The Dolores star., 1901-08-02
COLORADO NOTES.

Ogle postmaster at Lake City.
The new Antlers hotel at Colorado
Springs will be run strictly on the
European plan.
The newsboys of Denver propose to
give fair August 18th TO 18th to raise
money to pay for uniforms.
The plant of the Golden Pressed
Brick Company at Golden. which was
recently burned, will be rebuilt imihe-
diately.
The Salt Lake Tribune says that the
accounting department OF the no
Grande Western railroad VIII ne
moved from Salt Lake to Denver Dc
tober 1st.
The hail and wind storm In the vlcin-
ity Of Rocky Ford on the night of July
2I,h did good deal of damage TO can
taloupes and fruit. but fortunately on
ly hit limited district.
The executive committee of the
Transmississippi congress at Cripple
Creek awarded the first prize OF 500 IN
cash for the best decorated building TO
the fire boys of station No. j.
On the night of July 23rd at Grand
Junction safe blowers wrecked the
safe of the Book Cliff railroad depot
and another in the feed store of j. w.
Osborn. The amounts taken were not
large.
The chlorination plant of the Ell Paso
Milling Company at Florence was COM
pletely destroyed by fire on the morn
ing of July 22d between 4 and o'clock.
The loss is estimated at S2OO,OOO; III
surance, $4,000.
An eastern automobile firm Is said
to be considering the project OF estab-
fishing an automobile service at Colo
RADIO Springs and Manitou to carry
tourists to the Garden of the Gods and
other points of interest.
A break occurred in the Victor city
dam on the southwest side of Pixies
peak about o'clock on the morning of
July 23d and carried away about
twelve feet OF the dam, also causing
loss of 5,000,Ooo gallons of water.
Running races will be held at Glen
wood Springs August 21st. 22nd, 23rd
and 24th. at which $1,000 in prizes
will be offered. a cowboys tourna-
mcnt will conclude the races, in which
the entire western slope will partici-
pate.
Extensive forest fires are reported In
Park and Jefferson counties. A great
fire has been spreading on Mount Ev-
ans, destroying hundreds of acres of
pine. Another great fire has been dev-
astating the mountain forests between
Evergreen and Pine Grove.
A Toledo. Ohio. dispatch says that
w. L. Moses, the land script dealer of
Denver has made claim to four is
lands near the mouth of the Maumec
river. The islands are valued Mt
$150,OO0 and are now claimed by the
state under the. swamp act of 1850.
The Pueblo Single Tax Club has
been organized with Il. ID. V. Reed as
president and J. w. Printllnger as sec
retary. j. Il. Herman. who has been
giving lectures on the street corners in
Denver and Pueblo on the single tax,
has gone west to continue his lccturinS
in other cities.
The net earnings of the Denver &
Rio Grande in the second week In July
We're S250,20O, an increase of Sal 900
over the corresponding week of last
year. The first two weeks of July the
net earnings We're $I64. 300, an increase
of $GO,S00 over the corresponding two
weeks of last year.
J. Il. Carney, foreman of the pipe
line construction gang, recently
brought to Loveland n skeleton which
was uncovered near n big dam west of
Loveland. The skull and jawbones in
dicate that it was an Indian. stir
rup and bride bit were found In per-
feet state of preservation.
CoIored members of the knights of
Pythias from Colorado Springs, Cripple
Creek and Leadville met In Pueblo re-
Gently and founded the first Afro
American Pythian grand lodge in Colo
RADIO. There are some 240 members
among the cOlored people of the state,
but no hitherto recognized lodge.
About thirty non-nnion miners left
Leadville July 9th for Rossland. Brit
ish Columbia, where they will take
agent for the company had consider
able difficulty in getting the men away
from town, but when the train finally
pulled out there was no demonstra.
tion.
The Denver Republican correspond
ent ut Florence writes that the apple
crop of Fremont county was never
larger than will be the case this year.
being fully one-third greater than that
of last year. The country for miles Is
covered with fruit trees loaded down,
owing to the weight of the fruit upon
them.
The Pueblo Press Club will keen
open house in Colorado Springs to the
editors of the state during the Quarto-
Centennial celebration. August LIST, Ind
and Bird, Joseph ID. Glass, the repre-
sentative of the club, has secured, sub
ject to the approval of the Press club
at its next meeting, headquarters in
the Antlers hotel.
HiranO, n japanese who keeps a res.
taurant in Denver, has been having
trouble with the Walters Union.
which has placed boycott on his es,
tablishment and driven away all his
help. He was denied an Injunction by
Judge Carpenter and has appealed TO
the Japanese consul in San Francisco
for government protection.
The Victor City Council has contract
ed to purchase new reservoir site.