The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1903-09-25
COLORADO BRIEFS.

A scarcity OF farm hands to get in
the crops is reported In nearly all
parts OF northern Colorado.
The underwriters. cemetery manag-
, ers and hackmen. OF Leadville, have
combined against Sunday funerals.
Denver people are among the chief
mourners over the fact that the early
frosts will shorten the cantaloupe sea-
son in the Arkansas valley.
County Judge Ben b. Lindsey of
Denver will address the Missouri State
Conference of Charities and Corrections
October It'll. on the Juvenile problem.
William G. Lice. manager OF the
Stratton mining properties in the Grip
! pic Creek district. died at Colorado
i Springs September 18th Of cancer of
the stomach.
The Phillips County Agricultural
and Horticultural Association will be
incorporated and stock sold at IS 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-
tween 5000 and 5000 tourists in the
, state on the 18th inst.
At a meeting of the business men of
OF Boulder September 18th commit
/ tee was appointed to endeavo: to Sc
cure a reversal of the order raising the
| freight rutesSt'sasNeen Boulder and
Denver.
The comptroller of the currency has
| authorized the Citizens National Bank
| of Glenwood Springs to commence
business The new bank will employ
capital of $4,000 and G. Ii. Bell will
be cashier
DR. Walter w. Branson, formerly OF
Golden, died 4 few days ago at Palm
Beach, Florida. DR.. Branson served
for some time as superintendent of the
| State Industrial School for Boys, sue
ceeding w. II. Myrick.
! The men employed in six of the Dem
yer custom clothing establishments
! went out on strike on the 18th inst!
One cause of the strike is the demand
/ for free workshops. but other questions
are said TO be involved.
The earthquake of September 9th in
| the northern part of Colorado extend
| ed to Grand Lake and vicinity, and
: lasted from ten to fifteen seconds.
causing houses to rock and creak. 1t
travelled in western direction.
Mayor Wright of Denver has been
requested to act us the Denver mem
Der of the Sir Thomas Upton testimo-
NAL committee and receive voluntary
I contributions toward silver service
, TO be presented to Sir Thomas.
Charles Woke. arrested together with
: George Marshland and kid" Farmer
, at Denver. is said to have confessed TO
the stealing Of ore to the amount OF
B 81 500 worth from the Independence
mine in the Cripple Greek district
A Salt Lake dispatch says that C.
Sum Nichols, newspaper man who
started n number of papers in Kansas,
! Colorado and Wyoming since the close
of the Civil war. died in that city on
the 18th inst. at the age Of sixty years.
Henry Davis. the Denver snake
tanner, is just recovering from the bite
of copperhead snake. He was bitten
September Isl and fo- several days
was In very bad condition. But he
will keep on handling snakes just the
same.
The United oil Companys well No.
on the AndenIn ranch. near Boulder.
is now pumping about twenty-five bar
rels of oil day. This Is the first well
OF the company that has been success
/ full and II will probably lead, to further
/ exploration.
The Rev. w H. Marble. formerly of
| the Congregational church at Boulder
died at Boulder on the 18th inst, at the
| hge OF 81 years, leaving Two children
not yet OF cge. His wife, much young
err than he. died a few weeks ago OF
, appendicitis.
The new Carnegie Library Board has
/ been organized AT Idaho Springs with
{ Mayor George Riley as president.
1 Steps are being taken to go ahead with
: the building as soon as possible and
II Is expected that the library will
/ open with 5000 volumes.
At meeting held September i4th Il
was decided by the unions of Pueblo
| 10 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.
A. Mccormick has been appointed
master mechanic OF the Cripple Creek
Short Line. TO succeed owen owen.
who leaves to take similar position
on the MofIat road. Mr.. Mccormick
comes from fairbury. Nebraska.
whore he was master mechanic ON the
Rock Island
II is said that nearly all the largo
| hotels of Denver were crowded ard
compelled to turn away many guests
on the night of sept. 10Th. The rush
was occasloned by the meetings Of thu
Masonic Grand Lodge and Homoc-
paihic physicians, together with some
large excursions.
The records Of the Colorado Springs
Joint agency OF the Western Passenger
Association shows that the tourist
business OF the past summer has cN.
cecdcd the high water mark made last
year The 1909 business approximate
ed $1,000 tickets while this seasons
traffic will reach nearly 10000.
Denver II sixteenth on the list Of
! American cities In tho record OF build
Ing permits issued for the month OF
August. according 10 The Construction
News for September. u takes this po-
ytion not from Tho number Of permits
issued. but from tho expenditure
called for, $3.50 $40. by 1862 permits.
Tho Colorado sprlnga baseball team
came out second In The Western
League games, winning HoYcniy-four
games AND losing hf,y-onc. being ten
gnpca behind Milwaukee. The Denver
team took sixth place among the eight
competitors, winning fifty-cIght games
and losing seventy.
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