The Elbert County tribune., 1902-09-11
COLORADO BRIEFS S.

| days
Duck hunters from Denver and Other
| large towns can now be found at about
every lake In the state.
Seventy five cars OF cantaloupes were
! shipped from Rocky Ford on the first
two days OF September.
| A good deal OF damage was done in
| the vicinity OF Fowler by severe hall
storm on the night of August 31st-
The Denver theatcr on Curtis street
has been renovated and remodeled and
VIII hereafter be known rs the Curtis
tbenter
A party OF Rio Grnnde engineers are
making n new survey for the line OF
thai road between Palmer Lake and
Monument
1t Is stated in Denver that ex-Presi-
dent Edward Boyce OF the Miners fed
! GRAFTON Will make Denver his perma-
ncnt home.
Professors ID. ]. Griffith OF Ames Col
lege, Iowa, VIII act as coach for the Ag-
rlcultural College football team at Fort
Collins this year.
Boulder business men have lnaugur-
nted a crusade against street fakirs
who make a market-plnce OF the prin-
| cipal streets Of the city.
Large forest fires are constantly in
sight from Denver and it seems us IL
the foothills of the Eastern range
must soon be entirely bare Of timber.
A party OF scientists have been max
ing n survey of the large glacier on
Arapahoe peak In Boulder county and
viii later publish a full description of
II.
The football team of Colorado College
lof D..
1t is reported that the University OF
Denver will also have n team in the
field.
The Otcro oil well near Boulder was
shot on September LIST with sixty quarts
OF nitroglycerine Oil rose to within 100
feet of the surface. Indicating a vaiu-
able well.
Denver fans stoutly assert that the
Denver baseball team Will again win
the Western League pennant, though
beginning ifs series of home games at
fourth place.
The Gates system of mercantile
houses. crcameries and cheese factories,
has inaugurated 1J0 miles of barbed
wire fence telephone line on the Divide
east Of Palmer Lake
Several strings of cow-ponies have
been attracted by the large purses of
fered by the Colorado STATE Fair Mt
Pueblo September 10Th TO 20th. and the
relay races promise TO be the best ever
held in the state.
1t seems likely that the new Lead
vile electric power anu railroad scheme
will be carried through. The company
proposes to build a railroad connecting
the mines and smelters of the district
and to furnish power TO mining plants
w. W. Price of Colorado Springs and
Webb Jay of Denver drove fifteen
horsepower automobile from Colorado
Springs to Buena Vista In nine hours
on August 31st. but were delayed be-
tween Buena Vista and Lcndvllle by
the illness of Mr. Jay.
The August report of the sales of the
United States land Office at Denver is
as follows: Total receipts from sales,
SIS, ,000.55 the fees of the office, S1,GOO.-
05, total OF sol. 10000. This is an IN
crease of 81 10000 compared with the
corresponding month last year.
At Ouray. August Goth, Judge Ste
.yens In chambers heard 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
McAlullin and Attorney Caswell repre-
sented the board.
John Drager. an old settler In the VI
| cinity of Fort Collins, was instantly
| killed September 1st by an explosion.
| of the boiler Of n threshing machine en-
gne. His son, Arthur Dsager, was at
| the same time seriously injured. The
machine belonged to William Foy and
was at work on Parker's ranch four
miles south of Fort Collins.
Secretary Gilbert McClurg of the Col
orndo Springs Chamber of Commerce,
who has recently returned from two
weeks trip through New Mexico, Iowa,
Kansas and Minnesota, reports grea;
interest in the coming meeting of the
| National Irrigation Congress at Colo
| rado Springs October 9th to 9th. Thom-
| as Il. Walsh, president of the congress.
| has made generous subscription for
the entertainment of delegates.
A mass meeting of fruit growers was
! held at Grand Junction August Both to
protest against the high rates charged
| by the express companies. As a result
express rates for fruit shipments from
all points in Mesa county have been
reduced by the Wells-Fargo and Rio
Grande companies. In carload lots the
| price has been reduced from 80 cents
| to 10 cents, while in 2.500-pound ship
ments II has been reduced to 81.
The city council of Glenwood Springs
has granted the Denver Il Rio Grande
| concessions In the way of closing n part
of the river from Front street in con-
sideration of the building OF o $4,000
depot. This is an improvement greatly
needed. but it has been delayed several
years for want of n suitable site. The
| new building Will be located Mt the foot
| of Copper avenue. opposite the bath
house and lawns of the hot springs.
There will be two Peoples Party