The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1902-12-20
COLORADO BRIEFS.


handsome opera house at Florence.
A cold storage company with . cap
ital Of $4,000 has been organized 1t
Rocky Ford.
Colorado Springs capitalists are said
to be Organizing another national bank
with capital Of 100000.
L. p. Bansback Of Denver has been
elected captain Of the Stanford Univer-
atty football team for 1903.
Governor Orman has appointed Miss
Kathryn NJ Naloney as Superintendent
Of schools for the new county Of 8outh
Arapahoe.
Tho postonices at Berthoud, Pagosa
Springs and Ride have been advanced
from the fourth class to the presiden-
tial class. to take effect January LIST.
In the District Court at Durango .
White river Ute, who shot q Navajo on
the reservation recently, was adjudge6
guilty of murder In the first degree.
The Elks of Fort Collins have decid-
Cd to erect q new block, the second and
third stories Of which will be used ex-
clusively by that order. The ground
floor will be 50x90 feet in sixe.
A contract has been let to Captain
Boutell for the construction OF . beet
sugar factory at New Windsor. Of ca
pacity OF 600 tons daily, for the sum Of
$50 900. Work IL to be begun at
once. t5
1t Is announced that the Santa Fe
Railway Company IL endeayoring to
purchase the old Copper King smelter
and some twenty-five acres OF land Ad-
joining to be used ~ q location for ex-
tensive railroad shops in Trinidad.
Several lessees Of state land In Baca
county complain that there are NO sec
tion posts on Q large amount OF the
school lands. An appeal for new sur
veys may have to be made to the
United States government
Commercial gas Is being manufac-
tured by the Boulder Gas Company
from a combination Of Ignite coal and
petroleum. It 10 claimed that the pro-
cess, which IL the invention Of General
Manager Peter English. IL entirely sue
cessful.
Andria offret of Trinidad, accused
on four charges Of cutting timber on
government land, was found mot gull
ty" on the criminal charge In the
United States Circuit Court ut Denver.
The other three were damage suits and
were continued.
The Colorado Section Of the lnsti-
tute Of Electrical Engineers has been
organized in Denver with twenty light
members and limitations to Join the or
ganization have been sent to electrical
engineers throughout. Colorado. Wy
oming and Utah. B4
B. Frank Huntev, formerly of the
city council of Denver and we'll
known Grand Army man. has lost his
mind and may have to be sent to an
insane asylum. He left his home in
Denver on the 18th inst. and wandered
about in the country for two days be-
fore he was discovered and cared for
The county commissioners OF Boul-
der county have effected = compromise
with the railroad companies on the
taxes of 1901. The total amount OF
taxes received by the county from rail-
roads is $22.133.5s. or II. S98.0S more,
than the railroad taxee received by the
county for 1900. % M
At Pueblo on the It'll inst. John W.
Frush, after a desperate quarrel. in
which he tried to kill his wife and
grown son, placed revolver to his left
ear and fired . bullet into his own
brain, ending his life almost instantly.
He had been drinking, and 1t II thought
he was temporarily insane
President Roosevelt on the Sth inst
sent to the Senate the nomination of
Frank L. Downer for assayer of the
mint at Denver and Of Joseph w. Mil
som for f,elter. Messrs. Nilsson and
Downer were appointed by the Presi-
dent before the converting Of Congress
and have been In possession Of the Of
fees for some weeks.
A recent dispute at Denver between
State Game Commissioner C. w. Har-
ris and Deputy Game Warden James 8.
Bush on q matter Of mileage resulted
in q demand by Harris that Mr.. Bush
should resign. Mr.. Bush would not
hand in his resignation to the commits
sioner, but offered 1t to Governor Or
man, who refused to accept It and
called the parties together to patch up
the quarrel
Several Colorado men are mentioned
in general orders No. 2 from national
headquarters of the G. A. R. Conrad
Appel of Victor Is made member of
the council of administration, while
A. J. Woodside of Denver is named a.
an assistant inspector general. Harper
M. Orahood of Denver is appointed an
assistant to Allan G. Blackwell, who
10 opecih oAuo III cn6iSo VI HiAtAty
instruction and patriotic education in
the public schools.
The Indian appropriation bill re-
ported to the House contains provis-
ion of y53,125 for the maintenance of
the Indian institute at Grand Junction
Besides the instruction and care Of the
pupils this amount includes appropria-
lions Of $1,000 as pay for the support,
~ 200 for repairs ~ 625 for heating
and ventilation. and 5000 for shops.
1900 is allowed for incidental ex-
penses in the Indian agencies in Colo
RADIO for the fiscal year 1903.
w. r. Thomas, Lit. D.. who has been
prominently connected with the edito-
rial stan Of the Denver News for TWEEN
ty-seven years, besides having been
managing editor Of the Denver Times