The Dolores star., 1901-11-22
COLORADO NOTES.

A civil service examination Will De
held in Denver December 18th for the
position of messenger in the mint.
The taxpayers of Colorado Springs
have voted to issue 100000 of four
per cent bonds for the erection OF no.
school buildings.
During September last the Colo ado
& Southern issued pay and time checks
TO the amount of SIT BOG, all OF winch
were paid in Denver.
The Right Rev. Nicholas Chrysos-
tom Matz. bishop of Denver. was re-
ceved by the Pope on the 18th instant
at the Vatican in Rome.
The Colorado State Band Assocla-
tion is the name Of n new organiza-
ton Incorporated in Denver by Roy q.
Howells. G. ]. Woodward and Milo Ill.
McMinn. 1t proposes to organize II
band of fifty pieces and build large
dancing hall.
The German societies of Denver have
asked the Park Commissioners to cs-
tablish Fairgrounds in connection with
the parks Of the city. 1t is proposed
to provide a place where young and old
may meet and romp and indulge in
Gymnastic exercises.
A. II. Rice, n young man who came
from New York 80 Denver in the last
stages of consumption. died OH the
18th at University Park after having
consumed 100 gallons of oxygen daily
for several days in an an effort to
prolong his life.
A. Il. Mckinley. who was run down
and severely injured by IL Curtis street
car in Denver OH the 9th inst. is still
improving at the Arapahoe county hos
pital. and there is now thought to be
little doubt of his ultimate recovery
unless some unexpected complication
should develop
The Pacific Jurisdiction. Woodmen
of the World. has paid $4,000 for two
lots on fremont street, near Fifteenth,
in Denver. and will erect n handsome
building for lodge purposes and for
the head offices of the order. The
building. as planned, will cost up
wards of $4,000
The Western Passenger Association
has granted rate of one fare plus 81
for the triennial convention of the In
ternational Sunday School Association.
which will he held in Denver June 26th
to July 2nd, 1902 The convention is
expected to bring more than 5000 vis-
itor:. to the state.
The stock of the Colorado beet sugar
which WAS stored at Missouri river
points has been sent to St. Louis and
Chicago, where it finds Il good mar
ket. The cut rate at the Missouri riv
er does not apply at ST. Louis and Chi
cago and Colorado sellers took ad-
vantage of this fact.
The travel to Platte Canon resorts
last summer broke all previous records.
The Colorado ~ southern reports re-
ceiptS of $4,000 from this source in
1900, while the close of this years tour
list season showed receipts approXim-
ately $1,000. The largest increase
heretofore was twenty.Gvc per cent.
Colonel James NJ. ]. Sanno of the
Eighteenth infantry. the new comman-
der of the Department of the Colorado.
is one of the best known officers of the
army having served with distinction
in the War of the Rebellion. numerous
Indian campaigns and the Filipino
War. His headquarters will be in
Denver
The preliminary hearing of Charles
Taylor, charged with criminally as
saulting Pansy Burford. an eight-ycar-
old girl. near Arkins last week, was
held in Justice Gordon's court ut Love
land, The defendant was bound over
to the next term of the District Court,
and in default of $1,000 bail was : =:
to the county Jail at Fort Collins.
Il. T.. Powell was killed on the 18Th
Instant. near the Lucky Star mine, be-
tween Wall Street and Gold Hill, by
an explosion of giant powder. Powell,
who was formerly from Grand Rap
ids, Michigan, attended the medical
department of the University of Colo
RADIO last year and was mining this
year to earn money to attend school
next year.
1t is stated that w. w. Morgan, n
negro of Denver, who has been in
Colorado Springs for some time, will
leave for Liberia. Africa, in company
with several prominent colored men
of the country. He expects to engage
in the coffee and rubber industry. Be
ing prominent advocate of the mi
grafton of the negro TO Africa. he will
investigate especially the opportunities
there offered.
The mail route to Ladore. Routt
county, has been changed, and mail
HoW goes 10 lHc Town via Rock
Springs, Wyoming, instead of via
Steamboat Springs. The distance over
land from Rock Springs to Ladore is
greater than from Steamboat Springs.
but the roads are so much better that
the trip can be made in less time. A
twice-aweek service will probably
also be established.
Figures just completed on the tourist
business of Colorado for the past five
years are said to show that Pueblo is
gaining large percentage in her pro-
portion of the states business. The
figures of 1895 show that Denver re-
ceived 3.53 times the number of tickets
that Pueblo did, while the figures for
1901 show that the number of tickets
received at Denver We're only 26G as
many as those received at Pueblo.
At a recent meeting of the board of
directors of the Festival of Mountain
and Plain in Denver, Il. Monash was
elected president TO SIIrrppI q IT Do,