The Grit-advocate., 1902-10-10
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Ing placed Underground.
The late rains had the effect Of de-
laying the opening Of the Greeley beet
sugar refinery.
Montclair. a suburb of Denver, will
raise $4,000 and construct a water
plant Of its own.
Four new letter carriers and six
clerks were added to the Denver post
office force October 1st
The City Council OF Boulder haa
adopted resolution providing for the
purchase Of 100 acres of ground to be
added to the Chautauqua tract.
Mrs. Helen l.. Grenfell. state super
intendent Of public instruction, who
has been seriously Ill for some time
way to recovery.
There are giants in these days. The
lightest man in the University OF Ne
braska eleven. who defeated the Uni
vcrsity Of Colorado in the football
game at Boulder. weighed 1855 pounds.
The All-American and All-Nauonal
baseball teams will play series OF
exhibition games in Denver October
25th and 26th. Many Of the stars OF
the two great leagues will take part
Manager Packard Of the Denver
baseball team of the Western league
says that he will retain the Denver
franchise and put the strongest team
he can secure in the field next year
The colleges and high schools Of Col
orado are going in for football this sea
son as never before and the crop OF
broken limbs from this most strenuous
n fn ho la
Tourists arriving in sight Of the Col
orado mountain ranges during the past
week have been surprised to find them
as white as if the season were midwin-
ter. An immense amount of snow has
fallen.
H. E. Mulnix, of the Worlds Fair
board, is making tour Of the state to
visit the county commissioners and
urge them to make adequate appropria-
tions for creditable display at st.
Louis in 1904.
On October 1st another oil producer
in the Boulder field was announced.
being that owned by the Anderson OIL
Company on the Gooding ranch. half
mile east of the Arnold A good flow
was struck at $500 feet.
John NJ. Houk, Denver grocer, COM
mitted suicide on the 4th inst, by swal-
lowing carbolic acid. The act was due
to Ill health and dependency. Houk
Is said to have been a member OF the
A. o. U. w. and P. o. S. of A.
At the special election October LIST,
the people OF Fort Morgan voted to
for $40. 900. Great interest was taken
n he al Nd ha
ried by vote Of over two to one.
Denver Is in no further danger of
water famine. The recent rains have
filled the Platte river from the noun
tains and the Denver Union Water
Company has ordered that no more
storage water be drawn from the reser-
voirs.
In trying to shoot a rattlesnake, Will
liam Charwood of Lafayette hit his leg
near the thigh, inflicting dangerous
wound. from which the surgeons at the
State University extracted forty shot.
two 10-cent pieces and a part of
penny.
1t seems as If the Denver divorce
mill must be run by steam or electrici-
ty. In Judge Mullins division OF the
District Court few days ago, seven
divorce cases were heard and DEGREES
entered in just thirtytwo minutes.
Next!
DR.. F. c. Nichols has purchased lots
and let the contract for the construc-
tion of hospital in Craig. The build
ing will contain rooms and accommo-
dations for twenty patients. 1t will be
the first institution OF its kind in
northwestern Colorado.