The Meeker herald., 1901-11-16
COLORADO MITES.

The Society of Union Cossoy Hon
en- will hold It's annual reunion with
a bar In Masonic Hall, NJ Grse3ey,
o. Tuesday, November 18th. 4eulbers
OF the colony In all parts OF tAo West
are invited.
A movement In ON foot to build
strong retaining walls on b0<h 6ides
Of Cherry creek In Denver, tAe walls
to extend from Colfax AveA1A to
Arlington Park and to be paid 1oe by
tho owners Of adjacent real ESTATE that
would be benefited by them.
By the oyerturning Of an autonoblle
near Overland park In Depvoe - tho
It'll instant, three ladies' received palm
full injuries The victims Of the acci-
dent were Mrs. N. X. Norr3A Mss
Anna Lewis and Miss Julia Campbell.
Fortunately NO bones were bsoken.
Judge w. 9. NcElroy Of Cripple
Greek, who broke two ef his Tihs BY
falling over an embankment while
walking fast to catch an electric car at
Anaconda a few days ago, was at
tackled by pneumonia A. result OF
the accident and died on the 9Th inst.
Tho Western Passenger Association
has granted q rate Of one fare plus ~
for the triennial convention Of tho In.
ternatioual Sunday School Association.
which viii be held In Denver June 18th
to July End, 1902. The couve0tien =
expected to bring more than 26500o vis-
itora to the state.
Elmer, the eleven-year-old soo OF
Greeley Draper Of West Flofence, was
almost instantly killed ON the 9th Inst.
He was playing ball with soapa com
panions, when one Of them threw the
ball at him, striking him on the breast
and causing Z hemofrhage from which
he died In eight minutes.
The travel to Platte Canon resorts
last summer broke all previous recordA
ceipts of $4,000 from this source in
1900, while the close Of this years tour
list season showed receipts approHm-
ately $4,000. The largest Increase
heretofore was twenty-five per cent.
The preliminary hearing Of Charles
Taylor, charged with criminally as
saulting Papsy Burford, an eight-year-
old girl, near Atkins last week, was
held In Justice Gord0n's court at Love
land, The defendant was bound over
to the next term Of the District Court
and in default Of 5000 bail was csc:
to the county Jail at Fort Collins.
Charles Taylor. said to have been re-
Gently released from the Canon City
penitentiary. was caught q few days
since near Atkins. In Larimer county,
in the act of criminally assaulting
Pansy Burford, eight years Of age, and
turned over to the sheriff by Chrence
Smith and William Catlett, who over
powered him after hard struggle.
The Grand Junction sugar factory
started on the 7th instant. One hun
dred men and boys are employed and
$50 tons Of beets were sliced the hrpt
day. 1t was estimated that between
5000 and 1000 tons Of beets were a.
ready harvested and that fully ~
much more would be brought to the
factory before the close Of the season..
Cresceus. the champton truttAg
horse, viii trot In Pueblo 1t the BtA&s
Fair snonnd track againak his oWA ~.
ord November 21st. Tho pcevt0us 6Ate
for the famous trotter's Appearances q
Pueblo, November 7th, had been can
celled, and 1t was feared thak It would
be impossible to arrange for his APP
peArance in Pueblo. Tho occasion
will be made gala day by the Pueblo
Driving Club.
The Gray Reservoir Company has
been Incorporated by J. l.. Gray, Ed.
win Hull and g. w. Bailey. to build
reservoirs In Larimer and Weld coun-
ties and to take water for one reservoir
from Box Elder creek. The company
Will, IL occasion demands, take from
the Cache La Poudre river any water
which may be due 1t for the construct
ton Of the reservoir. The capitalixa1
ton Is $4,000.
The railroads Of the state havd
granted special rate of one and onei
fifth fare to the annual meeting Of
the Colorado State Beekeepers' Ass9
citation and the annual horticultural
convention. Tickets will be sold y
enable the holders to reach Denver d
November 18th or Goth and will II
good three days after the close of eadh
convention, not counting Sunday.
Copies of the report of the commA-
sioner of the general land office for
the year ending June 80 last have be{n
received at the Pueblo land office aid
show that this Office has maintained
Its place MS the office doing the largest
business In the United States, Durf3g
the firscal year ended June 80, 1870,
the Pueblo land office did TWENTY-FIVE
per CeAt. VI HI TIE iduu OIuCe OuBlI6DW
of the government.
At a meeting held in the office Of
Governor Orman n few days agt It
was determined to at once advertise
for forty-acre or smaller tract Of
land on which to locate the State
He0e for Dependent and Neglected
children. With the surplus Of the
legislative appropriation, eatimated 1t
5000, first payment win be made
and the next legislature will be asked
to complete paying for the farm.
At midnight on the 7th instant work
ceased at the Niwot well on the Con-
solidated Oil company In Boulder
county. The well was bored a depth
Of 5000 feet through shale and stopped
In hard cap rock. The well was
bored until the company was con-
WINGED that further boring was an