The Dolores star., 1902-05-23
COLORADO BRIEFS.

on strike propose to start co-opcra-
tive bakery.
The United States navy recruiting
station in Denver was open for ween
and secured twenty-nine enlistmepts.
Senator Patterson has made applica-
tion for the establishment of a rural
free delivery route at Highland Lake,
Weld county.
Civil service examinations will be
held ut Leatvillc and Pueblo. on May
2Sth. for the purpose of filling positions
in the postoiliccs of the two cities.
Kate. the lioness at Eiitch's Gardens
in Denver gave birth to three cubs ON
the 9Th instant. all of which seemed
likely to survive the pcrils of infancy.
| Denver wants motto and will pay
/ SO in gild for the best one that
reaches the Colorado Press Bureau of
Information before May 21st at = D. III.
President Roosevelt has selected Da-
vid ii. Moffat to take charge of the
contributions made in Denver for the
relief of the sufferers from the recent
disaster In the West Indies.
Civil service examinations will be
held in Aspen and Fort Collins on May
18th for the purpose of filling the posi-
| tons of clerk and letter carrier in those
places
| The cornerstone of the new Chris
! tian church at La Iunta was laid on
the 18th inst. with appropriate cere-
monies. The church will be of brick
and stone and will cost $1,000.
Postmaster l.. G. Dana of Colorado
Springs has received notice from Wash
ington that his request for four extra
clerks during the summer season would
be allowed.
The civil service commission will
hold an examination at Denver on June
18th. 18th and 10TH for the purpose of
| filling the position of cadet in the reve-
nue. cutter service.
The Leadville Christian Endeavor So
ciety has appointed its committees and
is making preparations for the four
| tcenth annual state Christian Endeav-
! or convention to be held at Leadville
July Sth.
The members of school board No. .,
Pueblo, have accepted the offer of the
Minnequa Town Company to donate
eight lots if the board would erect Il
$4,000 high school building within Il
reasonable time.
The Santa Fe has announced that it
will build the first modern hotel in
trinidad to cost about $4,000. The
city has given the company a lease on
small public park in which the build
ing will be erected.
A design has been accepted for the
new Catholic cathedral to be erected
in Denver. The style is pure Gothic
and 1t will be one of the finest church
buildings in the West Two spires will
rise 10 the height of 30 feet.
In the District Court at La Junta
Seaman and Hannahan. the confessed
bank robbers who dynamited the vault
in the Bank of Fowler and got away
with $1,000 last month, were given
from four to ten years each in the peni-
tentiary.
1t is reported that Pueblo is likely to
have genuine SKY scraper.' Charles
Ilenkel, in association with New York
people, is said to be planning the early
erection of ten-story steel building
at the southeast corner of Third and
Main street
The bodies of two more Telluride
snowslide victims. Fred c. Clemmer.
the steward. and Wade Crow, the
School of Mines boy. who were killed
in the Liberty Bell snowslide of Feb.
ruary 18th, We're recovered from the
!
The trial of former City Treasurer
Moses Il. Hale, at Colorado Springs,
charged with embeZzling 100000 of the
ctys funds, has been set for June 9TH
before Judge Seeds of the District
court. c. Il. Smith, an alleged ac-
complice, will be tried on the same
day.
The Santa Fe will put ON new
through Colorado train for daily run,
beginning June list. The new train
will be composed of one composite car
n chair car, an observation car. two
sleepers and diner. The putting on of
this train will necessitate Il change in
the time card.
Was has begun at Pueblo on eXtcn-
sive improvements which are estimated
20 cost 100000, to be made at Lake
Minnequa by the Minnequa Townsite
Company. The changes include the
building of Il handsome pavilion and n
small theater. which will be operated
during the summer.
In the joint meeting of the county
judges and county attorneys held in
Denver on the 10th something of
sensation was sprung by County Attor-
ney c. ID. Todd of Weld county, who
startled the gathering with PROPOSE
tion to revolutioniZe the system of
Judicial procedure now in vogue, and
in vigorous language advanced his
ideas. I'VE have too many courts in
this state said Mr.. Todd. "Owing to
the peculiar conditions existing it is
likely that the centers of population
will continue for many years to come
to be very unevenly distributed. If
we had but two courts the state would
be much better off. All attorneys
know that much of their time is taken
up with appeals in cases which saould
never have been granted the right. AS