The Meeker herald., 1901-04-27
COLORADO NOTES.

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Mrs. Martha A. Shute has been re.
elected secretary of the state board OF
horticulture.
Up to short time ago Governor Or
man had not vetoed single bill sent
TO him by the Legislature.
Henry " Baker. prominent Colo
RADIO mining man, died short time
since ut Newton. Massachusetts.
Colorado Springs people will try to
get President Mckinley TO address tne
high school graduating class June Oti.
The first 1900 feet OF the road being
built by the Florence Electric street
Railway Company has been cOmp'et-
ed.
The Cripple Creek Woman's Club
recently held a very successful ball
for the benefit of the public library
fund. clearing upwards of $500.
company of Longmont men has
been formed to prospect for oil In the
st. Nrain valley. Three thousand dol
lars has been raised to sink a well.
The regents of the State university
at Boulder have offered n prize Of $500
for the best plan for n library build
ing, which must be provided for soon.
Emerson King, bartender for ]. 7.
Finlan at Salina. in Boulder county,
was robbed Of $s46..O of the saloons
money on the night of the 18th instant
by masked man with "gun."
Lord Lyulph Ogilvie, son Of the Earl
of Airlie and formerly well-knowu
ranchman of Colorado. has returned
from South Africa, where he served
In the British army against the Beers.
1t Is reported that the pending CON
solidatiOn of Colorado railroad lines
will result In the abandonment by the
Colorado and Southern of Its proposed
short line from Denver to Cripple
Creek via the Platte valley.
Pueblo people have filed upon 1920
acres Of land in what Is known as the
Hardscrabble mining district, fifteen
miles southwest of Pueblo and just
south of Boggs' flats. They will at
once commence operations for oil.
Joseph vidrich, who lived at 400
South Santa Fe avenue, Pueblo, was
run over by train and killed while
working on Union Pacific grade at
Rock Greek, Wyoming, April 18th. He
was knocked of bridge and fell
sixty feet.
Articles of Incorporation for the Pu-
eblo- Colorado State Fair Association
have been signed. The directors are:
George Z. Ragden, John A. Thatcher,
g. L. L. Gam. John F. Vail and As
bury White. The capital stock is $780,
600, divided into 5000 shares.
On the 18th instant it was decided
by the public authorities of Fort Nor
gan to close the schools and churches
and prohibit all public gatherings for
the period of two weeks on account of
the prevalence of scarlet fever, al.
though no fatalities were reported.
The Victor lodge Of Elks has started
\ subscription paper to raise funds for
the care Of the two children of James
Smith. who escaped death in the Gran.
lite mine disaster that made them or
phans. A large sum will be raised, as
the Victor people are coming forward
with substantial donations.
Mrs Eleanor Hart, wife Of Dean h.
Martyr Hart Of St. Johns Cathedral,
Denver, died on the 18th instant after
having been an invalid for several
yeArs. She leaves three daughters who
reside at home and one son, ]. Wilson
Hart, editor and manager of the Book
seller and Stationer, New York.
o. E. Miller, the Denver rupture
cure man whose picture once adorned
all the newspapers, is now pursuing
the business in Chicago and has
formed an organization to furnish one
cent meals for the poor. He can't be
kept down, even II he has quit Exit.
ing" checks.
Colorado is to have an ostrich farm.
W. 8. Belfield of California has &C.
cured a ten-year lease on a tract of
five acres Of land near Manitou and
is fencing in the ground for an ostrich
farm. In a short time fifty ostriches
viii arrive from South Pasadena, Cali
fornia, coming from Belfelds ostrich
farm there.
Liquor dealers all over the state are
disregarding State Treasurer Chipley's
letter asking them to pay the state liq-
uor license to county clerks and the
sending the money directly to head
quarters. The receipts are already
nearly $1,000 day, a fund the treas
urer is unable to care for except to
store it in the vaults. 1t will be sew
eral days before the business can be
got into order.
DR.. A. j. Overholt of Salida, has
the mess chest used by General
Grants stan in his first battle, fought
indecisively at Bellemont, Missouri,
November Z, 1861. 1t went through
the Civil War and has since been four
times across the country between
Springfield, Illinois, and Colorado, but
is of such good material and construc-
ton rs to be still In excellent preser-
walton.
The State Land Board proposes to
see that the new forestry law is strict
" enforced and is making prepare
ton to that end. There will be six as
sistant land appraisers who will look
lfter the timber, In addition to the reg
ular force. The section of the law in
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