. Mrs. II. 8. Lewis,
Canon City; treasurer, Mrs.sA. RI
Wadsworth, Grand Junction; auditor,
Mrs. A. G. Chesney, Trinidad. Mrs.
John 4. Hanna of Denver in her eltI.
satioAal report begged for a committee
% encourage the inspection by club
She said: 1.-The county jail.
hospital and poor farm. MS well as the
state institutions, all need to be visited
~ women. There are sometimes sean.
ials connected with them which might
nave been prevented by friendly, In.
elligent visiting. They nre some
'tines-not always. but sometimes-I
'chools for vice." 1t was vsted to ap !