The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-22
COLORADO ITEMS.

snow slide near Telluride on the 18th,
but escaped alive.
For two weeks longer the beet sugar
factory at Grand Junction will run.
and then the work for the year will be
completed.
President Mckinley has appointed
the following Colorado postmasters:
Charles 7. Wade, Buena Vista; John
y. Morgan, Colorado City; William p.
Harbottle. Salida.
Thirty sticks of powder exploded in
the Pillory shaft house at the Orizaba
No. mine, Cripple Creek, at 8 o'clock
Monday night. Trigg Pillory. the en-
Sfneer, was killed and the shaft house
was demolished.
Judge Hallett decided upon a case in
the United States Circuit Court the 9TH
er day, and his decision was of such a
nature as to be of considerable i'm
portance. According TO his mind
photograph cannot be copyrighted un-
less 1t Is arranged in such a way as to
show originality, in pose or draping of
the human form. or to be fashioned
grotesquely by Photographic art from
some scene of NATURE
The Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
is planning to build big hospital in
Pueblo. We are simply working on
Plans said ]. A. kebler yesterday.
In all probability the building will be
built, wing at time in order to
avoid any great outlay. 1t has been
estimated that 1t will cost in the neigh
borhoOd of 100000. However, 1t is
difficult to judge OF the cost at this
time as the entire scheme is in its in
fancy"
A telegram received at the Santa Fe
office in Denver from the agent of the
road at Lamar, says that the heavy
snow Is driving thousands of rabbits
from the plains into alfalfa fields along
the Arkansas river. People OF Lamar
are preparing for big time December
10th and 21st. when the annual rabbit
hunt will be in progress Parson Uzzen
of Denver will go TO the spot at the
head of select party of city officers,
who will travel in elegant style in
private car.
At a recent meeting of the State
Board of Agriculture. DR.. Aylesworth
laid before the board a telegram from
the regents of the Nebraska State Uni
versity at Lincoln. urgently requesting
him to permit his name to go before
the board as candidate for president
Of that institution. The matter was
briefly discussed. and President Ayles-
worth and the state board being mutu-
ally satisfied with present conditions
here. Mr.. Aylesworth declined the Ne
braska Offer
Representatives of Colorado railways
met the other day and renewed the
pass agreement for another year. 1t
Is claimed by passenger men that
or Tor lN.v- ..f IL
Colorado than in any other state of the
Union in proportion to population. The
recent smelter combine gave the roads
an opportunity of reducing the passes
by at least fifty in number The list
of those to be decapitated has been pre-
pared and the work of decimation will
be at once commenced.
The management of the Florence &
Cripple Creek railway has ordered fif-
ty employees TO remove their families
from Florence TO Canon City. prepara-
tory to the opening of the Canon City
X Cripple Creek branch. Less than
two miles OF the road remain to be
completed, and 1t is announced from
headquarters that passenger trains
will be running over the line by the LIST
of January Track laying is being
round houses and machine shops has
been started
Ii the government gains its injunc-
ton suit against the Elephant Butte
Dam Company, and the court holds
that the river is naNigable and that
will be affected by the dam,
the people of Colorado who reside
along the Rio Grande and use its wa
tiers for irrigation purposes will be
more or less affected by the decision,
for the government will then assume
control of the entire river aud Congress
will provide for an equitable distribu-
tion of its waters and possibly for the
building of an international dam at Ell
Paso, Texas.
The miners of Breckenridge for some
time past have experienced great in
convenience on account of being un-
able to secure cars for shipment OF ore.
While at present the majority of the
operators of the camp sell their product
to the local samplers, there are some
who ship direct to the smelters at Den
yer and Pueblo. There are now quite |
a number of these shipments that can
not be made because the railroad. II Is
said. will not furnish cars. Even the
local sampler is completely overrun
with ore and has to unload outside the
in order to handle the ore re-
ceived. This institution would now be
two shifts per day II the rail-
road company could handle the ore
The railroads have already found 1t
necessary to get their snow plows out.
The Midland is putting fianger plows
on the front Of all passenger locomo-
tives on the mountain run. Each pass