The Springfield herald., 1901-04-26
COLORADO NOTES.

hTS. MHfllu ~. SHute HIS pNN' -
| elected secretary OF tie state board oi
horticulture.
/ Up to n short time ,go Governor Or
man had not vetoed , single bill sent
TO him by the Legislature
Henry \. Baker. II prominent Colo
! rldo minln. man, did II short time
since nj Newton, MASSACHUSETTS.
Colorado Springs people will try 10
| get President McI[inle, TO address tho
| high school graduatinel class June 9th.
The first / 500 feet oil the road being
| built by the Florence Electric Street
| Railway Compauy has been comp!et-
| ed.
The Cripple Creek woman's Club
recently held very successful bail
for the benefit of thelpublic library
fund. clearing upwards of $500.
\ company of Longmont men has
been formed to prospect for oil in the
st. Nrain valley Three thousand dol
lars has been raised to sink Il we'll
The regents of the State university
at Boulder have offered II prize of 500
for the best plan for library build
ing. which must be provided for soon.
Emerson King, bartender for j. i.
| Finlan at Salina, in Boulder county,
was robbed of SSIG.5o of the saloon S
money on the night of the 10Th instant
by Il masked man with gun
Lord Lyulph Ogilvie, son of the Earl
of Airlie and formerly Il well-knowu
ranchman of Colorado, has returned
from South Africa, where he served
in the British army against the Boefs.
II is reported that the pending con-
solidation of Colorado railroad lines
| will result in the abandonment by the
Colorado and Southern of its proposed
short line from Denver to Cripple
Creek via the Platte valley.
J Pueblo people have filed upon 1920
acres of land in what is known as the
Hardscrabble mining district. fifteen
miles southwest of Pueblo and just
south of Boggs' flats. They will at
once commence operations for oil.
Joseph Nidrich, who lived mt 400
South Santa Fe avenue, Pueblo, was
run over by i train and killed while
working on n Union Pacific grade at
/ Rock Creek, Wyoming. April 18th. lie
was knocked off bridge and fell
sixty feet.
Articles of incorporation for the Pu-
blo-Colorado State Fair Association
! have been signed. The directors are:
/ George Il. Ragden. John A. Thatcher,
I q. l.. l.. Gam. John Il. Vail and AS
bury White. The capital stock is $780,
/ 600, divided into 5000 shares.
On the 18th instant it was decided
by the public authorities of Fort Nor
gan to close the schools and churches
and prohibit all public gatherings for
| the period of two weeks on account of
the prevalence of scarlet fever. al
though no fatalities We're reported.
The Victor lodge of Elks has started
| subscription paper to raise funds FOR
the care of the two children of james
Smith, who escaped death in the Gran
ite mine disaster that made them or
phans. A large sum will be raised, ms
the Victor people are coming forward
| with substantial donations.
Mrs. Eleanor Hart, wife of Dean II.
Martyr Hart of st. Johns Cathedral,
Denver, died on the 18th instant after
having been an invalid for several
years. She leaves three daughters who
reside at home and one son. j. Wilson
Hart. editor and manager of the Book
seller and Stationcr, New York.
o. f. Miller, the Denver rupture
cure man whose picture once adorned
all the newspapers, is now pursuing
the business in Chicago and has
formed an organization to furnish one
cent meals for the poor. He can't be
kept down, even If he has quit kit
| ing" checkS
Colorado is to have an ostrich farm.
w. S. Belfield of California has Sc
cured Il ten-year lease on tract of
five acres of land near Manitou and
is fencing in the ground for an ostrich
farm. In n short time fifty ostriches
will arrive from South Pasadena, Cali
forna. coming from Belfield's ostrich
farm there.
LIQUOR dealers all over the state are
disregarding State Treasurer Chipley' S
letter asking them to pay the state liq-
uor license to county clerks and the
sending the money directly to head
quarters. The receipts are already
nearly 81 900 day, n fund the treas
urer is unable to care for except to
store it in the vaults. 1t will be sew
eral days before the business can be
got into order.
DR.. a. ]. Overholt of Salda. has
sent to the state war relics collection
the mess chest used by General
Grants staff in his first battle, fought
indecisvely ut Bcllemont. Missouri.
November Z. 1861 1t went through
the Civil War and has since been four
times across the country between
Springfield. Illinois. and Colorado, but
is of such good material and construc-
ton as to he still in excellent preser-
walton.
The State Land Board proposes to
see that the new forestry law is strict
Iy enforced and is making prepara-
tion to that end. There will be six as
sistant land appraisers who will look
after the timber, in addition to the reg