The Holly chieftain., 1902-02-28
COLORADO BRIEFS.


eral Of the southern counties.
The railroads VIII make Il rate of one
fare for the round "trip for the encamp-
mcnt Of the G. y. r.. Department of
Colorado and Wyoming. to be held at
Rocky Ford next .Iune.
The school census for 1901 shows
162, ,17S children of school age in the
state. OF that number. 81 1856 are boys
and So,Si2 are girls. There are 3G1
men and 1,GTS women teachers.
Farmers living on Beaver creek. be,
tween Florence and Pueblo. tell of
large mountain lion which has been
lurking in the hills of that neiGhbor-
hood. Several unsuccessful attempts
TO kill the beast have been made by
the farmers.
Congressman Bell has introduced
bill for the relief of o. T.. Noland OF
Mancos, Colo. providing for payment
Of 5000, being the value of stock
killed and stolen by the Navajo and
tie Indians and belonging to Noland
between 1887 and 1892
The home of the Misses Burns. sis
ters of James +. Burns. president OF.
the Portland Mining company. at Colo
rado Springs. was entered by burglars
on the night of the 10th inst. and
silverware. iewelry and other valuable
property taken to the amount of Sl.2W
worth
X. lnce and J. +. Anderson. who
have been prospecting for coal about
thirty miles south of La Junta. have
found two veins, one five feet and the
other seven feet in thickness. This has
couscd quite n stir here and other par
lies are organizing. 1t is thought the
belt extends for several miles.
Tho following postmasters have been
commissioned: William Ii. Davis. Flor
ence: William V. Roberts, Fort Col
llns; Richard G. Dalton, La Jun'a;
Daniel Z. Cooper, Lamar: Homer ii.
Grafton. Manitou: James b. johnson,
Montrosc; James w. Long. Ouray: Lib
bic Herman, Elizabeth; Carl FELTON,,
Swandyke.
The contract for the new passenger
and freight depot at Loveand has been
let and work will proceed at once,
The present depot building will be torn
down and new switches placed where
it now stands. The new depot will be
placed ON the east side of the track
next to the business blocks between
Fourth and Fifth streets.
Harry u. Zimmerman of Colorado
Springs, who ranked first in the re-
cent examination for the West Point
cadetship. has received instructions
from Washington to report at Fort LG
gan on May 1st for physical examIna-
| ton. Mr.. Zimmerman is a nephew Of
| Captain J. NJ. johnson. an attorney of
tire Springs. Captain johnson is West
Point man and served in the Civil
War
Petitions have been reaching Wash
ington from the citizens of Florence
asking the Postotfice Department TO i'll
terfere in the matter of the removal
OF the Florence postoftice. 1t is claimed
the postmaster has located 1t in an in.
accessible part of the town. The de
partment informed Senator Teller that
the protests came too late, that per
mission had been given the postinas-
ter TO establish his office where he has
and that the ease would not be re
opened.
Michael Stassi. an Italian coal miner
who has been working at Ha5tings,
died in violent convulsions last Friday
after having eaten breakfast that was
cooked by his wife with whom he had
had trouble. The woman has been ar
rested. The body has been brought to
this city and an autopsy VIII be held
by Drs. White. Lenthial and others, as
soon as the report can be had from q
chemist who las been employed to an
alyZe the contents Of the stomach Of
the dead man. ssFg 1u,l
Tie biennial reports Of the state au-
ditor. which is now being prepared
will show that there are 14.2sG. All
| acres of agricultural and grazing land
| in the state. valued at $50 ,3S1 ,6SS. The
classificatons are as follows: Agricul-
tural land. 3,255. 1O7 acres, valued at
| S30,3T1 HOS; grazing land, lO,S,sS, 800
acres. valued al $l4. SAT 400: coal lands.
lG3,S0O acres valued at 4,542,S79. The
| returns made by the assessors In the
| iifty-seven counties OF the state show
| that there are coal deposits in nineteen
| counties.
| II is now assured that Pueblo will
| have n magnificent library building.
the gift of Andrew Carnegie Acting
Mayor j. Il. RiZer. chairman of the H.
brary committee. of the Monday Musi-
cal club, is in receipt of a letter from
Mr.. Carnegie. through his secretary.
which states that Mr.. Carnegie will
give 100000 for library building for
Pueblo, provided that an annual appro-
priatlon of 10 per cent of this sum he
made by the council for the mainte-
nance of the library. which the coun-
ell has already agreed to do. and the
only matter remaining is the sclec
ton of n suitable place for the build