The Holly chieftain., 1901-02-01
COLORADO NOTES.

The grip has hit Boulder hardin
fact, few. II any. places IN the state
have escaped.
A company IL being organized in
Denver to run electric automobile cabs,
vans and express wagons,
The January pay roll Of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company ut Pueblo was
$146OOO which is $4,000 In excess Of
any month of last year.
The Golden public schools. and the
School of Mines, which We're closed
two weeks on account of the sickness
OF many pupils, opened again Monday,
January 2Sth.
The American Cattle Growers Asso-
ciatiOn, recently formed during the
stockgrowers' meeting at Salt Lake
City, will hold Its first convention III
Denver, March 9th.
The agricultural experiment sta
ton at Fort Collins has a bulletin on
raspberries, blackberries, and other
bush fruits, now In press. which will be
sent to the regular mailing list and to
others who apply.
The Oil Well Supply Company has
announced its decision to build manu-
featuring machine shops at Florence
The structure will be made of brick.
steel and sheet iron, and will cost not
less than $2O,OO0.
The legislative committee now en-
gagged In investigating the coul strike
| Is examining many witnesses and
seems to be inquiring very closely into
all the details of coal production and
the pay of miners.
Secretary of State Mills has ap-
pointed Miss Florence Ragland of
Denver and Thomas Quinn of Ouray
to be clerks in the brand department,
and Miss Estelle Persnell of Central
city to he stenOgrapher.
Samuel Cobain, an employe of Geddis
X Seerie at Cheesman lake, near Buff
falo Park, committed suicide January
2oth. at O'Clock, by cutting his throat
with razor. severing the jug,llar vein.
dying twenty minutes later.
The Pueblo county commissioners an
propriated S15 toward the support of
the Pingree gardens, which have been
very successfully operated for two sea-
sons in Pueblo under the philanthropic
branch of the Woman's Club.
The Woman's Club of Grand juno
tion has received word from Andrew
Carnegie that he will donate an addi-
| tional $1,000 towards the erection OF
the new library building IN Grand
Junction. The total sum row on hand
for building purposes alone is $1,000.
The freight depot OF the Denver &
] Rio Grande railroad ut Colorado
/ Springs was almost totally destroyed
by fire January Goth, before daylight
In the morning. Night Watcliman l..
Q. Wells was found dead inside the
door and is supposed TO have died from
suffocation.
1t was developed in the legislative
coal strike investigation committees
examination of Mr.. Bnrtels, secretary
of the Northern Coal Company, that
the mortgages cn the cosnpnny's prop
erty aggregate S2,OOO.OOO and that the
property Is valued at between $780,
600 and $4.OOOOOO.
Frank Wallace who was convicted of
murder in the second degree for the
killing of Night Captain William G..
Rooney. January %, 1900. was SEN
fenced by Judge NJ. s. Bailey in the
District Court at Buena Vista to Il term
or not less than twenty-five nor more
sh"u AoitS -hfe years.
Every effort is making for the ex.
tension of the city water works of Fort
Collins to n point above the mouth of
the North Poudre. and the city engi-
neer, who has Just completed the sur
vcy. has submitted his report. which
gives an estimated cost Of $0O,281, with
costs of settling reservoir and head
works added.
Farmers institutes have been held ly
the Colorado State Agricultural Col
lege Mt Holly and Rocky Ford, and
others will be held at Longmont, Love
land, Grand Junction, Glenwood
Springs and Montrose. The expert
ment station will soon issue bulletin
on Helgian hares, giving the results of
feeding different kinds of food.
The assessed valuation of Boulder
county is $6,272, ,22O.14. The ASSESS
ment by towns Is as follows: Boulder.
$1,67O,372.0S: Longmont, 5000, 500. 80;
Lafayette. O7.645.5S; Louisville, $Gl,-
6O0.04: Ward. S2s.TO4.33, and Eldorn,
$43,249. The total county tax Is $1O4,-
124.4G, and the total tax OF MI kinds.
state, county, school, etc., ~ Is $780,
TO5.46.
A Farmers Institute has been organ
lied at Montrose. C. A. Redding was
chosen president, T. ID. Nichols vice
president and Abe Roberts secretary.
An executive committee consisting of
j. L. Heath, Aaron Walters. Mrs. HI
ram DOckstader and Mrs. ]. A. Fen
Ion, were selected to net with the otfi-
GERS and prepare program to he sub
mitted ut the next meeting Eahr,,nrv