North Park union., 1901-03-01
COLORADO NOTES.

u
ed It's two large Ice houses at La Juht"
and has them about filled with Ice.
In the District Court at Buena Vis.n' ,
a five year sentence was gwen II nsw.s
lett. the negro who killed Da'e De'
at Salida Inst August.
The speaker appointed as the eoh ,he
mittee to investigate the aoiilties 49, y, ~
clerks of the House: Messrs. Scn ~,
CERT, Ballipcer. Madden, Garcia anu
Mcclure.
The Health Board of Denver Is pr,
pairing for a vaccination crusaue wiz VIA
view of utterly stamping OUT shlniiCA
Ia the city. A house to house sys y,
or visitntion md vaccination Is talked
Of.
Salida Is likely to bid for the fres,
byterian college now located u. -
Norte. The Salida Academy o"n
property to the value OF $lo.oo anu
ihe citizens will endcayor to raise $l5,-
coo more.
II. C. Russey OF Parachute, Coiorado,
has donated to the bureau OF war reiics
In the capitol building at DehVer,
Mauser rifle taken from Filipino. Inc
calibre Is only .2S. but the bullet Will
pierce six feet of seasoned pine.
1t is stated that nll the teachers or
Arapahoe county will be ordered Dy
their school boards to attend the
monthly institutes which Miss Herey.
the county superiptendent of schools,
has organized.
The Christian church Mt Craig was
destroyed by fire on tho morning OF tue
14th inst. Loss about 5000: NO IN.
surance. 1t was said to be the hnest
oh In, and WIS DUH
by subscription five years ago.
Joseph Inman, n Colorado pioneer
and member of the Greeley colony IN
the early days, dropped dead OF heart
disease while walking along the street
at Nineteenth and Lincoln avenues In
Denver on the afternoon of February
18th.
Dr. ]. II. Kellogg OF the Battle
Creek. Michigan. sanitnrium. which Is
the parent of the Boulder sanitarium,
lectured Mt the sanitarium in Boulder
on the 18th instant. DIR. Kellogg is one
of the most distinguished vegetarians
In the country.
On March 9th the people OF Central
City will vote on proposition to issue
school bonds to the amount of $4,000
for the purpose of erecting two brick
school buildings on Lawrence street,
south of the present high school build
ing.
1t Is stated that Game Warden John
son has granted Curator Ferril of the
State Natural History Society perlnis-
sion to kill lonely old buffalo In Lost
Park, in order that the hide may be
stuffed and preserved in the state mu-
scum.
An attractive woman who gave her
name rs Mrs. W. a. Ward. but who
destroyed all clues of identity, conf
mitted suicide by inhaling gas at 21A2
Welton street, Denver, on the 18Th lh I.
She was apparently about thirty-hve
years of age.
Charles Trube, with n six-horse team,
drawing coal 10 the Camp Bird mine,
went over n 300-foot preclpice near
Ouray on the 18th inst. Trube was
saved inter catching hold of tree nf-
ter rolling some distance. Three OF
the horses were killed.
According to the annual statement OF
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company,
that company is capitalized for $25.-
OOO, 900, and OF this amount $10OOO'OOO
has been fully paid In. S17,OO0.OOO be-
ing In property and $2,OOOOOO In cash.
The debts Of the company amount to
s., ,O44, ,243.
There was an immense attendance Mt
the Elks' fair In Denver on the open
ing night, February 18th. Governor
Orman was present and made well
coming address. The fair Is to raise
funds to fit up rooms at st. Joseph's
hospital and form Il nucleus for an
Elks' home.
| At n meeting held in Buena Vista
resolutions We're adopted to be forward
ed to the governor setting forth that 1t
Is the desire Of large number Of tho
leading citizens OF Chaffee county. ir-
respective Of politics. that A. G. Dutch
er. present warden Of the reformatory,
be reappointed.
| The census summary of Colorado
shows n singular coincidence In the
close similarity of the figures from
three fine towns up the river. They
are: Florence 3,72S; Canon City, 3,IT5;
Salila, S,722. The difference between
the count in Florence and in Salida is
six.-Pueblo Chieftain.
G. E. Wantland, Union Pacific land
agent, has recently made some import
ant sales of land in Cheyenne county.
between Hugo and Cheyenne Wells.
Theodore Robinson of Idaho and w. S.
Booth of Denver have purchased 3,200
ncres, and ]. G. Murphy of Denver,
1920 acres, located near Kit Carson.
| One hundred thousand trout fry have
already been shipped from the fish
hatcheries near Denver. and there are
300, 600 more In the ponds ready to be
sent. The fry are not the least little
fellows that are frequently put in
streams, but are active specimens that
are quick enough and strong enough to
care for themselves.
A l.. Tate of Cripple Creek carries
revolver that has a history. 1t is the
Identical six-shooter with which Bob
! Ford shot Jesse James. 1t is the gun
that Jesse James himself used to car
ry. and was given to Mr.. Tate n few
years ago by Jesse james mother. Mr.
Tate knew the James boys well and
lived near them ut one time In Mis-
souri,.
The large coal mine of the Colorado
Fuel and lion Company Mt Sopris, near
| Trinidad, was closed down February
18th. No statement was made rs the
occasion of this action. 1t is stated
that the coke ovens mt Sopris will be
kept in operation for the present at
least. The output of the mine was
about 1000 tons a day, and about 400
men We're employed.