The Holly chieftain., 1900-05-18
COLORADO NOTES.

brought TO the sugar beet fields of Col
orado 10 work during the summer.
They came from Nebraska.
The Republicans Of the First Con-
gressional District met at Denver on
the 11th and elected delegates to the
national convention. They are: John
Il. Thompson, Boulder county, and
Charles C. Cayender. Lake county Al
ternates chosen are Thomas H. Davy,
Larimer county; William X. Burchi-
nell, Arapahoe county.
An innovation in kindergarten work
will be introduced in school district No.
20 at Pueblo by Superintendent Keat-
ing. He has planned to have the pupils
attending the kindergarten take an ac-
tive interest in flower and tree plant
Ing during the months between April
and September. The idea is TO have
the little ones plant their own flower
beds and shrubbery and give them
their Individual attention. teaching
them the practical as well as the the
oretIcal art Of beantifying their homes
and community. This kind of work ia
an experiment here, but 1t is thought
will be successful
The Republican state convention met
at Denver on the 10Th to select dele
gates at large to the national conven-
tiOD. The delegates chosen were: Ed
ward q. Wolcott. Arapahoe county;
Winfield $. S;rattan. FL paso county:
David II. Moffat. Arapaboe county;
David Il. G. Brown. Pitkin county. Al
ternates, Il. L. Churchill. Weld county:
Earl y. COe. Arapahoe county: Craw-
ford Hill. Arapahoe county; +. w. Rit-
ter. San Juan county. The platform
adopted strongly indorses the admins
trati0n on. all points. The speech OF
Senator Wolcott was the notable fea-
turc of the convention.
Mr.. a. +. Leach. special agent of the
United States land office. has been in
the vicinity Of Fowler for the past few
days gathering information regarding
the United States land law. with refer
ence TO the fencing of public lands. A
great many tracts have been fenced
contrary TO law. and all this fencing is
now to he torn down within the next
thirty days, or legal proceedings will
he instituted by the government. As
result Of Mr.. Leach's visit great
many miles of barb-wire fence will be
torn down. and thousands of acres of
good grazing land thrown open to any
one wishing TO use IL. One man alone
has fifty miles of fence to demolish.
r. b. Burghardt. miner at the Inde-
pendence on Battle mountain has been
arrested ON Il charge of grand larceny.
1t is the rule of the independence since
the English company took charge of
the mine that all miners coming OFF the
shift must change their clothes and
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carry away any of the rich ore. The
rule is a hard one. but it is enforced
rigidly. The chief ore sorter searched
Burghardt. and it is claimed that an
unusual number of rich specimens
were found in hts clothes. The ore is
extremely valuable, and 1t only takes
little Of ii to run up to the hundreds
in valuation.
Between 200 and 400 miners en-
ployed by the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company at Sopris. camp located
about five miles west of Trinidad, went
out on strike Monday morning. The
men assert that the company has not
been giving them correct weights on
the coal mined. They also say that
they are arbitrarily compelled to pay
two per cent. of their earnings for
insurance. The strikers held two meet
ings today. Everything was quiet and
orderly and after discussing the mat
ter. they appointed II committe to wait
ON the officials of the company and pre-
sent the grievances. In the meantime
they decided to return to work to-
morrow morning.
A company has been formed at Long
mont fnr the n nf mr. In, 10
oil west Of that city. Work will begin
as soon as the ground leases can be
made. Within the last two weeks oil
has been flowing out of the ground in
several places. When it began to flow
no one seems 10 know, but it has been
noticed only recently. When it issues
from the ground there is some water,
and very strong odor exists. The oil
is dark in color. and n considerabl
quantity can be taken up by dipping n
bottle in the water. About three years
ago company was formed for the
purpose of prospecting for oil. and Pro-
fesSor Arthur Lakes gave the company
at that time considerable encourage
ment and advised them 10 go ahead,
but lack Of funds prevented progress
The new company is provided with
ample funds to push the project.
One of the saddest accidents which
has happened in the Lower Blue coun-
try for Il long time occurred Monday
afternoon near the Mckinley ranch,
about six o'clock. Emmett Emmons,
his wife and three children, had been
over to pay n social call across the
river to the family of Eugene McKin-
ley. On returning about six o'clock
Mrs. Mckinley accompanied them on
their way home. In crossing the
bridge known as the Mckinley bridge
the horses became unmanageable and
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