North Park union., 1901-08-02
COLORADO NOTES.

The President mas apIplnteu
Ogle postmaster at Lake City.
The new Antlers hotel at Colorado
Springs will be run strictly on tne
European plan
The newsboys of Denver propose 10
give fair August 18th to 1ith TO raise
money to pny for uniforms.
The plant of the Golden Pressed
Brick Company Mt Golden, which was
recently burned, will be rebuilt imme-
dhtely.
The executive committee OF the
Trnnsmississlppi congress at grippe
Creek awarded the first prize OF SSo III
cash for the best decorated building to
the fire boys Of station No. !.
The chlorlnntion plant of the FL Paso
Milling Company at Florence was COM
| pletely destroyed by fire on the morn
Ing of July 22d between and O'Clock.
The loss is estimated at $2OO.OOO; In
s,irance. $4,000.
An eastern automobile firm Is said
to be considering the project OF estab-
fishing an automobile service Mt Colo
rado Springs and Manitou TO carry
tourists to the Garden OF the Gods and
other points OF interest.
A break occurred In the Victor city
dam on the southwest side OF Pixies
peak about 4 o'clock on the morning OF
July 23d and carried away about
twelve feet OF the dam. ,rlso causing
loss OF 5,OOOO0O gallons Of water.
Running races Will be held at Glen.
wood Springs August 21st, 22nd, 23rd
and 24th, at which $1,000 In prizes
will be offered. A cowboys tournn-
ment will conclude the races. In which
the entire western slope Will partici-
pate.
Extensive forest fires are reported in
Park and Jefferson counties. A great
fire has been spreading on Mount Ev-
ans, destroying hundreds of acres OF
pine. Another great fire has been dew
nstnting the mountain forests between
Evergreen and Pine Grove.
The Pueblo Single Tax Club has
been organized with Il. ID. V. Reed as
president and J. w. Printlinger as sec
retary. J. Il. Herman. who hns been
giving lectures on the street corners In
Denver and Pueblo on the single tax,
has gone west to continue his lecturing
In other cities.
]. +. Carney. foreman of the pipe
line construction gang, recently
brought to Loveland a skeleton which
was uncovered near a big dam west of
LOveland. The skull and Jawbones in
dlcate that II was an Indian. stir
rup and bride bit We're found In per-
feet state of preservation.
Aided by the use of electrical min
Ing machines lately Installed by the
Fremont coal mine mt Williamsburg,
better known ms Benr gulch, the Colo
RADIO Fuel and Iron Company is said to
be producing rs much coal with sixty
men as it did last fall with 40.
The net earnings of the Denver 4
Rio Grande in the second week In July
were S25O,20O. an increase OF $41 600
over the corresponding week Of last
year. The first two weeks OF July the
net earnings were $484 800, an Increase
of S60.SOO over the corresponding two
weeks OF last year.
Colored members Of the knights of
Pythias from Colorado Springs, Cripple
Creek and Leadville met In Pueblo re-
Gently and founded the first Afro
American Pythian grand lodge In Colo
rado. There are some 2+O members
among the colored people Of the state.
but no hitherto recognized lodge.
Long mountain trips on foot, on
horseback and by wagons are one OF
the popular features OF the Glen Park
, ,ChautauQua at Palmer Lake this sum-
mer. A recent three days trip includ-
ed Manitou park, Woodland park, Ute
pass, Green Mountain falls. Cascade
canon and the Garden OF the Gods.
James Page. postmaster at White
water, Colorado. has Informed Postof-
flee Inspector Sullivan mt Denver that
his office had been burned on the night
OF July 10th. The loss was somewhere
between $50 and $15 in stamps burned.
lust the amount could not be deter
mined until the safe was recovered and
opened.
A largely signed petition wns recelv-
ed by the Fort Lyons Canal Company,
directors while In session Mt Las Ami
mas a few days ago. requesting that
suit be instituted against the Amity
canal and the oxford Farmers canal
to determine their rights TO the use OF
water as against the rights OF the Fort
Lyons canal.
The Pueblo Press Club will keep
open house in Colorado Springs to the
editors Of tile state during the Quarto-
Centennial celebration. August LIST, 2nd
and Bird. Joseph ID. Glass, the repre-
sentative of the club, has secured, sub
ject to the approval of the Press club
Mt its next meeting, headquarters in
the Antlers hotel.
Harry w. McCauley. who represent
ed the Denver Republican in the Phil
ibplnes during the stay In that country
of the First Colorado. has been desig-
mated by the President for exnmina-
tion with view to his appointment as
lieutenant In the United States army.
Mr. McCauley had already engaged to
go to Manila as n teacher and was due
to sail from San Francisco July 23d.
He will Therefore take the eNamina-
ton In Mnnih.
+. S .Passmore. the Colorado preach
er whose criticism of his fellow cler-
gymen led t. his expulsion from the
Methodist Church in this state. was
arrested few nights since at Chey-
enne while preaching on the street,
for abusing Rev. Benjamin Young,
pastor of the First Methodist Church,
and DR.. f. Fl Tarbill, Methodist mis-
sionary of that place. He claimed to
be inspired md said his arrest is
case of Chrstiversus the police.
Fifty-cight phcer clnIms were filed
on July ODD With the county clerk of
Pueblo county for oil lands In the vi
clnity of Pueblo. Thirty-nine of these
location certificates We're filed by w.
n. Crocker. s. \. Crocker. Frank Mich
olson, ]. +. Drake, II. A. Case. Juan
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