North Park union., 1902-01-31
COL LoRADo BRIEFS.


and In Routt county.
Cripple Creeks saloons are now
closed at midnight
A forger under arrest at Creeoe ID
believed to be Pat Grove.
Gene Born of Creedc was fned $So
for killing three mountain sheep.
Denver seems In fair way to have
two baseball mines the coming eeason.
The Legislature will convene IN e4-
traordinary session on the 21th OF Jun
uary.
A serious flre in the Calm coal mine
at Newcastle was found to Oe OF III
cendlary origin.
The daughter Of Major General Wnea-
ton Is soon to marry Frederick ID. Aof-
ley of Colorado Springs.
Two young men of Burlington were
nearly killed by the effects OF head
ache tablets which they ate.
A new wagon road is to be built pc
tween Monument and Palmer Lake to
avoid the hills on the present route
The Colorado Mine Exchange has
moved into the new and elegant Du1ld-
ing erected for them by w. 5. Strat-
ton.
The effect on the value of real estate
has been remarkable. Land has gone
up 800 per cent. In price and III some
instances even more. One farm was
just sold for $4OO per acre.
The Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
paid 100000 In wages In 1901, ana
turned out n product, including 4,O43,.
$50 tons of coal and 554, ,44O tons OF
coke, of about thirteen million dollars.
The deaf mutes Of Denver are or
ganizIng a church. They Will rent
quarters for a church and employ u
skilled Instructor from the Coiorado
Springs College, who Will preacn 10
them In the sign language.
Excitement in the Debeque OIL heids
continues unabated and the Nils Ior
miles around town are filed with pros
pectors and now a piece OF government
land on which the locatOrs' stakes are
not prominent Is n rarity. Prices on
real estate are rapidly advancing.
The Colorado, New Mexico and Wyo-
ming Lumber Dealers Association held
its tenth annual meeting In Colorado
Springs on the 21st, which was attend-
ed by about sixty delegates, represent
ing the most prominent lumber dealers
In the West.
Foul mir In the May Be mine on
SQuaw mountain has added two more
victims to the list OF mine casualties
in the Cripple Creek district. The un-
fortunate miners are John Wanner ana
Gus Peterson. They were employed by
Lessees Davis and Bentley.
A macaroni factory has been estab-
lishcd Mt Coal Creek. The company Is
composed of Italians and the machin-
cry was imported from Italy, the
freight alone amounting to 5000. Ten
varieties are being made. The orders
already are taxing the plant.
]. w. Warren has donated 219 acres
of valuable land two miles west OF
Iovelnnd to the National Benevolent
Association of the Christian Church for
the purpose of establishing an industri-
nj home for homeless boys. Suitable
buildings will be erected by the asso-
citation rs soon as possible, and the
farm put into proper condition to pc
utilized to the best advantage IN the
support of the home.
1t has Just been learned that parties
are taking up the coal lands mt the
head Of Surface creek, near Delta.
Over 10000 acres are now staked and
the men are still Mt work. While no
definite Information can be obtained,
1t is thought that either the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company or the parties
who are talking OF putting in the smelt-
er mt Delta are securing the coal de-
posits.
Arthur F. Francis, secretary Of the
Cripple Creek Chamber of Commerce,
has received n letter from President
Trumbull Of the Colorado & Southern
railroad, thanking the chamber and
the business men for the interest dis
played In the building Of the cutoff
from Denver to Cripple Creek. Mr..
Trumbull assured the secretary that
undoubtedly the road would be built
In the near future.
At the recent annual meeting of the
Colorado Equal Suffrage Association
the following officers were elected.
President Miss Theodosia Ammons Of
Fort Collins; first vice president, Mrs.
e. NJ. Ashley; second, Mrs. Lizzie La
mont; recording secretary, Miss Mary
Prendergast of Fort Collins; assistant
secretary, Miss Rena Pels: correspond.
ing secretary. Miss Elizabeth Dorney;
treasurer, Mrs. Elizabeth Ensley; aud.
itor, Mrs. Louise Tyler.
Improvements in the northern end of
Pueblo are liable to be somewhat de
layed by the shortage OF water pipes.
The kind of pipes being used by the
North Side water trustees is manufac-
tured at the steel works, and the pres
ent supply is exhausted, and there are
other orders than those Of the city far
enough ahead Mt the steel works to
keep the pipe foundry busy for the
next six months. Orders will be placed
at once in order that there Will be no
further delay.
1t is thought that Thomas T. Walsh
Is back Of the smelter negotiations for
Delta, and that In place of building a
railroad to Pueblo from Ouray, as he
talked of doing some time ago, that he
will build n smelter at Delta, construct
ing a short road from Ouray and Tellu-
ride to Delta. The parties who were
here in the interest of the smelter
would not say who they represent, but
claim that Delta Is the natural location
for a smelter, and that they expect to
begin operations this season.
The duplicate train order system re-
Gently adopted by the Chicago & Alton
may soon be adopted by Colorado rail-
roads. The Denver & Rio Grande Is
the first road in this state to consider
1t seriously. Under this system 1t Is
said head-end collisions are impossible.
Under the present system each train
receives an order to meet another at
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