The Dolores star., 1901-07-12
COLORADO NOTES.

The hotel at Idalia In Arapahoe coun-
", John Mccoy, manager. was burned
June 2Sth.
The new Antlers hotel Mt Colorado
Springs will be run strictly on the
European plan.
A fifth sub-station of the Denver
pOstotiice Is to be established, located
on Capitol hill, and three new carriers
added to the force.
Samuel MofYat, the Oldest brother OF
David ii. Moffat, the Denver banker.
died few days since ut Goshen, New
York. aged eighty-two. n
With the opening OF the ID. & r. G.
line from Texas Creek, Westcliffe and
Silver Cliff have made their second de-
but into railroad society.
Mrs. NJ. A. Shute. secretary Of the
State Board Of Horticulture. will have
charge of the horticultural department
Of the state fair ut Pueblo next fall.
There Is very pretty rivalry be-
tween Boulder and Colorado Springs
In the matter of quarto-centennial
celebration. Good advertisement for
both.
In excavating for the basement Of n
new building at the corner of Four
teenth and Lawrence streets, Denver,
the workmen found the tooth OF n
mastOdOn.
The county commissioners of FL Paso
county are considering n petition for n
franchise to construct an electric rail-
way from Colorado City to the Garden
of the Gods.
At Its recent session in Columbus,
Ohio fI,n uty TTpffaI Fam
mercial Travellers. granted charters for
councils at Trinidad and Pueblo and
also charter for the grand council Of
Colorado.
The new law permitting the inflic-
tion of the death penalty for murder
went into effect July 1, but the quo
tations do not show any rise In the
price OF hemp.
At Ouray, on the Fourth, in the min.
ers' double-hand drilling contest,
Hupps and Lindquist drilled in the
regulation contest time 39A inches III
Gunnison granite.
w. +. Bailey, formerly general pas.
senger agent of the Colorado Midland,
has been appointed manager of the
railroad department of Rand, McNally
Il Co., publishers of Chicago.
The American Microscopical Society
will meet in Denver at the same time
with the American Association for the
Advancement of Science. One hundred
members are expected to be present.
There were fifty-nine cases of diph-
iberia In Denver during the month of
June, as compared with fourteen the
year previous. and the health commits
sioner has instituted an investigation
to try to find out the causes.
Chancellor II. A. BuchteI Of the Uni
versity of Denver reports that the uni.
versity had S7S students last year in
all departments, o. gain of 24S over
tendance will easily reach 1000 this
fall.
From all parts of the :.iate come the
usual reports of Fourth of July accI-
dents. If all the victims could be
gathered in one crowd 1t would furnish
an appalling object lesson, for there
would be fully 100 sufferers, some very
seriously hurt.
During sudden squall of wind Mt
Pueblo, June Both, Mrs. j. w. Mitchell
was struck by Il falling limb from IL
dead cottonwood tree and dangerously
hurt. She was taken to st. Mary's
hospital. A babe that she held In her
arms escaped almost entirely unin-
jured.
President Mckinley has signed the
following Colorado commissions: Per-
ry HObkirk, receiver of public moneys
at Del Norte; David C. Fleming, reg
lister of the land office at Sterling ire
appointeO; Charles B. Timberlake, re-
ceiver of public moneys ut Sterling ire
appointed).
At Pueblo June Goth the temperature
as shown by the thermometer was 1881
degrees at $3.50 p. m., which was rec
ord-breaker. The hottest day previous
to that was in July, 1888, when the
mercury rose to 1927. But no pros
trations were reported as would have
been the case in any eastern city.
The safe in the postofiice at Manza.
Lola was blown open about 9 o'clock
in the morning on July 4th and 500
stolen by robbers. who escaped. 1t
was good time for the safe blowers,
as the explosion attracted no special
attention on account of the celebration
of the day by firing guns and crackers.
Carl Hahn, machinlst in the en-
ploy of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company at Pueblo, has invented a
machine to be run by liquid air. He
estimates that one gallon of liquid air,
which can be manufactured for 25
cents, can be made to run bicycle $50
miles on a smooth road, and an auto
mobile 100 miles.
A Cheyenne dispatch says: 1t Is re-
ported that rich gold and copper-bear.
ing ore has been discovered near Dia-
mond Peak. just over the line in Colo
RADIO, and between the headwaters of
the Cache In Poudre and Big Laramie
rivers. 1t is said that the ore at the
grass roots carries $40 In gold ana
copper. There has been n rush of wy.
oming miners to the scene.
Thomas Il. Armstrong, promincn,
ranchman from near Franktown. In
Douglas county, has been adjudged in
sane by the County Court and com.
mltted TO the asylum at Pueblo. Arm
strong has for many years been n re.
SOectpl citizen hut Irrinu tbe go.