The Dolores star., 1901-11-29
COLORADO NOTES.

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Track laying on the new tramway
line from Elitch's Gardens TO Aravaua
has been commenced. Ii will be COM
pleted in a MONTH
Fifty thousand dollars was receiver
by the county treasurer of Teller couh-
ty on the first day of the delinquent
tax sale at Cripple Creek.
Denvcr's Needlework Guild has Just
sent out 300 articles of wearing APP
parel to different institutions for dis
tribution among the needy
Colorado Springs has closed SUD
scriptons for the Mckinley memorial
fund after having collected nearly 81
600. mostly In sums less than 81.
Assessed under the recent revenue
law. Lake county's valuation is placed
Mt S1I, I,26g.g1I. against something IKE
four and one-half millions last year.
On its second pay day at Rocky Ford
the American Beet Sugar Company dis
bursed $4,000 to farmers. who are
said to be generally making more from
their beets this year than last
John s. Stdger. special agent of the
general land office, has been trans
ferred TO the Denver district from the
Montrose district He will take up his
new duties on December 1st.
Henry Pisg. charged with selling
whisky to the Indians on the Wind
River reservation, pleaded guilty in the
United States court at Cheyenne ana
was sentenced to two months in jail.
Mrs. James H. Baker. wife of the
president of the State University, and
her father. Rev. Mr.. Hilton, arrived in
Boulder on the nth instant, after n
sojourn of several months in Europe.
The total cost of the recent election
to the taxpayers of Teller county will
be about $1,000. In precinct 81. where
only twelve votes We're cast, the eX-
pcnse amounted to S93.5o, approximate
ly IS Il vote.
The Florence oil Company is laying
n threc-inch pipe line from its wells in
the southern district to the refinery
for the purpose of pumping the crude
oil TO the refinery. 1t will be more than
three miles long.
The Y. NJ. c. \. at Colorado Springs
is erecting Il $4,000 building and on
Sunday the 11th instant. ten churches
abandoned their services for mass
meeting to raise funds fo.' the continu-
alton of the work.
A report is circulated that the Buena
Vista hot springs, situated six miles
west of Buena Vista, have been sold
TO the Aspcn-Buena Vista railroad,
which company will enlarge and make
an ideal summer report out of them.
Harry Waring. an operator upon a
Merganthalcr machine in the office of
the Times-Citizen at Cripple Creek, es-
tablished a record on the 18th instant,
setting 3.4O3 lines. equal 10 SS.IIS ems,
in eight hours. the machine specdcd to
eighty-four revolutions per minute.
Thomas Donovan. young man re-
Gently found guilty in the District
Court at Cripple Creek Of ctealing n
quantity of copper wire from the
Short Line. was sentenced TO the state
rcformatory at Buena Vista, TO be re-
leased at the discretion of the warden.
a ten per cent. dividend is about TO
be declared to the depositors of the de-
funct Peoples Savings Bank of Den
yer, by +. j. Spencer. assignee. This
will bring the total dividends paid to
S6la cents on the dollar. Mr.. Spencer
says that all the depositors will event
ually be paid in full.
Al: Boyd, William Brown and Z. p.
Morgan, youthful cowboys from the
range south of Victor, recently at
tempted to give wild west exhibition
in Victor. riding their horses at break
neck speed up and down the streets
and firing shots with revolvers. They
were arrested and fined.
The United States government wishes
an assistant astronomer for the naval
observatory. a place that commands n
salary of $1,000 year. An examna-
ton of those wishing the job will be
held at Denver on December 11th, 18th
and 18th. Those aspiring to the place
should communicate at once with IL. c.
Hunter at the Denver postofiice.
Louis G. Frossard, night engineer
and electrician at the Lacombe electric
plant in Denver was instantly killed
shortly after midnight November Goth
at the plant of the company. at West
Thirteenth avenue and the Platte river.
No one witnessed the accident, but it
is said he touched Il part of the ma
chinery that was heavily charged, re-
ceiving 6,O0O volts.
The Colorado Telegraph at Colorado
Springs has been sold to a syndicate
of local capitalists for S125.OOO Lewis
Gaylord, owner of the controlling in
terest, retires. his equity being settled
for on n basis of $4,000. The new
owners recently secured control of the
Evening Mail, and these two papers
Will be consolidated under the name of
the Colorado Telegraph, the Mail be-
ing superseded
At meeting of the directors of the
Colorado Chautauqua at Boulder, No
vember goth, the following executive
committee was selected: Chairman. 7.
II. Nicholson: members, II. NJ. DeLong.
Nj. s. Whiteley, George NJ. Mcclure
and A. A. Reed. The committee to
solicit the guarantee fund reported
progress to the extent of $1,000 of the
$4,000 which 1t has in contemplation MS
having been pledged for the support
of next years session.
At Cripple Creek on Saturday, the
10th. Mrs. Frank Smith had her left
eye knocked out by golf ball. Robert
Lyons was driving toward the hole
when Mrs. Smith turned TO see the