The Holly chieftain., 1902-01-03
COLORADO NOTES.

eight square miles and 5uO people VIII
be served.
The poetofiice at Bolton. Arapahoe
county. has been moved to the state
line at Clugh. Cheyenne county. Kan
sas. Charles f. Cotterell is named as
postmaster.
Z. F. Dyer. superintendent Of the city
schools Of Gunnison. was severely In
iured by bicycle accident December
10Th. but will probably not be inca-
paciated for work.
All the Ice In the Grand river at
FruIta went ont December 21th-soine-
thing very unusual. 1t was frozen TO
depth Of about six inches, but owing
to the continued warm weather broke
and went out.
The Boulder Fruit Growers Associa-
tiOn Is preparing to have big state
convention In Boulder on January 18th
and 10Th. A fine program IL being ar
ranged and well-pOsted speakers and
lecturers will be present
The following agents Of the Colorado
Humane Society have recently been n
pointed: E. c. How and e. N. LaveN
der of Telluride, Thomas T.. Bell OF
Denver. John w. Hill Of Yampa add +.
X. Caldwell Of Pagosa Junction.
There have been an unusual number
Of deaths from pneumonia In Den4<ez
recently. People seem to have gone
out without overcoats and wraps ons
account of the bright weather. which
was much colder than II seemed.
Telephone poles are being received at
Alamosa for the new line to connect
Alamosa and Walsenburg. This line
will put Alamosa In telephonr connec-
ton with Pueblo. Colorado Springs,
Denver and other eastern and northern
points.
A large new furnace at the Philadel-
phia smelter. in Pueblo, is practically
completed. making the twelfth of the
new model. II is planned to replace all
the small furnaces. one Of the new
ones having a capacity equal to two of
the old.
Robert Haight. seventy-fve years
old, a Colorado pioneer, dropped dead
at the headquarters of the Pioneer So
ciety in the Charles block, Denver, on
the. night of Christmas. He had been
playing whist with old friends during
the evening.
The Colorado Kennel Club has de-
cided to test the city ordinance In Den
collected from dogs kept in kennels in
the city limits. The club holds that
license should be collected only on dogs
allowed to run at large
On the pay roll of the steel works 4
Pueblo. December 28th, when couij
was made were the names Of $500 men
who worked on one or the other shift
during the twenty-fOur hours. More
than 5000 Of these were engaged i1 be
production of iron and steel. The ~
ers were clerks and other Office eta.
ployes. "
The custom house business of DenD
yer is increasing materially. The re-
ceipts for the last six months Of this
year. December estimated. were $685.
22S.s1, an increase of $25, ,28S.32 over
the same period for last year. The
number of entries We're 523, an In
crease of 146
At Florence. December Goth. meet
Ing of the committee of the proposed
Florence. Victor & Cripple Greek rail-
road appointed at a mass meeting last
summer to look after the survey, was
neer Kelly, which was accepted. Three
building the road.
On December Goth at Colorado
Springs the city and the county each
had public sale, the latter disposing
Of delinquent tax property, while the
city held its annual sale Of bicycles
In front of the city hall. This is the
lightest sale In the history of FL Paso
county. only $4,000 worth Of property
being held for sale.
The Board of Directors Of the Testi-
val Of Mountain and Plain met in Den
yer December 28th and President
Aonash appointed the following coH,s
mittees for 1902: Finance, Jacob Fin
Illus, w. J. Parkinson, G. H. Reynolds,
o. P. Baur. g. Schirmer. Property, 3.
N. Allen. F. C. SmutEef, C. n. Day,
Railway transportation, Charles H.
chairman; other members to
be chosen later.
The Denver Real Estate Exchange 1
and the directors OF the Festival Of
Mountain and Plain are planning an
excursion In January to Fl Paso. Tex
as, to attend the winter carnival which
is held there from the 14th to the 18th.
The Santa Fe road has made special
rate Of &25 for the round trip, and
enough persons will go, 1t is expected,
to enable the committee on arrange.
ments to provide a special train.
Flora E. Mcdonald. formerly of
Georgetown but who had been In Den