North Park union., 1901-04-26
COLORADO NOTES.

Lutte Wilcox, editor Of the f1eiu iuo
Farm, is writing novel.
Mrs. Martha A. Shute has been re,
elected secretary Of the state poaro VI
horticulture.
Up to a short time ago Governor Or
man had not vetoed a Single Dill Sent
to him by the Legislature.
Henry n. Baker, prominent COLO
RADIO mining man, died snort uine
since Mt Newton, Massachusetts,.
The first 1900 feet of the road Deins
built by the Florence Electric strees
Railway Company has been compie'-
ed.
The Cripple Creek woman's Clu1
recently held very successful paii
for the benefit of the public library
fund, clearing upwards Of $3oo.
A company of Longmont men mas
been formed to prospect for Oil IN the
st. Vrain valley Three thousand doi-
lars has been raised to sink wel'
The regents of the State university
at Boulder have offered n prize OF S3Oo
for the best plan for library Duliu-
ing. which must be provided for soon.
Emerson King, bartender for J. =.
Finlan at Salina, in Boulder coun..,
was robbed of SS46.5O of the saloon
money on the night of the l2th ihs'aHs
by a masked man with gun.
During the snowstorm on the ilte
inst. there We're more or less serious
collisions on several Colorado rail-
.oads, though fortunately without loss
Of life.
Lord Lyulph Ogilvie. son of the Earl
of Airlie and formerly well-knowu
ranchman of Colorado. has returned
from South Africa, where he served
in the British army against the boers.
1t is reported that the pending con-
solidation of Colorado railroad lines
will result in the abandonment by the
Colorado and Southern Of Its proposed
short line from Denver to Cripple
Creek via the Platte valley.
Pueblo people have filed upon 1'92O
acres of land in what is known as the
Hardscrabble mining district, fifteen
miles southwest of Pueblo and Just
south of Boggs' flats. They Will at
once commence operations for OIL
Joseph vidrich. who lived at 400
South Santa Fe avenue, Pueblo, was
run over by train and killed whiie
working on Union Pacific grade at
Rock Creek, Wyoming. April 18th. He
was knocked Off Il bridge and fell
sixty feet.
On the 18th and 18th the Denver
dailies published column after column
of telegrams from different places in
the state along the front range ana
east of 1t, telling OF heavy and long
continued snowfall. The plains got q
thorough wetting down.
Articles of Incorporation for the Pu.
eblo- Colorado State Fair Association
have been signed. The directors are:
George +. Ragden. John A. Thatcher
G. l.. l.. Gam. John +. Vail and AS,
bury White. The capital stock Is $oO,,
300. divided into 5000 shares.
The Colorado grand lodge of the An
cient Order OF United Workmen. bet
ter known simply rs the A. o. U. W.,
ut Its session in Central City, April
18th, adopted the classified plan of as
sessments, which has been under con-
sideration for several years.
On the 18th instant 1t was decided
by the public authorities OF Fort Nor
gan to close the schools and churches
and prohibit all public gatherings for
the period OF two weeks on account OF
the prevalence of scarlet fever, ai'
though no fatalities were reported.
Thomas +. Walsh Of Ouray recent!
delivered lecture to the faculty ant
students OF the Washington I'd. c..
seminary upon THE Discovery and
Development OF Gold Mine" Mr.
Walsh illustrated his lecture with
views and maps OF Colorado mines.
A recent telegraph item printed In
The Denver dailies announcing the ar
rival Of Bishop Warren at Manila
should have read Bishop Warne, as
that gentleman was assigned to east
ern work. Bishop Warren went tt
New York during the present month.
The town of st. Vrnin, In Boulder
county. which was plated in June
1887. by w. ID. Suydam of Denver
will be reconvertcd into farm Ou
of 76S lots perhaps less than n dozer
were sold and no houses were built
Henceforth 1t will exist only as /
memory of "busted" boom.
Captain William II. Sweeney. Jr., o
Canon City. has been appointed b.
Governor Orman inspector general o
n. G. c.. with rank of colonel. Cap
| tain Sweeney served as captail
through the campaign of the Firs
Colorado volunteers in the Philip
/ pines.
| O. e. Miller. the Denver ruptur
| cure man whose picture once adorned
all the newspapers, Is now pursuing
the business in Chicago and ha
formed an organization to furnish one
cent meals for the poor. He can't b
kept down. even II he has quit exit
ing" checks.
In addressing the teachers and stu
dents of the State university recent
President Baker spoke OF the goo
rendered the institution by friends O
the university in the Legislature, G.
pecally thanking Senator Ward an
Representatives Neely. Marion an
rlatt. He also stated that severt
new departments would probably b
added next year.
John P. Greenwood. late postmaste
Mt Goldfield In the Cripple Creek di
trict, has been committed to the AraI
ahoe county jail in Denver to serve
term of six months Imprisonment ft
the embezzlement of $G43.9S. AS til
case is reported he seems to be n VII
tim of hard luck. An inspector drOppe
in on the postmaster at an unexpecte
moment and asked to look over h
accounts. The money was found to /
short the amount mentioned, but b
fore the inspector left town he va
given the shortage. Yet GreenwoO
was tried and convicted.
Governor Orman has signed the bill
creating two new counties out {