The Holly chieftain., 1900-10-12
COLORADO MITES.

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The Denver Presbytsry voted IN To-.
vor Of . revision Of The cseed.
The hosnsepstbic dscsoss q Colorado
met h annual codv15tipa at DeAver
on the ]th.
Pnebao's four days street fair closed
ON the 9th. It was vesy sSccessful in
both interest and atterAance.
Engineer william Tayior Of salida
was killed IN . wreck near Eagle on
the Rio Grande road on the 2nd.
g. W. Raymopd, Hio Grande brake
man living In Puei,io. had his left leg
broken . few days since while loading
coal at LArimer.
Charles Hau, the thirteen-year-old
Trinidad, was killed on the eth instant
By being thrown from q horse.
The third biennial session Of the
Young Mems Institute. Catholic or
Ranixation, began In Denver ON the
Sth instant. Archbiahop Ireland 10 at
the head Of the institute and 1t has
members in all parts of the United
States. .s.Iis
The earnings Of fhs Denver 4 Rio
Grande railroad for the fourth week
In September showed considerable
falling Oh but oficlaI mt the road say
1t was not due to =, u q business this
/ year, the receipts OF that week last
year being phenomenally large.
Reports from three bf the state insti.
tutions give the Following populations;
State Industrial School for Girls, fifty-
five, added during the month, Ave:
State Industrial School for Boys, 185,
added during the month, six; State Re-
formatory. lis, added during the
month, ten.
Miss Katie Ewing, telegraph operat-
or at the Hotel Colorado Glenwood
Springs, recently held direct telegraph
ic communication with New York city
and Mobile, Alabama. dispatching and
receiving messages for President Z. L.
Russell of the Mobile & Ohio railroad.
1t Is claimed that she has established
the long-distance record for Colorado.
The Colored Home and Orphanage
Association at Denver has been incor-
porated. The officers are: President,
T. =. spratlin, NJ. D.; vice president.
]. w. jackson; secretary, George 8.
Contee; treasurer, Mrs Lou Knight.
The association Ia considered one of
the most worthy charities Of the city.
There are twelve children in the home
and more than thirty applicants who
cannot be cared for on account of the
lack of room.
Miss Nora O'Nei1. who so heroically
saved the Rio Grande passenger train
between Aspen and Glenwood the night
of September 14th,: has received an
elaborate gold medal from Engineer ].
r. Lane. The officials Of the Rio
Grnnde are making special efforts to
secure complete account Of the act Of
Miss O'Neil, and the probabilities are
that at an early date the young Lady
will receive substantial acknowledg-
service performed " her prompt ac-
tion In time or danger.
The Colorado Christian Eideavor
Union at Its session In Denver elected
the following named officers: Presi-
dent, H. r. Chapman, Colorado
Syringe: vice president, Rev. r. A. N.
Wilson, Pueblo; recording secretary,
H. r. Smith, Denver; corresponding
secretary, Miss Ella Queen, Denver;
treasurer, Bert Kittle. Greeley; Chris
tian citizenship committee: the Rev.
Z. Thompson, Denver; Miss Nellie Will
Jams, Greeley; missionary, Miss Jessie
Aiken. Colorado Springs; district vice
presidents: Northern, A. A. Reed;
Northwestern, @. z. B. Ward. Grand
Junction; Southwest, r. ]. d. Sanchez,
Antonito, Mr.. Olmstead: Denver, Miss
Marion Cordingly; Southern, Rev. w.
J. Fisher.
| Promises made by the Pixies Peak
Power Company that their plant
would be running by November 15,
! will be fulfilled. The last of the ma.
chinery IL now arriving. How great
an enterprise the building Of this plant
has been few people understand Half
million dollars will have been used
when the machinery ID all installed.
| An instance OF the magnitude Of the
work Ii In the fact that the company
brought fifty carloads Of slaves from
California. Power will be furnished
for both electric divisions Of the Colo
RADIO Springs and Cripple Creek Dis
trict Railway Company, for the Eco
nomic Gold Extraction works, for the
electric light systems OF Cameron and
Gtllett and for purposes, except hoist
ing, ON all Of the important mines con
trOiled BY the Woods Investment Com
For many years. the farmers Of
northern Colorado have been troubled
with the rapid increase Of wild oats
in their wheat fields and, have been
driven to their wits ends to hnd a
way Of Graduating the pest In some
instances the; pest has taken almost
complete possession, leaving the farm
er little or no returns for hid labor and
investment, and the end Of wheat
growing in that section seemed near
lt hand. At last, however, the farm
err near Berthoud have solved the dif.