North Park union., 1901-08-23
COLORADO NOTES.

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ciatIou. recently formed at Greeley,
propose to construct hne urlNins
park near the city.
The horse show at Colorado springs
August 10th to 22nd. Is expected 10 oe
one of the finest affairs u the kihu
ever held In the state.
The Colorado Federation Of Wom-
ans Clubs will hold It's annual meet
ing Mt Victor and Cripple Greek, sep
tember 10th, 11th and l2th.
The omen season for deer and ante
lone with horns. grouse. prairie chick-
ans wild turkeys and sage chickens,
began In Colorado on August loth.
The drill corps of Colorado Command
cry, No i, knights Templar, OF Zen en-
yer, will compete for prizes Ut ,he VI
ennial conclnve in Louisville, August
Goth to 2Sth.
1.-The sightseer who comes TO Colo-
RADIO and does not take in Cripple
Creek has missed half the snow. ls
what Kentucky editor says oi o'e
great gold camp.
The old Tabor opera house Mt i|eau-
VILE, erected by II. a. w. TABOR our
ing the palmy days of the camp. nus
been purchased by the Leadviiie l-odge
of Elks and will be greatly Improved.
Colorado football teams are ALREADY
beginning to arrange dates Tor ne1t
falls contests. The Denver Atnietic
Club will have a team In the heia as
usual. but the Denver Wheel Ciup
may keep out.
Colonel Phil Trounstine died at Den
yer on the 10th instant OF hemorrnase
of the bowels. He was buried on Tues
day, August 18th from his late resi-,
dence. the ceremonies being conducted
by the Grand Army OF the Kepuoiic.
The Rio Grande Southern for the
fourth week in July earned $l4, loo, an
increase of S131 over the corresponding
week of last year. For the month II
earned S43.0S0, an increase OF sl'++o
over the same month of last year.
The Denver & Rio Grande proper. for
the fourth week in July. shows net
earnings amounting to S33l,OOo, an IN
crease of S24.7OO over the same week
of the preceding year. For the mon.n
of July the earnings were $l.o25.ooo'
an Increase of $1Ol 300 over the same
month Of last year.
The American Microscopical Society
will meet in Denver August 18th ana
Both. Indications are that about 100
microscopists, representing many parts
of the United States, Will be In Attend
nnce at the meeting. Twenty papers
and discussions and some clinics Will
occupy their time.
At the meeting of the Scientific nsso-
citation In Denver this month Curator
Ferril of the State Historical and Nat
ural History Society. will endeavor to
call attention to the necessity for the
publication of nm up-to-date botanical
work for the Rocky mountain ana
western plains region.
wv Baldwin's two-thousnndth bal
loon ascension at Elitch's Gardens In
Denver on the night of August 18TH,
was Illuminated by fireworks which
lie set off in the sky. But In coming
down he struck barbed wire fence
and got badly scratched besides hav-
ing his balloon ruined.
Louis r. Enrich has offered the
Chamber of Commerce the use of his
extensive lawn and grounds for the en-
tertainment of the American Associa-
tion for the Advancement of Science.
which meets at Denver. August 24th,
should that body accept the invitation
to visit Colorado Springs.
The gross earnings of the Rio
Grande Southern for the fiscal year
ending June Both were $3.50. $40, an in
crease OF $14.392 compared with the
preceding year. The net earnings
amounted to $3.50, 74S. an increase OF
S9.2I4. and the total net earnings were
1858, ,445, an increase of $11,0O3.
Three prisoners escaped from the
Larimer county Jail at Fort Collins on
Saturday, August 10th. They We're
Mike Berry. Charles Ides and Ed. Mon
roe, all of them awaiting trial for bur-
glary. A fourth prisoner, Jake Thom-
as. awaiting trial for horse stealing,
was bound and gagged by them and left
in the prison.
Diego Adobaca. one of the Oldest set
tiers of Las Animas county, died at
the residence of his son, ]. ]. AlObaca.
on the Apishapa, August 10th, mt the
ripe old age OF 1OS years. He was hale
and hearty and did work out In the
fields up to week before his death,
when he was taken sick In his bed for
the first time In his life.
T. V. Biddle, living on the Beulah
road about six miles southwest Of Pu-
eblo, was killed by bolt of lightning
that come down the chimney of his
house, on the afternoon of August
10th. His wife. infant daughter and n
friend visiting at the time, We're
stunned by the shock but We're other
wise not injured.
Within a few weeks an attempt will
be made to telegraph and telephone
from the top of the Equitable building
in Denver to the summit of Pixies
Peak without the aid of Intervening
wires. The American Wireless Tele-
graph and Telephone Company. which
has recently invaded the West, will
conduct the experiment.
Extensive preparations are being
made for the second annual fair of the
Colorado-New Mexico Fair Associa-
tion, which will be held Mt Durango
the second week In October The fair
will last four days, one day being de-
voted to Indian sports. 1t Is expected
that there will be several hundred
Utes and Navajos present.
1t is estimated that between 10000
and 11,OOO people participated In the
log rollings mt Boulder Saturday.
August 10th. of whom nearly 8,OOO
came from Denver, taxing railroad ia
cilitles to the utmost for their trans
portation. The log rollings ut Glen
wood Springs, Montrose and Chey-
enne, Wyoming, on the same day were
also largely attended.
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