The Holly chieftain., 1901-11-22
COLORADO NOTES.

A civil service examination VIII DC
held in Denver December 18th for the
position of messenger In the mint
The Colorado Midland has received
and put in use five Pullman coaches
and 100 box cars of 10000. pounds ca
pacity.
The taxpayers of Colorado Springs
have voted to issue 100000 of foui
per cent. bonds for the erection Of new
school buildings.
During September last the Colo ado
q Southern Issued pay and time checks
to the amount OF $121 ,306, all Of which
were paid in Denver.
The Right Rev. Nicholas Chrysos-
tom Matz, bishop of Denver. was re-
ceived by the Pope on the 18th instant
at the Vatican in Rome
Colorado Springs has closed sub
scrfptions for the Mckinley memorial
fund after having collected nearly 81,
GOO, mostly In sums less than 81.
Assessed under the recent revenpo,
law, Like cOunty's valuation is plaa
at $14,2t9.97T. against something like
four and one-hnlf millions last year.
Henry Pigg, charged with selling
whisky to the Indians on the Wind
River reservation, pleaded guilty In the
United States court at Cheyenne and
was sentenced to two months In jail.
Mrs. James II. Baker, wife OF the
president of the State University, and
her father, Rev. Mr. Hilton, arrived In
Boulder on the 18th Instant, after q
sojourn of several months In Europe.
The Y. NJ. G. A. at Colorado Springs
is erecting a $4,000 building and on
Sunday, the 18th instant, ten churches
abandoned their services for mass
meeting to raise funds for the continu-
alton Of the work.
report is circulated that the Buena
Vista hot springs, situated six miles
west of Buena Vista, have been sold
to the Aspen-Buena Vista railroad,
which company will enlarge and make
an ideal summer report out Of them.
The Colorado State Band Associa-
tion is the name of a new organiza-
tion Incorporated in Denver by Roy C.
Howells, G. j. Woodward and Milo II.
McMinn. 1t proposes to organize r
band Of fifty pieces and build large
dancing hall
A. H. Rice, young man who came
from New York TO Denver in the last
stages of consumption, died on the
18th at University Park after having
consumed 100 gallons Of oxygen daily
for several days in an an effort to
prOlong his life.
Harry Waring, an operator upon a
Merganthaler machine in the office of
the 11mes-C Citizen at Cripple Greek, es-
tablished a record on the 18th instant,
setting 3,403 lines. equal to s., ,47S ems,
4 nf oh hos <h no1,l Lodi tn
eighty-fOur revolutions per minute.
A. B. Mckinley, who was run down
and severely injured by Curtis street
car In Denver on the 9th inst, is still
improving at the Arapahoe county hos
little doubt of his ultimate recovery
should develop.
The Greeley Ice and Light Company
has been organized to supply the city
with ice, light and power. Jesse s.
Sale is president. The company ex-
poets to begin business In n few
weeks with combined Ice and light
plant in the old pump factory SOUTH
east of town.
The Pacific Jurisdiction, Woodmen
Of the World, has paid $4,000 for two
lots on fremont street, near Fifteenth,
in Denver, and will erect a handsome
building for lodge purposes and for
the head offices of the order. The
building, MS planned, will cost up
wards Of $4,000.
The stock of the Colorado beet sugar
which was stored at Missouri river
points has been sent to st. Louis and
Chicago, where 1t finds a good mar
ket. The cut rate at the Missouri riv-
er does not apply at st. Louis and Chi
cago and Colorado sellers took ad-
vantage Of this fact.
Colonel James NJ. ]. Sanno Of the
Eighteenth infantry, the new comman-
der of the Department Of the Colorado,
is one Of the best known officers of the
army having served with distinction
in the War of the Rebellion, numerous
Indian campaigns and the Filipino
War. His headquarters will be in
Denver.
Figures Just completed on the tourist
business of Colorado for the past FIVE
years are said to show that Pueblo is
gaining large percentage In her pro-
portion of the states business. The
figures of 1895 show that Denver re-
ceived 353 times the number Of tickets
that Pueblo did, while the figures for
1901 show that the number Of tickets
received at Denver were only 2.68 as
many as those received at Pueblo.
w. R. Ridgeway, superintendent Of
the Salida division of the Denver and
Rio Grande road for many yeara haH