The Grit-advocate., 1902-08-29
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Arkansas Valley Fair
Fire on the 18th instant destroyed the
old Five-Mile road house 1T Sand
Creek, north OF Denver
A small band of Indians from New
Mexico surprised the people of Grana-
da in Prowers county few days since
by an unexpected call.
Colorado City is considering a prop
osit!on to establish Il water plant Of its
own instead of continuing to purchase
water from Colorado Springs.
The city council of Golden has passed
an ordinance providing for the sale of
$lOO,OOO worth of bonds for the con-
struction of gravity system of water
works
Thomas Withers. Jr. of Denver. was
one OF the successful candidates to
pass the mental examinations at An
napolis for entrance to the naval acad-
envy, class OF 1906.
J. w. Pope, prominent business
man of Florence, died suddenly on the
10th inst. from ptOmaine poisoning.
supposed to have been caused by eat
ing trout affected with some disease.
Headquarters of the new Denver
Northwestern 4 Pacific Railroad will
be in the new Majestic formerly Nc
Murtrie) building. at the corner of six
teenth street and Broadway, in Den
YER
An immense crop of peaches is being
harvested in the Grand valley and the
railroads and express companies will
be uncommonly busy in carrying the
fruit to market during the next month
or more.
Fred Hastings of Colorado Springs
left a loaded revolver in reach of his
baby daughter. fourteen months old,
and she managed to explode 1t. infiict-
ing Il slight wound in the calf Of her
left leg and missing her father by
about six inches.
Prof George Sharpe Kaymer. in
structor in the mining department of
Harvard University. is conducting
party of twelve Harvard students
state. Beginning in Clear Greek and
Gilpin counties, they will later visit
Cripple Creek. the San Juan district
and Leadville.
The forest officers say there is far
greater number of hunting parties in
the mountains of Garfield Rio Banco
and Routt counties this year than in
any season since the forest reserve was
created Half dozen fires have been
checked in the past three weeks. staIt-
ed as the result of carelessness ON the
part Of camping parties.
Howard L. Miller of Denver has sug-
gested to the Worlds Fair authorities
that the 100000 souvenir gold dollars
for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
be minted at the new mint in Denver
from Colorado louisiana purchase. ter
ritory) gold. He must think that the
fair is to be held in 2OO4 by which time
the mint will probably be completed.
The managers of the Colorado Chau-
tauqua at Boulder are already laying
plans for the assembly of 1903. They
report that the session just closed has
been the most successful ever held. and
they therefore feel justified in making
extra efforts to secure the best availa-
BILE talent next year. Professor DeLong
is at the head Of the educational de-
partment, which attracted students
from twenty states during the recent
session.
Mayor Wright of Denver has ap-
pointed a committee to consider the
proposition submitted by f. +. Noxall
of Colorado Springs to sell the city
reservoir site in Tarryall gulch. Park
county. The commission will include
President Hover of the Board of Su-
pervisors: President Tebbetts. of the
Board of Aldermen: President Speer.
of the Board of Public Works: Chief
Engineer Long. of the Board of Public
Works, and City Surveyor O'Brien.
Two suicides and n mine accident