The Meeker herald., 1901-02-02
COLORADO NOTES.

The grip has hit Boulder hardin
tact. few, II any, places In the sta4A
have escaped.
A company IL being organized In
Denver to run electric automobile cabs,
vans and express wagons.
The January pay roll of the Colorado
Fuea and Iron Company at Pueblo was
$4,000. which is $4,000 In excess Of
any month of last year.
The Golden public schools. and the
School Of Mines, which were closed
Two weeks on account of the sickness
Of many pupils. opened again Monday.
January 18th.
The American Cattle Growers Asso-
citation, recently formed during the
stockgrowers' meeting at Salt Lake
Otfy, will hold its first convention In
Denver. March 9Th.
The agricultural experiment sta
ton at Fort Collins has a bulletin on
raspberries, blackberries, and other
bush fruits, now In press. which will be
vent to the regular mailing list and to
others who apply.
The Oil Well Supply Company has
announced its decision to build manu-
featuring machine shops at Florence.
The structure will be made of brick,
steel and sheet iron, and will cost not
less than $4,000.
The legislative committee now en-
ragged In investigating the coal strike
10 examining many witnesses and
seems to be inquiring very closely into
Al the details Of coal production and
the pay of miners.
Secretary of State Mills has ap-
pointed Miss Florence Ragland Of
Denver and Thomas Quinn OF Ouray
TO be clerks in the brand department,
and Miss Estelle Persneil Of Central
City to be stenographer.
Samuel Cobain, an employe of Geddis
Seerie at Cheesman lake, near Buff
talo Park, committed suicide January
18th, at O'Clock, by cutting his throat
with a razor. severing the jugular vein,
dying twenty minutes later.
The Pueblo county commissioners ap-
propriated $75 toward the support Of
the Pingree g0rdens, which have been
very successfully operated for two sea-
eons In Pueblo under the philanthropic
branch OF the Woman's Club.
The Woman's Club of Grand juno
ton has received word from Andrew
carnegie that he will donate an addi-
uonal 5000 towards the erection of
tne new library building In Grand
junction. The total sum now on hand
Tor building purposes alone is 5000.
The freight depot Of the Denver 4
Rio Grande railroad at Colorado
Springs was almost totally destroyed
By flre January 18th, before daylight
In the morning. Night Watchman L.
Q. Wells was found dead inside the
door and IL supposed to have died from
suiSocatlon.
1t was developed in the legislative
coal strike Investigation committees
examination Of Mr.. Bartels, secretary
Of the Northern Coal Company, that
the mortgages on the company's prop
erty aggregate $4,000, 600 and that the
property ID valued at between $780,
900 and e4,OO0OO0.
Frank Wallace who was convicted OF
murder in the second degree for the
killing Of Night Captain william @.
Rooney, January %, 1900, was SEN
fenced by Judge NJ. 9. Bailey in the
District Court at Buena Vista to term
Of mot less than twenty-five nor more
than forty-five years.
Every effort is making for the ex-
tension Of the city water works of Fort
COLLINS to a point above the mouth of
the North Poudre, and the city engi-
neer, who has Just completed the sur
vey. has submitted his report, which
gives an estimated cost of 290, 2S1, with
costs Of settling reservoir and head
works added.
Farmers institutes have been held by
the Colorado State Agricultural Col
iege at Holly and Rocky Ford. and
others Will be held at Longmont, Love
land, Grand Junction, Glenwood
Springs and Montrose. The expert
ment station will soon issue bulletin
on Belgian hares, giving the results of
feeding different kinds Of food.
The assessed valuation of Boulder
county is $6.2T2, 22O.14. The assess
ment by towns is as follows: Boulder,
1880, 372O6; Longmont, 5000 500. 80;
Lafayette, SLOT ,645.53; Louisville, $751;
6OOO4; Ward, $2S, TO4.33, and Eldora,
1929. The total county tax is $1O4,-
1A.46. and the total tax of all kinds,
state. county, school, ETC., is $3.50:
A Farmers Institute has been organ
lied at Montrose. @. A. Redding was
chosen president, T. D. Nichols vice
president and Abe Roberts secretary.
An executive committee consisting Of
J. I. Heath, Aaron Walters, Mrs. HI
ram Dockstader and Mrs. J. A. Fen
Ion, were selected to act with the on
GERS and prepare program to be sub
mitted At the next meeting, February
2, 1901.
George Nelson. Colorado Springs
has obtained a contract for
twelve miles Of grading and construc-
ton work on the Ell Paso & Northeast
ern railroad, now in course Of building
to meet the Rock Island, which ia being
extended from Liberty, Kansas. The
home office Of the company is at Ell
Paso. Mr.. Nelson will require nearly
800 men for this work, and will hire
them from Pueblo and Colorado
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