North Park union., 1900-03-02
COLORADO NOTES.

| tiV tuhth us'N s'O v,
In jail. has confessed that he killed
Ford.
The Union Gold Extraction Com
pany. which will build Il chlorinatiOn
plant nj Cyanide. has placed contract
| with the Canon City Brick ana Tile
| Company for million pressed brick.
BY the terms OF the contract the ex-
traction company secured the right to
increase the order by any amount up
to $4,000.
Information from Breckenridge goes
| to show thnt while the eastern heirs OF
Professor Carter have cordially acqui-
esced In the proposition that the collec-
tion be sold to the Denver association
for $4,000. they are not ready to con
eur In the desire of the naturalist that
the $4,000 be devoted In turn to fur
therlng the project for great museum.
Three men We're caught In slide at
the Gold King mine at Gladstone ut
O'Clock Saturday afternoon. Antoni
Tam. by n desperate effort, managed
TO get out. George Foster and Louis
Avi We're carried to the bottom and no
hopes are entertained OF the recovery
of either party alive. George Foster
has been married only thirty days.
and the parents OF both Foster. and his
| wife live in Durango.
Denver X Rio Grandc passenger train
No. IL, which left Denver for Aspen at
9:15 o'clock Thursday night, was
wrecked II half mile east of Rock Greek
near Belden. about o'clock yesterday
morning. \ broken rail caused the de-
railmcnt of three ears, one of which
toppled into the Eagle river Six men.
every one of them railrond employees.
Were Injured in the wreck. but the re-
port of the physician in charge of the
victims says that none of them will die.
Judge Stevens of the Seventh judi
cal district. who is sitting for Judge
Rucker. has decided that the case of
the People against w. J. Cox, supcrin-
tendcnt of the Mollie Gibson mine. for
the pollution of the waters of the Roar
ing Fork river. should have been
brought in Pitkin county. rs the crime
if committed. has been committed in
that county. The Garfield county far
mers will now commence II civil action
for damages on account of the pollu
tion of the water.
on the evening of Washington's
birthday the handsome Gold Coin club
house At Victor. built to replace the
one consumed In the fire of August
21st. was dedicated to the use of the
employees of the Woods Investment
Company by II reception and dance.
The Gold Coin band furnished the mu-
sic for the occasion. The building oc-
cupies n ground space of iON125 feet.
is two stories In height. of Il Grecian
style of architecture, and is without
question one of the finest institutions
of its kind in the West.
i. ID. Wight of Trinidad will make
the largest individual shipment of wool
al.
western country. 1t aggregates about
G50.OOO pounds, and represents the en-
tire clip from his thousands of head of
sheep for the past three years. The
greater portion of the wool is secured.
II will be shipped over the Colorado II
Southern 10 New Orleans. thence via
the Morgan steamship line to its deS-
tiuation. The wool Will be shipped in
eighteen cars from Trinidad and twelve
cars from Folsom. New Mexico. max
ing altogether thirty ears. The work
of loading has commenced. Ii is csti-
mated that the shipment will realize be-
tween Sl25.OoO and $l30.0OO.
| The Roaring Fork and Blue River
| Stock Growers Association. which met
at Glenwood OH the 18th. made formal
| protest against any change in the pres
| ent lind leasing system and denounced
| tue utlloH VI tlt Vi
the National Live Stock Association In
the matter. The resolutions are strong
against any disposition of public lands
In any way other than already provid-
ed. and protest against the state leas-
ing Its lands for grazing purposes. Tile
| principal reasons advanced are that the
systcm of leasing gives the larger syn
dicatcs control of the ranges. to the
hetrimcnt OF the smaller stockmen. who
are farmers as we'll and who have
their homes at or near their ranges.
The changing OF the terminal of th,
Florence 4 Cripple Greek railroad from
Florence to Canon City. which Is the
practical result OF the new line just
opened into Canon City. will bring
with 1t the chnnge of all the Offices OF
the road from Florence TO Canon City
1t was announced yesterday at the 10
cal offices that 1t was the intention as
soon as practicable to establish the of
fees of the superintendent. master me
chanic. storekeeper and dispatcher nj
the latter point. which means n virtual
abandonment OF Florence. making II
practically n way station. The Canon
City terminals. already under construc
ton, will he rushed to completion ms
soon as possible. The company has
other construction under consideration
chiefly repair shops. The shops will
include car sheds. round houses, paint
shops and machine houses Plans
have already been drawn for these
buildings, but have not yet been ne
cepted.
1t is announced that more than half
of the money to be raised for the State
University from private sources has
been raised. The amount of $4,000 is
asked for to tide the institution over
until the coming Legislature can pro.
vide for the payment of the money
from the revenues of the state The~.
amounts will be advanced or loaned
not given. but rs there is thought to be
some risk it is with difficulty that the
committee is securing the funds. Gen.
eral Irving Hale. whose father was
president of the university. and Presi.
dent james ii. Baker of the University
are making great progress In the work
1t was not long ngo that General Hale
was assured by Ebcn Smith that he
would advance S10,0OO. and since that
time the work of the committee has
been easier. Several small sums We're
secured and the total raised to more
than half the SI5.OOO needed. In addi-
ton to that there are three parties who
| have promised to advance the last
| $1,000" and like sums on similar terms.
NJ. NJ. Fox. formerly employed OH the
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