The Dolores star., 1901-04-05
COLORADO NOTES.

! the apartments, of which there VIII De
| tweuty-fuur.
Nearly 400 acres of sugar beets have
been contracted for in the vicinity OF
| Fowler, being a large increase over the
acreage of last year
The Rio Grnndc saloon at Cripple
| Creek was held up at ! 80 II. III. on
| March 2Jth and robbed of S3i. Five
| men We're in the place at the time.
/ President Packard of the Denver
| Baseball Club is gathering in the mem
| bcrs of the team and expects TO have
them all together before April 1otil, the
day set for them TO meet.
| The loss of stock by the recent
storms in eastern Colorado is cstinat-
! ed in diff sections ut from one To
! three per cent. 1t is generally reported
10 be mostly young calves.
The agricultural department of the
| State Agricultural College has received
a very fine microscope for bactcriolog-
| ical work. and also a two and Il half
horse power gasoline engine.
\ cane made from the historic Char
ter Oak at Hartford. Connecticut. has
been placed in the state museum of
war relics in the capitol building at
Denver by William a. Fuller.
The valuation attached to Denver
bnilding permits for the month of
March, 1901. was the sum of S4S4,SS2.
81. n great increase over the year 1900,
when the valuation was only $50, llo
\ short time ago it was announced
that the macaroni factory ut Coal
Creek. near Florence would be moved
to Pueblo. hut the operators decided
. oh tBi n ~ ~
is.
The Lamar Building and Loan As
sociatiOH has been Incorporated with
capital stock of 100000 by G. j.
Garvim. Morton Strain. G. G. IIuddlcs-
ton. |. l.. Maxwell. \. +. Bent. |. II.
Myers and w. j. Johnston.
Bcnajah s. Phelps of Colorado
Springs celebrated his 1O1st birthday
March 9th. He is in very good health
and is believed to be the only person
in the state who has lived in the
eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth
centuries.
Mayor johnson Of Denver has signed
an ordinance PASSED by the City Coun-
ell prohibiting Sturckccpcrs from cX-
changing candy. cigarettes. etc. for
milk. bread. yeast and car tickets, post
as barter hy children.
After being out twcnty-four hours
the jury in the Nan.lia vs.. Thompson
attempted murder case at MontrOSc
was dismissed and the prisoner bound
over to tn" next term Of court. The
jury could not agree. standing ten for
conviction and two for Icuuittal.
In Il roar-cnd collision between two
freight trains on the Rio Grandc near
Apache. forty-tivc miles south of Pucb-
10, March 3OtE. at 0:Ol p. m. in n fierce
snow storm. Head Brakeman Edward
Miller was killed outright and COnduc-
tor Goodlow of train No. I'D, was i'll
jurcd.
Ihc receipts at the United States GUS
tom house i'll Denver from duties on
imported goods We're twice as much
for the month Just closed as for March,
1900. The greater part Of the revenues
come from taxes on whisky and tObac-
60. and the rest mainly on silks and
other articles OF luxury.
a division of the Salvation Army,
consisting mostly of young women, in
vadcd Il number of the saloons and
gambling houses at Victor IL few nights
since. where they Sang songs and cX-
ll'l l''l httl'lS anu 'tll'lS
to turn from the error of their ways.
The army lassics We're treated with
much respect.
The Florence field seems to be going
right ahead with its production with
out any fear of losing its position at
the head of the list of oil producing
sections in Colorado. The field is grad
ually extending. \ few days ago Il
\Nn1l Strnrl. lI,nut thr,, mi,
southeast of Florence and on the en-
trcmc limit of the developed field. 1t
produces $50 barrels II day and was
struck at n depth of 21OO feet.
a large cheese factory is being erect
ed at q point ten miles north of Pey-
ton IN the center of one of the richest
agricultural sections of FL PaSo coun-
ty. L. will be known as the Biiou Ba-
sin Cheese Factory and will cost from
$4,000 to $1,000. The plant will have
Il capacity of handling l,2OO gallons
of milk and will turn out 600 pounds
of cheese each day Francis Capcll of
Colorado Springs is the proprietor.
Curator Fcrril of the State Historical
Society and Museum. at the capitol
building in Denver. is receiving some
distinction at the hands of the st.
Louis papers. which give him the credit
for the first suggestion of not only the
centennial celebration of the Louisiana
purchase in the Mound city. but of the
first suggestion Of the coming centen-
nial of the Lewis and Clark expedition
to the northwest, which will be held
in Portland, Oregon. in 1905.
The Crystal Springs Brewing and Ice
Company'S plant of Boulder has been
purchased by $. Pells and l. NJ. Loben-
stein of Rock Island. Illinois. The con-
s!deration stated is 100000 The brew
cry and ice plant We're taken under
mortgage by the First National Bank
of Boulder several years ago. and have
been conducted under its ownership
ever since. The brewery has capaci.
ty of 10000 barrels a year. 1t is stated
that the new purchasers will expend
$25,OOO in enlargng the plant.
At Pueblo, March 9th. w. f. Savers
and John Hyman were sentenced in
the District Court to not less than seven
nor more than eight years in the Dpni-