The Holly chieftain., 1900-03-16
.eut okaDv NOTES. sbs,4.

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Fort Collins HAS a.qrehased the resi-.
,sthe State. Agricultural Corltge asa u
:, Ths, faris-C -Cammlssoion has teaalved
two biz. eoIrIdbutions 10 theefHhk be-,
ing raised for the exhibit al The .Ex-
POSITION: 5nnes Burns. the millionaire
ming. owner, presented Il check Tor
1900 and the' Portland Mining Com
pany gave 81 ,Jo6. ri'.-F
'-: Eia.riva- Servlc6 Commission VIII
hold an. .teNIlminatlon in Denver -anel
Pueblo. some time jHfthe spring 10 Sc
hct clerks Tor the focal land offices.
Tifese eXaninaiiohs' will be general
throughout tlre. country. Tile hnies II
exaipiBations haFs= pdc heen get.
A political .cunteat1sas calfsd .iIg fhe
labor UNIONS of ulersrate aI.ei ar Pu-
,,ebio on the Eth, The ,iirst days ssss ian
w7,sa stormy one. developing the prey
fence OF two factions AMI resulted iiiu
/. split. 1t appeared to be n cJnteai tbs.
tween the Denver men. and delegates
from the rest Of the state, the Denvee
cyiItingent being opposed 10 putting up
an Independent state ticket next faIl.
They. wete out voted and BOXED.
An attempt was made to wreck the
Kans:rsf City local ON the Union Pa
cific between Magnolia anu Watkins
saturday morning by piling ties on the
track. The engine was damaged and
the train delayed several hours Some
tine ago rail WAS raised near tho
same place.and an accident narrowly
averted. a grudge -against the com
pany seems to be the cause, as n Rochs
fsluil train had passed over the road,
a dsiyt minutes before. >,
> .hKige .Stins on OF Telnr county. ms
hande5.llowp a decisloil1in. tte ease
of Alonzo r.. Rssahns VS., -fe city of.
Victor Jdde { tS1ffn-oa.s ,rHl!ua rein
states Mr.. BostaH as p0llley 1n1ge OF
Victor and declares that tho city r6tlb'
ell had no authority to remove Apl1
from .fhe office, Some weeks ago Mr..
B0ylan. was removed from the office
of police Judge upon 4 charge of ap-
pFopriatiB. about $1,000 belonging TO
the eHF 10 his own use;
: The forty-fye- year leHse on Fremont
county coal iands granted to Wells.
.MacOn-&. Preuuss by the McIntire hand
board Will stand as granted. although
the law nj present provides for only
-toH-yeaF leases Judge Moses Hallett
of the United States Court, fire arbl--
q9iurip the matter, so decided Friday.
The Thomas board, VIXEN it ascer-
tained thht the original thirty-year
Tense lad been extended fifteen years.
set aside the iiftetn-year extension on
.the ground that II was lllegaE
: The Glnett sownsite, water works
and electric, light plant have been
transferred TO thesGoldrn Crescent Wa
ter and Light Company. one of the
companies controlled. by the Woods In
vestment Company. Harry Woods
Estates that an office will be opened ,in
the city, and The company Will start Il
real estate business. The town is TO
be improved. b{ ihe new owners. The
W5ods- syh,Mhte- has Increased its
i,ahHuss in .,lh'distrtct ruhtn inow it
evgs mepc Land fliansany otler con-
pany or, Individual. 1T has just, COM
pleted a. deal whereby some sixty
acres OF Ike aArequa townsite, iuciiFiiiig
the Gold Dollar and Mabel VI. mines :.
situated between Be.fcon and. Rayen
hills, pass into its hands. The copsol'.
dation is said to. have been in the
neighborhood of half a million dollars
Companies the. control OF which is held
by the Woods Investment Company
now own the Gillett, Arequa, Cameron
and Lawregse townsites. The enter
prise and jrrogresslyeness OF these peo-
pie Is astonishing. Notwithstanding
their tremendous purchases of last
year, almost every week brings news
af: further acquisitions. The syndicate.
long the most powerful in the district,
is rapidly becoming one of the most
powerful in the state. p.
Probably the most important move
ment inangurated by tire club women
of Colorado. and one OF the most i'm
portant public works undertaken by
women anywhere received its prelin,
jnary impetus when tile committee on
the preservation of the cliff dwellings
met with the chairman, Mrs. Gilbert
McClurg. at Colorado Springs last
week. This committee was appointed
over 4 year ago by the Colorado Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs. Since that
time Mrs. Mcclurg. who has made the
study Of the ruins her life work. has
visited the canon, has settled the terms
of Il lease. with Ignacio. has secured
its confirmation from the Indian agent
and. has canyassed the matter of a
road to the ruins and n rest house Oh
the way. These things she laid before
the federation al its annual meetin.:
last fail and the club women from over
the state'Awere intensely Interested in
herHccolmts of the depredations there
and the necessity. for action If these
wonderful relics of a bygone ciyilizl
ton are 10 be preserved. The commit
tee. including Mrs. J. d. Whitmore
Mrs. George I. Summer and W. s. Psa-
body, Mrs. Lewis of Pueblo. and the
Colorado Springs members. met Tues.