The Dolores star., 1901-10-18
COLORADO NOTES.

StofInS Soutl VI Il ioEth't.
The first snow Of the season f1i at
Denver shortly after midnight Ocsoper
9th. 1t was all gone before morning.
The city of Colorado Springs and the
county of El Paso will unite to build
n $1,000 pest house. work TO be cont
menced Immediately.
The President has appointed Charles
HartZell of Denver secretary OF state
for Porto Rico and he will leave Tor
that island Immediately.
Many portions of the state were WIS.,
tied by heavy fall of rain and snow
on Sunday, October 9th. The front
range took on a coat of white.
The Letter Carriers National Con
vention will meet at Denver next year
and arrangements will be made 10
show them over the state as much as
possible
Six new excursion cars, built on the
plan of an observation coach. Will he
ordered for the passenger department
of the Colorado Springs Cripple
Creek Short Line railroad.
Governor Orman has issued an order
declaring Salida TO be Il city of the
second class, in accordance with the
twelfth census returns. which gave
that city n population of 3.I22
The net receipts of the State Fair ut
Pueblo We're about $500. The money
will be used 10 improve the grounds
and the remaining stock in the treas
ury will he sold as fast as possible.
A resolution is before the City Coun-
Gil of Denver and has already been
passed by the Board of Supervisors,
TO change the name of City park. the
principal park of Denver, to "McKin-
ley park"
The Happy Home Company has filed
articles of incorporation with the secre-
tary of state. 1t is the latest colonial
ton scheme for Colorado. and the
home is located mt Flagler. kit Car
son county.
Appearances seem to indicate that
attendance at De Beque's third annual
lion hunt. October 2Jth and 2Gth, Will
greatly exceed all previous years. Am
pie provisions for guides, horses and
dogs have been made.
For their mutual protection in many
matters the hotel men of Colorado,
Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico have
formed an organization which will be
known as the Rocky Mountain Hotel
Mems Association.
A. Van Bridglc. formerly connected
with the Roolwood pottery. has locat-
ed permanently in Colorado Springs
and is contemplating the erection of n
large pottery. The dead glaze fin.
ish, discovered by him. is considered
an attractive feature of pottery art.
An effort Will he made to have the
members of the American Institute of
Mining Engineers 10 visit Colorado
Springs and the Cripple Creek district
Immediately after their annual meet
ing in the City of Mexico early in No
vember.
/. In case the Carter museum building
Is built at the east side of the City
park in Denver it is said that arrange
ments will be made with an automobile
company to run automobiles next sum
mer through the park and up the hill
TO the museum.
Pueblo will endeavor to secure from
Andrew Carnegie the gift of a library
building into which to transfer the Nc
Clelland public library. ]. ]. Burns,
]. i. Rizer and S. ID. Trimble have
been appointed committee to take the
matter in hand
The comptroller of the currency has
approved the application for the es-
tablishment of the First National Bank
at Las Animas. capital $4,000. Di-
rectors, Paul J. Gaume, Oscar Z.
Smith, George ID. Dulin. John McIn-
tosh and Llewellyn Il. Thompson.
Word has been received from Miss
Cora Fay, one of the teachers who
went to Manila from Colorado Springs
that she has been detailed by the gov
crnment to open and conduct n normal
tnY1 in 1,. %
She expected to he in charge of the
school with six American assistants
for at least one year.
On Monday, October 18th. the jury in
the jenkins murder trial at Grand
Junction, after being out from Satur-
day night, brought in verdict of mur-
der in the second degree. Jenkins shot
and killed Thomas Halock in an alfal-
ia field near Whitewater. Sunday, July
18th. The trial lasted three days and
the defense was ably presented.
A jury in the District Court at Pu-
eblo has acquitted William Campbell.
the negro charged with the murder of
David Allen, whom he shot Mt the
Grand hotel last February. At for
mer trial the jury failed to agree. 1t
was shown in the trial. just concluded,
that Allen and his brother had threat
ened Campbell in such manner as TO
justify him in feeling that his life was
IN danger.
Colorado Springs enterprise is mani
fest in the San Juan Railway and
Electric Company. recently organized
with 100000 capital by local finan-
cers to build and operate an electric
railway in Ouray county and to fur
nish power and coal for the mines in
the San Juan district. G. A. Taft of
Colorado Springs will be general man
ager of the company and A. S. Mum
son local agent
The kennel show committee of the
Colorado Kennel Club has settled on
November 21st, 22nd and 23rd as the
dates for the coming show in Denver.
Coliseum hall has been engaged. The
entrance fee has been set mt 81 for
each dog, although the first intention
was to have 1t at SO for the first dog |
and 81 for each additional entry Tho