The Holly chieftain., 1902-07-04
COLORADO BRIEFS.


Capt. Alonxo 1. Coan has turned over
to Judge Junius Henderson 100 British
fossils for the State University mu-
scum at Boulder 3
Crickets have been doing much dam
age to alfalfa and garden products in
come parts of Rio Blaneo county, but
are reported mot to like corn.
AT Leadville ON June 2Sth nearly six
inches OF snow fell between and 8
p. M, and tourists from the East
greatly enjoyed throwing snow balls.
Curator sEerril of the State Museum
at Denver declares that cats are re-
sponsible for the killing of thousands
of song birds. He would like to see
q tax on cats TO reduce the number.
1t is reported at Cripple Creek in
connection with the announcement OF
= settlement of the rate war. that tire
passenger traffic will be thrown, as far
rs possible to the Short Line, the Mid
land taking the freight. a
Col. j. Fl. Nicholson, cashier of the
National State Bank OF Boulder, died
at San Diego, California. on June 23d,
of heart failure brought on by the grip.
He had been in California. with his
family, for about two weeks.
At the eighth annual banquet of the
alumni of the State School of Mines,
held at the Albany hotel in Denver, {.
Dr. Regis chauvenet, retiring piesi.
| dent of the Institution, was presented
with q magnificent loving cup. j
A company has been organized at
Greeley known as the Greeley Auto
mobile Company, to manufacture ,au-
tomtbiles, with f. NJ. Miller as presi-
dent and general manager. The fac
tory will be located in East Greeley.
A Madison dispatch says that Il. 7.
Sandsten. former Colorado student,
who helped TO pay his way through
college by running market gardens.
has been elected assistant professor
of horticulture in the University Of
| Wisconsin.
On 1,000-acre beet farm five miles
southwest of Alamosa. three seven-incIi
artesian wells have been SUNK and n
contract let for ten more wells the
same size. An ample flow of wates,
from each well is obtained and large
yield of sugar beets Is assured ~
A recent meeting OF Colorado Philip
pine veterans IN Denver adopted reso.
lutions denouncing Brgadier General
John G. Chase, n. G. c., in violent lan.;
guage because of his, alleged character
ization of the First Colorado yoluf-
teers as .'howlihg mob" ~ "a
The Glenwood Springs annual bicycle
road race. will take place on Sunday,
July 9th. The race will be over the
wenty-hve-mile course from Basalt to
GlenwoOd. Last year John Beard of
Fruita covered the distance In 1:16:2O,
which is the best record ever made OH
tina troad.
A few days ago mountain sheep
ran into the barbed wire fence at the
homestead of John Jones at Mary's
lake, In Estes park, and became 30 en-
| tangled that 1t killed itself In trying to
| get loose. The animal was an old
ram. one Of Its horns being thirty-six
i inches long.
The cattlemeh Of Routt county have
held meetings and decided to levy IL
tax Of 3 cents per head on all stock on
the range In order tosrnise a bounty
fund, $40 being the price for each wolf
scalp. Wolves have been numerous
this spring and have killed many
calves.
The Railway Age credits Colorado
1 WIN AOtty 'tikhS uuu SUASs-ndiL ulllSB Ok'
railroad track laid this year up 10
the first of June. New track was slaad
by four different lines. The Denver IL
Northwestern promises to, ,figure large
ly In the railroad building Of the next
twelve menths, sis
The Senate has passed. SenatSx Tel
ler's bill to grant certain lanSiAs the
South Platte Canal and ReseryoG Com.
pany for use for the purposes 81 va
ter storage and supply Of its water
works. The lands granted are. all
within the South Platte forest feBArye
and aggregate 12,SO0 acres.
Sontora Doettla, an italian, shot and
killed Emil Carmina between Weston
and Torres In Las AnimAs county ON
June 10th. Afterward ;by killed ani
other man with knife in order to es-
cape. The crime was e&f account Of
the recent marriage OF. Carmina TO q
woman who had refused Doettla. N
Fifty-one homeseekers from Nebras-
ka have been examining tlee country
around A1amosa. 8. t. Amber. IMAM
ager OF the Southern Colorado EAhl
Company, nays that over 400 families
4 living In Nebraska are anxious to To-
1 cate In the San Luis; valley II a beet
sugar factory can be assured them.
Another attempt to rob. the safe at
the Santa Fe railroad depot in Flor
ence was made few nights since. The
| robbers secured nothing, rs the ofii-
\ ciala have learned by past experiences