The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1900-07-14
COLORADO NOTES.

Pueblo people are talking Of holding
o state fair this fall.
Governor Roosevelt promises to visit
Colorado during the campaign.
T. A. Barrackman. Of Brighton. was
shot BY . tramp last Saturday.
With the exception of 1881 Last
month was the hottest June on record.
The deepest mining shaft In Colorado
= the Geyser at Silver Clin-2,6S0 feet
The town of Mcfarland In Boulder
county had disastrous lire few days
ago.
General John Pierce, the man whs
built the FIRST house In Denver, died
last week.
Cattle are said to be dying rapidly
In Yuma county Of a disease much like
hydrophobia.
6ome Colorado Springs people are
planning to organize a company to boro
for gas and oil.
A Colorado Springs boy died Of ny
drophobia the other day, the result q
the bite Of a dog.
The next reunion Of Rough Riders
viii be held at Colorado Springs next
year, June 9th to 9th.
The Texas Colorado ChautauquA has
opened at Boulder under the most hap
py auspices. A list of attractions has
been secured that Will doubtless draw
immense crowds.
| The slopes of Pixies Peak near the
summit are said to be covered with
billions Of caterpillars. which make
walking almost impossible and choke
up the mountain streams.
Professor Charles 8. Crandall of the
department Of botany and horticulture
at the State Agricultural College, has
resigned to accept a position in the sec-
ton Of forestry department Of agrt.
culture at Washington. d. G.
Mrs. Elizabeth c. Goddard of Colo
RADIO Springs has donated $4,000 In
cash to Brown university. 1t il her
subscription to the John d. Rockefeller
million-dollar fund, which the friends
OF the university began to raise nearly
q year ago.
All Of the coal miners at the Union
mine, sixteen miles above Glenwood on
the Cardiff branch of the Midland,
| pears to be the ungranted demand for
an increase Of twenty cents per car for
digging and minor grievances. Fifty
men are involved.
Tue union racine mas Upen ~.
Ri. ~ na met nfa ny .hn. at III hainv
p ~ sha upat III, IT, o'ne t,. w" .boxei
10. H., e.. mn ne "sraI Iii -
used in ballasting the cut-ons between
Green River and Ogden. There IL mo
limit to the supply Of gravel, and the
| pit will be operated all summer.
| A whole shift employed ON the Santa
hta mine mas peen discharged
eagse OF tne oisappearance OF some
nlgn grade ore. the managemenS W
unable to detect the thieves, eno tnere-
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The potato crop, which u an impoee
ant one In Larimer county, ID coming
on nneiy. Onions and cabbaSes, botn
Of which are largely cultivated u the
Poudre valley, are showing nne
growth and promise large yieid.
Strawberries and other small fruits
are bearing abundantly. Home grown
strawberries have been on tine market
FOR the past two weeks and are large
nnu .usc,ous. III s wiz .ip
next week anu VIII prOuuee heavS'
The people east OF Berthoud are re-
toiciug over the fact that they are to
have rural free delivery Of mail For
some time they have been clamoring
for the establishment Of mail. route,
and their efforts to secure the same
have been rewarded. The route covers
the territory east of Berthoud only, ex.
] tending about nine miles east and COW
ering . distance Of about twenty-six
miles. To establish the route 100
names-1O0 families had to be secured,
but the service Will benefit perhaps 800
people.
The State Board of Charities and
Corrections, through its secretary, O. l.
Stonaker, has prepared a report Of the
/ population of the various state institu-
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