The Delta independent., 1902-07-04
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Capt. AlonZo |. Coan has turn,d over
| to Judge Junius Henderson lOOBritish
fossils for the State University mu-
scum at Boulder.
| At Leadville on June 2Sth nea'ly six
inches of SNOW fell between sand 3
| p. m. and tourists from the East
greatly enjoyed throwing snow balls.
Curator Ferril OF the State MLSeum
| at Denver declares that cats an re-
| sponsible for the killing of thoutands
| of song birds. He would like Il see
| tax Oh cats to reduce the numbe.
1t is reported at Cripple Creel in
| connection with the announcement Of
| a settlement of the rate war. thatthe
| passenger traffic will be thrown, asifar
as possible 20 the Short Line, the Md
/ land taking the freight.
Col. J. ii. Nicholson. cashier of ihc
| National State Bank of Boulder di.d
At San Diego. California. on June Nd.
of heart failure brought on by the grip.
He had been in California. with hs
family. for about two weeks.
At the eighth annual banquet of III.
alumni OF the State School of Minet,
held at the Albany hotel in Denvcl
DIR. Regis Chauyenet. retiring prest
dent of the institution. was presented
with magnificent loving cup.
A company has been organized at
Greeley. known AS the Greeley Auto
mobile Company. to manufacture au.
tomobiles, with +. NJ. Miller as presl-
dent and general manager. The fac
tory will be located In East Greeley.
4 Madison dispatch says that f. l..
Sandsten. a former Colorado student.
who helped to pay his way through
college by running market gardens
has been elected assistant professor
OF horticulture in the University OF
Wisconsin.
ON n 1.OOO-acre beet farm five miles
southwest OF Alamosa. three seren-inch
artesian wells have been sunk and a
contract let for ten more wells the
same size. An ample flow of water
from each well Is obtained and large
yield OF sugar beets Is assured.
A recent meeting OF Colorado Philip.
pine veterans in Denver adopted rcso.
Iutions denouncing Brigadier General
John C. Chase. y. q. G.. in violent Ian
ruage because OF his alleged character
ization OF the First Colorado yoluu-
tecrs as a ''howling mob
The Glcnwood Springs annual bicycle.
road race will take place on sunday.
July 2Ith. The race will bc over the
twenty -iive-mile course from Basalt to
Glenwood Last year John Beard Of
Frulia covered the distance In l:i6:su.
which is tn. best record ever mnd. on
tha troad.
A few days ago mountain sheep
ran into the barbel wire fence nj the
homestead OF John Jones nt Mary's
lake. In Estes park. and became 80 en-
tangled that IL killed itself In trying To
gct loose. The animal was an old
ram. one of it's horns being thirry--lN
inches long.
The catticmcn OF Rouit county hav.
held meetings and decided TO levy Il.
tax OF 3 cents per head ON all stock on
the range In order to raise "A bounty
fund. So being the price for each wolf
scalp. Wolves have been numerous
this spring and have killed many
calves.
The Railway Age credits Colorado
with forty-elIht and oDc.balf mile. Of
railroad track laid this year up TO
the first OF June. New track was laid
10y four different lines. The Denver a
Northwestern promises TO figure large
ly In the railroad building OF the next
twelve months.
The Senate has passed Senator Tel
ler's bill to grant certain lands to tn.
South Platte Canal aud Reservoir Com.
pany for use for the purposes OF wa
ter storage aud supply OF its water
works. The lands granted nrc all
within the South Piatie forest reserve
and aggregate Il, 800 acres.
Sontora Docttia. an Italian. shot and
killed Emil Carminn between Weston
and Torres In Las .\nimas county on
June Goth. Afterward he killed an
other man with knife In order TO cs.
cape. The crime was ON account OF
the recent marriage Of Carmina to n
woman who had refused Docttla.
Fifiy-onc homeseckcrs from Ncbras-
ka have been examining the country
around Alnmosa. \. +. Amber, man.
niger OF the Southern Colorado Land
Company. says that over 300 families
living In Nebraska are anxious to 10
cate In the San Luis valley II beet
sugar factory can be- assured them.
The Pueblo City Council has passed
nm ordinance granting the Pueblo Trac.
ton and Lighting Company certain
street franchises which II is expected
Will bc Immediately followed by the
construction OF an electric line On
South SANTA Fc avenue to the sincliers
nnd steel works and ON North Main
street to Mineral Palace park.
At Creede on June 9th Henry x.
Jones. n pioneer miner OF Creedc camp.
whose wife nnd baby reside In Denver.
fell from the top OF the Happy
Thought skip to the eighth level. n dis.
tancc OF 200 feet. The fall killed him
instantly, and manglcd and bruised his
head beyond recognition. Jones fell
through the bottom OF seif-dumping
skip.
A Fort Collins dispatch OF June 2s,h
to the Denver Republican says: The
rainfall recorded here since $50 o'clock
yesterday afternoon In one and one.
bnlf inches. A number OF farms IA
the BOX Elder district east OF here and.
In the Hulburt country were hall.
SWcnl, the Whpni nnia nnd La rI....