The Delta independent., 1902-05-09
COLORADO BRIEFS.

| Denver. some time this month.
1t is stated that quite number of
bicycles stolen In Denver have been
sold In Boulder
April receipts of the Pueblo post
Office show an increase of thirty-on per
cent. over April of last year.
The railroads will grant one rate for
the round trip to the Mountain and
Plain Festival at Denver next fall.
The Denver Gas and Electric Com
pany has gone into the hands OF re- /,
ceiver. 1t has bonds outstanding to
the amount of 4.7O0,OO0.
The new chapel In the State Peniten-
tlary at Canon City was rededicatcd
! Sunday. April 9th. Rev. Thomas ID.
Uzzell of Denver was the principal
| speaker. \
The fund to pay for presents to the
cruiser Denver has reached 81 .03O The
Daughters of the American Revolution
will present the cruiser with Il silver
pitcher,
j. w. Develine of Boulder celebrated
bis ninetieth birthday May 1st and
was presented with a handsome ani
costly Masonic charm by his bretliren
of the fraternity.
The summer excursion rates through
out the Rocky mountains will go into
| effect on May 18th. Railroad men are
preparing for the largest mount IN
| travel the state has ever known.
There were nine contestants Mt the
annual contest OF the Interstate Ora
! torical Association. held In st. Paul,
Minnesota. May I'd. Lorlne ID. Beck
with of Denver was awarded fourth
rank by the judges.
Eric johnson fell eighty feet down n
raise In the Camp Bird mine M Ouray
and although he carried with him IN
the fall IA drilling machine. NJ BONES
were broken or Internal injuries sus-
tained. and he VIII recover soon from
his bruises.
Charles W. Caryi has added To hiH
first donation OF thirty acres TO the
Brotherhood OF Light Society nifty
more acres adjoining the first tract.
south OF University Park on University
avenue. south OF Denver. The orgaulHA
alton was formed TO provide II home iorS
waits.
Captain Lennon. superintendent at
Teller Institute. Grand Junction, has
received word from Washington that
acetylcne gas will be the system of
lighting the building and grounds
ut the Indian schools in the future and
that the government VIII supply the
plant nj once.
Mayor Robinson OF Colorado Springs
has received a letter from Jacol, Ells
OF New York expressing his willing
ness TO address the Cbnuiaulua meet
ing nj the Springs this summer. Pro-
idcnt Roosevelt appointed Mr. iik 10
an important position In the Danish
islands. which he declined.
sst.. n.a..r xx.a tt..,r hte..np
showed nm excess OF scveu'y->iS i,
grccs temperature FOR III. Month OF
April and an accumulated excess uf
SbS degrees since the first OK The year.
The total precipitation for III" lioiiih
was O.GO OF an inch. or LA below nor
mai. and since January 1st II amount.
ed to LIS inches, or 80 inches below
normal.
At Pcmbcrton. nbout fifteen ml.ps
north OF Woodland Park. Lee Elliott
q miner workin. for the Ohio Mining
Company, was found dead about 2p,
Yards from the shaft, which he had .
been working nlone. II ls supposed
that he met death from an explosion
caused by n missed shot. after which
he managed to crawl to water hole.
200 yards away.
County Attorney Howe OF San Nj =
the county commissioners to bring suii
against former County Clerk Hairy l..
Scrvis and his bondsmen to recover
funds alleged to he due the county.
The commissioners claim that Scfvls
appropriated the county funds 10 his
own use. The shortage is not believed
to be large Mr.. Scrvis IL la Denvcr
The Otcro county board OF roundup
commissioners met at la Junil Apil
18th. but owing 10 the small attend.
ance OF stockmen aud the uncertainty
OF the range. the board decided To All
journ until May 9th to ma, out the
route. The secretary was instructed
to notify stock associations from Benz.
Prowers aud Las Animas counties To
attend the next meeting that a thor.
ough and systematic route may b-
mapped out.
The Fremont County Horticultural
Society met ut Canon City Muy Sd and
elected the following officers: prcsi-
dent. j. w. Work: vice presidents. i.
II. Crnmcr of Lincoln Park. John Weed
OF Fruitmcrc. II. +. Rocknfcllow OF
Canon City. +. w. Haskell OF Florence.
George Toof OF Beaver. j. II. Freeman
OF Howard. A. Ripley OF Garden Park
secretary, j. w. Andrews: treasurer. =.
Is. QuIn)nn. Arrangements were made
Tor fruit growers nnr farmers picnic
on nm elaborate scale on the Fourth OF
July.
Carl Eilers, manager of the Pueblo
smcltcr OF the American Smelling and
Refining Company. has presented II
proposition to the Pueblo Traction
Company to extend Its lines to the
new zine sinelter now In course Of con.
struction. nnd II II stated that the trac-
ton company looks with favor on ~
proposition. The traction company has
n number Of extensions under consId.
eratlon. fnd IL not unlikely TINT II
II can secure the necessary frniichiscs
II VIII extend q line to the RIvervIcw