The Delta independent., 1901-07-19
COLORADO NOTES.

DIR. Cherrle and associates are build,
ing ten-tOn Ice plant in Canon City.
State Treasurer Chipley of Pueblo
has purchased residence in Denver.
The new Antlers hotel at Colorado
Springs Will be run strictly on the
European plan.
a correspondent estimates the proba-
bic value Of the beet sugar crop Of
Bent county this year at $4,000.
Thomas Thompson, well-knownre resi-
dent Of Gold Hill Ia Boulder county,
recently became insane and was taken
to the asylum at Pueblo.
The board of trustees of Eaton has~.
passed ordinances for the issuance sT
bonds to the an,assnt OF $4,000 for lnit-
ting In water wsa!ks and 81, 600 for elec-
tric lights.
Colorado Is smerflowing with iEsaiiect
this month, Chautauqua assemblies.
teachers institutes and summer schools
being all In full blast in varioais parts
Of the state.
A large working model OF Cripple
Greek has been proposed as ene of the
chief exhibhs of this stale nj the ST.
Louis Wnrld's Fair In 1903.
The directory publishers who have
just finished new directory for Pueb-
10. estimate the population ut 4I.O00.
The census of 1900 gave Pueblo n pop
ulatioo 0f 2S,15T.
The committee on new club build
ing for the Woman's Club OF Denver
announce $1,000 on hand In the treas
ury Of the club and 5000 pledged on
subscriptions.
An automatic feeding headlight: for
locomotives, invented and patented by
w. f. Waldron OF Colorado Springs,
lias been successfully tested on the
local street railways.
Superintendent of Fish Hatcheries
Holland recently went to Estes park to
put % 600 young trout In the brooks OF
that sectinn. The fish were hatclied In
the Denver hatchery.
The county commissioners OF Bent
county have appointed a committee OF
ten to arrange for county fair to be
held at I4ns Animas In September. A
liberal appropriation was also made.
The Northern Colorado Produce As
sociation met In Greeley and elected
the following directors for the ensuing
year: John Rankin. A. s. Mumper.
Dan Wallace, A. n. Lester. John Hop
kins.
c. w. james OF Denver las been
chosen general secretary Of the Y. N.
@. a. mt Pueblo, after having made y re-
mnrkably successful record as depart
ment secretary Of the Denver ass0cia-
ton.
Everett Burton, serving a ninety day
sentence I'm the county jail at Trinidad
Sth instant. He feIgncd Illness and
was placed in the sick ward. From
there he made his escape.
The committee In charge OF the hor-
ticulture show at the Festival OF
Mountain and Plain at Denver has de-
cided to divide the state Into the SIX
horticultural: districts for the purpose
OF offering sweep stake prizes.
Arapah0e county will take few Sc
lect boartiers. 1t has agreed with Sher-
if Adm Putnam OF Elbert county TO
keep In the Arapnh0e county jail such
prisoners N he cannot care for mt home
at a cost Of 80 cents day each.
Five new street cars patterned after
the convertible open and closed ear.
which recently won grand prize mt
the Paris exposition. have been ordered
for the Colorado Springs railway and
Will probably be In operation by Sep
tember LIST.
Two terrible accidents occurred on
the same day at Pueblo on the 10th In
slant, from attempting to start fires
with kerosene OIL Mrs. Franclsco Vid-
man died mt the Slstess' hospital and
Mrs. Sayereo Deldondo was taken to
the Pueblo hospital In apparently dy-
ing condition.
One Of the results OF the building Of
the Short Line from Colorado Springs
has been to bring about large In.
crease In tourist travel to the Cripple
Greek district. Among the visitors
hnve been lareg number OF EpwOrth
League delegates on their way TO Call.
fornIa.
The Woman's Club of Boulder has
requested that sewing be Introduced
into the sixth, seventh and eighth
grades of the public schools. that tho
girls of these grades be required to
take instruction In this branch for one
hour per week md that some regular
teacher be engaged to give this in
struction.
Henry Oxnard, vice president Of the
American Sugar Beet Company, esti-
mates that the total yield OF beet SUI
gar In Colorado for the year 1891 will
be 3OO,OOO sacks Of 100 pounds each or
within $1,000 sncks Of sufficient
quantity to meet the entire demapd OF
Colorado for sugar during twelve
months.
The Denver News says that A. +.
Carleton. president OF the First Ma
tionaI Bank OF Cripple Creek. Is the
Youngest self-mhde millionaire In the
world. He went to Cripple Creek In
1902 and worked as clerk for 500 n
month. He saved his money, got into
mining, and when thirty-four years of
age, could draw n check for seven fig
ures. esta rs -Hf
Robert Weldon. representative from
Larimer county IN the Thirteenth Cen
oral Assembly. was drowned on the ev-
ening OF July 18th In the Big Thoinp-
sop river about ak miles west OF Love
| land. How the accident occurred Is
moi known MS no one was with him ut
.ho time He had been fishing and his