The silver star., 1901-03-29
COLORADO NOTES.

Springs is to be opened Mny TO-
The woodmen OF the World will
erect building OF their own ut Mon
ument.
Pueblo will build some extensive
levees along the Arkansas river above
the city.
1t is stated that the Burlington route
will spend $4,000 this spring and sum-
mer in advertising Colorado.
Sunday. March nth, was st. Pat
rick's day, and was observed In nearly
all the larger towns of Colorado.
John II. Bennets. Il prominent min
ing man of Boulder county, died mt
Gold Hill, March Goth, aged sixty-six
years.
The spring races Mt Trinidad will
take place May u, % and % and good
purses promise to attract many fast
horses.
Charles Landes. president of the
state board of control of the reform
school, has been reelected president OF
the board.
Harry +. Sharpless & Co. will build
n seventy y-five-room family hotel on
Main street between Seventh and
Eighth in Boulder.
A new creamery will soon be erect
ed at Monument. Yards and pens will
also be built for feeding stock in con-
nection with the business.
The Denver real estate exchange will
hold dollar banquet April 18th, mt
the Brown Palace hotel to discuss
Irrigation and How 1t Affects Colo
RADIO"
The funeral of Peter Otto, for fif-
teen years superintendent Of the ELL
ers' smelter at Pueblo. was attended
by fully 600 employees ON the 18th
inst.
The Boulder City Council unanimous
ly passed a resolution to assist the
Board Of Trade in making the quarto-
centennial celebration on August /,
1901, a notable event.
A recruiting station will likely be
started in Boulder soon for the pur
pose of enltsting soldiers into the reg
ular army. Those who enlist are to
fill out the quota now at Fort Logan.
The farmers near PlatteviIle are con-
tracing large acreage of sugar beets
for the Loveland factory. AS much
as 200 acres may be planted il the
movement progresses as 1t has be-
gun.
Ex-senator Thomas II. Carter of
Montana has written to the executive
committee of the National Irrigation
Congress expressing his regret that he
will be unable to visit Colorado on his
way home from Washington.
Colorado Springs proposes to go
ahead with her quarto-centennial cele-
bration Notwithstanding the fact that
I'm ufot 10 1anss vnd
der. Her motto Is pixies Peak or
Bust"
Dr. Alfred Green. n prominent citizen
OF Greeley and a surgeon OF distinc-
tion during the war of the Rebellion.
died March Goth nt the age Of seventy
eight years. He served as medical di-
rector on the staff Of General Meade.
James Collins of Red Clifr has pre-
sented to the state historical collection
the largest cliff dwcllers' vase now In
the collection. The vase IL over four
feet in circumference and was found
by Thomas Collins In Mancos canon
eight years ago.
Philip Tritch, n brother Of the late
millionaire. George Tritch, Of Denver,
has sued the estate for $4,000. He al-
leges that he loaned his brother 81. 800
be invested for his benefit. The money
was then three-seventieths OF the es-
tate owned mt that time by George
Trltch and the amount sued for now IL
estimated by the iScrease Of the 81 800
loaned In 1868.
A Telluride special to the Denver Re-
publican, March 22nd, says. J. +. Red
lex. one OF Telluride's most prominent
citizens, had narrow escape from
death In snowsllde this afternoon. He
was returning to his mining property
In Ingram basin and when he reached
n point on the trail between Meldrum
tunnel and Bridal Veil falls slide
broke loose from above and carried
him down, the mountain side dis
tance OF 200 feet. The slide finally
threw him from under the snow and
when II stopped he was on top, unhurt
but badly frightened.
As result OF a mass meeting of FIRE.
mont county miners at Florence, Sat
urday. March 23rd, all the concessions
mnde by the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company We're accepted and the strike
called OF. The mines will he put In
working order ut once and work will
be resumed about April 1st. Accord
Ing to the company's offer the miners
receive Is cents ton for 1900 pounds
run OF the mine." This IN consId-
cred even better than the old scale, ns
the men were getting 81 per ton of
1000 pounds lump coal before the
strike WINS declared ten weeks ngo.
Paul Morton. second vice president
Of the Atchlson. Topeka Il SANTA Fee,
while In Denver n few dnys ng0. snid:
I'VE do not contemplate my building
In Colorado this year. We hnve Just
finished the block system between Den.
yer ana Pueblo and 1t is working per-
fectly. We will soon begin putting in
nlnety-three miles Of eighty. y.fivc-p0und
steel rails between Denver and Pueblo
and eventually this heavy rnli will be
laid on the entire division. The report
thnt the Santa Fc lins secured control
Of the new Colorado Springs & Grip.
pie Creek rond II untrue. AZ yet We
have not even made nny traffic agree.
inent with TINT r0nd. but pisSumc
thnt we shall do No. We expect to