The Elbert County tribune., 1902-09-04
COLORADO BRIEFS.

pOlatO crops.
Duck hunters from Denver and other
large towns can now be found at about
every lake In the state.
The Arapahoe county Democratic
convention is called to meet In Denver
September 9th.
Andrew Peterson was killed by n
falling bucket while excavating for the
new brass works at Boulder August
2Gth.
A party OF Rio Grande engineers are
making n new survey for the line of
that road between Palmer Lake and
Monument.
II is stated in Denver that ex-Presi-
dent Edward Boycc Of the Miners fed
Grafton will make Denver his perma-
nent home.
The Pueblo county mandamus case
TO compel reduction in the number
of county commissioners will be ap-
pealei to the Supreme Court.
The new Baptist church building at
Fowler was dedicated August 24th in
the presence of large congregation.
The sum of 500 was pledged to cover
all Indebtedness.
The people of Arvada, which is now
connected with Denver by a trolley
line, are taking steps for Incorporating
the town. One Of the first things Win
be careful census OF the population
The Denver papers are predicting
great scarcity of Colorado hay next
winter, but they expect that enough
Kansas and Nebraska hay will be
brought in to keep the price within
bounds.
The Weld County Sunday School As
sociatiOn met at Greeley August 18Th
and Goth with an attendance Of seven
ty-five delegates. Addresses We're made
by large number of prominent sun
day school workers.
Frederick G. Bonfils, editor of the
Denver Post, has petitioned the City
Council of Guthrie. Oklahoma. for a
franchise to establish a S150oOO cleo
tric and gas plant, including an cleo
tric railway system.
Colorado College at Colorado Springs
and the University of Denver at Den
yer both expect to open September 10Th
with the largest attendance in their
history. At Colorado College more
that 5000 has been expended in
ground improvements.
The Methodist conference at Cen
tral City declined TO accept the gift OF
Henry Cole which to be known as the
Peniel trust. Mr.. and Mrs. Cole are
in litigation over the property and the
church was unwilling to become in
volved in a family feud.
During the performance of the Cen
try animal show at Trinidad big hail
storm came near breaking down the
great tent ON the heads of an immense
audience The threatened disaster
and letting the hail out
Ernest Thompson-Seton the writer
of animal stories, will arrive in this
state soon for a six weeks hunting
trip. He will be accompanied by Mrs.
Thompson-Setona and Mr.. and Mrs. w.
Il. B. Bemis of New York, both of
whom are enthusiastic hunters.
The answer of the Rocky Mountain
News Printing Company. in the suit
filed against them by the Arapahoe
county commissioners for alleged over
charges on a printing contract several
years ago, is short and sarcastic. 1t
valves all technicalities and courts in
vestlgation-
AT Ouray, August Doth, Judge Ste
vens in chambers heard a petition for
an Injunction from citizens of Grand
Junction asking that the school board
be restrained from selling bonds issued
for building. new school houses. The
petition was denied. District Attorney
McMullin and Attorney Caswell repre-
sented the board.
Figures compiled from the new Pu.
eblo directory, now in press. show that
the city has gained twenty per cent in
population during the past year. There
are %, 15T names in the new directory,
as compared with 10. 1S2 in the 1901 di-
rectory. On the basis of two and one
half population for each name in the
directory, Pueblo has n population OF
57,SS2, as against 1885 at this time
last year, an Increase of 20.I1 per cent.
The Boulder correspondent of the
Denver Republican says that the mem
ory of the Oldest inhabitant of Boulder
county does not recall time when the
snow on the mountains was as scarce
as it Is now. At the headwaters of the
various branches of Boulder creek
heretofore large beds of snow have
lasted all summer, but this year they
have dwindled Into small ones, and
where there are usually small beds by
the hundreds in the latter part of Au-
gust, there Is now no snow at all.
There will be two Peoples Party
conventions in the First congressional
district. The committee of which Ste
phen Il. Pratt is chairman and Mrs J.
NJ. Callahan secretary has issued Its
call for convention to be held Sep
tember 9th at noon, at room No. 31T
Kittredge building, Denver. The other
committee, which has Its headquarters
in the Railroad building, in Denver,
with +. B. Taylor, chairman, and H
II. Moore, secretary, calls Its congress
sional convention for September 11th
at 2 p. M, at Boulder
State Game Commissioner Harris re-
Gently received the report of the prod
uct of trout fry for the Durango fish