The Springfield herald., 1901-06-21
COLORADO NOTES.

Tho chief Of police Of Pueblo has ap-
pointed a dog catcher and put him on
the war path.
B. f. Rawalt, father of Representa-
tive c. Z. Rawalt Of Gunnison, died
suddenly of heart failure At Salida GU
the 9th instant.
An active canvass is to be made In
Pueblo for the state fair FUND. 1he
sum OF $4,000 has already been
pledged in large amounts.
The University of Denver will con-
duct n summer school at the request OF
many students and outsiders VINO nave
signifed their desire to attend.
The National Association OF Master
Blacksmiths will meet In Denver
August 18Th. II is expected mat <vo
members will be in attendance.
Tile postotficcs Mt Florence anu
Rocky Ford. Colorado. have Deen au-
vanccd by the Postoffics Department
from third TO secondclass omceS.
Th. salary of the postmaster at Den
yer has been raised from S3So 10
$4,000. AT In .Jun;a, from $1,eoo to
81 800, and Mt Aspen lowered from s2,-
200 to S2,lOO.
Governor Orman and STAN are ex-
pcr1pu 10 lihe phit III wv
July celebration at Victor, which Is 10
bc n big. one with exercises on the
Bird, 4tli and 9Th.
In the Western Base Ball League up
to June 10th, Colorado Springs had
won fourteen games and lost sixteen,
and the Denver club had won twelve
and lost eighteen.
A company has been organized TO
build new stock yards in East iuepio'
1t is stated that the company Will be
operated independently and not con-
ncctel with any railroad
The trustees Of Colorado College, at
| Colorado Springs. have appointed
committee to raise money for greater
| endowment fund to keep pace with the
rapid growth of the institution.
The fruit growers of the Grand val
lev will meet at Rifle July 9Th to OIL
canizc n Garfield county horticultural
society. the chief object being sell
protection and mutual advancement.
The Rocky Mountain News Printing
Company is erecting Sio,o puiiu-
ing on Welton street near seven
teenth street in Denver, for its own
use, and will put in two new presses
to cost s55,O00.
Az n meeting of the Jewish citizens
| Oh SIN II was "'N''NN ~
| tablish n Pacific coast directors conf
mittcc of the Denver Hospital for Con-
sumption, which henceforth is TO be
national institution.
| w. X. Lee. cx-deputy game warden
at Glenwood Springs, recently re-
ceived 10000 brook trout from the
Gunnison hatchery. They were at once
deposited in the streams tributary 10
the Grand and Roaring Fork rivers.
A lady writes from Connecticut to
ask if the Indian war whoop is still
heard on the plains and among the
mountains of Colorado. Unfortunately,
madam, 1t is not; 1t has been super
seeded by college yells ten times more
| ferocious.
Pueblo proposes to have genuine
state fair next fall. Each county in
Colorado will have vice president,
and the superintcndents and assistant
superintendents OF the departments
will be chosen without regard to their
residence.
| Director OF the Mint Roberts told a
Denver reporter that the Denver mint
when completed will he the largest in
the world and that 1t will probably be
finished within n year and a half.
Judging from past progress 1t will be
nearer n decade and n half.
At special election at Eldora the
| citizens by vote of 81 to l, ratified
the actions of the trustees in granting
franchise for the Use of the streets
| by Mcssrs. Il. Il. Whitfield of Denver.
William b. Ogden and w. II. Mcleod
of Boulder for electric light purposes.
At Trinidad a largely attended meet
ing OF business men and property own
\ ers was held and strong and active
I taxpayers league formed. Committees
I were appointed to assist the county as
SCISSOR in the work of assessing the
property of the county under the new
| law.
The annual election of the American
Association for the Advancement of
Science will be held in Denver August
| oath to S0th. This association has al
| filiated with it several other societies.
Great preparations are being made AT
| Cripple Creek for the meeting of the
Trans Mississippi Commercial Con-
| gress, July 10th to goth.
There is talk that Cheesman lake,
the immense new reservoir now in
process of construction by the Denver
Union Water Company in the South
Platte canon, will be utilized to fur
nish electrical power for Denver and
other points. and also to run electrical
suburban railways to be controlled
by the Water company and the Den
| yer Thamway Company.
Sergeant Ivy Baldwin, the govern
ment aeronaut. who won fame in the
war in Cuba. has returned to Colorado,
| and will build Il balloon and thoroughly
test 1t in Denver during the summer.
fIe intends to make it one that can be
kept high in the air for n great length
of time. In the fall he will take it to
1 the Atlantic coast. where he is to con-
| duct eXperimentS with hnllnnuS and