The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1901-10-26
COLORADO NOTES.


1t u said that the leaders It ,ks state
labor organizations are Arranging to
unionize the laborers in the be@e sugar
factories.
Thirty-three building pssm6 have
been Issued since April LIT by ~ city
clerk Of Longmont, and tbs es)1mated
cost of their construction WA placed
ut $4,000.
Nearly q quarter Of . millioaI dollars
was distributed on the 10Th itStant n
the Minnequa steel works in Pueblo
among the employees Of the in4itutioa
and the men angaged in doing dD0tract
work there.
Carl wulsten, held director i Silver
Gill, Is to prepare, among othef exhib-
its for the st. Louis exposition il pias-
ter Of paris model of the vose4nic re-
gion Of Custer county, n an at5unct to
the mineral display.
The secretary Of the interior has AZ
Armed the action Of the general land
ONCE diminishing the protest ID James
@. Weller against the HOMESTEAD entry
Of James y. Clark Of 4 trac. lin thu
Aontrose land district.
The First National Bank q Victor
has opened a subscription list ! aid Of
the memorial fund for the la1 Presi-
dent of the United States, WillAn Nc
Kinley. Seven hundred and seventy
dollars In cash has been subscribed
The county commissioners Of Pueblo
county have disposed Of sixty tons Of
alfalfa, the product of the poor farm,
at 1925 ton. The hay crop has been
good and Is in large measure helping
to defray the expenses Of the poor
farm.
A new shipping station has been e.
abolished two and q half miles north
Of Longmont on the Colorado 4 South
ern. 1t II called Boettcher, in honor Of
the president Of the Loveland sugar
factory. and was put in for the accom-
mediation Of the beet raiAeu.
Lafayette Durkee, q Denver man, II
Introducing his mining machinery into
the far-away mines Of south Africa.
He has made application At Bloemfon-
tein for a patent for q mdor-operated
rock drilling engine. 1t u called the
Durkee Lightning drill.
A contract has been Awarded BY the
county commissioners OF Teller coun-
ty for a hospital and poor house, to be
huilt at Broadway and M0yRhan ave
nue., in Cripple Greek. The contract
was let to Edwin Barrett. The build
ing will be two stories high and will
cost about $4,000.
John d. Howland's latest pai3ting,
entitled THE Coming Storm" which
has been on exhibition at Denvei has
been purchased by Edward wi4ian1s
Of Central City. The painting tepse>
sents a herd Of buffalo milling on
the prairie for mutual protection
against an approaching storm.
The Woodmen Of the World, wio ars
1900 strong in Pueblo, are discussing
the project Of raising among Aem-
selves sum Of money AnfncieAt to
Woodman building for the w. OF the
various camps. The project Will ~
quire between $5O,O00 and $7c400
Dr.. A. L. Hazlett of Colora3o City
sailed from San Francisco OctoieT 18th
the committee appointed BY 3easfal
Macarthur to investigate the moral
sonditions prevailing there. Or shis re-
turn the committee will submit it 70
port to the government.
Historical and Natural History eociety
AaA9 Adlu C1nlh1 W thC A@OSk Z AkA 4NA1A A1Vs
He wants It for the state colIe4ion Of
which he is curator. The ANIMAL, DO
says, property belongs to the sAte, ~
1t il valuable both from . hiforical
and a scientific standpoint.
The recent purchase for eoO4o0 Of
200 acres Of land southwest Of I6yWfA
by the International Realty Company.
which has assumed ownership d prac-
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wives interest In the report thst Mr..
Stratton and other COLORADO springs
people intend to build 4 big sthlee5e
park In that vicinity.
Secretary Whitney of the Rocky
Mountain Shelter Company at Flor
ence has unearthed q relic in the ehape
Of bulletin Of the New York dirroe,
issued June II, 1872, containiig the
news that war had been declared
against England. The paper was found
Is very well preserved.
In the District Court at Puello On
the 18th instant. Mike Ryan W. SEN
fenced to not less than ten nor'moee
than twelve years in the penitestiary.
Ryan was found guilty Of committing
an assault on Herman Kutath Nth q
pick August oath. He drove d pick
through Kujath's face while III lat
ter was sleeping at his home.
Hereafter the Colorado Springs High
School Cadets will drill with Witches
ter rifles loaned the school by Adjdtant
General Gardner. George 8. Estun
and Superintendent Of Schools John
Dietrich called upon the adjutant een-
eral and put In formal request for the
rifles. 1t was granted, As the state had
a number which were not in use.
The contract for the work on the
new Longmont water System has been
let to r. p. Mcdonald Of Denver. The
contract includes only the work to be
done. the city having purchased the
pipe for the twelve miles Of the maiR
line. The price for the work was s16,-
600. BY agreement Longmont labor
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