The Delta independent., 1902-06-13
COLORADO BRIEFS.

county, has been discontinued.
Eugene v. Debs. the noted Socialist
and labor leader. is arranging to make
| his home in Denver
The National Bee Keepers Associa-
ton will meet at Denver September ID
for three-days' session.
| The publishers of the new Denver
directory, just out estimate t!ie popu-
lation of the city at 152. l52
, The strike in the La Plata coal fields
was declared Off by the miners at Il
mass meeting held at Durango June
2nd
| Denver is proud of the fact that
there is no smallpox In the city and
very few eases of diphtheria or scarlet
| feve
| w. r. Thomas OF the Denver News
Will deliver two lectures on irrigation
before the California Chautauqua next
August.
| There We're twelve students in the
graduating class of the law school OF
the University of Colorado at Boulder
this year.
A moving picture of the Denver fire
department making its best time on a
| run down Sixteenth street WIS taken
| Il few days ago.
The large grand stand at Chutes
park in Denver was burned on the
night OF June Ith. Ii cost 5000 and
was not insured.
There We're thirty-fivc students In
the graduating class of the prrparu-
! tory school OF the University OF Colo
RADIO ut Boulder this month.
The athletic association of the Uni
vcrsity of Denver has been incorpo-
rated by Lucius W. lloyt, Wilbur u.
Engle, Benjamin Griffith and j. T..
Rossignol.
ON June 3rd the Agricultural college
cadets from Fort Collins went into
camp at Poudrc canon for weeks
drill. About 10 men were in line for
the march
Postmaster Moorhcad OF Boulder re-
ports an Increase OF slSiy-pinc per
cent. In the business OF the postoiiic"
for May over what II was last year
for the same month.
+. +. Dillon OF Fort Worth. Texas.
recently caught a trout In the Platte
river at Balley's that measured sew
cnteen and one-balf inches In length
and weighed six and one-half pounds.
In the District Court at Telluride
June 9th John Miller was sentenced
tiary at Canon city FOR the murder uf
John Touhy In n saloon quarrel.
The graduating class OF the Ccnirn.
NAL high school NJ Pueblo this year
contained seventeen boys and sixteen
girls. being the first time that The
boys have outnumbered the girls
The ciyii service commission VIII
hold an examination at Denver ON
July sih for the purpose of iiling th.
position of engineer In the bureau OF
chemistry, Department Of Agriculture.
Mrs. Nellie Gabrin. widow OF R.prr.
sentative Albert Gabrln. whom she
was suspected of poisoning In Denver.
has been paid $3.50. the amount of his
Insurance policy In the woodm.u of
the World
Ex-Governor John l.. Rouit has re
turned to Denver with his daughter.
after n two-ycars' soJourn In Paris.
He says that Denver looks dirty com
pared with the clean streets OF III.
French metropolis.
G. 4. Walker. who shot aud killed
Jay Taylor ~ boarding house near
Leadvillo In April. WIS tried In the
District Court aud found not guilty.
The quarrel was about a Young lady
"h' "i NhN
In the District Cour, nj Greeley
June 9TH George Warner. who was
found guilty OF assault with intent To
murder L. Forshcy Of Highland Lake,
was sentenced To serve not less than
three nor more than live years In til"
state pcnl,cn,iary.
The salary OF the postmaster at Ia
1untn has been increased from 81 poo
TO $1,000: Montrosc has been Increased
from S1,IoO to 1850. james Young
has been appointed postmaster at Nlt.
man. w. II. iiersum has been appoint
cd postmaster nt Olathc.
Diplomas were granted 10 $50 grad
yates from four high schools IN tn.
city OF Denver on Thursday, June 18th.
M follows: District No. ! East Den
reri. 10: District No. lNcst ben
vcr,, 90: District No. IL North Den
verl. ~: Manual Training high school
District No. /. rs.
townslte comprising 100 acres has
Just been laid out by County Surveyor
Woodsldc on the north slope of Bald
mountain. about ten miles west or
Colorado Springs. The new town will
be called street City IN honor OF Il. \.
street, who discovered gold on Bald
mountain about three ycnrs ago.
The Cripple Creek Chamber of Com
mcrcc recently issued the iirst of It's
series of official guides To Cripple
Creek, which. II Is believed. win ar-
complish great deal of good FOR the
district. II Is the purpose Of the cham
ber to distribute the guide among ali
tourists arriving In Denver. Pueblo
?nd Colorado Springs.
In the District Court at Greeley tn,
Jury In the ease of the people vs.. \. l..
Burdctt, ON four different charges Of
unlawfully driving cattle from their
accustomed range. returned n verdict
In each case of not guilty. Mr. bur.
dctt. as agent OF the Humane society. \