The Springfield herald., 1901-08-30
COLORADO NOTES.

cidTeu 10 De IL ueclueu SuCSess.
The Postoffice Department has auth
orized the appointment of one addl-
tional letter carrier at Boulder.
A new townsite will be located at the
Empire railroad station of the Colorado
Il Southern in Clear Creek county.
The steel works at Pueblo had pay
roll of Sta ,GOO.5O for the month OF
July, which is higher than ever before.
The planning mills and woodworking
establishments of Denver have been
Idle for some time by reason or
strike OF $50 workbench.
The Central City lodge of Elks is
preparing to hold Il fair and festival
from September 14th to 21st to raise
funds for the erection of building.
While on a picnic with his family In
Williams canon at Manitou few days
since, Nelson III. Gates, of Nebraska.
fell from u cliff and was instantly
killed.
The proposed new power house and
plant of Stratton's electric street rail-
way system in Colorado Springs will
cost about $15OOOO and will be one of
the finest in the West.
A Victor Ladies' Pioneer Club has
been organized by the Indies who came
early to Victor. Mrs. Il. III. Atchison
was elected president and it was de-
cided to hold annual meetings.
The five large steam laundry plants
in Pueblo are endeavoring to effect
combination and have been consider
ing the erection of big plant to ac-
commOdate the whole business.
Lieutenant Colonel Cassius NJ. Moses
has returned to Pueblo and will make
y I,t, rn
turning with the Colorado regiment Mr..
Moses has lived in Kansas City and
Denver.
Thomas Z. Barr. founder of the
"People's Pulpit work in Milwaukee,
Broadway Temple Association of the
late Myron w. Reed at the Broadway
theater in Denver.
In the Sugar City school bond cleo
tion the proposition to issue $4,000
bonds for an eight-room brick school
building was carried unanimously. The
new building will be ready for occu-
pnncy this year.
In the amount of building permits
last month Denver stood twelfth in the
list of American cities. her citizens
taking out permits to the amount of
S3IS,7S0, being an increase of thirty
six per cent. over July. 1900.
On the 18th instant n large excursion
went from Pueblo over the Texas
Greek branch of the ID. X II. G. rond.
running from the main line at Texas
Greek to West Creek. The new branch
is worthy of the reputation Of the
"scenic line
Two additional free delivery rural
routes are to be established Mt Boulder.
October list, with A. G. Campbell and
u. NJ. Miller as carriers. These two
routes, forty-one miles long. cover an
area of thirty-two square miles, and
serve n population of 1000.
The Grand Junction Elks have de-
cided to erect building for lodge pur-
poses, and n committee has been ap.
pointed to look up site ,and confer
with contractors. The new building
will cost $4,000 and will also be fitted
up with a fine dancing hall.
James A. Fleming, formerly of Den
yer. but now n wealthy mine owner
of Phoenix, Arizona, has been sued for
$4,000 damages by Miss Jessie NJ.
Graham, who alleges that Fleming
promised to marry her in 1890, and
has failed to do so. Miss Graham for
merly lived in Butte, Montana.
JTHUI Srullllty, WHO Snot Sulu
Strong, was well known in Colorado
Springs in 1894, as was also his broth
tr, Sherman. who went to Cripple
Creek and soon attracted public at
tention by being accused of participa-
tiOn in the robbery of n Florence S
Cripple Creek passenger train short
distance from Victor.
James H. Nichol was found dead in
III ut In in
yer on the evening of August Goth. He
had registered and retired to the room
Mt 3 o'clock in the morning, requesting
not to be called. There was no evil
dence of poison. A letter addressed to
Julia Nichols, Salida, Colorado, was
found lying upon table in the room.
At meeting this month of the board
of managers of the Jewish National
Home for Consumptives in Denver it
was reported that six patients who
had been in the hospital from eight to
twelve months have been discharged
cured. -Four of the cases were severe
ones. There are sixty-five patients in
the. institution and ten waiting for ac-
commodations.
Fish and Game Commissioner Har-
ris has received dispatch from Will
liam Radcliffe that he can have 1O0,
600 trout which he has in the United
States hatchery at Leadville. Mr.. Rad
cliffe has 100000 trout in the hatchery,
and Commissioner Harris will ask him
for all of them, which he will distrib-
ute in the st. Elmo, New Castle and
Frying Pan rivers.
-Four hundred Missourians held n re-
union at the North park in Colorado
Springs, August 18th, and the grounds
were filed with yellow badges bearing
the Pike county slogan of "Show me-"
Judge Burris presided. and Congress-
man Dougherty of Liberty, Missouri,
Judge Showalter of Colorado Springs,
Ex-Governor Seay of oklahoma, Il for