The Grit-advocate., 1903-09-18
COLORADO BRIEFS.


der. opened september lith. with al
unusually large attendance.
A scarcity of farm hands TO ser IN
| the crops is reported in nearly all
parts of northern Colorado
A black bear is reported TO have
killed quite a number OF cattle near
Bailey. in Park county. this summer
The new Dodge hotel al the corner
| of Broadway and Seventeenth avenue,
in Denver, will be opened October Isl,
County Judge Ben B. Lindsey OF
Denver will address the Missouri StaJe
Conference OF Charities and Corrections
October eth, on the juvenile problem.
| William G. Rice, manager Of The
Stratton mining properties in the Grip
| pie Greek district. died at Colorado
Springs September 18th Of cancer OF
| the stomach.
The Phillips County Agricultural
and Horticultural Association will be
Incorporated and stock sold at s. per
share. The fair will be held about The
middle of October.
| According to the report of tickets
still uncalled for at the joint ticket
agency in Denver there were still be
tWetl S,vDV anu J,UDv louIlSto IN 'Dt
state on the 18th inst
The Golden smeIter closed down
| September lith for an indefinite per
! iod The employees were paid off and
told that when they were again want
| ed they would be notified.
The earthquake Of September 9Th IN
the northern part Of Colorado extend
ed to Grand Lake and vicinity. and
lasted from ten 10 fifteen seconds
causing houses TO rock and creak. II
Travelled in a western direction.
Mayor Wright of Denver has been
requested to act as the Denver mem
Der of the Sir Thomas Upton testimu-
nial committee and receive voluntary
contributions toward a silver service
to be presented to Sir Thomas
District Organizer John Gehr of The
United Mine Workers of America, rc-
Gently started in to complete the or
ganization of the miners in the Trini-
dad district preliminary to the antiCi-
pated strike for an eIghthour day, and
bi-monthly pay day.
Thomas w Wright who died at Sa-
Ida April 18th of typhoid fever at the
age of thirty-two years. had served ten
important service on board the San
Francisco in Cuban waters during the
Spanish American war
Henry Davis, the Denver snake
tanner, is just recovering from the bite
of a copperhead snake. He was bitten
September list and for several days
was in very bad condition. But he
will keep on handling snakes just The
same.
At a meeting held September 1sth it
was decided by the unions of Pueblo
to assist the striking miners of Grip
pie Creek district by giving to them all
the money made on the Labor Day
celebration, after all bills are paid
This will amount to more than $500
The town board of Monument grant
ed franchise to Thomas J. Chase TO
maintain and operate a water system
for term of fifty years. Mr.. Chase
has a number Of good springs on his
ranch above the town and will build
a reservoir to store the water for the
system.
A committee of the Denver City
Council has decided to recommend the
establishment Of creamery at the
county poor farm. There are forty COWS
on the farm and it is proposed to add
forty more. A creamery. together with
an ice plant, can be built for about Sl0,
000.
Denver is sixteenth on the list of
American cities in the record of build
ing permits issued for the month of
August, according to the Construction
News for September 1t takes this po-
sition not from the number of permits
issued, but from the expenditure
called for. S3SG,Sl0. by 1872 permits.
Ground will soon be broken for the
| new Episcopal cathedral in Denver Ii
will be situated on Capitol hill be
tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth ave
nues and Washington and Clarkson
streets. Only a portion of the building
will be erected at first at cost OF
about Sl25 coo
The Colorado Equal Suffrage Asso-
citation will celebrate its tenth ami
versary November 9TH. a meeting will
be cid at the Woman's Club building
in ,1enver and invitations will be sent
to the officers of tho national society.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait Mrs. Ellen
Shaw and Miss Susan b. Anthony,
According to figures given out al
| Denver the combined railroads in Col
orado up to September LIST handled
about 1900 more passengers this year
| than last. These figures are for Den
yer only. and it is believed that the
| tourist business for the entire state
will show an even greater increase.
Edward Fontine, the tcn-year-oI
| son of Frank Fontine an cmploye of
the Pit;sburg Foundry, in Denver. has
| recovered frCm an attack of loCkiaw
caused by the explosion of q blank
pistol cartridge in his hand on the 4th
of July. His cure is attributcd TO the
injection of anti-tetanus serum by DR..
l. V. Perkins.
The Colorado Springs Gazette offers
premiums to the amount of 500 for
essays not exceeding 100 words in
| length, on subjects connected with car
rying out the provision in the will of
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