The Elbert County tribune., 1902-05-22
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Senator Patterson has made applica-
tion for the establishment of rural
free delivery route at Highland Lake.
Weld county.
Civil service examinations will be
held at Leadvillc and Pueblo. on May
2Sth, for the purpose OF filling positions
in the postofiiccs Of the two cities.
Kate. the lloness at Elltch's Gardens
in Denver, gave birth to three cubs on
the 9th instant, all of which seemed
likely to survive the perils OF infancy.
Denver wants motto and will pay
S25 in gid for the best one that
reaches the Colorado Press Bureau of
Information before May 2lst at 2 p. IN.
President Roosevelt has selected Da-
vld III. Moffat 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
2Sth for the purpose Of filling the posi-
tions of clerk and letter carrier in those
places.
The cornerstone of the new Chris
tian church at La Junta was laid on
the 18th inst. with appropriate cere-
monies. The church will he of brick
and stone and will cost $1,000.
Postmaster J.. C. Dana of Colorado
Springs has received notice from Wash
ington that his request for four extra
clerks during the summer season would
be allowed.
The civil service commission will
hold an examination at Denver on June
18th. 18th and 18th. for the purpose OF
filling the position of cadet In the reve-
nue. cutter service.
The Lendville Christian Endeavor So
clety has appointed Its committees and
Is making preparations for the four
teenth annual state Christian Endeav-
or convention to be held at Lcadville
July Sth.
The members of school board No. .,
Pueblo, have accepted the offer of the
Minnequa Town Company to donate
eight lots II the board would erect II
$4,000 high school building within II
reasonable time.
The Santa Fe has announced that 1t
VIII build the first modern hotel In
Trinidad to cost about $4,000. The
city has given the company lease on
n small public park in which the build
ing will be erected.
A design has been accepted for the
new Catholic cathedral to be erected
in Denver. The style is pure Gothic.
and 1t will be one of the finest church
buildings in the West. Two spires will
rise to the height OF go feet.
In the District Court ut La Junta
Scaninn and Hannahan. the confessed
bank robbers who dynamlted the vault
In the Bank of Fowler and got away
with $1,000 last month, were given
from four to ten years each in the peni-
tentiary.
1t is reported that Pueblo is likely to
have genuine 'sky scraper." Charles
Henkel, in association with New York
people. is said to be planning the early
erection OF a ten-story steel building
at the southeast corner OF Third and
Main street.
The bodies of two more Telluride
snowslide victims. Fred q. Clemmer,
the steward, and Wade Crow, the
School of Mines boy. who were killed
In the Liberty Bell snowslide of Feb
ruary 2Sth, were recovered from the
snow sepulchres ON the 18th inst.
The trial of former City Treasurer
Moses II. Hale. at Colorado Springs.
charged with embezzlng $4,000 of the
city's funds, has been set for June 9th
before Judge Seeds of the District
complice. will be tried on the same
day.
The Santa Fe viii put on new
through Colorado train for daily run.
beginning June 1st. The new train
will be composed of one composite car.
chair car, an observation car, two
sleepcrs and diner. The putting on of
this train will necessitate n change in
the time card.
Was has begun at Pueblo on exten-
sive improvements which are estimated
to cost $4,000. TO be made at Lake
Mnnequa by the Minnequa Townsite
| Company. The changes include the
building of handsome pavilion and n
small theatcr. which will be operated
during the summer.
Congressman Bell has asked the post
Office department for a rural free deliv-
cry system ut Montrose. where 1t is pro-
posed to establish n route twenty-five
miles in length and the first assistant
postmaster general has promised to or
der an examiner from Kansas for the
purpose of reporting on the project.
The new county hospital at Cripple
Greek was opened for the first time
May 18th. and fifteen patients. who
wer domlcilcd either ut the Sisters
hospital or in private houses, were re
moved TO 1t. The hospital is one of
| the most complete of its size in the
state. DIR. Magruder will have charge
of 1t.
The tenth anniversary of the found