The Springfield herald., 1901-11-01
COLORADO NOTES.


Walter s Reilly of Denver, Theodore
Il. Wukenberg of Sterling and Clyde '.
Hummel of Montrose have been ap-
pointed railway mail clerks.
The annual report of the coinh'is,
sioner of pensions shows the number OF
pensioners on theroll for Colorado was
S,134; amount paid them, Soi4'oZo.
rhirty-three building permits nave
been issued since April LIST by tne ~ v.,S
clerk of Longmont. and the estiiia'eu
cost of their construction was placed
at $4,000.
The members of the Gentlemens
Driving and Riding Club of Denver
are again ncitating the building OF IL
grand stand at City park race tfach'
The polo games attract great croWus'
Nearly a quarter Of Il million doliirs
was distributed on the 10Th instant at
the NIinneuua steel works IN iueoio
among the employees of the institution
and the men angaged in doing contract
work there.
A new shipping station has been eS-
tablished two and II half miles horti
of Longmont ON the Colorado " Sou'h
erp, Il is called Boettcher, i'll honor oi
the vresident of the Loveland suGhr
| factory. and was put in for the aceoii'-
mediation of the beet ralSefs.
A contract has been awarded by the
county commissioners of Teller couii-
| ty for n hospital and poor house, 10 NC
built at Broadway and Moynahhn NV
nue.. in Cripple Creek. The contrns'
| was let to Edwin Barrett. The Duill,
| ing will be two stories high ana VIII
cost about $1,000.
Major Il. ii. Wilson. in charge OF inc
Denver recruiting station, has recciNeu
orders to stop recruiting artilleryiiei .,.,
and to get men for the Philippines. Inc
reason is that during the next le"
months the terms of enlistment oil
large number of men, most OF Wnoin
are in Luzon, will expire
John ID. Howland's latest painting
entitled "The Coming Storm which
has been on exhibition ut Denver, mas
been purchased by Edward Wlliiaihs
of Central City. The painting repre-
sents n herd of buffalo milling" on
the prairie for mutual protectloh
against an approaching storm.
| In n quarrel in the room of Madge
Barry Mt the Hotel Colorado. in Den
yer, on the night of October 24th, Will
lam Beal, a paper hanger. shot and
probably fatally wounded John swan
| son, proprietor of the Scandinavian
House saloon. Rivalry over the pos
session of the woman occasioned the
affray. Beal was taken into custody.
The recent purchase for $4,000 OF
| 200 acres of land southwest of lvywild
by the International Realty Company,
| which has assumed ownership OF prac-
tically all of Stratton's real estate, re
wives interest in the report that Mr.
Stratton and other Colorado Springs
people intend to build big athletic
park in that vicinity.
Secretary Whitney of the Rocky
Mountain Smelter Company at Flor
ence has unearthed n relic in the shape
of n bulletin of the New York Mirror
issued June -, 1872, containing the
news that war had been declared
against England. The paper was found
between the leaves of an old Bible and
is very well preserved.
The contract for the work on the
new Longmont water system has been
let to Il. p. Mcdonald of Denver. The
contract includes only the work to be
done, the city having purchased the
pipe for the twelve miles of the main
line. The price for the work was SIS
| 600. BY agreement Longmont labor
will be used as far us possible in the
work.
Deputy Sheriff Clampitt returned
from North park to Fort Collins Octo-
ber 22nd,. having in charge Dan Nc
Farlane, charged with cattle stealing.
1 McFarlane had a hearing before JUS
tice Charles w. Cowdrey and was held
in $4,000 bail. James McFarlane, Sr.,
Dams father, and Hugh, his brother
were each held in $1,000 bail. They
furnished bail and were released.
Thirty waiter girls in the Home
Dairy restaurant, at Denver an eXten-
sive and high-toned establishment
| struck n few days since because they
were compelled to pay for broken
dishes when. as they asserted, it was
the agreement not 10 exact pay for ac
| cideuts but to discharge those who
were careless. The girls gained then
point and went back to work the next
day.
The postmaster general has adver
tised for proposals for carrying the
mail between the Denver postottice and
the depot. Heretofore the railroads
have carried this mail as a part of theil
contract with the department. Now il
Is proposed to have the carriers hired
directly by the government. Bids fol
the work will be opened in Washing
ton on December 3d. the service to com
mence July 1, 1902.
State Auditor Crouter has sent cir
cular letter to each of the county as
SCISSORS asking them to forward to hin
Immediately Il complete abstract of as
sessment of all property assessed by
them and eOunliZed by the state boarC
of equalizai., /: also abstracts of al
| property assessed by them and certified
to them by the state board of assessors
| The abstracts are wanted as basis
for the auditors estimates and appor
| tiOnmcnt of the state fax