North Park union., 1901-07-26
COLORADO NOTES.

1nefe 1re many more PeoPie on 'e
Chautaqua grounds In Boulder than
on any previous year.
The new Antlers hotel Mt Colorado
Springs Will be run strictly on the
European plan.
A new postoffice has been estab-
lished at VOna, Kit Carson county
with Sarah c. Webb ns postmistress.
The Woman's Club of Boulder has
placed wire settees In various paris o.
town in shady places, for the benefit
Of strangers.
A large working model Of Cripple
Creek has been proposed ms one OF tne
chief exhibits of this state at the 81.
Louis Worlds Fair In l0o3.
While drilling well twenty miles
south of Granada. in I'rowers county
Ley Blackwell struck n heavy now
of artesian water at a depth Of 1GO
feet
The fact that there were (alleged)
Rocky Ford melons on sale IN Denver
before the vines at Rocky Ford were
fairly In blossom Is troubling the mel
on growers.
Peaches from Grand Junction and
other parts OF the Grand River valley
are now on the market throughout
most Of the non-peach growing por-
tiOns Of the state.
The directory publishers who have
just finished new directory for PueD-
10, estimate the population ut 4I,ooo.
The census of 1900 gave Pueblo pop
ulation Of 2s,157.
Superintendent Of Fish Hatcheries
Holland recently went to Estes park to
put 25,OOO young trout in the brooks OF
that section. The fish We're Matched IN
the Denver hatchery.
c. w. James of Denver has been
chosen general secretary Of the Y. NJ.
G. a. at Pueblo, after having made re-
markably successful record as depart
ment secretary of the Denver nssocia-
ton.
The City Council of Rocky Ford. hav-
ing a $4,000 issue of water bonds to
dispose of, accepted the bid of chi
cago firm which offered to take the
bonds mt par at four and one-half per
cent. interest for ten years.
The committee in charge Of the hor,
ticulturc show nt the Festival OF
Mountain and Plain Mt Denver has de-
cided to divide the state into the six
horticultural districts for the purpose
of Offering sweep stake prizes.
Arapahoe county will take n few Sc
lect boarders 1t has agreed with sher'
III Adm Putnam OF Elbert county TO
keep in the Arapahoe county Jail such
prisoners as he cannot care for ut home
ut cost Of 80 cents day each.
Five new street ears patterned after
the convertible open and closed car.
which recently won grand prize nj
l,n h..nI tps nl al
for the Colorado Springs railway and
will probably be In operation by Sep
tember LIST.
While John Mosconi, Ed. Gabarsky
and a party Of dog fanciers from Cen
tral City. were out east OF Denver
hunting coyotes one Sunday recently,
bitten by coyote that had been
brought to bay by the dogs.
Two terrible accidents occurred on
the same day at Pueblo on the 10th in
stnnt. from attempting to start fires
with kerosene oil. Mrs. Francisco Nid-
man died mt the Sisters hospital and
Mrs. SavereO DeldondO was taken to
the Pueblo hospital in apparently II dy-
/ Ing condition.
The Pullman company in Its repair
! shops Mt Denver will pay the LIST and
10th Of each month, conforming with
the new state law calling for bi-
monthly payments Of employees. There
nre 800 men now employed, but 1t is
expected that the number will be
raised to between 100 and 500.
A largely signed petition was receiv-
| ed by the Fort Lyons Canal Company.
directors while in session Mt Las Ami
mns few days ago, requesting that
suit be instituted against the Amity
canal and the Oxford Farmers canal
to determine their rights to the use of
water us against the rights Of the Fort
Lyons canal.
The Colorado & Southern has ap-
| piled for franchises on the streets OF
Denver so that they may reach the
central portion OF the city with an
electric line. The company is plan
ming to operate by electricity trains on
| its tricks from Denver to Boulder,
| Platte canon. Central City. Idaho
Springs and Littleton. 1t promises TO
make a 3-cent rate within the city lim-
Its and pay to the city portion of
the receipts.
The Seventh Day Adventists pro-
| pose holding monster camp meeting
in Denver for fortnight, beginning
| August 25th and concluding Septem-
Der 9th. Heretofore they have
pitched their tent In the suburbs, but
now they have secured permission
| from Mayor Wright to camp on va
cant lots at Champa and Twenty
ninth. Thirtieth and Thirty-second
streets. They propose to erect more
than 200 tents.
Messrs. Orman & Crook. the firm Of
which Governor Orman is n member,
have been given n contract for grad
ing 13O miles Of new rnilroad line
extending from Deming, New Mexico,
| to Ell Paso, Texas. The work is for
the Southwestern railroad, which has
about 100 miles Of road in operation in
the same region. Outfits OF the firm
were shipped from Pueblo. Trinidad
and Denver and the actual work on
the grade will be commenced as speed
lily as possible.
During an electric storm at Leadville
on the 11th instant, the residence of H.
X. Lea, on Capitol hill. was hit by
lightning and Mr.. Lea, his wife and lit
tie daughter were rendered uncon-
scious, the house set on fire and almost
ruined. All three were very badly in
jured. Mrs. H. C. Dimick was enter
tanning guests at her residence, when
she received severe stroke of light
ming. Her hair was partly burned from
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