The Delta independent., 1902-08-22
COLORADO BRIEFS.

eu HOWARD NJ. SnOup culeI Vi poiIce
to succeed Chief McCafferty.
A branch of the Hoo Hoo was insti-
tuted In Pueblo on the 10th inst. with
fourteen charter members.
The building trades propose to turn
out 3,1OO strong In the Denver Labor
Day parade September list.
Police Magistrate Thomas has sus-
tained the ordinance closing the barber
shops in Denver on Sunday.
The Fc-t Collins opera house is be-
ing entirely remodeled and enlarged.
II will have seating capacity OF 100.
Large falling boulders on Repubncan
mountain In Georgetown narrowly es-
capped striking ii number of buildings u
few days ago.
There are an unusual number OF
campers on the upper portion 1' Boul-
der creek this year. This will apply
TO many other streams in the 81 ise.
A good flow of water has been struck
in the ar-esian well sunk on the
grounds of the proposed Y. NJ. Z. y.
health resort for young men near Den
yer.
Denver ranks sixteenth among the
cities OF the United States In the mag
nitude of its building operations for
July. the permits amounting to SiiS,-
$40
The Grand Junction city council has
granted to the Teller Institute. the
school for Indians, permission TO con-
meet with the sewer system OF the
city.
Farmers living on Orchard mesa. be-
xys nd ift
ter. suffered considerable damage from
II cloudburst and hailstorm on the
night Of August 11th.
Judge f. A. Pattison. one of the
most prominent attorneys of Denver.
died on the 18th instant Of paralysis.
He WAS fifty-slx years of age and
came TO Denver IN 1856.
1f the ordinance now before the Den
yer City Council Ia passed the Denver
City Tramway Company Will make nu-
merous and important additions TO It's
electric railway system.
The special fruit ear from Denver TO
Loveland has been discontinued for the
season. The raspberry shipments.
now completed. have been Immense
and the crop has averaged about the
same as last year In ihe financial re-
turns.
A suit has been filed ~ the District
Court at Grand Junction for the re-
covery OF xIJ.OOO of Mesa county funds
that were ON deposit in the Colorado
State Bank that failed last January.
Suit has also been brought against cx-
Treasurer W. c. McCurdy and his
On the 10th instant ladies' on the
north side In Pueblo met and organized
the Pueblo Civic Improvement Asso-
citation. There are tweniy eight char
ter members OF the organization. the
purpose OF which In to take an active
interest In the work OF general city
Mrs. NJ. \. Noble was
elected president.
The Denver Republican correspond
rnt says that work ON the Eaton sugar
factory II being pushed. More men are
being put on and there seems no rca-
son to believe that the factory Will no.
lc ready for operation by the time the
lsets begin to come In. Almost 500
acres OF bccts are being rnised for
this factory.
The delegation OF Florence Eiks who
went TO the Salt Lake convention wore
bndgcs consisting OF u huge elk's
head. mounted ON design Of oxidizcd
silver. Suspended from this is n oclli.
loid pendant on which Is stamped the
picture OF mn oil derrick and the In
rcription. "wcrc oil Right" and
Stop and FIJI Your Lamps"
The Democratic First district con
convention Inns been called
to meet In Denver Tuesday evening.
September 9th. The representation
VIII be as follows: Arnpnhoc, III dele
gates: Boulder. u: jefferson. II: I.ari-
Iner. IL: Lake. 20: Logan. q: Morgan.
y: Park. Z: Philips. j; Sedgwick. 3:
.; Weld. Ii; Yuma, 8; 10.
tai. 235.
Benjamin Tuck. keeper OF the AMI
mails at Elitchs Gardens In Denver.
died August 10Th OF concussion OF the
brain. Mr.. Tuck received the injury
while bathing the day before IN a small
lake near the city. He dIvcd from u
elevation into what he
to be deep water. but Il
proved to he 80 shallow that his head
struck violently against the bottom.
The cornerstone OF the new $4,000
city hail building at Colorado Springs
was Ind August 18th by the Elks An
address was delivered by Hon. I. y.
Stevens. During the exero scs the
roof OF an adjacent stone shed col.
lnpsed under load OF amateur pho.
togrnphcrs and spectators and Arnold
unger. n clgnrmaker. and his three
year-old son were injured. the former
seriously.
The I'll Paso Good Roads Association
Ina u...l Al
ell OF Colorado Springs make tests on
Il single block OF the city streets with
oil. another test OF dislntcgrnted gran.
'te. to he made on an adjoining block,
10 that comparison may readily be
made. An ordinance Will be intro.
luced requiring all vehicles weighing
900 pounds or over to usc tires Mt
'enst four nnd onc-lialf inches In width.
The marriage Of h. A. Bragunier, n
Young business man OF Cripple Creek,
inu Miss Frances Cuddpn or cunui.