The silver star., 1900-09-07
COLORADO NOTES.

tionai Bank has bc-n appointed posi-
master.
The horse show will l.. heid at Den
yer October 3rd and 18th. \ great
many entries have been announced al
ready
There are al least nre new creamery
enterprises soon 10 b. started in Colo
rsssio. The industry coniinur> 10 gro"
slowly hu; surely
L j. announced that Florence viii
very soon have an automobile factory
\ barge two->fory structure viii be
commenced iii aisBuE two weeks for d
factory building
\ new rural delivery renie has been
Established a; Rocky Ford. 10 be thirty
four miles long aud cover an ara Of
forry-.i-ht -.ltEgre miles. Eugene w.
shei;on Aa- been appointed carrier.
Rufians who have not yei I-sD ap-
pretended have recently attacked sev-
E eral women on the streets Of Denver AZ
I night and foblb,-i them FROM one wo-
man 5000 worth Of diamonds were
taken
The ;Air7y-eiehih annual session Of
the Colorado Meihoiisi Episcopal
Church convened IN >alida on the 18th.
A-Af4H - ahts-AAAsAAAtf VI AA4AAA-
is;ers and sreai interest in several
items Of business 10 come i--for,. the
cunf.nsnce. notably the University OF
Denver and the deaeonile~> work OF the
Stale.
y W. sample. for MANY year. cener
al superintendent of the Denver X Rio
GraDde railway ha~ re~i.ne,l The
vaeaucy viii 1e filled by W. :. Martin.
fgr~rFa.- Yfra IL ! A.
willie railroad. Under Mr. MeIcalfe's
new policy & ! expected tina; there VIII
D. shifting ~ other officials within the
next few months There liaS been talk
- changes for long time but il has
b--eu LEFT 10 ibe nov general manae ger
10 make Them.
Spencer Dicks. who mur'lsred OrviIle
Miner. near Castle Rock on sunday
night drove into Rocky Fo-d Tuesday
night put hi~ horse ia a livery stable
and sent telegram 10 the officers at
Castle Rock 10 come and arrest him.
he. aid b. might 20 20 Ilie psniientiary
but could stand no longer ile life he
had led sinot. SUNDAY night Dicks was
completely exhausted. and after send
ins The telegram he registered ut the
- James hotel under his own name
aud went To hs-l. lie carried two re
volyers.
Thirty cars Of melons a day are now
leaving Rocky Ford and On account Of
their exceptionally line quality are
commanding fancy prices in all the
eastern markets. The melon season j.
just now about NJ tile bcSi aud il j.
nice picture 10 twenty OF thirty re-
frieeraror cars being loaded with crates
from the cooling houses and farmers
waeuus. II j. estimated that $4,000
will be paid 10 tile farmers of Oiero
county FOR their truck and melons this
season.
The third day " the conference Of
Mefh0dist- ai Salida witnessed the
completion of the full quota Of work,
the most prominent being the decision
regarding the future OF Denver Univer-
sity- The conference faced the siiua-
tion with "a determination 10 do some
thing that would place the Institution
on its feet firm and for all time 10
come. For Immediate relief the uni
versity win be made Tie first consider
alton Of all bcneyolcnce-. having right
of way before all other claimants. This
viii provide fund Tor expenses.
The State Board of Health. under the
direction Of Secretary Tyler. j. prepar-
ing a tabulaii0n Of deaths and the
cau-f- leading 10 these deaths. These
figures show that for the iirsi six
months of this year ~ more males
than females died. According to the
school census of Arapahoe county the
male children Of school age number
1851. while the females number 49,
5ij, or GGl more than The males. The
other counties of the state establish
the same general proportion. which
gives Colorado many more girls than
boys.
\ dispatch from Glenwood to the
Denver Republican ON the 31st said:
The committee of seven appointed by
the general passenger agents of twenty
one roads now assembled here are not
yet ready 10 report. The party met
twice to-day. and AT each meeting the
committee asked for further time In
which to draft IN outline for the new
transconiinental organization. and to
present an outline Of the details under
which the association will be conduct
cd. The committee was in session AT
late hour Tonight ana hopes 10 have
.is report drafted and ready 10 submit
tomorrow morning. The personnel Of
the committee * as follows: T.. o. Me
Cormick. chairman; II. G. Townsend.
George y. Nicholson. Arthur :. Smith.
George w Heintz, +. +. u. Morse and
John Sebastian. Al the time OF writ.
ing this dispatch they have reached and
revised the first eight articles Of an old
agreement laid down In printed form
by the TranscoDilncntal association
defunct about four years ago. Many
revisions have been made. The points
as agreed upon by the committee 30 fai
nre substantially ns follows: The or
ganizaiion shall De- nn independent one
In no way connected with any organ
ization now In existence: its territory
shall not extend east Of the Mssour
river. The roads now represented an,
who will sign the agreement nre suiii
Client 10 control the territory thus 10 b,
covered. whether any other rond comci
In or not. The committee will recon
mend that the organization meet fou
times In cncb year. once every three
months, one of these meetings 10 IN
held In Colorado.
\ rather important meeting Of IN