The Meeker herald., 1902-09-13
COLORADO BRIEFS.

September 18th and continues Tor nvs
days.
seventy-nve cars Of cantaloupes were
shipped from Rocky Ford On the nrst
two days Of September.
Several destructive forest fires have
been In progress for a considerAble
time In the vicinity Of Longs peak.
A good deal Of damage was done IN
the vicinity Of Fowler by q severn NAH
storm on the night of August 81st.
Professors D. J. Griffith Of Ames Col
lege, Iowa, will act as coach for the AS.
ricultural College football team at Fort
Collins this year.
Boulder business men have Inauguf-
ated = crusade against street fek!rs
who make a market-place OF the pr1o-
cipal streets Of the city.
Large forest fires are constantly IN
sight from Denver and It seems ~ II
the foothills of the Eastern range
must soon be entirely bare Of timber.
A party Of scientists have been max.
Ing a survey Of the large glacier on
Arapahoe peak in Boulder county and
will later publish full description OF
1t.
The football team of Colorado College
at Colorado Springs has begun practice:
1t is reported that the University OF
Denver will also have 4 tear IN the
field.
The Otero oil well near Boulder was
shot on September LIST with sixty quarts
OF nitroglycerine. OIL rose to within 100
feet Of the surface, Indicating . valu-
able well.
Denver fans" stoutly assert that the
Denver baseball team will again win
the Western League pennant, though
beginning its series of home games ~
fourth place.
The Gates system Of mercantile
houses, creameries and cheese factories,
has inaugurated 100 miles Of barbed
wire fence telephone line ON the Divide
east of Palmer Lake.
At Pueblo few days ago Mrs. B. A.
Hartman and her four year-old daugh-
ter received painful burns from the az
!, plosion Of patent stove polish which
| they bought from peddler.
Tho United States Geological Survey
party in charge of F. NJ. Taylor and W.
II, Greathead has been running levels
! in Estes park from which to correct
the determination Of the height OF
Longs peak.
The State Federation Of Labor has
sent out circulars all over the state,
calling upon w0rkingmen to make cleo.
ton day a holiday In order that work
ingmen may attend to their duties At
the polls.
T Several strings Of cow-ponies have
been attracted by the large purses Of
sfered by the Colorado Stare Fair at
Pueblo September 18th to Goth, and the
relay races promise to be the best ever
held in the state. y
The Denver horse show cloeed Sep
tember 9Th, having been highly sue
| cessful both In attendance and interest.
| There was grand display OF horses
and money enough was received to
leave surplus In the treasury.
It seems likely that the new Lead
Vile electric power and railroad scheme
will be carried through. The company
proposes to build railroad ccnnectjn9
the mines and smelters OF tn 6tStct
and to furnish power to mining pl4nts-
Arrangements are In progress for tie
fitting celebration Of Emancipation
Day at Colorado Springs, September
22nd. The inability Of Booker T.
Washington to attend, owing to pre-
vious engagements occasions much re-
greet.
W. W. Price of Colorado Springs and
Webb Jay Of Denver drove q fifteen
1 horsepower automobile from Colorado
Springs to Buena Vista in nine hours
on August Dist, but were delayed be.
tween Buena Vista and Leadville BY
the illness OF Mr. Jay.
The August report of the sales Of the
United States land Office at Denver is
as follows: Total receipts from sa3ea,
y $4S, 600 IS; the fees OF the ONCE, 41,000.-
O5, total OF &51 10000. This IL an In.
crease Of 100000 compared with the
corresponding month last year.
DR.. Adam e. Ford Of Denver pro-
poses to build sanitarium on the cot
tage plan near Custer City, In Custer
county. Log houses will be occupied
by distinct classes of patients, but the
/, institution IL intended for the care Of
those aniicted with consumption.
At Colorado Springs. September 9Th.
Charles R0hman pleaded guilty OF
stealing a grip from the Rio Grande
depot and was given from three to 1--we
years in the penitentIary. The severe
sentence was imposed because Of the
fact that Rohman was already out on
parole from the Buena Vista reforma-
tory.
The Denver News of September 9Th
says: Charles Boettcher, president Of
the Great Western Sugar Company
! yesterday announced that ground will
be broken at Windsor, September 18th,
|, for the sugar factory, which IL to be
erected at that place. The factory ID
to be completed In time to handle the
crop OF next year and will be nearly 4
year in course of construction.
Frank G. Smith, for the last ten years
division superintendent Of the Rock
Island road at Colorado Springs, has
been appointed general superintendent
Of the Colorado Springs 4 Cripple
Creek District railroad to succeed A. G.
Ridgway, who has been made general
manager of construction Of the Den
yer, Northwestern 4 Pacific railroad,
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