North Park union., 1901-08-30
COLORADO NOTES.


orized the appointment of one aodl-
uonal letter carrier at Boulder.
A new townsite will be located at the
Empire railroad station Of the Colorado
& Southern in Clear Greek county.
The steel works Mt Pueblo had pay
roll of $174,OOO5O for the month Oh
July. which is higher than ever before.
The planning mills and woodworking
establishments of Denver have Deen
idle for some time by reason OF
strike of $50 workbench.
While on picnic with his family III
Williams canon at Manitou a rev Gays
since. Nelson II. Gates, Of Nebraska.
fell from cliff and was instantly
killed.
The Telluride Reduction Company,
which has been boring wells on the
Hobbs tract near Colorado City, mas
opened two springs with a capacity OF
$4,000 gallons a day.
The haying season is now well under
way in the South park. and large
tonnage is being cut, for which good
prices are expected owing to the drouth
in Kansas and Nebraska.
The directors OF the Pueblo state
fair have established bureau OF IN
formation to help visitors secure lodg-
Ing places and hotel accommodations.
L.. ]. Tyson will be in charge.
Lieutenant Colonel Cassius NJ. Moses
has returned to Pueblo and will make
1t his home In the future Since re-
turning with the Colorado regiment Mr..
Moses has lived in Kansas City and
Denver.
In the Sugar City school bond cleo
tion the proposition to issue S10.oO
bonds for an eight-room brick school
building was carried unanimously. The
new building will be ready for occu-
pancy this year.
In the amount of building permits
last month Denver stood twelfth in the
list Of American cities. her citizens
taking out permits to the amount OF
S37S,7 ,7s9. being an increase Of thirty
six per cent. over July, 1900.
On the 18th Instant n large excursion
went from Pueblo over the Texas
Greek branch OF the d. & H. G. road,
running from the main line mt Texas
Greek to West Greek. The new branch
is worthy of the reputation OF the
''scenIc line"
Two additional free delivery rural
routes are to be established Mt Boulder.
October 1st, with A. G. Campbell and
Il. NJ. Miller us carriers. These two
routes, forty-one miles long. cover an
area of thirty-two square miles, and
serve population Of LOCO.
The Grand Junction Elks have de-
cided to erect n building for lodge pur-
poses. and a committee has been ap-
pointed to look up n site and confer
with contractors. The new building
will cost $4,000 and will also be fitted
up with fine dancing hall.
1t Is stated that n hotel company is
now being formed under laws OF Tex
us for the purchase of the tract of land
of about forty acres, including the
ManitOu and Mansion hotels in Mani
tou Springs. 1t is proposed to erect a
new building to cost S200,O00
Organized labor hns begun a move
ment to instruct the people of Colorado
on the eight-hour law, which will be
voted on at the election next autumn
From now on meetings Will be held
regularly at which sentiment In favor
of the law may be increased.
From Teller Institute Mt Grand June
tiOn. there We're recently sent thirty
Indian boys and girls to their homes
In New Mexico and Arlzonn. Some of
these children have received thor
ough education. while others go home
on a visit and will return when school
resumes this fall.
In her address before the teachers
institute at Colorado Springs Mrs.
Helen l.. Grenfell, state superintendent
of public instruction, said that thirty
one out of fifty-seven county superin-
tendents are women, as are also nine
tenths OF the teachers. Many MEM
bers of the school boards of the state
are women.
A Washington dispatch says: Octo-
ber 1st civil service examination will
he held at Pueblo. Colorado. to fill the
position of engineer in that city. No
educational test will be given, but ap-
plicants will be graded upon age.
character OF workmanship, experience
and physical condition. Applicants
must be over twenty years Of age.
James II. Nichol was found dead in
his bed nt the Melburn hotel in Den
yer on the evening OF August Goth. He
had registered and retired to the room
mt 3 o'clock in the morning. requesting
not to be called. There was no evil
ueICe Vi IbOlSOu "a letteT Uuuttsstu "
Julia Nichols, Salida. Colorado, was
found lying upon table in the room.
At n meeting this month of the board
OF managers of the Jewish National
Home for Consumptives in Denver It
was reported that six patients who
had been In the hospital from eight to
twelve months have been discharged
cured. Four of the cases were severe
ones. There are siXty-five patients in
the institution and ten waiting for ac-
commodations.
1t Is expected that when the troops
about to be sent home from the Phil
ippines return Fort Logan, at Denver,
will probably get battalion of in
fantry. n troop Of cavalry and bat
terry of artillery. This will make Fort
Logan practically n full reglmentaI
post, for the first time since the Sew.
enth infantry left for Cuba at the be-
ginning of hostilities with Spain.
William c. Calhoun, editor of the
Rocky Mountain Sentinel Mt Denver,
has filed suit for criminal libel in a
Justices court at Denver against E. G..
Reinert and the Colorado Springs Tel
egraph Company. The suit is based
on alleged libelous statements that ap-
peared In the Telegraph, to the effect
that Calhoun was running advertise
ments in his paper of questionable min
ing ventures. A suit for damages has
already been filed In the District Court.