North Park union., 1901-05-10
COLORADO NOTES.

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Herman Darling recently made hl-
ings at the Montrose land once pre-
palatory to opening up two large saw
mills.
A new magazine. called Agricoio
Aridus, will be published by the SUI
dents Of the State Agricultural. Coi-
lege at Fort Collins.
The Colorado Springs reception COM
mittee will arrange to take President
Mckinley up to the Cripple Creek goio
camps and back on June 1th.
The recent school census In Love
land shows 943 pupils of school age
an increase of 167 over last year.
Additional school buildings Will nave
to be erected.
Leo Vincent. clerk of the District
| Court at Boulder. says 1t cost the couh-
| ty over SD.OOO 10 prosecute the case
against the Eldora men accused OF Kill
ing n. B. Bailey.
John +. Farley. the recently retired
chief of the Denver police force, VIII
return to his former Occupation ue
general agent of the Thiei Detecu'e
Agency in Denver.
| Vice President Roosevelt is to be In
yited to yisit the Festival Of Mountain
and Plain in Denver, October Isl, lhu
and 3rd, quite Informally, 1ncognlto'
as they say in Europe.
| The Union Pacific is said to be pre-
pairing to spend $4,000 In Denver 10
build car cleaning shops at Iwehty-
sixth street. The cars Will DE cleah-
ed by compressed air.
Mr.. Bodine says the company ex-
poets to increase its deveiopmeht
| work as rapidly as possible upon the
advent of railroad which is expect
ed to reach Crestone not later than
June LIST.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh are
preparing to return to Colorado from
Washington early in May. They VIII
entertain President Mckinley and the
presidential party when they reach
Glenwood Springs.
The Woman's Club Of Longmoht
has completed stone Walk 10 tue
cemetery, north of town. The WORK
was undertaken year ago ana mas
just been finished. The walk Is ABOUT
half mile long and four feet VIDE.
The county commissioners OF Gilpin
county In April took up $4,000 coun-
ty bonds. This cleans up the cntire
Indebtedness OF the county. There Is
yet remaining in the hands OF the
county treasurer the sum OF $loooV.
Hereafter Denver people who happen
to be down town at noon can get the
absolutely correct time. At exactly IL
O'Clock to the fraction of a second,
large ball will drop from a tall steel
shaft over the office Of the Denver
Post.
William II. Davie has been appoint
ed postmaster Mt Florence. lie Is
druggist and has resided in Florence
about five years. DIR. j. w. hnmDo'
the retiring postmaster, is company
physician for the +. Il G. c. road and
has held the office about two years.
Game Warden Harris recently re-
ceIved a letter from w. G. Cove, OF
Creede. stating that seven mountain
sheep were recently killed by SNOW
slide near Amethyst, Colorado. The
heads are said to be intact and VIII be
preserved by the state.
Minister Congcr passed through Den
yer April Both on his return from CHI
| ma, and was given quite an ovation.
In Inc WeEe NIL w
ger. Miss Conger and Miss Mary Con-
ger Pierce. his niece, who shared with
his family the terrors of the Pekin
siege.
Since the new revenue law went
into effect every one about the state
treasurer's office has been working
overtime handling the license fees re-
ceiyed from liquor dealers throughout
the state. During the month of
April $4,000 was collected from this
source.
William welch, proprietor Of Welch's
ST. Vrain summer resort, will build
$25, 200 hotel at his place this summer.
The new building will contain private
baths, electric light. steam heat and
dancing pavilion. The site selected is
one Of the prettiest and most pictur-
esque along the st. Vrnin river above
Lyons In Boulder county.
The Burlington Will improve Its
Meadow park at the station In Lyons.
| The ground Will he sodded with grass
and the park enlarged to take In all
the ground from the old original park
| along the st. Vrnin to the Lyons depot.
| The old pavilion will be torn down and
new and larger one will be erected,
trees planted and grass sown.
At n meeting OF the Pueblo Press
| Club the matter of trip down the
valley by the association was favor
ably discussed and committee was
appointed to arrange for the excursion.
1t Is planned to invite the Denver and
Colorado Springs newspaper men to
accompany the excursion. A resolution
was passed indorsing plan for free
band concerts during the summer
| months.
| 1t is stated that Samuel 7. Bodine Of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, president
Of the San Luis Valley Land and Min
ing Company. practically denies that
the Baca Grant No. 4 has been sold to
an English company, though George
II. Adams. one of the former owners
and nt present one of the stockholders
In the company, has been approached
by a representative of an English syn
dicate with an offer for the propers'.
| The weekly crop bulletin covering
the period up to April Both. issued by
the Weather Bureau. shows an ideal
condition In the range and agricultural
lands of Colorado. Fruit is develop