The Holly chieftain., 1900-07-27
COLORADO NOTES.

| Killed at Bethuue last Sunday.
Congressman Champ Clark of Mis-
souri, lectures AT the Boulder Chautau-
qua on the 9th. and all ex-Missourians
in Colorado are expected to be there 10
welcome him.
| The reptiles and fish must be placed
| in jars or bottles containing three parts
OF alcohol and one part Of water. The
society cannot pay for these things.
| bur the donors will get credit for what
| they send.
! The Colorado telephone line has been
extended to the HoIbrook coIntry, a
distance of about ten miles from La
Junta. 1t is proposed to extend the
/ line to Las Animas. twenty niles cast
of La Junta.
All the skilled laborers. including the
barrel, roaster, concentrator and pre-
/ cipitatlnG men, employed at the plant
/ OF the National Gold Extraction Com
| pany OF Florence have just received
! ten per cent. raise OF wages. The False
affects about fifty employees.
! The governor In few days will ap-
/ point the seven members of the COM
! mission TO draft bills to revise the rev.
enue laws of the state. This commits
! but II is expected that the next Legis-
lature will provide pay for the mem
bers. Among those who will be asked
10 serve are Clay B. Whitford, state
senator from this county: C.J Hughes,
Il. VI. Patterson and +. r. Wells. SEN
I ator w. $. Buckley of San Miguel coun-
ty has been decided upon as a mem-
Der.
"a. 81 k,n
ippines is preparing 10 hold n celebra-
tion on August 18th, the anniversary Of
the fall of Manila. This will be the
opening day OF the first reunion of the
Eighth army corps. which viii be held
in Denver. There will be military sport
and addresses by prominent men. Gen
eral Hale has appointed committees TO
take charge of the reunions Of the
Eighth army corps. and these already
are al work The matter will be one of
the principal entertainments for the
guests and an elaborate program has
been arranged.
As an added attraction for the State
Historical Society. Curator Ferril
wants TO make a collection of Colorado
flowers and reptiles. fish and creeping
things. The curator will ask the citi-
zens of the state to assist him in max
ing these collections. For the botani-
cal show he wants flowers and plants
Of every kind. from the prairies, where
there are flowers peculiar TO the sew
cral sections of the state. and from
the river valleys and the mountains
lie wants not only the flower, but the
plants pulled up by the roots. If they
are pulled up. placed between sheets
of newspapers and allowed to dry.
they can be mailed TO the socicty's Of
flee in the capitol at little cost.
While V. II. Snooks was giving
kinetoscope exhibition from the front
parlor of the Glenwood hotel, the Gel
luloid film came in contact with one of
the electric wires which furnished light
for the machine An explosion follow.
ed. envelnping the room in flames and
setting fire 10 ii number OF heavy lace
curtains in the room. The porch of the
hotel both on the first and second floors
was crowded with people, mostly wo-
men and children. At the first sound
of the explosion and flash of fire. many
Of the women tainted. None was in.
jured. however. and owing TO the
prompt and splendid service of the ho
tel fire department the flames Were
checked inside the room. Mr.. Snooks.
the operator, was quite badly burned
about the face. His machine Is total
wreck. The escape of the hotel and the
many people there is almost miracu.
lous.
A commission has been appointed by
Governor Thomas TO represent Colo
RADIO at the Panamerican congress tc
be held at Buffalo. New York. in 1901
The commission will comprise w. A.
Rice, +. S. Smith and Thomas II. Kane
The governor also appointed William
NJ. Bates as Colorado's representative
nj the Farmers congress. which meets
at Colorado Springs this September.
The Colorado Editorial Association
while at Ouray, visited the Camp Bird
mine, and Were served with n royal
banquet by Manager Benson in behalf
Of Thomas f. Walsh Lieutenant Gov.
ernor Carney acted as toas;master. and
responses We're made by Judge Theron
Stevens, Mayor George A. Scott, Dr.
r. O. Aylesworth Howard Russell OF
Fort Collins as president. and l. ~
Bunting of the Grand Junction Sent
uel. as vice president. The party were
shown through the mine and mills and
at night n grand ball and banquet was
given AT the opera house.
The sugar beet prospects in the VI
cinity of Rocky Ford, over 1000 acres
is said TO be the finest ever known
by the American Beet Sugar Company
which has factories in number of
states. This company has had corps
of experienced men in the field, edu-
eating the farmer to grow beets. The
outlook is SO good nj present that the
company Is advancing the farmers all
the money they need to take care of
the crop. and they express themselves
as being satisfied that the Arkansas