The Holly chieftain., 1901-08-30
COLORADO NOTES.

| clared to be a decided success.
The first Colorado & Southern train
since the washout of August I'd reach
| ed Buena Vista from Como August
18th.
President David Starr Jordan Of LIE
land Stanford University, preached In
Calvary Baptist Church, Denver, on
Sunday. August 18th.
The people Of Aryada, on the Colora
do 4 Southern line between Denver
aad Golden, expect to have an electric
line Into Denver this winter.
The Central City lodge Of Elks is
preparing to hold fair and festival
from September 14th to z1st to raise
funds for the erecsIoa Of = battling.
The proposed new power house and
plant of StrattOn's electric street ra3l-
way system in Colorado Springs VIII
cost about $1JO,OOO AID Will Be one OF
the finest in the West
A Victor Ladies' Pioneer Club as
been organized by the ladies' who cal
early to Victor. Mrs. R. II, AtchisoH
was elected president and # was de-
cided to hold annual meetings.
The five large steam laundry plants
in Pueblo are endeavoring to effect ~
combination and have been considA
ing the erection of big plant to ac-
comn1odate the whole business.
Thomas E. Barr, founder OF the
Peoples Pulpit work in Milwaukee,
will endeayor to reorganize the famous
Broadway Temple Association of the
late Myron w. Reed at the Broadway
theater In Denver.
There was great rejoicing among the
baseball enthusiasts in Denver when
the Denver Western League team
climbed from eighth place to fourth.
leaving Des Moines and Colorado
Springs to fight for the BOBBY prize.
James A. Fleming. formerly of Den
yer. but now wealthy mine owner
of Phoenix, Arizona, has been sued for
$4,000 damages by Miss Jessie NJ
Graham. who alleges that Fleming
promised to marry her in 1880, and
has failed to do 80. Miss Graham for
,merly lived in Butte. Montana.
United States photographer A. s.
Fellows. who returned to Denver few
days ago from trip through the west
ern part of the state. says that there is
more water in the rivers on the western
slope this year than there has been be-
fore for fifteen years. Mr.. Fellows
measured many of the rivers while on
his trip.
Grant Crumley. who shot. Sam
Strong. was well known in ColOlkilo
Springs In 1894, as was also his br6>
tr, Sherman, who went to CrippN
Creek and soon attracted public atS
tention by being accused of participa-
tion in the robbery of n Florence e.
Cripple Greek passenger train short
distance from Victor.
In the District Court at FORT Morga
Harry Sin,mington pleaded g,AtN
when arraigned for burglary and at
tempting to take the life of Sheriff A.
J. Calvert. Judge Bennett sentenced
the prisoner TO a term of not less than
twelve nor more than fifteen years at
hard labor In the penitentiary and he
was taken to Canon City by the sheriff
he tried Ia. Kill
Fish and Game Commissioner Har-
ris has received .doa1spntch from Will
liam Radcliffe that he can have 1OO.-
600 trout which Tie bas in the United
States hatchery at Leaiville. Mr.. Rad
tcliffe has 100000 trout in the hatchery.
and Commissioner Harris will qsk him
for all of them. which Ae will distrib-
ute in the sSt. Elmo, New Castle and
Frying Pan rivers. ~.
At Silverton Auxast oath, about 100
p. M, during aNheavy rainstorm, a
cloudburst occurred on Anvil noun
tain. flooding all the residences along
Bluff street from Twelfth to Four
teenth streets. Where the cloudburst
struck, huge boulders weighing nearly
q ton were lifted from out the ground.
This is said to be the first cloudburst
that ever occurred In the immediate VI
cinity Of SilvertOn
Among the men who ce-le to 3en-
yer to attend the scientific gathering u
II. E. Brewer Of Yale University. The
professor was In Colorado in 1869 with
a party Of government men who spent
several months ascertaining the height
of the. .mountains. The expedition nam--
ed the three peaks on the west side o.
South park Harvard" yale" I'd
."Princeton," and determined The
height Of many Of the principal peaks
Of the eastern portion Of the.range.
A Denver News special says that at
Granite on the night of August oath
robbers effected an entrance through
the glass door Of the Hanson Grocery
Company's store. blowing open the
iron safe and extracting over $500 in
money and some jewelry The money
taken was $3.50 in checks which had all
ready been endorsed and so In gold
and silver. 1t is evident that the rob
bers used dynamite, as the force Of the
explosion was 80 great that 1t COM
pletely demolished huge oil tank in
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