The Grit-advocate., 1902-08-22
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Mayor bToWU Oh iueDlo naS appuiH'-
ed Howard NJ. Shoup chief Of police
to succeed Chief McCaffer,y.
A branch of the Hoo-Hoo was insti
tuted In Pueblo on the 10th inst. with
fourteen charter members.
The building trades propose TO turn
out 3.100 strong in the Denver Labor
Day parade September 1st.
Police Magistrate Thomas has sus-
tanned the ordinance closing the barber
shops in Denver on Sunday.
The Fc"t Collins opera house is be-
ing entirely remodeled and enlarged.
1t will have Il seating capacity of 100.
Large falling boulders on RepubIcan
mountain in Georgetown narrowly es-
capped striking n number Of buildings
few days ago.
There are an unusual number OF
campers on the upper portion Of Boul-
der creek this year. This will apply
TO many other streams in the state.
A good flow of water has been struck
in the artesian well sunk on the
grounds of the proposed Y. NJ. c. y.
health resort for young men near Den
YER
Denver ranks sixteenth among the
cities of the United States in the mag
nitude of its building operations for
July, the permits amounting to $44s.-
$40.
The Grand Junction city council has
granted to the Teller Institute, the
school for Indians, permission to coll
meet with the sewer system of the
city.
Farmers living on Orchard mesa, be-
tween Grand Junction and Whitewa-
ter. suffered considers bic damage from
cloudburst and hailstorm on the
night of August 11th.
Judge f. A. Pattlson. one of the
most prominent attorneys Of Denver
died on the 18th instant of paralysis.
He was tifty-six years of age and
came to Denver in 1886.
If the ordinance now before the Den
yer City Council is passed the Denver
City Tramway Company will make nu-
merous and important additions to It's
electric railway system.
The special fruit car from Denver to
LOveland has been discontinued for the
season. The raspberry shipments
now completed, have been immense
and the crop las averaged about the
same as last year in the financial re-
turns
A suit has been filed in the District
Court at Grand Junction for the re-
covery of $15.OOO of Mesa county funds
that We're on deposit in the Colorado
State Bank that failed last January.
Suit has also been brought against ex
Treasurer w. c. McCurdy and his
bOndsmen.
The Elks' fair at Cripple Greek
which closed on the 10th inst. was
very successful. For the most popular
young lady Miss Blanche Burnsides
was awarded the diamond ring. Miss
Stella White the second prize. a gold
mounted umbrella, and Miss Edna
Gregory gold bracelet
Nanichant Inn, the large summer re-
sort hotel ut Perry park, has changed
hands, Clarence II. Underwood sue
ceeding L. Il. March as proprietor
Mr.. Underwood is understood to have
the backing of Col. w. K. Hughes, the
largest stockhOlder in the company
which owns Perry park
On the 10th instant ladies' on the
north side in Pueblo met and organized
the Pueblo Civic Improvement Asso-
citation. There are twent y eight char
ter members of the orgaiflzation, the
purpose of which is to take an active
interest in the work Of general city
improvements. Mrs. NJ. a. Noble was
elected president.
The Denver Republican correspond
ent says that work on the Eaton sugar
factory is being pushed More men are
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