The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1902-10-04
COLORADO BRIEFS.

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day in the County Court in Denver re-
Gently. H
The sporting features Of the Colorado
New Mexico fair in Durango were IN
immense success.
]. H. Murphy Of Denver has been
elected general consul of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen.
Sugar City is arranging for Beet
Sugar Day" October 18th. Excursions
will be run from Denver and Pueblo.
The contract for the erection OF the
Fort Collins sugar factory has been Iet
to the KLby Manufacturing Company
Of Cleveland, Ohio.
The great Broncho Busting Contest
Of the Festival Of Mountain and P1ain
Committee will be held in Denver on
October It'll, 9Th and 9th.
The automobile of DIR. p. F. Gildea
Of Colorado Springs blew up Jew
days ago aud set fire to the barn In
which 1t was kept, destroying the barn
and Its contents.
The Fort Collins school board has dis
posed of $35, 600 bonds, bearing interest
at Az per cent. to the First National
Bank of Fort Collins. The money will
be used for school buildings.
The Loveland beet sugar factory
opened this seasons work on Septem-
Der 9th, and ID expected to renne
about 1000 tons day for the next four
months or therealsouts. s
In return for several street franchises
which 1t asks, the Denver Tramway
Company has offered to contribute
$5.UlO for. the Improvement Of Congress
park, in the Capitol Hill district
The City Council Of Goldtield has Of
fered reward OF $1,000 for the arrest
and conviction of the party or parties
who murdered City Marshal A. r. Kate
on the morning Of September 21st. 4
william E. Sweet has been chosen by
the Christian Endeavorers of Denver
to manage the local work In connection
with the International Christian En-
deavor convention which meets in Jus.
Col. Thomas Holland, who is in
charge of all the Salvation Army colo
MES in the United States, has been es-
pecially delegated by Commander
B6oth-Tucker to attend the National r.
rigatiOn Congress at Colorado Springs,
October 9th to 9th.
The latest organizations to be formed
by the students at the Stnte University
are Alpine clubs, for the purpose OF
uuklux IeSuMT uuu bybtcAiuuS lliRD
into the mountains near Boulder. This
form Of exercise Is especially popular
with the young ladies' in the university.
Joseph Dalton a. hodcarried, fell
nearly eighty feet from the top of the
new building Of the Western Packing
Company in Elyria, suburb Of Den
yer, a few days ago. and escaped with
out any broken bones. He is expected
IN rot VOL in N short time
Prof. John Dietrich, superintendent
Of the Colorado Springs schools, and
president of the Colorado State Teach
ers' Association, has succeeded in secure
ing the guarantee of expenses of the
annual meeting, which Will be held In
Colorado Springs December 22nd, 23rd
and oath. tAs g
w. 8. Coburn Of Hotchkls, president
of the State Board Of Agriculture says
Colorado IL one OF the four states re-
corded this year by the United States
Department Of Statistics as having q
full apple crop Of 100 per cent The
other three states are Idaho, California
and Oregon
'B. Hnrcourt, justice Of the peace at
Fort Morgan, tried a mnn for assault
and battery Mt Brush, twenty miles
away by telephone, received his plea
of guilty and fined him five dollars.
Harcourt may live to be called the man
who made Fort Morgan famous" says
a Denver paragrapher. "a s.
Gilbert McClurg, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce at Colorado
Springs, who Is chairman of the local
committee on arrangements for the Ma
tional Irrigation Congress, to be held
October 9th to 9th, has spared no pains
in advertising the gathering and is as
snred of large attendance.
Attorney John W. Sleeper Of Colo
RADIO Springs, formerly of Pueblo, has
announced his intention of going to
Manila to practice law. Attorney Sleep
went to Manila with the First Colo
RADIO, but for some time has been col
lector of internal revenue for the insu-
lar department
Fl. A. Shipman, former manager of
STATIONS Independence, Limited. will
go to western Australia to take charge
of the properties of the Cosmopolitan
Proprietary, Limited. The engagement
Is for three years and carries a salary
of $1,000 for the first year, rising later
to $4,000, together with all travelling
and other expenses.
There was very large attendance
at the Emancipation Day. celebration in
Colorado Springs on September 22nd.
There was barbecue In the afternoon
and speeches In the evening by Profess
sor w. II. Jackson, Father Rice and
w. J.. Grant upon Emancipation Day
Topics. Mayor Robinson welcomed the
visitors to the city.
The trustees of the Union Printers
Home at Colorado Springs have decided
to expend approximately $4,000 in i'm.
proyements to that institution. 1t is
proposed to build an, additional story
to the hospital annex, with additions
to the dining room and kitchen. 1t Is
also announced that the institution will
hereafter be known as the Union Print
ers' Home. the change being authorized