The Springfield herald., 1901-08-23
COLORADO NOTES.

| propose to construct II line drlVihS
| park near the city.
The horse show mt Colorado Springs
August Goth to 22nd, is expected 10 oe
one of the finest affairs Of the kihli
ever held in the state.
The Colorado Federation of Wom-
ans Clubs will hold its annual meet
ing at Victor and Cripple Creek, sep
tember 10th, 11th and 12th.
The open season for deer and ante-
lope with horns, grouse, prairie chick
ems, wild turkeys and sage cnlckehs'
began in Colorado on August loth.
L. Il. Clark. n Cripple Creek police-
man, was killed on the night of the oth
instant by accidentally coming IN COLI
tact with live electric light wire.
The following new postoftice ap-
pointments have been made IN Colora-
do: Austin Crooks, Bowen; Thomas
Pattison, Sopris,' and Petrolino PalZ'
Trujillo.
The drill corps of Colorado Command
cry, No. /, knights Templar. OF Den
yer, will compete for prizes at the trl-
ennial conclave in Louisville, August
26th to 2Sth.
"The SiGhtSeer who comes TO Coioe
rado and does not take in Grippe
STetk mas IlllSStu ldll INT Sio"'
what n Kentucky editor says OF the
great gold camp.
The Telluride Reduction Company,
which has been boring wells on the
Hobbs tract near Colorado City, has
opened two springs with capacity OF
$4,000 gallons a day.
The haying season Is now well under
way in tile South park, and a large
tnn Is, t,ain fvtt fnr W good
prices are expected owing to the drouth
in Kansas and Nebraska.
The directors of the Pueblo state
fair have established bureau of in
formation TO help visitors secure lodg-
ing places and hotel accommodations.
l.. ]. Tyson will be in charge.
The old Tabor opera house at Lead
vile, erected by II. A. w. Tabor dur
ing the palmy days of the camp. has
been purchased by the Leadville Lodge
of Elks and will be greatly improved.
Colorado football teams are already
beginning to arrange dates for next
falls contests. The Denver Athletic
Club will have n team in the field as
usual, but the Denver Wheel Club
may keep out.
While prospecting near hewitt, fiji.
teen miles east of Buena Vista, George
Cooper discovered the tooth of mas
todon in n very good state of preserva-
ton. 1t is described as measuring eigh-
teen inches in length and six inches in
breadth
The Colorado Holiness Association
will hold their annual camp meeting
at Greeley from August Both TO Sep
tember 18th, inclusive. Rev. Isaiah
Reed of Iowa and Rev. Il. A. Ferguson
of Normal. Illinois, will be in charge of
the meeting.
A Los Angeles dispatch says that r.
d. Bright. formerly Il prominent resi-
dent of Trinidad. Colorado, committed
suicide in East Lake park, Los Ange
les, August 18th. by shooting himself
through the head. Mr.. Bright was an
old timer in Trinidad.
1t is stated that hotel company is
now being formed under laws of Tex.
as for the purchase of the tract of land
of about forty acres, including the
Manitou and Mansion hotels i'll Mani
tou Springs. 1t is proposed to erect
new building to cost $2OO,On.
The American Microscopical Society
will meet in Denver August 10Th and
Both Indications are that about loo
microscopists, representing many parts
of the United States, will be in attend
ance at the meeting. Twenty papers
and discussions and some clinics will
occupy their time.
Ivy Baldwin's two-thousandth bal
loon ascension at Elitch's Gardens in
Denver on the night of August 18th,
was illuminated by fireworks which
he set off in the sky. But in coming
down he struck bnrbed wire fence
and got badly scratched besides hav-
ing his balloon ruined.
The gross earnings of the Rio
Grande Southern for the fiscal year
ending June Both We're So39,o20 an IN
crease of $14,392 compared with the
preceding year. The net earnings
amounted to S252,T4S, an increase of
S9.2T4. and the total net earnings We're
$3.50, ,445, an increase of $11,9O3.
1t is estimated that between 1000
and 1000 people participated in the
.log rollings at Boulder Saturday.
August 10th, of whom nearly 6,000
came from Denver. taxing railroad IA
cilities to the utmost for their trans
portation The log rollings at Glen
wood Springs, Montrose and Chey
enne. Wyoming, on the same day were
also largely attended.
In her address before the teacher ,
institute at Colorado Springs Mrs.
Helen l.. Grenfell, state superintendent
of public instruction, said that thirty
one out of fifty-seven county superin-
tendents are women. as are also nine
tenths of the teachers. Many mem
bers of the school boards of the state
are women.
1t is expected that when the troops
about to be sent home from the Phil
ippnes return Fort Logan, at Denver.
will probably get battalion of in
fantry. troop of cavalry and bat
terry of artillery. This will make Fort