The state herald., 1903-02-27
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Neneral funstOn ana his aide, Lieu
tenant Burton Mitchell Will leave
Denver for Vancouver barracks,
March Z.
The present bonded Indebtedness of
the city of Denver is Sl,131,618, OF
which amount $412.000 will be paid
during this year.
1t was cold day when st. Valentine
came to Colorado. Even Cupid must
nave suffered unless he changed his
garb and wore an overcoat.
President Roosevelt has accepted the
invitation OF the Denver Chamber of
Commerce to visit Denver during his
coming western trip in the spring.
The Lake Minnequa Park and
Amusement Company at Pueblo is pre-
pairing to establish pleasure resort at
Lake Minnequa and build 900 the
ater.
Several of the big department stores
or Denver have adopted the eight-hour
system for their employees, keeping
their stores open only from $3.50 a. M.
to $50 p. III.
Twenty horses were burned to death
In fire which destroyed the stables
of the Continental Oil company in
Denver on the night of Feb. 10Th. The
entire loss was about $4,000.
Col. H. N Chittenden of Denver, a
veteran of the Civil War. who was well
known In business circles and had
many friends throughout the state,
died February 1ith at the age of sixty
one.
Frank r. Stockton. boy fourteen
years old. died in Denver on February
18th of disease pronounced by one
of his physicians to be hydrophobia.
He was bitten by shepherd puppy
November 29th.
The Park Center Land and Water
company has bought all the water
flowing from the mouth of the Cripple
Creek drainage tdnnel and will use it
to irrigate a large tract of land south
of Canon City.
Rev. Marvin A. RAIDER, the young,
active and popular pastor of Grace NJ.
E. Church, Denver. has resigned to
accept missionary. appointment in
the Philippines and will sail from San
Francisco April 4th.
The house judiciary committee has
brought in n report exonerating Judge
William p Seeds of the Fourth Judi
cial District from the charges on which
his Impeachment was sought. The
committee recommends that the
charges be dismissed and all proceed
ings in relation to them expunged
from the record of the house.
n tho pight nf I,ahr,,r,, tctb 40,
tor was held up and robbed of $l32
on Champa street in the very heart
of Denver. II was before midnight and
several persons passed while he was
held In stairway and searched by
two men, who threatened to kill him II
he called for help. The Little Emma
saloon. in the lower part of the city,
was robbed the same night.
The total number of deaths In Colo
RADIO during the month of January. as
shown by the report of the State Board
of Health, was S56; total number OF
still births, twenty-three: estimated
population. 5Gl. 1876: annual death rate
per 1000, excluding all still births,
17.47: deaths from diphtheria during
the month, twelve; from scarlet fever,
seven; from typhoid fever. twenty
three.
d. Il. Newcomb OF La lara. special
agent of the Humane society. sold 1923
head Of wild Texas ponies at Alamosa.
Feb. 10th. getting for the first car
load $G05 per head; second. $40;
third, $40, aud the balance, $40. ca
these l5s head were sold for the own
crs. So far Agent Newcomb has sold
1000 head OF these ponies. and there
are probably 1000 head still runnlnb
wild In the San Luis valley. Five
hundred more are reported to be In thu
pinon hills around La Veta. Many
horses are said to be suffering In tho
snow near Creede.
According to the monthly bulletin
issued by the State Board of Health
for the month Of January there was
a decrease OF diphtheria cases last
month as compared with December.
the number being forty-threc less.
There was an increase OF scarlet fever
cases as well as smallpox cases. The
decrease Of typhoid fever cases was
107. The bulletin states that the quar-
antine period for smallpox cases has
been placed by the board at not less
than four weeks from the beginning
OF the eruption. and In any case not
less than ten days after scaling is
completed.
The eighth state conference OF Char
tiles and Corrections will be held In
Denver March LIST. 2nd and 3rd. The
subject Of all the sessions. four in
number, will be child-saving. Every
body IL supposed 10 be vitality inter-
ested In helping the little children, II
In hoped that all will prove their In
terest by attending the conference ses-
sions and by making suggestions us to
what should bo done for the prcven-
tion OF juvenile delinquency. the care
OF dependent children. and child labor.
Tho governor. the mayor. the presl-
dent OF the conference and other
prominent persons will open the con
ference nt the First Congregational
church. Sunday evening. March LIST.
Monday evening the legislators will
receive the delegates and the public.
and listen to pleas Of the institutions
for which appropriations nre needed.
ms well as to addresses by good speak
ers. Two sessions. Monday and Tues
day mornings. will. through the conr-
It's auditorium.
Tho Colorado Springs City Council
has decided 10 issue bonds amounting
to st5g.000. ALL but $4,000 being for
the Improvement OF the Seven Lakes
reservoir system. The latter sum Will
be expended In extra contracts for the
new city hall building.
a RI, Grandc engine Jumped the