The Dolores star., 1902-06-06
COLORADO BRIEFS,

The county commissioners OF Arap-
ahoe county viii allow boys TO use
the public baths in the court house at
Denver two days in the week.
Bands have been engaged from As
pen, Grand Junction and Leadville 10
take part in the strawberry Day fesu-
val at Glenwood Springs.
The interstate debate nj Boulder be-
tween representatives of the univer-
sity of Colorado and the University OF
Texas was won by the Texans.
The committee of Denver editors ap-
pointed To select a motto for the city
considered several hundred that We're
submitted and finally agreed upon
Forward
OF the eleven pupils graduating at
the la Junta high school this spring,
nine are classed as sweet girl grad
yates" there being but two boys in
the class.
Harry ID. Zimmerman, the Colorado
! Springs boy who ranked first in the
| recent West Point examination. has
passed all examinations and will enter
the institution June 10th
Blanche lines. who stood first of a
| graduating class Of ten in the Fruita
! high school has received scholarship
| in liberal arts at the University of
Denver from Chancellor Buchtel.
| Now that Congress has authorized
| the expenditure of 100000 on the
| Denver mint it is not thought impossi-
BILE that the building may be coInplet-
ed sometime in the remote future.
The Democratic State Editorial As
sociation met at Denver May 26th and
| discussed plans for the coming polit-
ical campaign. There was large at
tendance from nearly all parts of the
state.
y few days ago A. Il. Daniels of
| Denver ran his automobile from Den
yer to Palmer Lake. fifty-two miles. in
| one hour and iifty-two minutes, break
ing all previous records over the same
road.
Ben Bowen, an eighteen ycar-old
aeronaut, fell from n collapsing bal
loon at Manhattan Beach. in Denver,
May 26th. and was drowned in the
waters of the lake. A large crowd wit
| messed his fall
Acting Mayor Clark, of Colorado
Springs, in view of the fact that
number of children have been bitten,
has issued n proclamation requiring
that all dogs in certain district must
be muzzled for the next ninety days.
The Cripple Creek school board has
! reduced the salary of the supcrintend-
ent of schools from $1,000 TO $3.50
and the pay of the principals in about
the same proportion. Teachers in the
grades will receive the same as last
year.
Cass Damron. professional juggler,
shot and killed his wife and afterward
killed himself at Denver. May 9th.
He waS the son of IuIpp y Dam
ron of San Bernardino, California. His
wife was daughter of John Lowe of
Denver.
While working on n placer ditch at
| Workman. in Lake county, Dan Me
Dougald was struck by II flying rock
from Il blast May 9th, and had one
| leg crushed and bad hole torn in
his side. He was taken to the hospital
at Leadville.
Catherine Whalen of Prince Ed
wards Island has received Il verdict
| in the District Court ut Leadville
| against the Leadville Home Mining
| Company for $500 damages for the
| death of her son, Joseph. by II cave-in
| at the Penrose mine.
| Artemus Walters, county judge of
Custer county. and one of the pioneer
residents, died ut Westcliffe May
10Th. He had been prominent in public
affairs for many years and was n
member of the Masonic order, the Odd
| Fellows and the a. o. U. w.
Il. S. Ferris, secretary of the Law
and Order League at Victor. was ar
rested Il few days ago for vagrancy
on account of charges preferred by
| Minor j. Acton, a saloonkeeper, but
Acton failed to appear to substantiate
his allegations.
Secretary W. NJ. Danner of the Den
yer Y NJ. G. A. is the leader in move
ment to establish health farm" near
Denver, where cOnsumptives can live
in tents and raise vegetables. A six
ty-acre tract of land has been pur-
chased on the Denver, Lakewood Il
Golden railroad, six miles west of
Denver. The place will be called the
Beehive"
Yee Wing. Chinese merchant of
Colorado Springs, who has resided
twenty-four years in this country, has
taken out papers in the District Court
whereby his fourteen-year- old son, Yee
You Eye, will be allowed to immigrate
here. The father has visited China five
times during his life here. He was con-
verted and for number of years has
been n member of the First presbyter-
ian Church.
The Building Trades Council and
Federated Trades, representing all the
organized labor unions of Colorado
Springs, have decided to levy 15-cent
assessment upon all members for four
consecutive months to raise funds for
the entertainment of the visitors ex-
pected on Labor Day, when Colorado
| Springs $500 union men will invite
tire working men of Colorado to cele-
brate the holiday with them.
Fifty-slx head Of wild horses We're
captured Mt the recent roundup of
wild horses in Routt and Rio Blanco
counties. They were put up at auction
May 18th in Meeker, and altogether
including little colts, brought 1898.
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