The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-13
COLORADO BRIRFA

made to secure the building OF a beet
sugar factory.
Hon. Edward o. Wo!cott has returned
10 Denver and ii is stated that h. in
tends to remain and devote his atten-
ton to his law practice
The Pueblo Gas and Fuel Company
has made arrangements for improving
the Pueblo plant within the next six
months to the extent of $200,0OO
Judge Orr of the County Court Of El
Paso county has issued an order for a
special election in Fountain to decide
the question of incorporating the town
Miss Cora Peabody will christen the
cruiser Colorado, Governor and Mrs.
Peabody having accepted in her behalf
the invitation extended by the build
erS.
The President has made the follow
| ing nominations of postmasters In COL
orado: G, N, Raymond. Durango, G.
II. Shone. Alamosa; G.. r. Martinez
Pagosa Springs.
While John d. Rockefeller was in
Colorado. j. Pierpont Morgan was
junketing at Havana. Hence the
Rocky Mountains We're enabled to re-
main perpendicular.
On March 25th seven companies of
the Eighteenth Infantry will leave Fort
Logan. near Denver. for San Francis
co. from which point they will sal for
the Philippines.
Citizens OF littleton do not like to
live in South Arapahoe county in
which they are placed by the Rush
amendment. ard will try to have the
oh ,.,l hnn
l. Harry Stratton. who is contcstIng
the will of his father. the late ". S.
Stratton. has taken position with the
| Shields Morley Wholesale Grocery
Company of Colorado Springs.
A statue of Robert Burns is to be
placed in the City Park at Denver, 1t
is being made by sculptor in Edn-
burg. and if received in time. will be
unveiled next Fourth of July.
William Garrison, who was recently
convicted of highway robbery and was
held in the county Jail at Cripple
Creek awaiting sentence, made his eS-
cape on the morning of the 9th inst.
A nitro-g -glycerine factory. three
miles north of Boulder. was blown up
on the morning of March 9th but no.
body was hurt and the damage is
small 1t is conjectured that too hot
fire was left in the furnace.
Three buildings at the mouth of the
Pennsylvania tunnel of the Smuggler-
Union Mining Company at Telluride
were burned on the night of March
3rd. the fire being caused by some de
feet in the electric apparatus.
A large number of Swede immigrants
from the famine section Of Sweden
have been passing through Denver
lately for different parts of the Rocky
Mountain and coast regions. A con-
siderable proportion of them will set
tie in Colorado
The City Council of Colorado Springs
has accepted the offer of Gen William
J. Palmer to furnish city forester to
superintend the work OF trimming The
trees of the Springs. and an immediate
stop will be put to the present reckless
methods employed by some of the cit
| izens.
The John A. Cloush Memorial
Methodist Episcopal Church building
| at Denver was dedicated March Sth.
| in honor of a publicspirted member
| of the church who gave a large amount
| of money and effort to the cause of
Methodism in Colorado. and who died
| in 1895.
Chaplain Henry c. Gavitt. who was
| tried by court-martial at Fort I.o-
| gan on the charge of conduct uubecom-
| ing an officer and gentleman for fail
ure to pay a debt contracted by an
clipping daughter. was acquitted the
verdict being considered a complete
| vindication..
| a company has been Incorporated to
construct a reservoir on the ranch OF
| DR.. H. l.. Richardson. six miles south
| west of Fountain The company con-
! templates an expenditure of more than
| $3.50 900. the object being to secure suf-
! ticient water to irrisate the entire
| Fountain valley.
| Agents Of The Humane Society are
| busy looking up owners of stock who
| have allowed their beasts TO suffer
! during the last month OF almost con-
tinuous storm. Reports received at
! Denver from all sections of the state
are that cattle not cared for in corrals
are in very bad condition.
Out of Us men who tried to enlist in
! the Navy at the Denver recruiting sta
| ton only fifty-seyen were able to pass
| the examination. OF these fifteen who
were minors failed to obtain the con-
| sent of their parents and were there
| fore not accepted. The Office was re-
| moved to Colorado Springs March 9Th
Henry Hamilton Clark. who. undac
the name of Kelly. headed the Co,u,
army contingent that tried to start
down the Platte in boats from Denver
in 1898, has been sentenced TO the
county Jail in Denver three times since
| Christmas for vasrancy. He is known
10 the attaches OF the jail as Happy
| HColisan."
The new Presbyterian College nj
Denver has been incorporated under
| the old name. already attached TO the
building of Westminster University"
DR.. Robert F. Coyle of the Central
Presbyterian Church of Denver is