The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1902-01-18
COLORADO BRIEFS.

VQklx Near lOfOuCt.
Al Follia an insane man. wandered
away from Florence and persisted m
tho hills.
Nanxanola 10 agitating the question
Of the construction Of q beet sugar
factory. The farmers there are this
year raising beets for the Rocky Ford
factory.
The nomination of Edwin Price 70
b. postmaster at Grand Junction has
bssn withdrawn by President Roose-
welt a. a result Of charges made By an
inspector.
The Colorado Fuel l. Iron Company
paid $7OOO,O00 in wages in 1901, and
turned out product. including 4.043,-
$50 tons Of coal and 554.44O tons OF
coke. OF about thirteen million dollars.
According to the report Of the clim-
ate and crop services Of the United
States, unless heavy rains intervene
before spring. there may be shortage
Of water In many districts next sum
mer.
J. q. Teaukenbnrg Of Boulder has
begun tinal survey Of the new rail-
road from L0veland to Berthoud BY
way Of HIllsboro, which will be built
In time for marketing this years beet
crop.
The President has sent to the Senate
the nominations of the following Colo
RADIO postmasters: l.. C. Dana at Colo
RADIO Springs, Il. r. Quaintance At
Golden and Homer H. Grafton at Man
itou. ft
The Denver Bricklayers' Union an
nounces that all its demands for the
coming year have been complied with.
They will work throughout the year
eight hours day, the wage schedule
being IS.
The State Fair Association at Pueb-
10 has selected Its date for June race
meet. The first week In June has been
decided upon, inasmuch a. that date
win not conflict with any other organ
ization In the state.
]. N. Current Of Denver committed
suicide at Albuquerque, New Mexico.
on the 9th inst. by taking morphine.
The act 10 attributed to business trou-
bles and dependency. He leaves .
wife and four children, from seven TO
fifteen years Of age, In Denver.
The next annual meeting Of the Colo
RADIO Federation Of Women's Club will
NC uC10 ~ 1SOuhuGA VIA 1oVAt4stOAA VI S@sS
Women's club, the Fortnightly club
the Boulder Hypatia club and the
Women's League Of the university. II
will probably convene next September.
Forest fires are burning near Buifa-
10 Park, on the Short Line, ind In the
south Of Cheyenne noun
tain. near Colorado Springs. The long
continued dry weather makes the altu-
alton bad and II 10 likely that . large
quantity of timber will be destroyed
unless snow fails soon.
Civil service examinations for de-
partmental positions viii be held ct
Denver, March 31st and April 22d;
Pueblo. April 10th and 22d; Trinidad.
April 18th; Glenwood Spring. April
ID: Grand Junction, April I'D; Abu.
Quefque, April I'D and 23d; Cheyenne,
April 21st and 22d, and Laramie, April
10Th.
At 4 special meeting Of the Victor
Bison PARK water reservoir sit6 RAS
ratified and completed. The total pur-
chase prics for the property 10 g.
70o,3a The property IL now owned BY
the city, and ~ soon a. practicable
win be improved by the erection of Q
nrst-class dam.
Tha county commissioners Of Fl
Paso county have decided to change
and shorten the county road between
Monument and Palmer Lake. The
change win cost $500, and cuts one
mile Of the present four miles. and
changes the thoroughfare to the west
instead Of the east side Of the tracks,
making . more pleasant drive.
The board of education Of Florence,
In conjunction with the teachers, 10
arranging to give the school children
Of the district an opportunity to see
the many wonderful experiments that
can be carried ON by means Of liquid
air. They have secured Professor H.
N. Hanaford Of the Boston School Of
Science to work the experiments.
Representatives Of the three prin-
cipal irrigating bitches in Morgan
county are looking over various sites
with view Of constructing q storage
reservoir. Several sites are offered,
and 1t ID assured that Z reservoir Of
considerable capacity will be built this
year. There 10 usually plenty Of water
and with storage water for dry times
crops would be practically assured.
About the middle Of December the
Supreme Court declared that the at
torney general and the board were in
contempt, the board because II went
On with the work Of sending out the
assessment rolls against the order of
the Supreme Court, and the attorney
general because he advised the board
to take this action. The court has just
HAnfnN the At<nrsNov r.ouos.oIt~ v,o<itlnS.
for rehearing Of the case.
4 meeting Of the representatives eG
IN the principal bitches Of irrigatina
district No. was held At Fort Lup-
ton on the 18th and IN organization
known As the Consolidated Ditch COM
pany Of District No. 2 perfected for
the purpose Of protecting water right
and pFiorities and to secure Just appor-
tionment Of water. 1t has long been
the custom for the farmers under Bear
and Goose creeks and other tributaries
Of the Platte to entirely ignore the pri-
ority of. bitches below them. and 10