The state herald., 1901-11-08
COLORADO NOTES.

cured the promise of a good quantity
Of milk.
Denver's building permits during
October aggregated $350,065. Over
One-half of this amount Is for eighty
six residences.
The Denver & Rio Grande freight de.
pot at Denver will be enlarged by the
addition of n new two-story building
4S1 feet long and forty-eight feet wide.
At Denver, Richard Thompson, aged
seven years, who has n record Of hav-
Ing stolen two horses and buggles and
three bicycles, has been arrested again
for stealing bicycle.
Sales Of tickets during October at
the Union depot In Pueblo amounted
to $25, ,95l.40. against $21 ,215SO for the
corresponding period last year, an in
crease of nearly 5000
The police court nt LOvelnnd heard
complaints against about thirty boys
for disorderly conduct on Halloween.
Twenty-Five Were found guilty and
each fined So and costs.
1t cost a number of students of the
University of Denver the sum of $50
to toss n postgraduate student In a
blanket. He was badly injured and
they had 30 foot the doctor bills.
The Portland Cement Company has
decided upon location seven miles
east of Florence. 1t will take four
months to erect the plant. and when
completed 1t will have capacity OF
1000 barrels n day.
Frederick ii. Morley, junior member
of the Shields-Morley Grocery Com.
pany of Colorado Springs, died in Phil
ndelphia November 3rd, of lung dis
ease. His wife, mother and son were
with him at the time of his death.
On the evening of October LIST, sixty
servant girls met in the Charles block
| In Denver and organized union under
| n charter from the American Federn-
ton of Labor. They will insist on
shorter hours and one day or each
week.
Seven members of the football team
of the Denver Manual Training high
school returned home from Boulder bat
tered. bruised and physically dilapl-
dated after their recent game with the
preparatory students of the State Uni
versity.
The hoodlums of Denver celebrated
Halloween on the night of October
3lst by derailing electric cars, cutting
telegraph wires, tearing mp bridges
and culverts, stealing gates and per-
forming many other kinds OF dcvlltry.
All this In spite of n considerable de
tail of extra policemen.
The Phillips County Cattle and Horse
Protective Association has Just com
pleted dipping vat for the purpose of
Kidding the country of mango and other
Slg Il NkFl h.x nfT Tn.st-
ing the cattle for some time. The en-
paciiy of the plant is about 100 cattle
per day.
Since Mr. Eilers' retirement from the
general management of the Pueblo
plants OF the American Smelling and
Refining Company they have been
placed under three supcrintcndcnts. as
follows: l.. G.. Eakin. Philadelphia
smelter: w. ii. Howard, Pueblo plant,
and l.. A. Mossnan. Colorado plant.
The fall meeting Of the teachers OF
the sixth normal institute was held nt
Cheyenne Wells October 2Jth and 10Th
The officers elected for the coming
year are: Miss Cora Hamilton, pres.
ident: Miss Lucy VIII. secretary, and
Superintendent Hobart. Truslcy and
Thompson. vice presidents.
The county commissioners OF Gllpin
county have decided to postpone for
another year, submitting the question
OF establishing a county high school, 10
n vote Of the people. The petition ask
Ing the board 10 submit TO the people
for vote the issuance of s250,0O0 bonds
for n county SYSTEM OF water works
was not acted on.
John Brlsben Walker. publisher OF
the Cosmopolitan magazine. has writ
ten to Mayor Wright OF Denver offer
Ing to sell to the city what Is known
as River Front park. ON the Platte rlv-
or between that and the Union depot.
lie values the property at Si.0Jo.00o,
hut VIII donate Sioo.OOO Of the amount
II his offer Is accepted.
President william $. Slocum of Col.
orndo College at Colorado Springs has
been granted n leave Of absence for
one year. and win leave Colorado De
cember 10th for n trip abroad that
VIII continue until next September.
Professor Edwin :. Parsons, Vice pres.
ident OF the college, VIII he In charge
during the absence Of Dr. Slocum.
According "a the monthly statement
OF Baggage Agent j. q. Campbell nj
the Union depot In Denver he and his
men handled Ii.Iii pieces Of baggage
In October. \ year ago ~. I9S pieces
were handled. showing an Increase OF
1920 pieces for 1901 over 1890. Dur.
Ing September Of this year 02,33i
pieces Were received and forwarded.
ON the night 90 October 2nd. nt Den.
yer. Mrs. A. NJ. iIoskln. n woman six.
ty.four years old. wns crlmlnnlly MS.
saultcd by nm unknown man In her
own room Mt 2iii Wclton street. She
was so seriously Injured that she hnd
TO be taken 10 n hospital. where II wns
stated that her recovery was consider.
cd doubtful. There have been several
other assaults upon women and girls
recently.
Senator James W. Bucklln, Alvin y. |
Bucklln. Joseph Duimnlnc. Arthur
Gormicy and William Lcshcr started
for frulin from Grand Junction on
the night Of the 2nd 10 attend fus.
Ion meeting. About four miles west OF
town. when driving over n bridge that
wns undergoing repairs. the occupants
Of the carriage Were thrown out. Sen.
niN' iiucklin was Injured md CORN.
ley had three ribs and his collar bone
broken.
A iriil contest and entertainment by
the uniformed drlli teams Of the Wood.
men of the World aud Women OF
Wooicfnft for the championship of
Colorado viii bc given In Coliseum
hall. Denver. on Monday evening, No.
s...I.. fttn Isl. Afl.t.t ssu..t.