The Springfield herald., 1901-09-06
COLORADO NOTES.

22O and in 1900 the death rate had de-
creased to 1856.
The Socialist Labor party in Denver
has nominated a full county ticket Tor
the fall campaign.
The Prohibitionsts of Colorado are
Preparing to agitate the submission
of Il temperance amendment.
Three thousand dollars has been
raised in subscriptions for the forma-
ton of a polo club in Colorado Springs.
On his short private visit to Boulder
August 26th. w. ]. Bryan spoke 10
small impromtu gathering in the court
room.
Normal Institutes throughout the
state this year report Il large attend
ance and good work DONE The profess
sional spirit in teachers seems to De III
creasing.
Francis Truth, the so-called "healer,"
who has been operating in Denver ana
who was arrested on several charges,
has agreed to go out of the business III
Denver and endeavor to get heeled III
some other vocation.
Mrs. Matte Wilson has been appoint
ed county superintendent of schools by
the county commissioners of Fremont
county. She succeeds the late super
intendent, j. NJ. Hanks, who died re-
Gently, and is n sister of Mr.. Hanks.
Governor Orman has issued requi-
sition on the governor of Oregon LOT
the return to Fort Collins of Mike Ber-
ry, the bicycle thief. who made his es-
cape from the Fort Collins jail some
days ago. and is now under arrest in
that state.
"A grocery. boarding tent, book
store and postotiice, church, ana
nearly 200 families living in tents fill-
ed with several hundreds of people IS
the inventory Il morning paper gives OF
the Seventh Day Adventists' camp
meeting in Denver.
If satisfactory arrangements can be
made with the American Sugar Beet
and Irrigated Land Company for 10000
acres of land under the reservoirs north
of Lamar, Il colony of 800 families
from the eastern and central states Will
be located there ut once.
Richard Humphrey. an old resident
of Coal Creek, committed suicide Au-
gust 26th, by shooting himself through
the heart. He was siXty-one years of
age and leaves Il wife and several
children. He had been suffering from
an abcess in the brain caused by in
juries received in mine.
August was the heaviest month of
tourist travel Colorado has ever known,
If the baggage records ut the union de-
pot in Denver are correct index. The
number of pieces handled was lo3,o6S,
while for July it was but 1OO.S3O. This
is also an increase over August OF last
year of 1880 pieces.
The Beaver Creek Reservoir Com
pany has been Incorporated at Fort
Collins with Philip Wilson, L. j. Greg
ory and Charles A. Button as incor-
porators. The purpose of the corpora
tion is TO construct and maintain six
reservoirs above the source of BeaV-
er creek in Larimer county.
B. +. Rockafellow, proprietor of the
Fruitmere farm, recently sent box
of apples to Secretary Shute of the
State Horticultural Board. After she
had selected dozen for preservation
purposes, she sent the remainder to
all the offices in the capitol building.
And when the woman had given them
apples they all ate.
Mr.. G. NJ Hobbs. purchasing agent
of the Denver & Rio Grande railway,
and Mrs. Hobbs left August Both for a
six months tour in central and south
ern Europe. The major portion of their
time probably will be spent in SwitZer-
land and northern Italy. Mr.. Hobbs
lecture Colorado VS.. Switzerland"
has made him well known and popular
in all parts of the state.
John Bradford and Brick Price, cat
tlemen living six miles of Erie, en-
gagged in an argument n few days
since. They exchanged blows and
finally resorted to firearms. a couple
of shots were exchanged but no harm
was done. Bradford is the man whose
cabin was riddled by bullets some two
months ago by unknown parties.
A Mancos dispatch TO the Denver
News, dated August Goth. says: At
II 80 this morning an electric bolt
killed n valuable horse ridden by Ar
thur Spencer and Spencer himself is at
the point of death. Hyde Fielding,
who was riding beside him, was
stunned and thrown from his horse.
The accident occurred about one mile
east of town.
A waterspout short distance south
of Trinidad caused considerable trou-
BILE on the afternoon of September 1st
Waves three feet high rushed down
Commercial street. sending everything
before them. A horse hitched in front |
of the Southern hotel was knocked Off
its feet. The new stone culrert On
South Commercial street was wrecked. |
The foundation for the fine three-story |
double building being erected just east |
of the First National bank was badly |
wrecked Huge boulders were carried |
hundreds of yards by the rushing tor
rents. A number of business houses |
were flooded as much as a foot or more |
by the water and in the lower part of |
the city n considerable part of the city |
was inundated. The storm only lasted |
n short time, but such n flood has not |
been seen before for years.
The Colorado State Grange has ar
II god for Il hn1.NnSt ninnin n nd nYcl1r-