The Holly chieftain., 1902-01-24
COLORADO BRIEFS.

! ized an exchange.
| Cripple Creeks saloons are now
! closed at midnight.
A forger under arrest at Creole is
] believed to he Pat Grove.
Gene Born of creede was fined S3G
| for killing three mountain sheep.
| Denver seems in fair way TO have
| two baseball mines the coming season.
The Legislature viii convene in eN-
/ traordinary session on the 2Ith of JAN
uary.
I The daughter of Major General Whea-
ton is soon TO marry Frederick II. Nor
ley Of Colorado Springs.
A new wagon road is 10 be built he
tween Monument and Palmer Lake 10
avoid the hills on the present route.
The effect on the value of real estate
has been remarkable. Land has gone
up 300 per cent. in price and in some
Instances even more. one farm was
just sold for SI0O per acre.
The Colorado Fuel K iron Company
paid 100000 in wages in 1891. and
turned out n product. including 4.o43,-
$50 tons OF coal and 554. LAO tons of
coke, of about thirteen million dollars.
The deaf mutes of Denver are or
ganlzing church. They will rent
quarters for a church and emrloy a
skilled Instructor from the Colorado
Springs College, who will preach to
them in the sign language.
Walter A. Stockman and Frank Me
namara, two alleged horse thieves
who escaped from the Jefferson county
jlil L,-T ~,
officers at the ranch of l.. Il. Stevens
ten miles west of Castle Rock.
A new $4,000 hotel and new ma
tional bank with capitalization of
100000 are assured for Grand juno
tion. The Reed Investment Company
of Colorado Springs is back of both the
new enterprises. Work on the new
hotel viii be commenced at once.
Excitement in the Debegue Oil fields
continues unabated and the hills for
miles around town are filed with pros
pcctors and now Il piece of government
land on which the locators' stakes are
not prominent is n rarity. Prices on
real estate are rapidly advancing.
Foul air in the May Be mine on
Squaw mountain has added TWO more
in the Cripple Creek district. The un-
fortunate miners are John Wanner and
Gus Peterson. They were employed by
Lessecs Davis and Bentley
A macaroni factory has been estab-
lishcd at Coal Creek. The company is
composed of Italians and the machin-
cry was imported from Italy, the
freight alone amounting to $1,000. Ten
varieties are being made. The oAiers
! already are taxing the plant.
1t has just been learned that parties
are taking up the coal lands at the
head of Surface creek. near Delta.
Over 10000 acres are now staked and
the men are still at work. While no
definite information can be obtained,
II is thought that either the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company or the parties
who are talking of putting in the smelt-
er at Delta are securing the coal de-
posiis.
1t is thought that Thomas r. Walsh
is back of the smeIter negotiations for
Delta. and that in place of building
railroad to Pueblo from Ouray, as he
talked of doing some time ago, that he
will build smelter at Delta. construct
!
ride to Delta. The parties who We're
| here in the interest of the smelter
would not say who they represent, but
claim that Delta is the natural location
for smelter, and that they expect to
begin operations this season.
| The Chamber of Commerce of Den
YER and Cripple Greek will unite in
an attempt TO have the Colorado and
| Southern construct the long contem-
| plated cutoff which will give almost
an air line to the great gold camp and
divert much of the trade from that sec
! tion toward Denver. The Cripple Greek
chamber has taken the initiative this
| time and promise to leave no stone
unturned to accomplish the desired re-
| suit. President Trumbull Of the Colo
RADIO and Southern recently addressed
| expressed himself as favoring the en-
terprise.
| A large and enthusiastic meeting of
! farmers and business men wGs held at
I.oveland on the 14th to discuss the
| question of tariff reduction on sugar
I There was 10 pre-arranged program,
| but the discussion was open to ALL
| The interest taken by farmers in the
| subject was shown by the large unm-
Der who took advantage of the oppor-
/ tunity of saying few words in be-
half Of this new industry and the ne
cessty of protective tariff. AT the
1 close of the meeting resolutions We're
/ unanimously adopted and ordered for