The state herald., 1902-01-17
COLORADO BRIEFS.

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factory. The farmers there are thi'
year raising beets for the Rocky Fort
factory.
The nomination of Edwin Price I,
be postmaster at Grand Junction ha'
been withdrawn by President Roose
welt as a result of charges made by NJ
inspector.
The Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
paid $7,OOO,00O In wages In 1901, and
turned out II 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 elm
ate and crop services of the United
States, unless heavy rains intervene
before spring, there may be n shortage
of water in many districts next sum
mer.
]. s. Teaukenburg Of Boulder has
begun final survey of the new rail
road from Loveland 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: i. G. Dana at Colo
rado Springs, B. T. Quaintance ut
Golden and Homer II. Grafton at Man.
itou.
The Denver Briesayers' Union an.
nounces that all It's demands for the
coming year have been compiled with.
They will work throughout the year
eight hours n day, the wage schedule
being So.
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 ms thpt date
will not conflict with any other, organ
ization in the state.
]. NJ. Current of Denver committed
suicide at Albuquerque, New Mexico,
on the 9th inst. by taking morphine.
The act is attributed to business trou-
bles and dependency. lie leaves n
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
be held In Boulder on invitation of the
Women's club. the Forinightly club,
the Boulder Hypatia club and the
Women's League of the university. II
will probably convene next September.
Forest fires are burning near Buffa-
10 Park, on the Short Line, and in the
mountains south of Cheyenne noun
tain, near Colorado Springs. The long
continued dry weather makes the situ-
alton bad and 1t is likely that large
quantity of timber will be destroyed
unless snow falls soon.
Civil service examinations for de-
partmental positions will be held at
Denver. March 31st and April 22d;
Pueblo, April 10th and 22d: Trinidad,
April 25th; Glenwood Springs, April
I'd; Grand Junction, April 22d; Albu-
querquc. April 22d and 23d; Cheyenne,
April 2lst and 22d, and Laramie, April
10th.
At n special meeting OF the Victor
common council the contract for the
Bison Park water reservoir site was
ratified and competed. The total pur-
chase price for the property is S9,-
'O0,2S. The property Is now owned by
the city, and as soon as practicable
will be improved by the erection of n
first-class dam.
The county commissioners Of FL
Paso county have decided to change
aud shorten the equity roaA between
Monument and Palmer Lake. The
change will cost 500, and cuts one
mile on the present four miles, and
changes the thoroughfare TO the west
Instead OF the east side Of the tracks,
making n more pleasant drive.
The board of education of Florence,
In conjunction with the teachers, Is
arranging 10 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 II.
N. Hanaford OF the Boston School OF
Science TO work the experiments.
Representatives OF the three prin-
,lpal irrlgating bitches In Morgan
sounty are looking over various sites
with n view OF constructing n storage
reservoir. Several sites are offered.
and II is assured that n reservoir OF
considerable capacity will be built this
year. There is 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
tho Supreme Court. aud the attorney
general because he advised the board
TO take this action. The court has Just
1enicd the attorney generals petition
for rchcnrlDg OF the case.
A meeting OF the representatives OF
all the principal dltchcs OF irrigation
district No. . was held NJ Fort Lup-
Ton on the 18th and an organization
known M the Consolidated Ditch Com
pany OF District No. perfected for
tho purpose OF protecting water right
md priorlties and 10 secure Just nppor.
iionmcnt OF water. II has long been
tho custom for the farmers under Bear
md Goose creeks and other tributaries
Of the Platte 10 entirely Ignore tho pri-
ority OF bitches below them. and TO
take NIL the water possible from the
river, thus causing n shortage OF water
further down the stream and making
nm inadequate supply for irrigation. A
board OF trustees was selected which IN
empowered to fight NIL infringcmcnts
md TO enforce the priority law.
The dead bodies OF James W.
Thompson and wife. Mabel. aged rc.
spectlvcly twenty-five and twenty
ycnrs, were found Monday morning
about half n mile from their resi-.
icncc. near linmnh. The couple had
evidently been fatally burned At their
home and He'd with their clothes In
flames. until they fell exhausted and
pcrlshcd on the prairie. The supposi.
lion IL that the house caught frc from
the explosion OF lamp which Mr.