The Meeker herald., 1903-02-07
COLORADO BRIEFS

News.
The Brown Palace hotel in Denver
will hereafter be run on the European
plan only.
The Grand hotel at Pueblo IL to be
greatly improved and large bath
house added.
Tho President has reappointed Lee
Fairbanks to be register Of the land
once At Del Norte.
The will of the late DR.. F. J. Ban
croft of Denver gives $1,000 to the
Denver Old Ladies' Home.
Representatives Of Colorado College
and the University Of Nebraska Will
meet In q debate some time next
spring.
At the annual meeting Of the Colo
RADIO 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
OF Colorado Is making arrangements
for ten-day's trip through Kansas
and Nebraska during the spring vaca-
ton.
The new buildings authorized by the
Denver building inspection department
during January aggregated In value
1919, 1885, which was $94 $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
loss OF over SIS. 900 and throwing for
ty people out OF employment.
Miss Cora Fay Of Colorado City. now
q government teacher In the Philip
pines, has been given three months
vacation owing to the prevalence OF the
plague In the islands. She II now In
Japan.
The Postoffice Department has as
sured Representative Bell that two
rural free delivery routes will be ee-
tablished at Montrose, April LIST. with
Charles H. Parrish and Herbert G. Ora
ham as carriers.
It 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
the agricultural regions Of Hardscrab-
BILE and Wetmore. distance OF hfteen
miles. establishing toll stations 1t
Wetmore and Greenwood.
The ten Denver lodges Of Knights OF
Pythias are making preparations Tor .
great celebration on February 18Th,
which ia 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 1t
Fort Lupton have been purchased by
the Mohawk Condensed MIX Company
OF Rochester. New York. The business
will be continued under the corporate
name Of the Colorado company.
The American Beading Company OF
Baltimore has raid to the city attor-
ney Of Goldfsead $1,141.s0, being pay
ment in full Of the shortage Of @. J. N.
Hambaugh, ex-city treasurer. Ham
baugh went South, and later, 1t Ii 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 Moffat
railroad, and carload II 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 . monster gray
wolf near his place.
Governor Peabody has appointed the
following named gentlemen to serve on
the State Board of Medical Examiners:
DR.. David A. Strickler, to succeed him
self: Drs. John Inglis OF Pueblo and
George E. Steman of Denver to succeed
DR., w. w. Rowan OF Ouray and DR..
Frank s. Dulin of Denver.
The business transacted in the
United States land office in Denver dur
ing january amounted to 81. 182.O7.
which, while it did not break any rec
ords, is above that of many recent
months. The land business amounted
to $4,000 for timber lands alone. One
item was 1900 for coal lands. bought
In three tracts.
The twelfth annual meeting of the
Colorado State Equal Suffrage Associa-
ton was held in Denver January 30th.
Professor Theodosia Emmons of Fort
Collins was reelected president. Dur
ing the last year there has been . nota-
BILE gain in membership. so much 30
that the membership Of the association
Is now larger than at any time since
1896.
The demand of the union bricklayexs
of Denver for an increase of wages
after March LIST from IS day to $3.50
has been refused by the brick con-
tractors association. The determine
ton Of the union that only one mem