The Holly chieftain., 1900-09-28
COLORADO NOTES.

Ut r florence.
knights Templar of Colorado were
In convention at Denver on the 21st.
-Four men We're severely injured and
$4,000 damage resulted from a head
end collision between two Denver &
Rio Grande freight trains at Spike
Buck at 1910 o'clock last Friday night.
The collision was caused by the failure
of the operator at Echo to deliver or
ders. He disappeared Immediately fol-
lowing the wreck.
Daniel 4. Sherman. postmaster at
MontrOse. Colorado. and his immediate
predecessor. James +. Kyle. will have
TO pay back 10 the Postoffice Depart
ment $1,147.31. which they are accused
of having msappropriaited. The al
legged Misrepresentation is not charac-
feriZed as a criminal Offense. but the
men have been notified that the money
must be paid back to the government.
| They collected from the government
for rent which was paid by other oc-
| cupants of the store room.
The threatened trouble at the Inde
pendence mine at Victor over the mat
ter of changing clothes has been avert
ed. Under compromise agreement
the men at the Independence will en-
ter one room of the change house, re
move their working clothes and pass
into the other clad in one thickness of
undertaking. their socks and shoes
There is a taci, understanding thai the
company watchman shall have the
privilege Of searching any one whose
appearance or conduct is suspicious.
While Colorado is not such an exten-
sive producer of petroleum as Wyom-
ing. yet during the year 1893 the state
made good showing. as compared to
previous years. The output OF Colo
RADIO last year, while smaller in quan-
tify than thai Of the preceding year.
was greater in value. In 1898 Colorado
produced 444.3Ss barrels of petroleum
and in 1889. but ;i9D.27S barrels, but the
value of the 1889 product was Sta .11O,
or $1.O3 per barrel. while in 1898 the
larger output was valued at 1867 ,JO4.
or 81 cents per barrel.
The announcement that Pueblo has
grown but 14.:J6 per cent. in tie last
ten years Is some what of a disappoint-
ment to the census officials, who had
looked for larger increase In that
city. especially in view of the fact that
from 1880 to 1880 it grew from 3.21I
TO "a ,55S. or 6G3 per cent In the past
decade 1t only reached 2S.15T. By
wards the population Is as follows:
First ward, 1891; Second ward, 2,I32;;
Third ward, 4.O4S: Fourth ward, 1906:
Fifth ward. 3.44S: Sixth ward, 1855;
Seventh ward, 4,5n5; Eighth ward,
1912.
Benjamin L. Winchell, vice president
and traffic manager of the Colorado 4
Southern railroad, has resigned to be-
come president of the Kansas City,
Fort Scott & Memphis railroad. He
will take his new place about October
Goth, and will remove from Denver to
Kansas City. Mr. Winchell five years
ago was assistant general passenger
agent of the Fort Scott road under J.
Z. Lock wood, general passenger agent.
He Low returns to the road as its pres
ident over the man formerly his su-
perior He succeeds the late Edward
s. Washburn.
As direct result OF the anthracite
coal miners strike and in anticipation
Of a demand for coal. Colorado roads
are rushing coal to central points. Hun
dreds of thousands of tons are now
stored and additional trains are rush
ing coal from the mines to storage
places. The Colorado & Southern has
more than 100000 tons stored in Den
yer; the Santa Fe. 100000 tons in Pu-
eblo; the Colorado Midland, nearly
UV.0OO tons in Colorado City, and the
Denver & Rio Grande has about 3OO,-
600 tons at Burnham. About 100000
tons are stored at other points along
their lines.
Governor Roosevelt In his tour of
Colorado will be accompanied by John
Prdstor Clark Of New York and Gen
eral Curtis Guild, Jr.. of Boston. The
party will arrive in a special train
from Cheyenne next Tuesday morning,
reaching Greeley at $50 a. m. From
Greeley the party will go on the special
around the Horn, Colonel Roosevelt
speaking briefly at Longmont, Boulder,
Loveland, Fort Colilne and Berthoud.
A spcial will be run from Denver at
$50 a. M. and will meet the Roosevelt
party at Longmont and accompany 1t
during TIE days itinerary. The spe-
cials will arrive In Denver about 4:3O
o'clock and on Tuesday night a mass
meeting will be held. probably at Col
iseum hall where Senator Wolcott will
preside. Wednesday the itinerary will
be resumed. when Leadville, Salida.
Florence and Canon City will be visit
ed. Thursday night Governor Roose-
welt and Senator Wolcott will be the
principal speakers.
william G. Bowser, a Philippine
veteran, met with an unusually pain
full and perhaps fatal accident on the
Mariposa property at Cripple Greek.
He was working in the bottom Of the
2OO-foot shaft when a scraper or min
ers' spoon, which was being loaded in
to the bucket at the surface slipped
from the hands Of fellow workman
and fell to the bottom. The spoon is
steel rod four feet in length sharnened