The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1902-05-24
COLORADO BRIEFS.

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the lew Y n c A building n Colo
RADIO Springs. AND il viii be pushe'i 10
completion
| Senator Patterson has made applica-
SioH for the s=tab,Lshm. nj Of 4 rural
i free delivery route at Highland Lake,
Weld county.
The Meeker high school is making =
/ collection of fossils and other speci-
usens and finds rich field in the &c
illogical forua tons of .he vicinity.
Denver wants a motto and viii pay
$G in Gid for the best ole that
reaches the Colorado Press Bureau Of
Information before May 21st 1t z p IN
Postmaster L. C. Dana Of Colorado
Springs has received nptIee from Wash
! Ington that his request for four extra
clerks during the summer season would
BE- allowed
Presid..n, Roosevelt has selected Da-
vid H N0rat to take charge Of the
contributions made In Denver for the
relief of the sufferers from the recent
disaster in the West Indies
Civil service examinations viii be
held in Aspen and Fort Collins on May
18th for the purpose Of filling the posi-
tons Of clerk and letter carrier in those
places
Up to May 18th the Denver base ball
team In the Western League. had won
fourteen games and lost seven while
the Colorado Springs team had lost
thirteen and won niEe.
On June LIST. the Santa Fe will put
on 4 new train between Pueblo. Colo
RADIO Springs and Denver and eastern
points. the equipment including an OBJ
E.y.fra
The cornerstone. of the new Chris
tian church at La Junta WAS laid on
the 18th inst. with appropriate csre-
monies. The church VIII be Of brick
and stone and will cost 1900
The Santa Fe has announced that II
will build the first modern hotel in
Trinidad to cost about $1,000 The
city has given the company lease on
a small public park in which the build
ing will be erected
About 800 Pueblo Indians arrived
In Rocky Ford on the 18th inst. To
work in the sugar beet fields They
are good workmen. understand irriga-
ton, and are said to b. especially
schooled in the cultivation Of beets-
The Rev. O. Carlson, pastor of the
Swedish mission al Colorado Springs.
on the 18th inst. immersed ten men
and two women in the icy waters OF
Prospect lake Hundreds Of people
Were OUT to witness the chilly baptism.
The executive committee of the Col
orado Equal Suffrage Association met
in Denver and Endorsed Mrs. Helen L.
GEenfelfs candidacy for reelection as
/ Stale superintendent of schools 1t will
ASK all political parties to put her on
their tickets.
TIE bodies of two more Telluride
snowsilde victims, Fred e. Ciemmes.
the steward, and Wade Crow, the
School of Mines boy. who were killed
in the Liberty Bell snowsIide of Eel.
ruary 18th. were recovered from the
SHOW sepulchses On the 18th inst.
The trial of former City Treasurer
Moses 7. Hale, at Colorado springs,
charged with embezziing 10000 Of the
city's funds. has been set for June 9Th
before Judge Seeds Of the District
court c. E. Smith. an alleged ac-
complete, will be tried on the same
| day
The Santa Fe road Will begin work
at once In Pueblo ON the projected new
d.pot on Union avenue, adjoining the
present freight depot The new build
| ing VIII be a large structure, two
stories in height and viii serve as local
offices for the company and as a pas
senger depot
The county commissioners Of Conejos
! county offer rewofd of $1,000 for the
i apprehension and conviction of the
murdererS OF Perifirio Galiegos, the
| Mexican sheep herier who was shot by
unknown men February 10th. The
! herder was killed in Rio Grande coun-
| ty but Conejos county citizens are
much worked up over che outrage.
| In the high school athletic contests
at Boulder, May 18th the score. IN
\ points. stood as follows: East Denver,
! high school. 80: Colorado Springs high
school, 81: Boulder University prepara-
tory school. 10; North Denver high
school. II; Greeley high school, 4; Pu-
eblo Central high school. 5. Annis
| and Sales. both of East Denver, tied
| for the individual prize. each winning
! 10 points.
The report of the Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company for the month of March
and for the nine months OF the fiscal
! year, is highly satisfactory to stock
/ holders. 1t shows net earnings for the
month of March $1So.S25. an increase
of Sj1,512 over the corresponding
month of last year. The net earnings
| from all sources for the nine months
| YVES S1.22J.ia5. The surplus for the
same period amounted to $751;, 7S5.
| The United Irish-American societies
| of Denver, including the Ancient Or
der of Hibcrnians. Irish American Pro
Gressive Society and the Daughters OF
| Erin. will hold Il picnic at Rocky
Mountain Lake. Sunday. Juna Sth. One
OF the principal events of the occasion
| will be a lecture in the Gaelic tongue
by DR. Richard L. Henebry, who ia
| recognized as one of the greatest uv-
ing authorities on the Gaelic language