The Dolores star., 1903-10-16
COLORADO BRIEFS,


Graders on the Moffat road who visit
Denver to spend their money are being
renewed OF 1t by thieves and confidence
men.
An effort will be made to establish
bicycle racing tracks at Denver and
rueDio to form circuit with Salt Lake
City. '''''
The Yuma County Fair at Wray
closed October Bird after a highly sue
cessful exhibition. Races and base
Dail games added to the interest.
The official count shows that the ma
1ority against the Denver charter was
7lS7. There were 35.7lI votes cast. A
new charter election is now in order.
Arvada, In jefferson county. will
mold another election on the question
OF incorporation. 1t is becoming one
OF the most important suburbs Of
Denver.
Up to the Sth of October the second
crop OF strawberries was still coming
into the market at Canon City. having
peen constantly coming since the latter
part of August.
Tho Denver & Rio Grande railroad is
building large plant at Alamosa to
treat railroad ties and bridge timbers
10 Keep them from rotting
The Denver School Board will ar
range Tor the reorganization of the
| hlgh School Cadets, whose organiza-
tion was suspended last spring owing
| TO dissatisfaction with its conditions.
James A. McGonigle of Denver has
| Deen authorized to expend 81 1,075 addi-
| uonal on the new mint for the purpose
| t,tr Oh, A.
| ings between the boiler ard coal vaults
! The American Refrigerator Transit
company. an adjunct of the Gould sys-
TEN, operating cars on the Rio Grande
and Missouri Pacific. has established
| an otflce in Denver and will extend its
| service
In the District Court at Grand June
ton on October 10th the jury acquit-
ted w. 7. Downing of the charge of
| assault with intent to kill District At
torney Samuel b. McCleland. The de-
fense pleaded emotional insanity
The great factory of the American
Beet Sugar Company at Rocky Ford
was started up October 5th. Important
additions and improvements have been
made in the plant, which has capacity
OF 1,2OO tons of beets daily.
Work has been commenced on the
reservoirs of the Fountain Valley Land
and Irrigation Company near Colorado
Springs. 1t is proposed to construct
three reservoirs at a cost of $3.50 900,
and erect beet sugar plant
The Idaho Springs Board Of Alder
men has voted to set aside sufficient
ground owned by the city for the new
Carnegie Library building. The site
will be directly across the street from
the Colorado 4 Southern Depot.
7. ID. A. Cockerell. of London. later
secretary of the Colorado Biological
Association, and one of the most noted
biological scientists In the world, has
been secured by Colorado College to
compile the fauna and flora of Colo
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After much tribulation the Denver &
Northwestern Suburban Line. which
will be a part of the Denver Tramway
system. has secured a right of way into
Golden. 1t will be an extension of the
present electric line between Denver
and Arvada.
A. b. Frenzel of Denver has offered.
through the Colorado Scientific Socie-
ty. cash prize of $3.50 to the student
of the State School of Mines who shall
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Colorado" the prize to be known as
the FrenZel prize.
The handsome new $4,000 Standard
Club house, being built by the United
States Reduction and Refining Compa-
ny at Colorado City for the benefit
of its employees. is rapidly nearing
completion and will be ready for oc-
cupancy December lst
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10 dentist, was found dead in his Of
flee at 8 p. IN. October 5th. Death re-
suited from an overdose of chloro-
form taken to ease intense pain caused
by neuralgia. The coroner decided
that no inquest was necessary.
The Colorado Springs lodge of Elks
opened their new $65.0OO club house
October 3rd. A supper was given at
Y night. The formal dedicatory exercises
will take place November II at II o.
| cIoc kin the evening. when gathering
of all the lodges in the state will be
held.
! The comptroller of the currency has
approved the application of Gordon
Jones. of Stock Yards. Colorado, and
| others, to organize a new national
bank. to be known as the First Nation
al Bank of Brighton. Colorado. The
proposed new bank is capitalized at
$250O0.
The special election held at Delta
for the purpose of deciding whether to
issue bonds for $4,000 for water
works system resulted in vote of SO
to 6 in favor of the issue. The bonds
/ will be placed at once and work start
ed whereby Delta will be supplied with
mountain water
Articles of Incorporation of the I'm
ion Cooperative Mercantile Company
have been filed with the county clerk
of Pueblo county. The company Isl in
corporated with a capital stock of $1O.-
1 900 and will engage in general mer-
camille business. The directors for the
first year are Arnold Rosenthal. C. E.
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