The Springfield herald., 1901-06-14
COLORADO NOTES.

the Trinidad high school June 4th.
Lydie NJ. Mason has been appointed
postmaster at Edwards in Eagle,
county.
Denver building permits in May
amounted to S3G9, 900. This is the larg-
est showing for that month since le92.
The senior class of the State Normal
School played Hamlet in the operh
house at Greeley on the night OF
June 4th.
July LIST the salary Of the postmaster
at Longmont will be advanced from
1000 to S2,1OO, and at Florence from
$1,9OO to S2,1OO.
Sandstone apparently impregnated
with petroleum has been found on the
ranch of John Craig, twelve miles
northeast of Pueblo.
The recent rummage sale for the
benefit of the Free Reading Room AS
sociation OF Central City, netted
trife less than 500.
The La Junta school census, just
completed, shows 1,OS4 children be-
tween the age of six and twenty-one
years, 562 being boys and 522 girls.
Under the energetic administration
of Chancellor Buchtel the University
of Denver has paid off $4,000 OF It's
indebtedness during the past year.
Several inches of snow fell Mt Lead
Vile June 4th. This reinforces the old
saying that Leadville has nine months
winter and three months late In the
fall.
After being blockaded by snow for
about five months, the Gunnison line
of the Colorado & Southern railway at
Alpine pass was opened for traffic on
the 9th instant.
The school census of Golden shows
01G children of school age. This is an
increase of sixty-two over last year.
Other large districts in Jefferson couh-
ty show n like increase.
La Junta, having raised the amount
required as n guarantee, is to have
$4,000 open house, with a seating ca
pacity of 7JO which it is hoped to
complete by October list.
The Farmers mill at Longmont Is
making extensive improvements, put
ting in a new bolting system through
out. BY the change it will increase the
output 100 sacks Il day to 100 sacks.
The secretary of the interior on June
1st approved thirty-nine permits to
Craze ZIG cattle and 494 horses IN
the White river plateau forest reserve
eral land office.
1t is estimated that the honey ship
ments of Las Animas this season Will
exceed 100 tons, an increase OF twenty
five tons from last year, this seasons
honey values being esti-
mated at $4,000.
John f. Pelton, receiver of the land
office at Montrose, has received con
,tnrr Irnnl.
from the government for distribution.
Ten thousand have been placed by
Mr.. Pelton in his lake.
Breckenridge has raised n large fund
for Fourth of July celebration. The
entertainment will include horse rae
Ing, foot racing, drilling contents. and
other sports and n large display of fire.
works, to conclude with free ball.
The Colorado Cricket Association
will have a sort of field day at Colo
RADIO Springs July 4th and 5th. Colo
RADIO Springs, Denver and Cripple
Creek will send clubs and tourney
will be held, each team playing tho
other.
The senior class of the state Uni
versity at Boulder played much Ado
About Nothing under the trees in tho
open air on the college campus on the
evening of June 4th. A special train
load of people were present from Den
vCr.
All mystery concerning the strange
disappearance of Mrs. Mertie Nj. Bur-
ger from her home in Pueblo, April
26th last, has been solved by the re-
ceipt of letter from her to the Pueblo
Chieftain, in which she states that she
is alive and well and in San Francisco.
1t is said that the 1900 head of
Mexican steers on the Las Animas
ranges belonging to the Ernest-Wilson-
Towers syndicate are to be moved to
Montana ranges this summer. the exo-
dus beginning about the middle Of this
month.
Horticultural Inspector Palmer Of
Arapahoe county has announced that
shade trees infested with Insect f.ests
must be sprayed by the owners, other
wise it will be done at their expense
as required by law and the cost
charged to the property.
The Divide Ditch Company has COM
menced work on a new ditch fifty
miles northwest of Fort Collins. The
ditch will be taken from Sand creek,
which flows into the Big Laramie riv-
er, and brought over n divide into
Sheep creek, which in turn empties
into the north fork of the Cache III
Poudre. 1t will be about two and
quarter miles in length and will cost
about 100000. Ex-Governor Eaton is
at the head OF the enterprise.
The Western Slope Telephone Com
pany will build forty-tive miles of new
line to connect Leadville with its line
at Wolcott. This company now has
lines connecting with the Colorado
company's lines at Rifle and extend
ing to Hahn's Peak, Steamboat
Springs, Miner, Hayden and remote
sections of Routt county, which have