The Grit-advocate., 1902-12-19
COLORADO BRIEFS

Rocky Ford. e""'Aeo
,t@,aa hahsback of Denver has been
! e.eSl.u captain of the Stanford Uniyer-
silly football team for 1903
ueneEal William Booth, founder OF
the at.a Sat'a'lon Army. had immense au-
altH.sa during his recent visit to Den
yer ahu Colorado Springs.
me postofiices at Berthoud. Pagosa
springs and Rifle have been advanced
rom lne fourth class to the presiden-
E'aI lass 10 take effect January LIST.
IHe PRESIDENT on the 18th sent to
the senate the nomination of G. S.
MOI ior postmaster at Telluride and
OF ~ W. Stone for postmaster at Trim
iiad.
A swedish association, of which
JohN f Holmberg is president, has
peeH organized in Denver for the pur-
pose VI erecting building to serve
as Headquarters for the Swedes Of the
state
Judge Bailey of Fremont county re-
iuSeu the petition for change OF
venue in the Denver Gas and Electric
company case. Sixty days time was
granted III which to file a bill OF sX-
ceptions
senator Teller has made application,
IN behalf of Charles X Allis. E. =.
Brown, U. 7. Smith. G. w Splitter and
Wallace Halcomb, for charter for the
First National Bank to be organized
at Castle Rock.
several lessees of state land in Baca
county complain that there are no sec
tioA posts on large amount of the
schooI lands. An appeal for new sur
yeys may have to be made to tho
United States government.
Commercial gas is being manufac-
tured by the Boulder Gas Company
from combination of Ignite coal and
petroleum. 1t is claimed that the pro-
cess, which is the invention of General
Manager Peter English, is entirely sue
cessful
Andria Offret of Trinidad. accused
on four charges of cutting timber on
government land, was found not gull
ty' on the criminal charge in the
United States Circuit Court at Denver.
The other three were damage suits and
were continued.
The Colorado Section of the Insti-
tute of Electrical Engineers has been
organized in Denver with twenty-eight
and limitations to join the or
5anization have been sent to electrical
engineers throughout Colorado, Wy
Oming and Utah.
Gen. Geo. W. Cook. who went to
70 owl to 1nny to
,ure the next annual convention OF the
National Car Builders Association
or Colorado, did not succeed, but Den
'er received the second highest vote
md may capture the meeting next
ear.
The county commissioners of BOul
Ter county have effected compromise
With the railroad companies on the
axes of 1901 The total amount of
axes received by the county from rail
oads is $22.133.5S, or 81 ,69S.0S more
han the railroad taxes received by the
ounty for 1900.
B. Frank Hunter, formerly of the
ity council of Denver and we'll
,nown Grand Army man, has lost his
mind and may have to be sent to an
insane asylum. He left his home in
Denver on the 11th inst. and wandered
bout in the country for two days be-
ore he was discovered and cared for.
Mrs. Laura McCready was run over
~ the cars and killed while picking
ID coal along the Rio Grande tracks in
colorado Springs on the 9th inst Her
laughter. aged nine, and another girl,
we're with her, and it was while trying
o warn them Of danger from an ap-
train that she was herself
truck.
According to the officers of the Col
rado Springs Mining Exchange, indi-
ations are that about 300 mining COM
,anies operating in the Cripple Creek
istrict will cooperate in the suit to
e brought to fight the taxation of non
properties OF Teller county
" Assessor Lysight. The litigation
will be started about the first of the
ears.
A report is published in some of the
Denver dailies that frauds perpetrated
n the office of the county clerk Of
Arapahoe county deprived the Buck
in land tax amendment of between q
800 and $500 votes. If this can be
;hown the Australasian Tax League is
expected to institute vigorous meas
lres for the punishment of the guilty
PARTIES.
An ordinance granting franchise
o H. A. Black and associates for the
establishment and operation of gas
,lant for heating and illuminating pur-
,oses was passed by the city council
If Canon City and a special election
1as been ordered for January 9TH next.
If is stated by Mr.. Black that from
300 900 to $l50,000 will be expended
IN establishing the enterprise.
A recent dispute at Denver between
state Game Commissioner C. w. Har-
ris and Deputy Game Warden James S.
Bush on a matter of mileage resulted
in demand by Harris that Mr.. Bush
should resign. Mr.. Bush would not
hand in his resignation to the commits
sioner, but offered it to Governor Or
man, who refused to accept it and
called the parties together to patch up
the quarrel.
Governor Orman has appointed as
delegates to the sixth annual conven-
ton of the National Live Stock Asso-
citation at Kansas City on January
13th-l6th, the following Denverites. all
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