The Holly chieftain., 1901-08-16
COLORADO NOTES.

UcSl eANiUlIlDu OF IOuKO IluiuS ~ 49,
approaching Denver festival
The Gentlemen's Driving Pork Asso-
citation, recently formed at Greeley,
propose to construct a hne driving
park near the city.
The horse show at Colorado Springs
August 10th to 22nd. is expected to be
one Of the finest affairs of the kind
ever held In the state.
The drill corps OF Colorado Command
cry, No. /. Knights Templar. Of Den
yer, will compete for prizes at the tri-
ennial conclave In Louisville, August
26th to 2Sth.
1.-The sightseer who comes to Colo
RADIO and does not take in Cripple
Creek has missed half the show" u
what n kentucky editor. says of the
great gold camp.
The firm Of \. T. lewis b Co., Den
yer, have offered $3.50 diamond ring
to be awared by lot to one OF the duly
elected maids of honor attending Qe
festival of 1901.
The old Tabor opera house at Leads
vile, erected by II. A. w. Tabor dur
ing the palmy days of the camp. has
been purchased by the Leadville Lodge
Of Elks and will be greatly improved.
Colonel Phil Trounstine died at Dew
yer on the 10th Instant of hemorrhase
of the bowels. He was buried on Tues
day. August 18th from bis late resi-
dence, the ceremonies being conducted
by the Grand Army Of the Republic.
The Rio Grande Southern for the
fourth week in July earned s14. 1Oo. an
increase Of $131 over the corresponding
week of last year. For the month It
q nf
over the same month of last year.
The celored people Of Fremont and
Pueblo counties celebrated Emancipa-
ton Day at Florence, August 9th.
There was M excursion train from Pu-
ebi0 which brought several carloads OF
visitors, accompanied by the Pleasant
Grove Band.
Captain c. II. Hilton, Jr.. who served
during the war with Spain and during
the Philippine insurrection with the
Colorado regiment and the Thirty
ninth infantry, United States voiun-
teers. has received notice Of his ap
pOintment as first lieutenant in the ar
ttllery branch of the regular army.
The Denver & Rio Grande proper, for
the fourth week in July, shows mel
earnings amounting to 1891 900. an In
crease of $24. 100 over the same week
of the preceding year. For the month
Of July the earnings were $1.OSa&N,
an increase of S1O1 300 over the say Y
month Of last year.
At the meeting of the Scientific asso-
citation In Denver this month Curator
Ferril of the State Historical and Nat
ural History Society, Will endeayOr 10
call attention to the necessity for the :.
publication OF an u1o-date botanica)
work for the Rocky mountain ID
western plains region.
Louis r. Enrich has offered the
Chamber of Commerce the use of his
extensive lawn and grounds for the en-
tertainment Of the American Associa-
ton for the Advancement Of Science,
which meets at Denver, August oath,
should that body accept the invitation
to visit Colorado Springs.
At last reports II. B. Palmer, the
gunner who was dangerously injured
in firing salute at the Boulder Quar-
to-Centennial celebration, was d0ing
well in the hospital at Boulder, and
likely to recover. He has lost one
arm and three fingers of the other
hand and. is in danger of losing one
eye.
Three prisoners escaped from the
Larimer county Jail Mt Fort Collins on
Saturday, August 10th. They were
Mike Berry, Charles Ides and Ed. Mon
roe, all Of them awaiting trial for bur-
glary. A fourth prisoner, Jake Thom-
as, awaiting trial for horse stealing,
was bound and gagged by them and left
in the prison.
+. v. Biddle, living on the Beulah
road about six miles southwest Of Pu-
eblo, was killed by bolt of light NC =
that come down the chimney o.
house, on the afternoon of RI ~
10th. His wife, infant daughte
friend visiting at the time,
stunned by the shock but were
wise not injured. 's3S
Within few weeks an attemptl
be made to telegraph and teleph
from the top Of the Equitable bulld
in Denver to the summit of Phi
Peak without the aid Of iAterven
wires. The American Wireless II
graph and Telephone Company, VIII
has recently invaded the West, VI
conduct the experiment.
Extensive preparations are bein
made for the second annual fair Of th
Colorado-Ne Mexico Fair Associa
tion, which will be held at Durangd
the second week in October. The fair
will last four days, one day being de-
voted to Indian sports. 1t is expected
that there will be several hundrotl