North Park union., 1901-08-09
COLORADO NOTES.

The new building Of the Orphans
homo just begun In Denver, near the
City park, will cost $4,000 and VIII De
17Ox75 feet N size, containing hfty
rooms.
Tho Salt Lake Tribune says that the
accounting department OF the no
Grande Western railroad Will be
moved from Salt Lake to Denver Oc-
tober 1st.
Delays In the construction of equip
ment for the new telephone exchange
at Colorado City Will postpone the
opening for three weeks. About $3,OOO
Will be expended.
The comptroller of the currency has
extended the corporate existence OF
the Western National Bank Of Pueblo
Colorado. until the close of business
July ~. 1921.
The hail and wind storm In the vicin-
ity Of Rocky Ford on the night OF July
2ith did a good deal of damage to can
trloupes and fruit, but fortunately on
ly hit limited district.
All the county prisoners have been
removed from the Cripple Creek city
jail to the county jail. The new jail
has capacity to hold 100 prisoners
and cost Teller county $2o.OOO.
On the night of July 23rd at Grand
Junction safe blowers wrecked the
safe of the Book ClIff railroad depot
and another In the feed store of J. w.
Osborn. The amounts taken were not
large.
As Otto Menrs has long been known
us the Wizard OF the San Juan De-
cause of his wonderful road building
achievements. 80 Thomas +. walsh
f,I- So x,,1n lad Il
Monte Cristo.
The agent OF the state land office
who went to look after the fire on MI.
Evans telephoned that 1t was ex-
tinguished. 1t Is the opinion OF state
officials that the rains will put stop
to the fires that have been reported so
frequently OF late.
The Reed Investment Company of
Colorado Springs has decided to demol-
ish the old Brunswick hotel building
Mt Grand Junction and erect OH the
site n tirst-clnss modern hotel to be
called "The Reed" 1t will cost $2o,OOo
and will contain fifty rooms.
A Toledo. Ohio. dispatch says that
w. f. Moses, the land script dealer OF
Denver, has made claim to fOur Is
lands near the mouth Of the Maumee
river. The Islands are valued at
$1J0,OOO and nre now claimed by the
state under the swamp act of 1850.
The second reunion of the National
Society OF the Army of the Philippines
will be held in Salt Lake City August
49, 1901. the anniversary of the cap
ture of Manila. and the Denver 4 Rio
Grande will run special train from
Colorado at one fare for the round
trip. leaving Denver at p. IN. August
11th.
About thirty non-union miners left
Leadville July oath for Rossland. Brit
ish Columbia, where they will take
the places OF striking miners. The
agent for the company had consider
able difficulty In getting the men away
from town. but when the train finally
pulled out there was no demonstrn-
tion.
The Denver Republican correspond
en-. mt Florence writes that the apple
crop of Fremont county was never
larger than will be the case this year,
being fully one-third greater than that
OF last year. The country for miles Is
covered with fruit trees loaded down.
owing to the weight of the fruit upon
them.
R.-H. Reid and W. p. Durham,
who recently started to make an auto
mobile trip from Denver to Cheyenne
md back, ran into rain storm twen-
ty-fiye miles south OF Cheyenne and
got so thoroughly wet that they con-
cluded to return by rail. They aver
aged sixteen miles an hour while rum
ming.
Harold v. Penrce has been appointed
British vice consul In Denver to sue
coed his father, Richard Pearce. who
is now In Europe, and at whose sug-
gestion the appointment hns doubtless
been made. The new vice consul is
assistant manager of the Boston and
Colorado Smelling Company, with
which his father has long been promi-
| nently connected.
The Victor City Council has contract
ed to purchase n new reservoir site,
consisting of 213 acres. in Bison park,
about mile southeast Of the present
city reservoir. The price will be $1O,-
coo. A short dam sixteen feet high
| will make n reservoir that will hold
4OO,OOO,OO0 gallons of water-enough
to supply the entire district. The old
reservoir will be kept In repair to hold
a reserve supply Of water In case of
emergency.
The wife of Frank Leaf, stone
mason living Mt 731 East Cimarron
street. Colorado Springs. is the mother
of probably the largest child ever horn
in the United States. 1t is n boy,
weighs seventeen pounds, and Is
twenty-four inches long, chest meas
urement fifteen and three-fourths
inches. He wns born Saturday, July
Goth. The parents have six other
children, none Of whom are abnormally
developed. The new baby Is getting
along nicely.
J. II. Crowley of Rocky Ford, Colo
rado, member of the state board of
horticulture and owner OF the Fair
view fruit farm, lays claim to the
honor of having the most productive
acre OF cherry trees in Colorado. He
has written Secretary Shute of the
!! board that his acre has 1GO Wragg
cherry trees upon 1t, five years old.
which this year Will yield him $500.
The records of the society fail to re-
veal another acre of cherry trees In
the state which has ever made such a
record.
The Elks' street fair Mt Colorado
Springs was formally opened on July
10Th by parade of 500 preceded by
the Colorado Midland band, just re-
turned from Milwaukee The principal
streets were trnyerse{l after which fhe