The Holly chieftain., 1899-11-03

The City Council has passed and
Mayor johnson has signed bill call
ing for vote of the people on the
proposition to construct municipal
water plant at cost of Si.IOO,OO.
The posse of deputy United States
marshals having completed the work o,
serving eJectment papers on tie Stone
wall valley settlers. in charge OF Depu-
~ Marshal Davis, has returned TO Den
yer.
committee of The women's clubs OF
Colorado was in session here. begin
ming on the 22nd. Representatives OF
all the eighteen clubs in the state were
present and the gathering was an en-
thusiastic one. Mrs. James IL. BAKER
was the efficient presiding officer. In
teresting papers and discussions We're
heard regarding practical subjects OF
the day.
The announcement was received in
Denver yesterday that the Federal
Court OF Appeals at ST. Paul had
granted damages to the Denver X RIO
Grande railroad in its suit against the
Midland because of n wreck which oc-
CURED September 10. 1897, on piece
of track operated jointly by the two
reads between New Castle and Rifle.
The appeal was made from Judge Hal
lett's decision in the District Court of
Colorado.
County Assessor Ames has publicly
announced that he would not obey the
recent order of the State Board of
Equalization increasing the value of
taxable property in Arapahoe county
by S2,S00,0OO. This stand he takes in
letter mailed to each of the tifty-siN
county assessors in the state. He has
also mailed a letter to the board of
county commissioners and another TO
State Auditor Temple. each of which is
of the same import.
At the last meeting of the state mill
tnry board 1t was unanimously decided
that Il new armory should be built at
once, Brigadier General Browning. Ad-
jutant General Overmyer and Inspec-
tor General johnson We're appointed n
committee 10 receive bids on rentals
from the parties who have agreed to
build an armory and lease it to the
state. The estimated cost of the struc-
ture will be between $4,000 and S15.-
600. 1t will be constructed of brick
three stories in height and modern in
every feature. The site in all proba-
bility will be within few blocks of
the state house.
Warrants will be issued November
1ith to enlisted men of the Colorado
National Guard who served between
May 1st and 9th. 1898. before being
mustered into service of the United
States. There are 800 men entitled to
pay for this time, 10 whom will be dis
tributed S1O.SOO. In making the an
nouncement of the date of payment to
the different commanders Adjutant
General Overmyer adds that as it will
be impossible for all the men to call at
his office and sign the pay roll. the ac-
counts may be assigned to him so that
he may draw the money and immedi-
ately forward it to each man by check.
superintendent Dunaway of the Colo
rado X Southern says: Never saw
such business. We have almost all we
can handle, but of course we're not re-
fusing anything. It's lucky we have
two lines to Pueblo. though for If we
had only one we would be in the soup.
All this talk about our abandoning the
old Gulf, that we repeatedly denied
two months ago, is now made ridicu-
over that line than ever before. OF
course you know 1t is cheaper to han
die traffic over the joint track through
Palmer Lake, but that line has much
more than 1t can take care of, and
whenever n train is ready to start from
either terminal 1t is sent out over the
route that offers the least chance of
delay"
The recent vindication of Adjutant
General John G. Overmyer by the
State Military board was thought to
have ended the National Guard troub-
les which were revolving around the
charges against him. But there Is yet
some dissatisfaction among those op-
posed to the general and an effort has
been made to secure a complete set of
expense bills of all military matters
since he entered office. Whether the fight
will be continued or not will largely
depend, 1t is said, upon what these
expense bills and other data secured
In the investigation will show. The
generals friends are confident that
nothing will come of this new attempt
to place him in bad light before the
governor. 1t is claimed that under a
decision by the Court of Appeals In
1892, expenditures for expenses incur
red outside the state are illegal.
The state capitol is so nearly finished
that the manner in which its final COM
pletion will be celebrated Is now seri-
ously considered. Governor Thomas says
that some sort of celebration would be
In order, but that there had been no ef-
fort yet to decide upon the details. He
thinks that the building will be COM
pleted long before his term expires,
probably in time to hold the celebration
next Fourth Of July. That the build
Ing will be completed by that time the