The Holly chieftain., 1902-11-21
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Grand Junction suffered from $lN.
600 fire on the 10th.
Hanford Reed. an old citizen OF
Greeley. died on the 18th.
At the state Sunday school conven-
ton the old officers were reelected.
A big tract of land in the San Luis
valley has been sold to Michigan cap
italists.
DR.. Randolph Baird of Boulder has
been bound over on the charge OF hay-i
ing murdered his wife.
Judge Bailey, at Canon City. has re-
fused to grant change OF venue in tne.
Denver electric light case.
The shops Of the Pullman company
at Denver are now employing 400 men
In building and repairing cars.
The big corporations Of Denver owe
the county about 100000 in taxes,
which they refuse to pay on the ground
that the assessment was exorbitant.
The Court of Appeals has decidedy
that a town trustee chosen to act az
mayor pro tenn. is still entitled to vote
on all questions coming before they
board. Ii
Last Sunday two big mass meetia
were held simultaneously at Coloradd
Springs to protest against the pardon-'
ing OF the convicted gamblers now In
the Ell Paso county Jail.
Peter C. Coryell of New Castle was
dismissed in the District Court at Glen
wood, where he was being tried 10Y
| shooting bull. He claimed he killed
the animal to prevent being gored.
Judge Mullins of the Arapahoe Dis
trict Court issued an injunction for
bidding the Denver Council to pass an
ordinance granting franchise for
branch lines to the Tramway company,
but the council disobeyed the order of
the court.
The Schlitz Brewing Company has
instructed its draughtsmen to prepare
plans for big bottling house at Den
yer. The structure will cost about
chinery. The company, by erecting this
structure, hopes to save the cost of
freightage on the bottled beer which
it formerly shipped direct from Mil
waukee to Colorado. The works will
be completed shout July LIST.
Rio Grande railroad men report a
bold hold-up at Salt Creek the other
night. Conductor Duse and Tuesdale
were in their cabooses. their trains
having stopped at that point for or
ders. Two rough looking men entered
the cars, knocked the conductors down
and relieved them of their valuables.
They secured $50 in money and gold
watch The robbers then walked out
and disappeared in the darkness.
A valuable find of white and varieA
gated sandstone has been made by ]. P.
Erickson of Florence, which promises
to supply most Of the building contract
ors of this state and Nebraska. The
quarry is situated near Beaver creek,
and close to both the Rio Grande and
Santa Fe roads. At present Mr.. Erick-
son is engaged in constructing wagon
roads and derricks. and before Christ
mas will have the quarry developed suf-
ficiently to output several carloads
daily.
ALI records for tourist travel to Colo
RADIO were broken this summer by a
thirty-nine per cent. increase. Instead
of $1,000 holders of tickets being in
the state, as was given out by the VAR
ious Colorado lines from their agents
reports. the completed report Of Chair
man C. A. Parker, head of the three
Joint ticket agencies in the state. shows
there were exactly &C, ,155 visitors in the
state holding tourist tickets. There
were thousands of visitors who did not
travel on tourist tickets. but they are
not included in this tabulation.
The biennial report of the State
Board OF Pardons. now being prepared
by Secretary Stonaker, will show in
tabulated form the work accomplished
by the board during the last two years
1t will contain tables which show that
$50 cases have been considered by the
board in the biennial period, 154 in
1901 and 176 in 1902. In 1901 there were
were eighty-fiye applications refused,
six pardons recommended, fifteen COM
mutations and forty-eight cases post
poned In 1902. up to date, 1O1 appli-
cations have been refused, 10 pardons
granted. 20 combinations and 81 cases
postponed. The number of cases filed
in 1901 was 10s, and In 1902. $50.
Cattlemen and sheepmen in North
park have again entered into an open
warefare. and 1t IL reported that shots
were exchanged between various mem
bers Of both parties during last week.
Scott Decker. cattleman, had his
horse shot from under him and barely
escaped with his life. Several shots
were fred at Decker from ambush, one
of which passed through his hat and
anther striking his horse in the neck,
killing 1t almost instantly. The sheep