The Dolores star., 1901-11-01
COLORADO NOTES.

Three burglaries occurred i'll Pueblo
| on the night OF October 18th. Money.
| jewelry and clothing were taken.
Walter $. Reilly of Denver, Theodore
II. Wilkenberg of Sterling and Clyde V.
Hummel of Alontrose have been ap-
pointed railway mail clerks.
| The annual report of the connlis-
| sioner of pensions shows the number or
pensioners on the roll for Colorado was
S.13I: amount paid them. S9l4.o2o.
Thirty-three building permits have
been issued since April list by the city
| clerk of Longmont. and the estimated
cost of their construction was piaeeu
at $4,000.
| The members OF the Gcntlemen's
Driving and Riding Club of Denver
| are again agitatin- the building OF u
grand stand at City park race track.
| The polo games attract great crowus.
Nearly a quarter Of Il million dollars
| was distributed on the 10Th instant nt
the Minnequa steel works in Pueblo
among the employees of the institution
| and the men angaged i'll doing contract
| work there.
A new shipping station has been es-
| tablished two and Il half miles north
| of Longmont on the Colorado " South
ern. "a Is called Boettcher. in honor oil
| the peesident of the Lovcland sugar
factory. and was put In for the accom-
mediation of the beet raiscrs.
| A contract has been awarded by the
| county commissioners of Teller cotn-
ty for hospital and poor house, 10 De
| built at Broadway and Moynahan ave-
nue.. in Cripple Creek The contract
was let TO Edwin Barrett. The build
| ing will be two stories high and VIII
| cost about $1,000.
Major II. II. Wilson. In charge of the
| Denver recruiting station. has received
| orders to stop recruiting artillerymen
and to get men for the Philippines. The
\ reason is that during the next few
months the terms of enlistment of a
| large number of men. most OF whom
are in Luzon, will expire.
| John ID. Howland's latest painting,
entitled "rhe Coming Storm" which
| has been on exhibition ut Denver. has
| been purchased by Edward Williams
of Central City. The painting repre-
sents n herd of buffalo milling" on
the prairie for mutual protection
against an approaching storm.
In quarrel in the room of Madge
| Barry mt the Hotel Colorado. in Den
YER. on the night of October 24th, Will
| lam Beal. paper hanger. shot and
probably fatally wounded John Swan.
son. proprietor of the Scandinavian
House saloon. Rivalry over the pos.
| session of the woman occasioned the
| ARRAY. Beal was taken into custody.
| The recent purchase for 100000 of
200 acres of land southwest of Ivywild
| by the International Realty Company.
tically all of Stratton's real estate, re-
wives interest in the report that Mr..
Stratton and other Colorado Springs
people intend to build a big athletic
park in that vicinity.
Secretary Whitney of the Rocky
Mountain Smelter Company at Flor
ence has unearthed relic in the shape
of bulletin of the New York Mirror.
issued June Il, 1872, containing the
news that war had been declared
against England The paper was found
between the leaves of an old Bible and
is very well preserved.
The contract for the work on the
new LOngmont water system has been
let to Il. p. Mcdonald of Denver. The
contract includes only the work to be
done, the city having purchased the
pipe for the twelve miles of the main
line. The price for the work was $751;
600. BY agreement Longmont labor
will be used as far rs possible in the
work.
Deputy Sheriff Clampitt returned
from North park to Fort Collins Octo-
her 22nd, having in charge Dan Nc
Farlane, charged with cattle stealing.
McFarlane had hearing before JUS
Ton nyln hn1
in $4,000 bail James McFarlane, Sr.,
Dams father, and Hugh, his brother,
were each held in $1,000 bail. They
furnished bail and We're released.
Thirty waiter girls in the Home
Dniry restaurant, ut Denver. an eXten-
sive and high-toned establishment,
struck few days since because they
were compelled to pay for broken
dishes when, as they asserted, it was
the agreement not to exact pay for ac.
cidents but to discharge those who
We're careless. The girls gained their
point and went back to work the next
day.
The postmaster general has adver-
tised for proposals for carrying the
mail between the Denver postottice and
the depot. Heretofore the railroads
have carried this mail as a part of their
contract with the department. Now 1t
Is proposed to have the carriers hired
directly by the government. Bids for
the work will be opened in Washing
ton on December Sd, the service to COM
mence July 1, 1902.
State Auditor Crouter has sent n cir
cular letter to each of the county as
SCISSORS asking them to forward to him
Immediately complete abstract of as
sessment of all property assessed by
them and eur'liZed by the state board
of equalizal.. :: also abstracts of all
property assessed by them and certified
to them by the state board of assessors.
The abstracts are wanted as a basis
for the auditors estimates and appor-
tionment of the state tax.
The feasibility of holding continuous
sessions of the State Normal school Mt
Greeley during the summer months is
under consideration by the trustees.
nd tho 1,1I.l 81,