The state herald., 1903-02-06
COLORADO BRIEFS.

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plan only.
The Grand hotel at Pueblo is to be
greatly improved and a large bath
house added.
| The President has reappointed Lee
Fairbanks to be register of the land
office at Del Norte.
The will of the late DR.. +. j. Ban
cr"ft of Denver gives $1,000 to the
Denver Old Ladies Home.
Representatives of Colorado College
and the University of Nebraska wiz
meet In debate some time next
spring.
AT the annual meeting of the Colo
rado Springs Chamber of Commerce,
January oath, the old board of directors
was reelected
The dog license inspector of Denver
Reports that there has been whole
sale poisoning of dogs in many parts
OF the city during the last six months.
The football team of the University
CT Colorado is making arrangements
for ten-day's trip through Kansas
and Nebraska during the spring yaca-
tion.
The new buildings authorized by the
Denver building inspection department
during January aggregated in value
S379,635, which was s9i $50 more than
for the same month of 1902.
The Denver Box Company's plant at
| Tenth and Wazee street, in Denver,
was burned January 23rd, occasioning
a loss Of over $4,000 and throwing for
ty people out of employment.
Miss Cora Fay of Colorado City, now
a government teacher in the Philip
pines, has been given a three months
vacation owing to the prevalence of the
plague in the islands. She is now in
Japan.
The Postofiice Department has as
sured Representative Bell that two
rural free delivery routes will be es-
tablished at Montrose. April LIST, with
Charles II. Parrish and Herbert q. Gra-
ham as carriers.
| 1t is announced that Mrs. Anna b.
Brandt, who was the Republican can
didate for superintendent of public in
struction at the late election. has de-
cided to withdraw her contest against
Mrs. Helen L. Grenfell.
The Colorado Telephone Company
will extend its line from Florence TO
tHt AGRICULTURAL Ttbibhs VI lihiuS'iap
BILE and Wetmore. distance of fifteen
miles, establishing toll stations at
Wetmore and Greenwood.
The ten Denver lodges of Knights :.
Pythias are making preparations for
| great celebration on February 18th,
which Is the anniversary of the found
ing of the order. There will be
grand parade and banquet in the Wom-
ans Club building
The factory and business of the Col
orado Condensed MIX Company at
Fort Lupton have been purchased by
the Mohawk Condensed Milk Company
OF Rochester. New York. The business
will be continued under the corporate
name OF the Colorado company.
The American Bonding Company OF
Baltimore has paid to the city attor-
ney of Goldfeld sl.l42.6O. being pay
ment IN full OF the shortage of c. J. NJ.
Hambaugh. ex-clty treasurer. Ham
baugh went South, and later, II is al
legged, caused his death to be reported.
The Denver News of January 2sth
says: Another carload of Austrians
from Minneapolis arrived in Denver
yesterday to work on the new Moflat
railroad. and carload is due to arrive
every day this week from Kansas City,
Omaha. Minneapolis, parts of Texas
and Missouri.
James Marshall, who lives near the
mouth of South Boulder canon. be-
tween Golden and Boulder. put out
some poisoned meat for coyotes not
long ago, and In the course of few
days found six dead coyotes and the
half-eaten remains of n monster gray
wolf near his place.
Governor Peabody has appointed the
following named gentlemen 10 serve on
the State Board OF Medical Examiners:
DR.. David A. Strickler. to succeed him
self: Drs. John lnglis of Pueblo and
George Il. Steman OF Denver to succeed
DR.. W. w. Rowan OF Ouray and Dr.
Frank S. Dulln OF Denver.
The business transacted In the
United States land Office in Denver dur
ing January amounted to sil,is2.0I,
which. while II did not break any rec
ords. is above that OF many recent
months The land business amounted
to 1920 for timber lands alone. Ono
item was 81 600 for coal lands, bought
/. In three tracts.
The twelfth annual meeting OF the
Colorado State Equal Suffrage AssocIa-
,ion was held In Denver January 30th.
Professor Theodosla Emmons OF Fort
Collins was reelected president. Dur
Ing the last year there has been nota-
bic rnin In membership. so much no
that the membership of the association
| In now larger than at any time since
1896
The demand OF the union brlcklayerJ
OF Denver for an Increase OF wages
after March lst fiom s. n day to $3.50
has been refused by the brick con-
| tractors association. The determna-
tion OF the union that only one mem
| Der OF firm shall be permitted TO work
on wall and that he shall be required
to hive n permit from the union "
also firmly resisted by the contractors
The average temperature at Denver
for the month of February during the
past thirty years has been thirty-twO
degrees. which Is Just freezing point
The warmest month was in 1886. when
the thermometer averaged thirty
degrees. and the coldeAt month was In
1889. with an average OF eighteen de-
groca above zero. February 4. 1890.
had the highest temperature. when tho
thermometer rcachor neyonty-seyn de-
ereH.
a gentleman who In Interested IN the
game protective association nt Colora-
do Springs has received letter from