North Park union., 1900-08-03
: COLORADO NOTES.

tember 18th ms Peach Day.
Three tramps stealing ride on the
Rock Island passenger train were
killed at Bethune last Sunday.
Congressman Champ Clark Of Mis-
souri lectures at the Boulder Chautau-
qua on the 9th. and all ex-Missouriahs
In Colorado are expected to De there 10
welcome him.
The reptiles and .ish must be placed
In Jars or bottles containing three parts
Of alcohol nna one part Of water. Inc
society cannot pay for these thlnss,
but the donors will get credit FOR what
they send.
The Colorado telephone line has been
| extended to the Holbrook co'try,
distance Of about ten miles from La
Junta. 1t Is proposed to extend the
| line to Las Animas, twenty miles cast
of La Junta.
| All the skilled laborers, including the
| barrel. roaster, concentrntor ana pre-
cIptating men, employed mt the plant
| OF the National Gold Extraction Com
pany OF Florence have Just received
ten per cent. raise of wages. The raise
affects about fifty employees.
The governor In n few days Will ap-
| point the seven members of the COM
mission to draft bills to revise the rev.
] enue laws Of the state. This commis-
4 sion for the present will le unsalaried.
but 1t Is expected TINT the next Legis-
lature will provide pay for the mem.
bers. Among those who Will be asked
TO serve are Clay B. Whltford. state
senator from this county: C.J. Hughes,
| T. NJ. Patterson and Il. 7. Wells. Sen
NJ pt.. In Of "a n l.
| ty has been decided upon as Il mem
ber.
The Society o. the Army OF the Phil-
| ippines is preparing TO hold ceiebr;i.
ton on August 18th, the anniversary OF
the fall OF Manila. This will be the
opening day of the first reunion of the
Eighth army corps. which will be heid
| In Denver There will be military sport
and addresses b. prominent men. Gen
eral Hale has appointed committees to
take charge of the reunions OF the
Eighth army corps. and these already
| are mt work. Tie matter will be one OF
| the principal entertainments for the
| guests. and an elaborate program has
| been arranged.
As an added attraction for the State
Historical Society. Curator Ferril
|
| flowers and reptiles. fish and creeping
| things The curator will ask the citi'
Zens OF the state to assist him In max
ing these collections. For the botani'
cal show he wants flowers and plants
of every kind, from the prairies, where
there are flowers peculiar to the sew
eral sections of the stale. and from
the river valleys and the mountains
| lie wants not only the flower, but the
plants pulled up by the roots. II they
/ nre pulled up. placed between sheets
OF newspapers and allowed to dry
they can be mailed TO the society's Of
tice In the capitol ut little cost.
Denver Will soon have new line tC
the City OF Mexico. The Rock Island
has sent out men to survey an eNten
sion of the road from Liberty, Kansas
to White Oaks. New Mexico, where II
will connect with the FL Pnso X North
western. now built from FL Faso tt
White Oaks. The Rock Islands line
with cross the Colorado \ Southern N
Clayton, New Mexico. This extension
would give the Rock Island the short
EST line from Omaha to Mexico. II Is
, understood that the Rock Island ex
pects to bid for Mexican business from
Chicago. Omaha. Kansas City nnt
Denver and other cities along its lines
While V. ii. Snooks was giving &
kaleidoscope exhibition from the from
parlor of the Glcnwood hotel. the Gel
luloid film came In contact with one OF
the electric wires which furnished llgh
for tile machine. An explosion follow
ed. enveloping the room In flames ant
setting fire to n number OF heavy lac,
| ,.t. .t,,, Sv,f 1...r A
hotel both on the first and second floors
was crowded with people. mostly wo
men and children. At the first sount
OF the explosion and fash OF fire. man.
OF the women tainted. None was in
jured, however, and owing TO til,
prompt and splendid service of the ho
tel fire department the flames wcr'
checked inside the room. Mr.. Snooks
the operator, was quite badly burnet
about the face. His machine is tota
wreck. The escape OF the hotel and tn,
many people there is almost miracu
lous.
Booth Tucker, Of the Salvation Army
presided at the services OF the colon.
near Granada last Sunday night. There
was n large audience present and mucl
enthusiasm was shown. Booth Tucke
and officers of the army from Dcnve
and Chicago looked over the affairs o
the colony and found everything in ,
very satisfactory condition. All TIN
colonists seem well satisfied and s,
well pleased is the management tha
many more will be sent to this colony
A good rain fell here on the 22nd ant
will be great help to the ranchmeI
md those having crops about the ditch
es. Some damage has been done un
cut or unstncked grain. but 1t is man.
times offset by the good done. 1t i
hoped that enough water fell to caus
the rapidly drying watering places ol
the range to be refilled. us a scarcit.
of stock water has been reported from
the range.
The Colorado & Southern is now salt
to have surveying force engaged II
preliminary work for Its new line fron
Trinidad to the San Luis valley VII
StoIewall. The commercial certain
ties Of this new road increase the NOR
they are considered. Up the Purga
toire river for forty miles through sue
cessive grain fields and garden areas
traversing the as yet practically III
touched coking coal deposit lying bt
tween Trinidad and the Sangre d
Christie mountains-a deposit fift
miles long by forty miles In width; uti
izing the magnificent timber growth O
the Ponil region; 1eveloping-for 10,
as well rs high grs de ores-a vast an
rich mineral area, and giving n renew
l y ,,,,I, 80 -l.nn urn n