The Dolores star., 1902-05-09
COLORADO BRIEFS.

| manufacture and storage of Ice.
The railroads will grant one rate for
the round trip to the Mountain and
Plain Festival at Denver next fall.
james NJ. Duysdalc of Denver has
been appointed fourth assistant exam
iner in the pension office. ut a salary of
$1,20O per annum.
Mrs. Grenfcll. state superintendent.
addressed very successful meeting OF
! the Clear Creek Valley Teachers Asso-
citation at Idaho Springs April 2Gth.
A new state fish hatchery is to be
established at Steamboat Springs.
| There are already three In the state
at Denver, Durango and Gunnison.
The new chapel in the State Peniten-
tiary ut Canon City was rededicated
Sunday. April 9th. Rev. Thomas d.
Uzzell of Denver was the principal
speaker.
Managers OF the ChautauQua asso-
citation ut Boulder report highly IA
vorable outlook and the Glen Park peo-
pie expect larger attendance than
ever before.
]. w. Develine of Boulder celebrated
his ninetieth birthday May 1st and
was presented with handsome and
costly Masonic charm by his brethren
of the fraternity.
The census of School District No. 2
in Larimer county. including Loveland,
shows 1.1I5 pupils Of school age and
places the district in the first class ac-
cording to the provisions of the state
law.
Ground was broken April 2Jth for
the new 100000 city hall mt Colorado
Springs. The building will be con-
structed of Colorado Trinidad sand
stone and is to be completed during the
year.
The controversy between the Pueblo
county commissioners and the Denver
Il Rio Grande company has been set
tied and the railroad will be granted Il
franchise to lay Its tracks to the new
zinc smelter over route agreed upon.
Eric johnson fell eighty feet down
raise in the Camp Bird mine at Ouray
and although he carried with him i'll
the fall drilling machine, no bones
were broken or internal injuries sus-
tained, 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 organiz-
alton was formed to provide Il home for
waits.
Captain Lennon, superintendent Mt
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 ut once.
w. $. Stratton is rapidly completing
the attractions of Cheyenne park, at
Colorado Springs, which he will shortly
throw open for the use of the public.
| One thousand new benches, each ac-
commodating four people, will be in
stalled, while innnmerable swings will
attract the children.
Mayor Robinson of Colorado Springs
has received letter from Jacob Rils
of New York expressing his willing
ness to address the Chautauqua meet
| ing at the Springs this summer. Pres
ident Roosevelt appointed Mr.. Rils to
an important position in the Danish
islands, which lie declined.
A whirlwind at Cripple Creek April
9th unroofed the grand stand at I'm
ion park and damaged that structure
| to the amount of $4OO. The park was
not in use and the stand WAS unoccu-
pied. One huge section of the roof
was carried fully 200 feet in tile air
and landed 100 yards or more away
| from the building.
| The Denver weather bureau report
showed an excess of sevcnty.six de-
grees temperature for the month Of
April and an accumulated excess of
POS 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 1st it amount.
ed to LIS inches, or 2.30 inches below
normal.
At Pemberton, about fifteen miles
north of Woodland Park, Lee Elliott.
| II 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 IL missed shot. after which
he managed to crawl to a water hole,
200 yards away.
| County Attorney Howe of San Mi
| guel county has been instructed by
the county commissioners to brin. suit
against former County Clerk Harry l..
Servis and his bondsmen to recover
funds alleged to be due the county.
The commissioners claim that Servis
appropriated the county funds to his
own use. The shortage is not believed
to be large. Mr.. Servis is in Denver.
The OterO county board of roundup
commissioners met at La Junti April
18th, but owing to the small attend
ance of stockmen and the uncertainty
of the range, the board decided to aJ-
journ until May 24th 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 n thor
ough and systematic route may be
mapped out.
Owing to the low water in the
bitches there has been some tGl,; that