The Meeker herald., 1902-05-10
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Denver some time THIS MONTH
1t Is stated that quite number Of
bicycles stolen In Denver have been
sold In Boulder.
April receipts Of the Pueblo post
office show IN increase Of thirty-ODe per
cent. over April of last year.
The railroads will grant one rate for
the round trip to the Mountain and
Plain Festival at Denver next fall.
The Denver Gas and Electric Com
pany has gone into the hands of re-
ceiver. 1t has bonds outstanding to
the amount of 81, 100000.
The new chapel in the State Peniten-
tiary at Canon City was rededicated
Sunday. April eth. Rev. Thomas d.
Uzzell of Denver was the principal
speaker
The fund to pay for presents to the
cruiser Denver has reached $4,000. The
Daughters of the American Revolution
will present the cruiser with q silver
pitcher.
]. w. Develine OF Boulder celebrated
lis ninetieth birthday May LIST and
was presented with handsome and
costly Masonic charm by his brethren
of the fraternity.
The summer excursion rates through
out the Rocky mountains will go into
effect on May 18th. Railroad men are
preparing for the largest mountain
travel the state has ever known.
There were nine contestants at the
annual contest of the Interstate Ora
torical Association, held in st. Paul,
Minnesota, May ID. Loring ID. Beck
with Of Denver was awarded fourth
rank by the judges.
Eric johnson fell eighty feet down a
raise in the Camp Bird mine Mt Ouray
and although he carried with him in
the fall drilling machine, no bones
were broken or internal injuries sus-
tanned, and he will recover soon from
his bruises.
Charles W. Caryl has added to his
first donation Of thirty acres to the
Brotherhood of Light Society fifty
more acres adjoining the first tract.
south of University Park on University
avenue, south of Denver. The organic
ltion was formed to provide home for
waits.
Captain Lennon, superintendent at
Teller Institute, Grand Junction, has
received word from Washington that
acetylene gas will be the system of
lighting the building and grounds
at the Indian schools in the future and
that the government will supply the
plant at once.
Mayor Robinson of Colorado Springs
has received letter from Jacob Rils
Of New York expressing his willing
ness to address the Chaufauqua meet
Ing at the Springs this summer. Pres
ident Roosevelt appointed Mr.. RiIs TO
an important position in the Danish
Islands, which he declined.
The Denver weather bureau report
showed an excess of seventy-six 'le-
grees temperature for the month Of
April and an accumulated excess Of
2OS degrees since the first OF the year.
The total precipitation for the month
was O.6O of an inch, or LA below nor
NAL. and since January LIST it amount
ed to 1.1S inches, or 2.3O inches below
normal.
At Pemberton. about fifteen miles
north of Woodland Park, Lee Elliott,
miner working for the Ohio Mining
Company, was found dead about 200
yards from the shaft, which he had
been working alone. 1t Is supposed
that he met death from an explosion
caused by missed shot, after which
he managed to crawl to water hole,
200 yards away.
County Attorney Howe of San Mi
guel county has been instructed by
the county commissioners to bring suit
against former County Clerk Harry l..
Servis and his bondsmen to recover
funds alleged to be due the county.
The commissioners claim that Servts
appropriated the county funds to his
own use. The shortage Is not believed
to be large. Mr.. Servis is in Denver.
The Otero co:nty board of roundup
commissioners met at La Junta April
18th, but owing to the small atteni-
ance of stockmen and the uncertainty
of the range, the board decided to ad-
journ until May oath to- map out the
route. The secretary was instructed
to notify stock associations from Bent,
Prowers and Las Animas counties to
attend the next meeting that a thor
ough and systematic route may be
mapped out.
The Fremont County Horticultural
Society met at Canon City May Sd and
elected the following officers: Presi-
dent, ]. w. Work; vice presidents. F.
IL. Cramer of Lincoln Park, John Weed
of Fruitmere, b. +. Rockafellow of
Canon City, f. w. Haskell of Florence,
George To0f of Beaver. j. H. Freeman
Of Howard, A. Ripley of Garden Park;
secretary, ]. w. Andrews: treasurer, f.
b. Quinlan. Arrangements We're made
for fruit growers anr farmers picnic
on an elaborate scale ON the Fourth of
July.
Carl Eilers, manager of the Pueblo
smelter of the American Smelling and
refining Company, has presented
proposition to the Pueblo Traction
Company to extend it's lines to the
new zinc smelter now in course of con-
struction, and it is stated that the trac-
ton company looks with favor on the
proposition. The traction company has
a number of extensions under consid-
Grafton, and 1t is not unlikely that IL