The Grit-advocate., 1902-05-23
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Oh II StTlke propose 10 start cO-Opera-
tive bakery.
Active work has been commenced on
the new Y. NJ. c. \. building at Colo
RADIO Springs. and it will be pushed to
completion.
The Mceker high school is making Il
collection of fossils and other speci-
mens and finds Il rich field in the ge-
illogical formations of the vicinity.
Denver wants Il motto and will pay
SO in gild for the best one that
reaches the Colorado Press Bureau of
Information before May 21st at = p. III
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.
President Roosevelt has selected pa-
vid II. Motfat 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-
tions of clerk and letter carrier in those
places.
Up to May 10Th the Denve" base ball
team, in the Western League, had won
fourteen games and lost seven, while
the Colorado Springs team had lost
thirteen and won nine.
On June LIST, the Santa Fe will put
on new train between Pueblo, Colo
RADIO Springs and Denver and eastern
points. the equipment including an OBJ
SpryatiOn and hutIpt ear
The cornerstone of the new Chris.
tian church at La Junta was laid on
the 18th inst. with appropriate ccre-
monies. The church will bc of brick
and stone and will cost $1,000.
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 lease on
Il small public park in which the build
ing will be erected.
design has been accepted for the
new Catholic cathedral to be erected
in Denver. The style is pure Gothic
and it will be one of the finest church
buildings in the West. Two spires will
rise to the height of 270 feet.
About 300 Pueblo Indians arrived
in Rocky Ford on the 18th inst. to
work in the sugar beet fields. They
are good workmen. understand irriga-
ton, and are said to be especially
schooled in the cultivation of bects.
The Rev o. Carlson. pastor of the
Swedish mission al Colorado Springs,
on the 18th inst, immersed ten men
and two women in the icy waters of
lnln of
were out to witness the chilly baptism.
The executive committee of the Col
orado Equal Suffrage Association met
in Denver and indorscd Mrs. Helen l..
Grenfcll's candidacy for reelection as
state superintendent of schools. 1t will
ask all political parties to put her on
their tickets.
The bodies of two more Telluride
snOwslide victims. Fred c. Clemmer.
the steward, and Wade Crow. the
School Of Mines boy. who We're killed
in the Liberty Bell suowslidc of Feb
ruary 2Sth. We're recovered from the
snow sepulcles on the 18th inst.
The trial of former City Treasurer
Moses 7. Hale. at Colorado Springs.
charged with embczzlng 100000 of the
city's 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 road will begin work
at once in Pueblo on the projected new
depot on Union avenue. adjoining the
present freight depot. The new build
ing will be Il large structure, two