North Park union., 1901-09-27
COLORADO NUTES.

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Twenty divorces in one day II the
record Of the Arapnhoe county court.
| Work will be commenced Immediate
| " on the new water works system at
Longmont.
| The State University ut Boulder has
opened with an increased number OF
students.
| A. G. Dewitt, arrested at Denver on
the charge Of forgery. is said TO have
record OF having forged over 3OO
checks.
| Miss Odessa Ross of kiown has been
selected as maid Of honor for Elbert
county u, the Mountain and Plain fes-
uvnl.
There is an active movement In Colo
RADIO Springs to establish regular
| Chautnuqua grounds in the Garden or
the Gods.
The grand stand for the Festival OF
Mountain and Plain In Denver looks
AS II 1t were intended 10 hold all the
people in the state.
The Bent County Fair, at Las AMI
mas. closed September 18Th. after
three days of successful exhibition
and entertainments.
Miss Rose Moody of Monte Vista has
been chosen to represent Rio Granue
county MS maid OF honor Mt the Festi-
val OF Mountain and Plain.
| Surveyors are now at work on the
Eldora extension OF the Colorado n
Northwestern railroad Several routes
viii be surveyed and the most feasible
one chosen
Miss Louise Roseberry has been Sc
lected by Custer county as maid OF
honor to the festival queen. She Is
eighteen years of age and was raised
In the Wet Mountain valley.
The directors Of the State Fair Mt
Pueblo have changed their plans of
having n Midway, but will introduce
the feature OF German village, to-
gether with other novel attractions.
Miss Edna Sweeney OF Walsenburg
will be maid OF honor from Huerfnno
county in the Festival OF Mountain
and Plain. and Miss Ida Millinger Of
Holly will represent Prowcrs county.
The worst OF series OF violent rain
storms struck Manitou and vicinity on
the forenoon OF September 3d. continu-
ing for some time. and wreakinG con-
siderable damage. Between Colorado
The village OF Ash, II short distance
| uoEtn WIS iliii'St
destroyed by fire on the 10th inst The
Graham supply store was totally de
stroyed. Loss about 5000; insurance.
$500.
Miss ella Naomi Pcnfold of Bur
lingtOn has been chosen maid OF honor
to the Mountain and Plain festival
queen from Kit Carson county. She Is
daughter of j. W. Penfold, county
treasurer.
On Sunday. September 10th. the day
after the death OF President Mckinley,
nearly every pastor In Colorado devat-
ed his sermon to topics connected with
the great national tragedy. Large pub
lie gatherings were also held In all the
principal towns of the state.
Oliver F. Virgins, the aged scout
and Mexican war veteran who has
been stationed as officer In the postof-
flee building at Denver for many years.
| Officer Virgins was n picturesque hs.
ure and will be much missed.
The opening day at Denver uni
! vcrsity. September 11th. was marked
by n great increase in the number OF
students over last year. The students
are not all In yet. hut It is thought the
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1000 names. Last year there were
$50.
six men were killed and four In
jured on the 10th inst. by terrible ex-
plosion In the Spring Gulch mine of
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company,
fourteen miles from Cardifr on the Jc-
rome branch OF the Colorado Midland
railroad. The dead are: l.. q. Picker
ton, - Andres. Peter Deldora, David
Collier George Cassenger and an un.
known Italian.
The season OF tourist rates on the
railroads is reported to have been far
the best ever known in this state. The
grand total of excursionists who visit
ed Colorado during the summer just
closed IL between $1,000 and $4,000.
Last year there were less than 10000.
The Colorado Il Southern brought
from Texas to this state the largest
number of excursionists In its history.
great many of them going to the
Boulder Chautauqua
| Recently elected maids of honor for
the queen of the Mountain and Plain
Festival are announced as follows:
Mineral county, Miss Mabel Clay.
Creede; Cheyenne. Miss Pearl Pcckin-
paugh. Cheyenne Wells: Saguache,
MISS Blancn harnlcT. tEtStoHc, pcita,
Miss Minnie n. Jackson, Delta: Ouruy,
Miss Mabel Benson. Ouray: San Mi
guel, Miss Ida riburn, Telluride; Lin
coin, Miss Anna Johnson. Hugo; Gar
field, Miss Vera Mae Lee. Glenwood
Springs; Kiowa. Miss Odessa Ross.
Kiowa; Chaffee, Miss Neva Thompson,
Buena Vista.
The census bureau has issued n pre-
| liminary statement showing the extent
of the manufacturing interests Of the
state of Colorado. 1t places the total
value of the annual manufacturing
production Of the state at S1O2. $50, 13I.
This includes the product of the smell
ters. amounting to Si4.G25.305, which
are not embraced in the returns of the
| census OF 1880. The establishments in
tne state number S,57O. n gain of 135
| per cent over 1890; the capital en-
ployed. S62 S25.472, an increase of 135
| per cent; the average number OF wage
earners, "a, T25, an increase of, "a per
| cent; total wages paid. ,405, an
increase of So per cent; cost of ma
terials used. $66, ,sSG,o16. an increase of
220 per cent. The value of the mnnu-
| featuring products of Denver was $41,-
1868 Cos; of Pueblo $50, 795, ,4S1.
| The automobile that was successful
in crossing the great divide has re-
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