North Park union., 1901-01-04
COLORADO NOTES

Ufuteu AhoIe eeuefdAy OF more hean1.
than the closing Christmas of the at
teenth century.
The Teller County Bar Assocsn.
gave banquet In the National ho.s
In Cripple Greek on the night of n.
cember 22nd. Covers were laid fol I'M
The state engineers report sho,.
the Taylor state road will be rr..s
beneAt to the state when comnie,sS
Alrea0y $27,OOO has been spent on M
thoroughrare.
Teller county paid out during N.
past year $3.50 for Kelley cure :.
drunkards, making total expepdItu,s
for poor Of $S.O83.12. Lake county.
bill was $12.25O.57 and Morgan sss4m
The Bazaar dry goods store on Beo.
nett avenue, in Cripple Greek, was bur
glarized on the morning of Decembe,
18th, and from 800 to 81, 900 worth a.
furs were stolen.
Warren s. Daniels, at present book,
keeper in the Office of the state aud.
tor. has been formally notified that h.
will be appointed deputy state audIto,
by Governor Orman.
General Frank NJ. Reardon, postm,,
ter at Victor, and Mrs. Reardon ve,,
presented by the employees of the pon.
office with an elegant silver tea set d,
five pieces on Christmas day.
John G. Richardson, a promlnem
ranchman Of Eagle county, is though,
to have become demented, in which
state he wandered away into the noun.
tains and perished from exposure.
The Hoffman Milling Company 1,
erecting new 10O-sack merchapt
Touring mill In Fort Collins 1t Is 10.
Gated three-fourths of n mile south.
east of the postotfice and will be .driv.
en- by water power.
Florence men have incorporated Ia
the office of the secretary of state. TIE
Florence Labor Union Building Asso
clatIon. The capital is $4,000, and
the building will be used for headqua,
ters of all labor unions of Florence.
The Wabash and Wisconsin Cen,n,
roads have given official notice Of,
rate of ! cent mile for the G. A. R
encampment at Denver. The Missouri
Pacific Is the only one of the principal
lines leading westward that withholds
the announcement. 1t is thought Il
will also join the majority very soon.
The two new and big ice houses Il
the Santa Fe railroad at La Junta viii
be completed within thirty days. The@
houses have an aggregate ice storage
capacity Of 10000 tons and will be
principal midwest Santa Fe system r.
frigernting supply source. the native
ice coming from Lake George, COloa-
do.
In the criminal court Mt Denver yes
terday the case of William w. Ander.
son, who shot Fred Bontils and II. H
Tammen. proprietors of the Post, came
up on the 10Th inst. for n second trial
but on motion of defendants counsel,
postponement was taken until the next
term.
The contract for building twenty-five
miles of railway from Trinidad up the
PurgatOire river was awarded by the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company to
the firm Of Orman & Crook, of which
the goyernor-elect Is n member. The
road is mninly built for the transpor'
tation of lumber.
Some Christmas celebrators caused
n great deal of CONSERVATION at Canon
CITY at 2 o'clock Christmas morning
by exploding quantity of giant pow.
| der near the corner of Seventh and
| Greenwood streets. Several window
were broken and the first impressioa
was that there was trouble ut the peni
tentiary.
Brighton and Fort Lupton are rival
In offering sites for n condensed MILL
| factory. A meeting was held II
Brighton recently and the compan!
that proposes to build the factory wa
asked to wait until January 18th for
final offer from Brighton. 4 commit
| tee of twelve was appointed, eaci
member of which will try to raise S2.N
At Lake City. on the night OF De
cember 18th, Jim Harrison got INTO al
alteration In saloon with Dick Price
colOred, whom he accused OF setalih
provisions from cabin. Harriso'
stabbed Price In the breast and arm
and when the city marshal, Ii. "
Smeltzer. tried to arrest Harrison I'd
latter stabbed Smeltzer five times II
the abdomen. Harrison was arrested
The Rio Grande Southern financi'
report for the second week In DeceI
Der shows that 1t has again got into To
increase" column. The earnings 10
the week We're $11 $50. an increase
$G25 over the same week of last yea
From July 1st to the end of the secon
week in December the earnings OF u
road were S267, ,172, an increase OF siO
TO1 over the corresponding period
last year.
The Wool Growers Association
Montrose county offers reward
$500 for the apprehension and conv'
tion of the men who recently polsone
seventy-five sheep belonging to Z.
| Sleen of Dry Creek. Last May H.
Henley of California Mesa, in the SAN
neighborhood, lost seven head of horst
within two weeks from poisonlhl
| Stockmen are uneasy and anxious Uni
means be adopted to rid the coun1f
of the poisoners.
The report of State Engineer A.
| McCune shows that 100000 acres
land are under ditch In this state an
nre now being irrigated and that VII
| the bitches now in existence 1,oOoW
more acres can be irrigated than
present. A total of 10000 miles {
bitches is to be found in Colorad
which is just double the mileage
six years ago. This shows II wonde
full advance in the work Of irr!sauc
In Colorado.
1t is said that Joseph Lesher Will
tablish his mint for the making OF d
| referendum souvenirs In Denver II u
federal government will allow ~
to coin his octagonal money lie M