The Holly chieftain., 1900-12-28
COLORADO NOTES.

| 1t is stated that the Gtgl WosterA
Construction Company will build @eet
sugar factory at Denver.
A movement is on foot at Glcnvesd
Springs to organize a home company
and run q prospecting tunnel intes4ae
OF the mountains near the city. 90
The Teller County Bar Association
gave banquet n-the National h1tea
In Cripple Greek on the night Of D.
cember END. Covers were laid fof,lo
The state engineers report shewa
the Taylor state road will be great
bene.t to the state when completed
Already 1000 has been spent on this
thor0ughrare.
The Eaton School has opened again,
after being closed week on account
of scarlet fever. There are NO, new
cases in the district, and the few e1seS
were Of a mild form.
Teller county paid out during the
past year $1,33O for Kelley cure to
drunkards. making total expen6ture
for poor of $SO63.12. Lake courtys
bill was $12.250.5T and Morgan $SS4.SS.
The Hoffman Milling Company Is
erecting new 100sack merchant
Touring mill in Fort Collins. Ittjs To-
Gated three-fourths of q Mile i0hth-
east Of the postotfics ,ahdlwill BE-. driv-
en- by water power. ~
Florence men have Incorporated in
the office Of the secretary of state The
Florence Labor Union Building Asso-
ciatiOn. The capital is 1000, and
the building will be used for headQuAr-
ters Of all labor unions Of Florence.
John Matthews, the man whe at
for tod tn 4, I'm, SsuAsN Nau
Bennett avenue. Cripple Greek, 4. last
fall, and who shot the bartender, has
been sentenced by Judge Harris to an
indetcrminnte term In the Buena Vista
reformatory to not exceed fifteen years.
In the criminal court at Denver yes
terday the case of William w. Aqder-
son, who shot Fred Bonfils and sH. 81.
Tammen, proprietors of the Post. came
up on the 10th inst. for a second. trial,
but on motion of defendants counsel
postponement was taken until the next
term. ~.
+. The Rev. Thomas A. Uzzell, who
has for years done Il magnificent work
in the slums Of Denver. appeals tp the
public for funds to complete his new
tabernacle on which $27, 300 has al
ready been expended The sum OF S.
600 is needed to complete present con-
tracts. .f2,
The contract for building twenty-five
miles of railway from Trinidad. up the
Purgatoire river was awarded by the
Colorado Fdef IND Iron Company to
the firm Of Orman & Crook, Of which
the goyernor-elect is member. The
road Is mainly built for the transpor-
tation of lumber.
The Supreme Court has sustained the
right Of the state to assess the cars OF
foreign corporations doing business In
this state, and thus upheld the State
Board Of Equalization, which has as
sumed to take the action questioned by
the American Refrigerator Trninsit
Company as test suit.
George NJ. Huskins, for twelve years
associated with Frank @. Goudy in the
conduct of the affairs Of the Rio
Grande Valley Land Company and kim
dred companies. and who had served
us treasurer and deputy clerk In Mesa
county and deputy auditor Of state,
died in Denver December 18th, Of con-
sumption. He leaves a wife and five
children.
At Lake City. on the night Of De-
cember 18th, jim Harrison got into an
alteration in a BALLOON with Dick Price,
colored, whom he accused Of setaling
provisions from a cabin. Harrison
stabbed Price in the breast and arm,
and when the city marshal, G. W.
Smeltzer, tried to arrest Harrison the
latter stabbed Smeltzer five times in
the abdomen. Harrison was arrested.
The report of State Engineer A, j,
McCune shows that 100000 acres of
land are under ditch In this state and
are now being irrigated and that with
the bitches now in existence Loo, coo
more acres can be irrigated than 1T
present. A total Of 10000 miles Of
bitches is to be found in Colorado.
which is just double the mileage Of
six years ago. This shows q wonder
full advance in the work of irIigation
in Colorado.
1t Is said that Joseph Lesher viii c.
tablish his mint for the making Of his
referendum souvenirs In Denver II the
federal government will allow him
to coin his octagonal money. He has
referred the matter to District Attor-
ney Greeley w. Whitford and expects
also to hear from Secretary Lyman
Gage. The coinage Of the stnoney,"
which contains $50 grains OF sterling
silver, may be interdicted, bpt 1t has
attracted great attention. "
q. n. Henderson, the abscondjns
assistant cashier Of the First National
Bank Of Greeley, was captured In 4
small town eight miles from El Paso.
Texas, Monday evening, Deceruber
10th, and City Marshal David Camp Of
Greeley left for the southern city to
bring back the fugitive. Since Hen