The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1902-06-14
COLORADO BRIEFS

Castle Rock rejoices IN a ne" acety-
lene gas plant.
The postoffice at Severance "e'a
county, has been discontinued
Eugene V. Debs, the noted Socialist
and labor leader, is arranging to make
his home in Denver.
The National Bee Keepers Assocla.
tion will meet at Denver September 20
for three-days' session.
The strike In the La Plata coal fields
was declared OF by the miners az
mass meeting held at Durango June
End.
Denver Is proud OF the fact that
there Is no smallpox In the city anu
very few cases of diphtheria or scarlet
fever.
w. r. Thomas of the Denver News
will deliver two lectures on irrigauoh
before the California Chautauqua next
August.
There were twelve students in the
graduating class of the law school OF
the University of Colorado at Boulder
this year.
A moving picture of the Denver fire
department making Its best time on
run down Sixteenth street was taken
a few days ago.
The large grand stand at Chutes
park In Denver was burned on the
night Of June 4th. 1t cost 5000 ana
was not insured.
There were thirty-five students in
the graduating class Of the prepara-
tory school of the University Of Colo
RADIO at Boulder this month.
- At,N Int
versity of Denver has been incorpS
rated by Lucius w. Hoyt. Wilbur D.
Engle, Benjamin Griffith and j. q.
Rosagnol.
On June 3rd the Agricultural college
cadets from Fort Collins went into
camp at Poudre canon for a weeks
drill. About 40 men were In line for
the march.
Postmaster Moorhead of Boulder re-
ports an increase of sixty-nine per
cent. in the business of the postofice
for May over what 1t was last year
for the same month.
F. T. Dillon of Fort Worth, Texas,
recently caught trout in the Platte
river at Bailey's that measured sew.
enteen and one-half inches in length
and weighed six and one-half pounds.
In the District Court at Telluride
June 9th John Miller was sentenced
to life Imprisonment in the peniten-
tlary at Canon City for the murder of
John Touhy in saloon quarrel.
: The civil service commission will
hold an examination at Denver on
July 9Th for the purpose of filling the
position Of engineer In the bureau OF
chemistry, Department of Agriculture.
Ex-Governor John l.. Routt has re-
turned TO Denver with his daughter,
after a two-years sojourn In Paris.
He says that Denver looks dirty COM
pared with the clean streets Of the
French metropolis.
@. A. Walker, who shot and killed
Jay Taylor at boarding house near
Leadville in April, was tried in the
District Court and found not guilty.
The quarrel was about . young lady
and Taylor was the attacking party.
In the District Court at Greeley
June 9Th George Warner, who was
found guilty of assault with intent to
murder l.. Forshey of Highland Lake,
was sentenced to serve not less than
three nor more than Ave years In the
state penitentiary.
The salary Of the postmaster at La
Junta has been increased from $1,000
to $4,000; Montrose has been increased
from 81, 100 to $500. James Young
has been appointed postmaster at Alt
man. w. H. Hersum has been appoint
ed postmaster at Olathe.
Three students were graduated from
the State School for the Deaf and
Blind at Colorado Springs on the Sd
inst The graduates are Frank Il. Sew
ern of Durango from the department
of the blind, and Frank G. Horton end
Edna Drumm Of Denver from the deaf
department.
Diplomas were granted to 2s8 grad
yates from four high schools in the
city of Denver on Thursday. June 9Th,
as follows: District No. l East Den
ver), ITO; District No. 2 West Den
ver), G8; District No. II North Den
ver). 62; Manual Training high school,
District No. 1, 48.