The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1903-02-27
COLORADO BRIEFS,

General Funston and his aide, Lieu
tenant Burton Mitchell, will leave
Denver for Vancouver barracks,
March z.
The present bonded Indebtedness of
the city. of Denver is $1,131,6lS, OF
which amount $412.O0O will be paid
during this year.
1t was cold day when st. Valentine
have suffered unless he changed his
garb and wore an overcoat.
President Roosevelt has accepted the
invitation Of the Denver Chamber Of
Commerce to visit Denver during his
coming western trip in the spring.
The Lake Minnequa Park and
Amusement Company at Pueblo is pre-
pairing to establish pleasure resort at
Lake MinneQua and build $4,000 the
ater.
Several Of the big department stores
OF Denver have adopted the eight-hour
system for their employees, keeping
their stores open only from $3.50 a. m.
to $50 p. IN.
Twenty horses were burned to death
In fire which destroyed the stables
Denver on the night of Feb. 18th. The
entire loss was about $4,000.
Col. H. N. Chittenden OF Denver. a
veteran of the Civil War. who was well
known in business circles and had
many friends throughout the state.
died February 14th at the age of sixty
one.
Frank r. Stockton, a boy fourteen
years old. died in Denver on February
18th of a disease pronounced by one
of his physicians to be hydrophobia.
He was bitten by shepherd puppy
November 29th.
The Park Center Land and Water
company has bought all the water
flowing from the mouth of the Cripple
Creek drainage tunnel and will use it
to irrigate large tract Of land south
Of Canon City.
Rev. Marvin A. RAIDER. the young.
active and popular pastor OF Grace NJ.
E. Church. Denver. has resigned to
accept a missionary appointment in
the Philippines and will sail from San
Francisco April 4th.
The house judiciary committee has
brought in a report exonerating Judge
William p. Seeds of the Fourth Judi
cial District from the charges on which
his Impeachment was sought. The
committee recommends that tho
charges be dismissed and all proceed
ings in relation TO them expunged
from the record Of the house.
On the night of February 10th doc
tor was held up and robbed of $l32
on Champa street in the very heart
of Denver. 1t was before midnight and
several persons passed while he was
held in a stairway and searched by
two men. who threatened to kill him II
he called for help. The Little Emma
saloon. in the lower part OF the city,
was robbed the same night.
The total number OF deaths in Colo
rndo during the month of January. as
shown by the report OF the State Board
of Health was S56: total number OF
still births. twenty-three; estimated
population, 56i 1876; annual death rate
per 1000, excluding all still births,
17.47: deaths from diphtheria during
the month. twelve; from scarlet fever.
seven; from typhoid fever. twenty
three.
d. E. Newcomb OF La lara. special
agent OF the Humane society, sold 423
head OF wild Texas ponies at Alamosa.
Feb. 10th, getting for the first car
load $6.O5 per head; second. $40:
third. SO. 10. and the balance. $40. OF
these 1853 head were sold for the own
ers. SO far Agent Newcomb has sold
1000 head of these ponies. and there
are probably 1000 head still running;
wild in the San Luis valley. Five
hundred more are reported to be In the
pinon hills around La veta. Many
r. 60, Ia NO.. .tt,pr l,, ha
snow near Creole.
According to the monthly bulletin
issued by the State Board of Health
for the month OF January there wal
decrease of diphtheria cases last
month as compared with December.
the number being forty-three less.
There was an increase of scarlet fever
cases as well as smallpox cases. Tho
decrease of typhoid fever cases wa1
1O7 The bulletin states that the quar-
antine period for smallpox cases has
been placed by the board at not less
than four weeks from the beginning
OF the eruption. and in any case not
less than ten days after scaling Ia
completed.
The eighth state conference OF Char
,itie3 and Corrections will be held in
DeuNeI 3ot, Gnu anu oAu' Aho
subject of all the sessions. four in
number, will be chIld-saving. Every
body is supposed to be vitally inter-
ested in helping the little children. 1t
is hoped that all will prove their in
terest by attending the conference ses-
sions and by making suggestions as to
what should be done for the preven-
ton of juvenile delinquency, the caro-
OF dependent children. and child labor.
The governor. the mayor. the presi-
dent of the conference and other
prominent persons will open the con-
ference at the First Congregational
church. Sunday evening. March 1st.
Monday evening the Legislators will
receive the delegates and the public.
and listen to pleas Of the institutions
for which appropriations are needed.
as well as to addresses by good speak
ers. Two sessions. Monday and Tues
day mornings, Will, through the cour-
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