The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-10-09
COLORADO NEWS

Denver.
Deputy Sheriff Peterson captured a
large Dorcupine on one of the principal
streets Of Greeley few mornings
| since.
Petitions from nine city precincts
have been filed with the county clerk.
asking for a special election on local
option in Pueblo at the election Novem-
Der 3D.
Denver is investing money in new
buildings at the rate of over million
dollars month. The building per
mits for September call for an expen'
diture of $1,OO6.62
The International Women's Chris
tinn Temperance Union will hold its
annual convention at Denver October
23d to Both. Several hundred delegates
are expected to be in attendance.
Sweet potatoes may hereafter be Il
crop in the Greeley district, as H. l..
Braucht and Ray Penderton have dem
onstrated that this climate is adapted
to their growth. From a small acre
age have harvested one-half ton
David H. Moffat has written letter
favoring the construction of a fourteen.
story fireproof building by the Puget
Sound Realty Associates Corporation in
Denver. If built the First National
bank will lease the entire ground flour
for twenty-five years.
c. c. Bull, formerly OF Denver, where
he was for long time connected with
the postoffice, and more recently of Ell
Paso and Albuquerque, has been ap
pointed assistant postmaster at Trini
dad to fill the vacancy caused by the
recent death of John Alberty.
The county commissioners of Gilpin
county have appointed Charles E.
Wiley, Democrat, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of County Treas
urer Trezise. A partial examination of
the books and accounts of the treas
urer's office showed nothing wrong.
On the opening day of the Eistedd-
fod at Salt Lake City the ladies' quar-
tette of Denver, composed OF Mrs. F.
J. Houseley, Mrs. H. s. Cooper and
Misses BERTHE Berlin and Ivy Matteson,
won first place, and Charles Brown of
Denver took second prize in the violin
competition.
While hunting rabbits near Trinidad
Monday, Peter Bessolo, fourteen-year-
old boy, thrust his arms into a prairie
dog hole in an effort to catch rabbit
which he had been chasing AS he
did SO rattlesnake struck its fangs
into his fingers. He was taken to
Trinidad for treatment.
Arrivals at Laramie from the North
Park county report that an enormous
vein of fine coal, fifty feet thick, and
OF unknown area, has been opened on
the land of Alex Mari. The find is said
to be of more importance and greater
value than the famous Riach holdings,
to which the Laramie, Hahn's Peak &
Pacific railroad is being built.
Adam Simonski, aged thirty-nine,
was instantly killed while hunting near
Red Cliff, Sunday evening. Simonski
and companion had ended their days
sport and We're on their way home
when, in going down steep hill, ST.
The gun was discharged, the bullet
piercing the heart.
Work has been commenced on the
steel frame of the new livestock pavil-
ion and coliseum at the Union Stock
yards in Denver. The structure will
be 205 by 312 feet in dimensions and
seats will be provided for $500 persons,
beside which there will be standing
room for as many more. The arena in
the center will be 95 by 100 feet. The
Western Stock Show is set for the
week of January 18th.
Cooperation in road building is eX
emplified at Eaton in the opening, grad
ing and graveling of regular county
road through the Bruce Eaton land,
east of town. The road saves nearly
a half mile to farmers. The land was
decided to the county by Bruce Eaton,
the Great Western Sugar Company do
mated the fencing, and the county road
overseer and farmers furnished men
and teams to build the road.
Professor Bennett of the Colorado
Agricultural College proposes to make
an exhibit at the Farmers institute at
Greeley next winter of potatoes grown
in Maine, Minnesota, Wisconsin and
other states and also those grown In
foreign countries. The exhibits will be
of marketable potatoes only and will
be of great value to the Greeley farm
er in showing them with what quail
ties they must compete in growing po-
tatoes most successfully.
Fire of unknown origin Friday night
destroyed two boarding houses at Gray
Creek, one of the largest camps of the
Victor Fuel Company, eight miles
southeast of Trinidad, and for a time
threatened the entire camp. One of
the boarding houses was completed
about year ago at a cost Of $4,000,
being modern in every day, equipped
with steam heat and electric light,
The mine was closed down and every
resident of the camp fought the flames,
there being no fighting apparatus
there. Most of the contents of the new