The Holly chieftain., 1902-03-07
COLORADO BRIEFS.

The First Unitarian church of Den. /.
yer ,is out Of debt for the first time in
its history.
Oil derricks are springlne up around
Berthoud and also at L0ngment, Erie
and Fort Collins. &fs
W. d. Lee has been appointed super
intendent of the Rio Grande Southern
railroad. with headquarters Mt Ridg-
way.
The Rio Grande railroad system now
has 4 mail department with o. L.
Teachoat OF st. Louis rs general
agent.
Very damaging evidence wss intro
duced In the trial Of Lake and Kuyken-
dali, charged with stealing ore at Grip
pie Greek.
Stainers cantata, the Crucifixfon, was
sung at st. Johns cathedral on Sunday
evening and will be repeated every
Sunday this month.
OIL was struck six miles west of La
Junta by Robert Plenerleigh. farmer,
who was drilling for artesian water
and had reached depth Of $40 feet.
1t il proposed to raise the fund for
gift to the cruiser Denver by securing
contributions Of 500 each from 100
business men.
The dow Of oil in the Buckeye well at
De Beque has been greatly retarded
by = heavy dow of water, which began
Immediately after the oil sand was
reached.
Pueblo's city council must call spe.
cial meeting to elect a mayor to sue
ceed theyiate George r. West. This is
the decision handed down in the Dis
trict Court.
The United Oil Company struck oil
In a new well at 2,275 feet the fluid
rising in the hole more than 1000 feet.
The well Is three miles south OF Flor
ence and will produce $50 barrels
day.
The jury disagreed in the trial Of
Roy Pennington, accused Of assaulting
Jessie Kinport in Denver July 9Th last.
The boy set up an alibi although the
girl, who knew him well, Identified
him as her assailant.
Harry F. Sharpless, agent Of the Gen.
tral Pueblo Investment Company, an
nounces that his company will build
three business blocks on its down town
property as soon as plans can be COM
pleted. Two Of the blocks will be on
Grand avenue.
For seven weeks the Anti Saloon
League OF Denver has been without a
head, and practically non-existent, but
no one Knew even that.it had gone, un-
til Sunday, when Rev. w. II. Talmage,
superintendent, resigned, says the Den
yer Republican.
All the union painters Of Pueblo, ex-
cept those in the employ Of the Co
Operative Paint and Wall Paper Com
pany, went on q strike, brought on by
the refusal. of their employees to pay
an advance of 30 cents per day in their
wages. Some thirty men are out.
The sociological department Of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company will
build $4,000 mission at Bessemer,
with baths, reading rooms and other
appointments for the comfort OF labor
ers without homes of their own. Men
cut Of work will have a chance to earn
their board by work In woodward an.
mex.
Lindsey Irons, twelve-year-old boy,
confined in the Arapahoe county jail,
explained his filthy condition when ar
Iraigned in court by the statement that
there was no opportunity at the jail
for him to wash or comb his hair
Judge Frost Investigated the matter
and this condition will be remedied In
future
w. H. McCarty, q brakeman on the
interurban passenger train, met with
fatal accident when the train came
down from Bull hill, on the Golden
Circle railroad, to the Florence & Grip
| pie Greek tracks in Victor. His head
was crushed between the bumpers. He
leaves a wife and three children at
Grand Junction.
The gross receipts of the postofiice
at Idaho Springs have passed the point
for the year commencing April 1, 1901,
up to the present time, that will en-
title this Office to be advanced from
the third class to the second class posi-
ton on July l, 1902 This win nece4-
sitate the provision of a building by
the government exclusively for postal
uses.
The Denver city government com
|.menced Its third month without funds
because the appropriations are tied up
by an Injunction secured by the Fire
and Police Board. The expenses In
Cured during January and February
aggregate about $4,000 for salaries
aud supplies. No warrants are being
issued. hence those entitled to them are
unable to have them registered for In
&erest.
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