The Holly chieftain., 1899-09-22

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Brown Palace hotel. says the Repub-
llcan. Emmons arrived yesterday from
the San Juan country. where he has
been looking after the work In progress
by q corps which Is making survey
of the district. Surveys are being made
In various parts Of the West which will
b. complied and issued in folio form.
Il have just come from Montana and
Utah. where we have done u great deal
Of work lately said Professor En-
mons. I'm Utah there have been many
new Developments In the mining dis
tricts and consequently there has been
much work for us. have men In the
Black Hills country engaged in the
same line Of work. We expect to fin.
ish the field work during the summer
months and to spend the winter com.
piling the results for publication"
tribute of honor to Colorado's fal-
leu soldiers was paid in the memorin,
service held upon the Capitol grounds
Sunday afternoon. Sixteen months
ago the Colorado Society Sons OF the
Revolution presented to the departing
regiment silken flag. Under this
banner the First Colorado tonight its
way to glory. The last gaze of many
"a ave ipN ltlI VI ltS Sl:lrS Hlltl
stripes. The tattered remnants of thr
nag. held high by the strong arm OF
Richard Holmes. the giant color-b
er. were displayed again yesterday bc-
fore the eyes of those who had II purt
in the presentation Cheers arose
from 1000 throais. cheers for the stars
and stripes. and then the cheers gave
place 10 silence The people were
fnInEin~ I'm
pole erected by the Sons of the
Revolution in memory of the fall
en- heroes was profllsely decorated.
The space surrounding the pole was
filled with potted plants and flowers
and above the brass plates bearing the
names of the men who died. smilaN
was trailed. The big flag. which has
been Kept flying every day since the
pole was put up. was mt half mast dur
ing the day. Speeches Were made lby
General Hale. Colonel Mccoy. Sena.
tor Teller and others.
The News of Saturday says: The
first shovelful of earth was yesterday
thrown in the route which is to he the
short line between Denver and Cripple
Creek. The announcement is of spe-
cial Importance AT this time when the
air line from Cripple Creek to Colo
RADIO Springs has positively been de-
cided upon and will within few
months be in actual operation. 1t has
been known for many months that n
shorter railway than any now in ex-
istence between Denver aud Cripple
Greek Is necessary for the salvation
OF the big smelters of this city. Yes,
terday the work was commenced
which will solve the problem. A large
force of men with complete railway
grading outfits. landed at South Platte
station. on the South Park railway,
ana began work upon n grade up the
river In the direction of Cripple. Greek.
A pile driver and bridge material have
Deen landed mt the station and the
river is to be bridged. The grade is
the one which was established four
years ago when general interest was
aroused in the Importance of direct
railway to Cripple Creek and complete
surveys were made for that purpose.
A peculinrity about the situation is
that absolutely nothing is being given
out Mt headquarters OF the Colorado &
Southern road concerning the new en-.
terprise.
The Republican says: To Governor
Charles s. Thomas belongs much more
credit for securing the Colorado SOL
diers' free train than the public has
up to this time believed. 1t leaked
out yesterday that on the day the gov
ernor left for Grand Junction to meet
the boys at the state line the fund
was 1858 short. For days-for weeks
-Colorado's chief executive had been
Keeping telegraph wires hot asking for
contributions from men who made
their money in Colorado. The rich had
given their hundreds and their thous-
ands. the poor had given their dimes.
Democrats who criticised the war. Re-
publicans who criticised the manage
ment OF the campaign. PrOliibitionls,s
who objected to the cGnteen and POpu-
lists who thought many things might
have been different. We'd with the
many who were satisfied with the re-
suits obtained and gave freely. But a;
the last moment. after the money had
been placed in the bank and the $40.
600 rebate secured from the railroads
by Governor Thomas personal appeal.
there was S553 lacking of the extra
money charged for sleeping accommo-
dations. Governor Thomas walked
down 10 the bank on the day he left
for Grand Junction and handed In his
check for $553. He never said n word
about 1t. He had already given
small contribution toward the fund
and went away 10 meet the regiment
leaving the public to believe that that
first contribution was all he had given
But a friend who knew of the fact that
the governor made up the deficit yes
terday spoke of the matter. "He ceT-
tainly should have credit for the do
nation. whether he wants 1t or not"
was the remark made. "The governor
Is not rich man, His expenses are
far beyond the salary he receives as
chief executive and he could not afford
to make n contribution of the amount