The Elbert County tribune., 1902-10-02
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Ihe sporting 1euiuft> ol tht Cof'tANo-
New Mexico fair in Durango were an
immense success.
]. II. Murphy OF Denver has been
elected general consul Of the Brotner-
hood OF Locomotive Firemen.
Sugar City is arranging for a Beet
Sugar Day" October 18th. Excursions
will be run from Denver and Pueblo.
The contract for the erection OF the
Fort Collins sugar factory has been ie.
to the Kilby Manufacturing Company
OF Cleveland, Ohio.
The great Broncho Busting Contest
of the Festival Of Mountain and Plain
Committee win be held in Denver on
October 9TH. sth and 9th.
The automobile OF Dr. p. II. Gildea
of Colorado Springs blew up a rev
days ago and set fire to the barn IN
which 1t was kept, destroying the barn
and its contents
The Fort Collins school board has dis
posed OF So, 900 bonds, bearing interest
at AZ, per cent. to the First National
Bank of Fort Collins. The money Will
be used for school buildings.
The Loyeland beet sugar factory
opened this seasons work on Septen-
Der 9th. and is expected to renne
about / 900 tons day for the next four
months or thereabouts.
In return for several street franchises
which 1t asks. the Denver Tramway
Company has offered TO contribute
5000 for the improvement of Congress
park, in the Capitol Hill district
The City Council of Goldfiod has Of
fered a reward OF $1,000 for the arrest
and conviction of the party or parties
who murdered City Marshal A. i. Kate
on the morning Of September 21st.
William Il. Sweet has been chosen by
the Christian Endeavorers OF Denver
to manage the local work In connection
with the International Christian En-
deavor convention which meets IN foO5.
Col. Thomas Holland, who is in
charge OF all the salvation Army colo
nies in the United States, has been es-
pecially delegated by Commander
Booth-Tucker to attend the National lr-
rigation Congress at Colorado Springs,
October 9th to 9th.
The latest organizations to be formed
by the students at the State University
are Alpine clubs for the purpose OF
making regular and systematic trips
into the mountains near Boulder. This
form of exercise is especially popular
with the young ladies in the university
Joseph Dalton, hodcarried, fell
nearly eighty feet from the top of the
new building of the Western Packing
Company In Elyria, suburb of Den
ver few days ago, and escaped with
out any broken bones. He is expected
to get well in n short time.
Prof. John Dietrich, superintendent
of the Colorado Springs schools. and
president of the Colorado State Teach
ers' Association, has succeeded in secur-
ing the guarantee Of expenses of the
annual meeting. which will be held in
Colorado Springs December 22nd, 23rd
and 24th.
w. S. Coburn of Hotchkiss, president
of the Stnte Board of Agriculture. says
Colorado is one of the four states re-
corded this year by the United States
Department of Statistics as having a
full apple crop of 100 per cent The
other three states are Idaho, California
and Oregon.
''B. Harcourt. justice of the peace at
Fort Morgan, tried man for assault
and battery at Brush, twenty miles
away, by telephone. received his plea
of guilty and fined him five dollars.
Harcourt may live to be called the man
who made Fort Morgan famous" says
Denver paragrapher.
Gilbert McClurg, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce at Colorado
Springs, who is chairman of the local
committee on arrangements for the Ma
tional Irrigation Congress, to be held
October 9th to 9th, has spared no pains
in advertising the gathering and is as
sured of n large attendance.
Attorney John w. Sleeper of Colo
RADIO Springs, formerly of Pueblo, has
announced his intention of going to
Manila to practice law. Attorney Sleep
er is an uncle of Captain Sleeper, who
went to Manila with the First Colo
rado, but for some time has been col
lector of internal revenue for the insu-
lar department.
II. A. Shipman, former manager of
Stratton's Independence, Limited, will
go to western Australia to take charge
of the properties OF the Cosmopolitan
Proprietary, Limited. The engagement
is for three years and carries salary
of $1,000 for the first year, rising later
to $4,000, together with all travelling
and other expenses.
There was n very large attendance
at the Emancipation Day celebration in
Colorado Springs on September 22nd.
There was barbecue in the afternoon
and speeches in the evening by Profess
sor w. ii. Jackson. Father Rice and
w. l.. Grant upon Emancipation Day,
topics. Mayor Robinson welcomed the
visitors TO the city.
The trustees of the Union Printers
Home at Colorado Springs have decided
to expend approximately $4,000 in i'm
provements to that institution. 1t is
proposed to build an additional story
to the hospital annex, with additions
to the dining room and kitchen. 1t Is
also announced that the institution will
hereafter be known as the Union Print
ers' Home. the change being authorized
by the International typographical
Union.