The state herald., 1902-01-31
COLORADO BRIEFS.

George II. Gum OF Golden committed
suicide on the 26th.
Citizens OF DeBeque now use native
oil for lighting their houses.
The temperature at Greeley on the
10Th was twenty-five degrees below
zero.
The local union Mt Erie of the United
Mine Workers OF America has posted a
notice OF Il special meeting for the pur-
pose OF Initiating all non-unlon miners
1ow at work In the mines OF that camp.
This Is TO give the non.unlon men a
chance 10 join before February LIST. ms
after that date the union viii demand
OF the operators that none but union
men be employed.
For the second time within four
months triplets have been born In Pu-
eblo county. on the eth Mrs. Rosario
Mestas gave birth to three sons, whose
/ combined weight is twenty-one pounds.
She is the wife OF an employe OF the
Philadelphia smeltcr and lives at Salt
Greek, n Mexican settlement within a
short distance OF Pueblo. The little
I fellows are all well formed and
healthy, and the mother Is reported TO
be doing well.
| Work on the construction OF mon.
ster packing plant, TO hc erected by
Denver capital. near the Denver Union
Stock Yards, Will, II is now practically
settled, he commenced within the next
forty days The company. which Is
10 include among It's lncorporntors ID.
III. Moffat OF the First National bank,
Charles Bocticher and u. &. Dodge OF
the National Bank of Commerce, aud
other promlnon, Denver men, win prob.
ably file lis articles OF incorpo-n.
tion within the next ten days, and
Will begin on the plant.
A FIRE nt Goldfcld on the a2nd. hny.
Ing an incendlary origin. destroyed scv.
crnl frame business houses ON Portland
avenue, between Eighth and Ninth
streets, causing n loss estimated nj
from $1,000 10 $4,000. No one was In
jurcd, but the roomcrs IN n lodging
house. one OF the structures burned
had barely time 10 escape IN ihcli
night clothes. The LOSSES are pnrilall,
covered by Insurance. No arrests have
been made and the police have no clues
ms 10 who the arson ticnd II. The town
wns entirely without wnicr supply aud
the fire stopped burning when III,
nnmcs could not .nnd further material
to feed upon.
The state of Colorado VIII prob
ably be accorded the honor of having
located within It's confines one OF III,
four large military mobilizlng camps
which are 10 b. established by Con
srcss. A bill has been passed nuihor
lzing the expenditure OF $1,000 foi
preliminary surveys for the camps
The locations nrc 10 be- determined ou
the recommendation ~ bonri oi
generals which viii meet next wrci,
ut Washington. Major General Mnc
Arthur. commander " the Department
of Colorado, II member Of the board
President Roosevelt IL heartily IN
favor Of the project and with these two
pnrtl-lnns II II conceded the West will
set one or more of the camps.
The dupllcnto irnln order system re-.
Gently adopted by the Chicago A Alton
tnny soon he adopted by Colorado rail-.
roads. The Denver a iiio Grnndc II
III" first rond IN this state TO consider
II seriously. Under this system II II
said hcnd.end collisions nrp impossible
Under the present system ench train
receives an order 10 meet another n,
n ccrtnln station. These orders were
sent 10 the trims far from the meeting
plnco, When the train crew mialnicf.
pretcj the order wreck wns the to.
suit Under the new system tho or.
jcrs nrc duplicated and sent TO the
operator nj the point ~ which the
trains nrc 10 meet. lie holds either
train until the other arrives.