The state herald., 1902-08-22
COLORADO BRIEFS.

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 ia 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 number of buildings a
few days ago.
There are an unusual number of
campers on the upper portion of Boul-
der creek this year. This will apply
TO many other streams In the state.
A good flow of water has been struck
in the altesian well sunk on the
grounds of the proposed Y. Nj. G. A.
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 S44S,-
$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-
tween Grand Junction and Whitewa-
ter, suffered considerable damage from
n clondburst and hailstorm on the
night Of August nth.
Judge Il. A. Pattison, one of the
most prominent attorneys of Denver,
died on the 18th instant of paralysis.
He was fifty-six years Of age and
came TO Denver in 1856.
II the ordinance now before the Den
yer City Council is passed the Denver
City Tramway Company will make nu-
merous and important additions TO its
electric railway system.
The special fruit car 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 the financial re-
turns.
A suit has been filed in the District
Court at Grand Junction for the re-
covery of $4,000 OF Mesa county funds
that We're on deposit in the Colorado
State Bank that failed last January.
Suit has also been brought against ex-
Treasurer w. c. McCurdy and his
bondsmen.
ON the 10th instant ladies on the
north side In Pueblo met and organized
the Pueblo Civic Improvement Asso-
citation. There are twenty-elght char
ter members Of the orgunlZa tlon, the
purpose of which Is to take an active
interest In the work of general city
improvements Mrs. NJ. \. Noble was
elected president.
The Denver Republican correspond
ent says that work on the Eaton sugar
factory is being pushed More men are
being put on and there seems no rca-
son 10 believe that the factory will not
he ready for operation by the time the
bscts begin TO come In. Almost 5000
acres OF beets are being raised for
this factory.
The delegation Of Florence Elks who
went to the Salt Lake convention wore
badges consisting of huge elk's
head, mounted ON design OF oxidized
silver. Suspended from this is a oellu-
loid pendant ON which is stamped the
picture OF nm oil derrick and the In.
scription. Were oil Right" and
stop and FIJI Your Lamps
The Democratic First district con.
gresslonal convention has been called
TO meet In Denver Tuesday evening.
September 9th. The representation
will he ms follows: Arapnhoe. III dele.
gates; Boulder. 2l jefferson. II: Larl.
mer. II, Lake. 20; Logan. q: Morgan.
q; Park. Z; Phillips. .: Selgwlck. .;
Washington, 9; Weld. 10; Yuma, .: to.
tai, 235
Benjamin Tuck. keeper of the AMI.
mails at Elitch's Gardens In Denver,
died August 10th OF conclusion of the
brain, Mr.. Tuck received the injury
while bathing the day before in a small
lake near the city. He dlycd from
considerable elevation Into what he
supposed TO be deep water, hut II
proved 10 be 81 shallow that his head
struck violently against the bottom
The cornerstone OF the new Sils.OOO
city hall building AT Colorado Springs
was laid August 18th 10y the Elks. An
address was delivered by Hon. /. \.
Stevens. During the eXcrc scs the
roof of nm adjacent stone shed col,
lnpscd under "A load OF amateur pho.
togrnphers aud spectators aud Arnold
Unger. clgnrmnkcr. and his three.
yenroid son were Injured. the former
seriously.
The III raso Good Roads Association
has recommended that the city coun.
ell of Colorado Springs make tests on
n single block Of the city streets with
oil. another test OF dlslntograted gran.
lte, 10 he made ON nn adjoining block.
so that comparison may readily be
made. An ordinance win bc Intro.
duccd requiring all ychiclrs weighing
lWo pounds or over to use tires at
lenst -four nnd onc'hnlf inches In width.
The marriage OF u. 4. Brngunlcr. n
young bnslness man Of cripple Creek.
aud Miss Frances cnddrn of Gunni,
sou WAS one of the features of the
Elks' fair az Cripple Greek on the
nlsht of the 18Th inst The couple re-
crlycd SlOo IN gold nnd other vnlun.
NJ" presents. The platform on which
HE ceremony wns performed became
"a crowded after ih" marriage that u
collapsed und several persons were
burt,
II ls expected that many of the
honey AMI bee supply exhibits ON dis
play In Denver during the convention
uf thp Autiounl u,tsL e..t,sf,.t ttuuN.utinn