The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1901-12-21
COLORADO NOTES.

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lay near Florence.
BY quit-claim deed from other heirs,
Admiral Dewey has become the owner
OF = lot in Denver.
Colorado Springs capitalists talk OF
building a summer concert ball at La
verxne, q new suburb Just south OF
Colorado City.
The Brighton Vegetable Growers
Association has been organised by the
gardeners living In the Platte valley
near Brighton
Michael Ambro. aged eishty-four,
was struck by a freight train and in
stantly killed Mt Colorado Springs on
the 18th instant
Holyoke people now hello" on new
telephone line which they hope to have
connected with the lOng-dlstance line
before long.
Hosea Townsend of Colorado has
been reappointed Judge OF the United
States Court tSouthern dlstrtcD of In
dian Territory.
The City Council Of Victor refused
to grant license for a saloon in the
RichilIeu hotel on account Of 1t being
close 10 a church.
The butchers Of Florence have or
EAnized to combat an alleged traffic in
horse flesh, which, It is asserted, is be-
Ing sold by peddlers ~ beef.
Judge J. L. Semmes, adjutant OF the
department OF Colorado, Patriarchs
Militant, 1. o. o. F., died suddenly at
Colombo Springs on the 18th instant
Of heart failure.
The Railway Mems Cooperative
Supply Association Will start q coop
erative store in Denver with cash
capital Of $4,000. C. N. Hubert Is
president OF the association.
The enrolment Of students at the
State Agricultural College, Fort Col
Inns, has reached 428. This Is the 1arg-
est number registered at q single
term In the history Of the institution.
The Colorado Telephone Company
aas Just completed IN extension Of its
ines from Livermore, Larimer county.
% st. Cloud, a distance Of twenty
miles, where 1t reaches an important
.attle section.
Thomas Preston Brooke, . Chicago
man, 10 said to be planning telescope
that will, he predicts, bring the moon
20 an apparent distance OF only eight
miles from the earth. He proposes to
ouild an observatory for It on the top
of Gray's peak, Colorado.
Lawrence Hex, q negro, on trial at
Pueblo for the murder Of Lizzie Alley
and William White, both colored, was
found guilty by the jury. who also
agree0 upon the death penalty. His
was the hrst murder trial in the Pueblo
courts since the enactment u the capl-
tai punishment law.
Members Of the Denver Restaurant
Keepers Association have devised .
tcheme to buy farm and raise onions
| IN a cooperative plan for use In their
restaurants. The farm. It Il. said. will
loon be purchased. Every kind Of ta-
ole delicacy that may come under the
head Of vegetables will BE- raised.
A. r. Gumaier, purchaser Of the Por-
Ter stock Of thoroughbred horses In
Denver, last week, II preparing to
build race track on his land soath Of
Florence and will also put up nne sta.
bles. He has already fenced IN several
thousand acres. The animals will ar
rive soon. They were purchased At .
cost Of $35, 900.
The recent death Of Rev. b. NJ. Ad-
ans at Canon City has attracted con-
siderable attention throughout the
state. Mr.. Adams was eighty -four
years of age and established the Bap-
list church In Fort Bent, LaVeta and
Durango. He travelled all over the
southwestern part of the state in the
early days before there were any
roads, making his trips In the saddle.
The Colorado Stnte Grange, OF the or.
der of the Patrons of Husbandry, will
meet in Twenty eighth annual seeGi0n
In Lincoln hall, No. 1415 Lnrimer
street, Denver, on Tuesday, January
14th, at 10 O'Clock a. m, and continue
In 1ession three days or until the busi-
ness of the meeting shall be concluded.
The fifth and sixth degrees of the or
der will be conferred Wednesday even
ing, January 18th.
A party of distinguished steel mag
Mates visited Pueblo on the 18th In
slant, among whom were John w.
Gates Of Chicago. Colonel John Lam
bert. Chairman ]. G. Osgood Of the
board Of directors: President J. A.
Kebler, ]. J. Mitchell, president Of the
Illinois Trust and Savings Bank,
and J. E. Hutchins of the Illinois Loan
and Trust Company. They refused to
be interviewed on subjects pertaining
TO the G. F. & I. Company.
i The Colorado Fur and Feather A.
ISOLATION has secured Coliseum hall,
Denver, In which to hold its annual
exhibition, January 1918, 1902 Tho
exhibit will consist Of all varieties Of
poultry. cats, pigeons, canaries, rabbits
and cage birds, and promises to sur
pass even the large display of last
year. Entries are being made from an
portions of the state. The association
pays expressage both ways upon All
state entries amounting to $3.50 OF
over.
A telegram has been received ut
Cripple Creek by Secretary Arthur
Francis Of the Transmississippi Con
gress from Governor Prince Of New
Mexico, chairman of the congressional
committee Of the congress. announcing