The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1902-01-25
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Cripple Creeks saloons are now
closed at midnight.
A forger under arrest At Creole il
believed to be Pat Grove.
Gene Born of Creole was fined $50
for killing three mountain sheep.
Denver seems In fair way to have
two baseball mines the coming season.
The Legislature will convene in ex-
traOetinary session on the 9th Of Jan
nary.
The daughter Of Major General whea-
ton In soon to marry Frederick II. Nor
ley Of Colorado Springs.
A new wagon road IL to b. built be-
tween Monument and Palmer Lake TO
avoid the hills on the present route.
The effect on the value Of real estate
up 800 per cent. In price and In some
just sold for $500 per acre.
The Colorado Fuel 4 Iron Company
paid e7,OOOO0O In wages In 1901, and
turned out product. including 4,043,-
$50 tons Of coal and 554, 40 tons of
coke, of about thirteen million dollars.
The deaf mutes of Denver are or
ganizing a church. They will rent
quarters for church and employ q
skilled instructor from the Colorado
Springs College, who will preach to
them In the sign language.
Walter A. stockman and Frank Nc
namara, two alleged horse thieves
who escaped from the Jefferson county
Jail, were captured by Douglas county
officers at the ranch of l.. q. Stevens,
ten miles west of Castle Rock.
A new $4,000 hotel and a new ma
honal bank with a capitalization Of
800, 600 are assured for Grand juno
ton The Reed Investment Company
Of Colorado Springs Is back OF both the
new enterprises. Work ON the new
hotel will be commenced at once.
Excitement In the Debeque oil fields
continues unabated and the hills for
miles around town are filed with pros
pectors and now piece Of government
land on which the locators' states are
not prominent Is rarity. Prices on
real estate are rapidly advancing.
Foul air in the May Be mine on
Squaw mountain has added two more
victims to the list of mine casualties
in the Cripple Greek district. The un-
fortunate miners are John Warmer and
Gus Peterson. They were employed by
Lessees Davis and Bentley.
A macaroni factory has been eaab-
lished at Coal Greek. The company IL
composed Of Italians and the madhin-
cry was imported from Italy. the
freight alone amounting to $1,000. Ten
varieties are being made. The ORDERS
already are taxing the plant. f
]. W. Warren has donated 21D Acres
Of valuable land two miles wet of
LoveiAnd to the National Benevolent
Association of the Christian Church for
the purpose Of establishing an industri-
al home for homeless boys. Suitable
buildings will be. erected By the asso-
citation as soon a. possible, ard the
farm put into proper condition to be
utilized to the best advantage In the
support Of the home.
1t has Just been learned tha< parties
arc taking mp the coal lands It the
head OF Surface creek, near Delta
Over 10000 acres are now staked and
the men are still at work. While No
definite information can be obtained,
Il II thought that either the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company or the parties
who are talking Of putting in the smeIt.
er at Delta are securing the coal de-
posits.
1t is thought that Thomas T. Walsh
10 back Of the smelter negotiations for
Delta, and that In place Of building =
railroad to Pueblo from Ouray, as he
talked Of doing some time ago, that he
will build smelter at Delta, construct
ing q short road from Ouray and Tellu-
ride to Delta. The parties who were
here In the interest Of the smelter
would not say who they represent, but
claim that Delta Is the natural location
for smelter, and that they expect to
begin operations this season.
A large and enthusiastic meeting Of
farmers and business men was held at
Lovsland ON the 14th to discuss the
question Of tariff reduction on sugar.
There was NO pre-arranged program,
but the discussion was open to all
The interest taken by farmers in the
subject was shown by the large unm-
Der who took advantage Of the oppor-
tunity Of saying 4 few words in be-
half Of this new industry and the ne
cessity Of protective tariff. At the
close Of the meeting resolutions were
unanimously adopted and ordered for
waried to the president and to Colo
fA00B representatives IN congress ask
ing that no reduction In the duties b.
made.
A survey has been commenced by
the Denver 4 Rio Grande Railroad
Company Of line over the route once
defined A. the Pueblo, Gunnison 4 Pa.
cific. The road as projected win run
south from Pueblo along the foothills
Of the Greenhorn mountains to st. Ma
rvs, after which 1t will extend along
the Huerfano to Crestone, connectina
there with branch Of the Denver 4
Rio Grande New Mexico line from Nof.
fat. From there the line viii extend
through Saguache county to Gunnisos
where the rich beds of iron ore are be
ing found. 1t Is stated that the new
road will be standard guage, and thai
II Engineer J. G. Gwin makes q favor.
able report It will be built.