The Springfield herald., 1901-08-02
COLORADO NOTES.

os-Sed successfully July I'd
The President has appointed ". IL
/ O-l= postmaster at Lake City
The new Antlers hotel at Colorado
Springs viii b. run strictly on the
/ European. plan
The newsboys of Denver propose 10
give fair August 18th 10 1Ith TO raise
money to pay for uniforms
( The plant Of the Golden Pressed
Brick Company at Golden which was
I recently burled, viii be rebuilt imme-
diateiy-
The Salt lake Tribune says that the
Accounting department Of the RIO
Grande We~-ern railroad viii be
moved from Salt Lake to Denver Oc-
/ Iob=r Ist-
The hail and wind storm in The vicin-
1 i,y Of Rocky Ford on the night Of July
24th did good deal Of damage TO can
1zloupSs and fruit but fortunately on
/ u hit : limited district
The executive committee Of the
I Transnissis-ippi congress at Cripple
Greek awarded the first prize Of so in
cash for the best decorated building TO
the fire boys Of station No /
on the night Of July 23rd at Grand
Junction safe blowers wrecked the
t- me DIVA tA-l- -@1-AAh---- ~ ~
and another in the feed store Of J. w
Z Osborn The amounts taken were not
large
The chlorination plant Of the Fl Paso
Milling Company at Florence was COM
I pleIely destroyed by fire on the morn
I in. Of July I'd between I and > o'clock
The loss Is estimated al $1,000; in
surance. $4,000.
An eastern automobile firm IS said
70 t. considering the project Of estab-
fishing an automobile service at Colo
Tsdo Springs and ManiIoU TO carry
tourists TO the Garden Of the Gods and
other points OF interest
4 break occurred in the Victor city
dam On the southwest side Of Pixies
Peak about : O'Clock on the morning Of
July I'D and carried away about
twelve feet Of the dam also causing a
Ioss Of 100000 gallons of wafer
Running races viii BE- held at Glen
wood Springs August 2Ist- 22nd. Sird
and 2:ih. 81 which S3-rto in prizes
VIII be offered \ cowboys 1ourna-
rnent Will conclude the races. in which
the entire western slope will partici-
pate.
Extensive forest fires are reported in
Park and Jefferson counties \ great
fire has been spreading on Mount Ev-
ans. destroying hundreds Of acres of
pine. Another great fire has been dey-
asIating the mountain forests between
Evergreen and Pine Grove.
\ 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 Maumee
river The islands are valued At
$1,000 and are now claimed by the
state under The swamp ACT Of Is5o-
The Pueblo Single Tax Club has
been Organized with 3. u. V. Reed As
president and ]. W Prin1linzer a. sec
retary- ]. r. Herman. who has been
giving lectures on the street corners IN
Denver and Pueblo on The single tax.
has gone west TO continue his lecturins
in other cities
The net earnings Of the Denver &
Rio G-ande in the second week in July
We're S25O.2Op. an increase OF $1,000
over the corresponding week of last
year. The first two weeks Of July the
net earnings were S4Gl-3.p an increase
Of sGO-sro over the corresponding two
weeks Of last year
J. Z. Carney foreman Of the pipe
line construction gang recently
brought TO Loveland a skeleton which
was uncovered near a bi- dam west Of
Loveland. The skull and jawbones in-
dicate that il was an Indian stir
rup and bride bit were found in a per
feet state Of preservation
Colored 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
radO- There are some 30 members
among the colOrei people Of the state,
but 10 hitherto recognized lodge
About thirty non-union miners left
Leadville July 24th for ROSsland. Brit
ish Columbia. where they viii take
the places OF striking miners The
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
ton.
The Denver Republican correspond
en- at 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 viii keep
open house in Colorado Springs to the
editors OF the state during the Quarto-
Centennial celebration. August l>t- 2nd
and 3rd. Joseph D. 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 Autlers hotel.
Hirano. n japanese who keeps res
taurant in Denver, has been having
trouble with the Walters Union.
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