The Holly chieftain., 1902-05-09
IoLoRADo BRIEFS.

DeaveEseonae t3zhe tAib month
II is4statSd mat quite . nupaher ~
bicycles stolen in Denver have beep
sold In Boulder.
The railroads will grant one rata for
the round trip to the MountAln ard
Plain Festival at Denver next fAA.
4, The Denver Gas and Electric Com
pany has gone into the hands Of re-
cefver. 1t has bonds outstanding to
the amount Of "a, ,7OO,O 600.
The new chapel in the State Peniten-
tiary at Canon City was rededieated
Sunday, April 9th. Rev. Thomas d.
Uxzell OF Denver was the principal
speaker.
The fund to pay for presents to the
cruiser Denver has reached =, ,03O. The
Daughters of the American Revolution
will present the cruiser with silver
pitcher
j. w. Develine Of Boulder celebrated
bis ninetieth birthday May 1st and
was presented with handsome and
costly Masonic charm by his brethren
Of the fraternity.
The summer excursion rates through
out the Rocky mountains will 60 into
preparing for the largest mountain
travel the state has ever known.
There were nine contestants at the
annual contest of the Interstate Ora
torical Association, held in st. Paul,
Minnesota, May I'd. Loring ID. Beck
with Of Denver was awarded fourth
rank by the judges.
Charles w. Caryl has added to his
first donation of thirty acres to the
Brotherhood of Light Society fifty
more acres adjoining the first tract,
south Of University Park on University
avenue, south of Denver The organiz-
alton was formed TO provide home for
waits.
Captain Lennon, superintendent at
Teller Institute, Grand Junction, has
received word from Washington that
acetylene gas will be the system of
lighting the building and grounds
at the Indian schools in the future and
that the government will supply the
plant at once.
The Denver weather bureau report
showed an excess of seventYsiN de-
grees temperature for the iiolth of
April and an accumulated excess of
20S degrees since the first oi The year
The total precipitation for thu month
was 0.6O of an inch, or LA below nor
mal and since January 1St II amount
ed to LIS inches, or go inches below
normal.
At Pemberton, about fifteen miles
north of Woodland Park, Lee Elliott,
miner working for the Ohio Mining
Company, wus found dead about 300
In In ,,tI,i h, In.
been working alone. 1t is supposed
that he met death from an explosion
caused by a missed shot. after which
he managed to crawl to Il water hole,
200 yards away.
County Attorney Howe of San Mi
guel county has been instructed by
the county commissioners to bring suit
against former County Clerk Harry l..
Servis and his bondsmen to recover
funds alleged to be due the county.
The commissioners claim that Servis
appropriated the county funds TO his
own use. The shortage Is not believed
to be large. Mr. Servis is in Denver.
The Otero county board of roundup
commissioners met at La Inntl April
2Sth, but owing to the small attend
ance Of stockmen and the uncertainty
of the range. the board decided to ad-
journ until May oath to map out the
route. The secretary was instructed
to notify stock associations from Bent,
Prowers and Las Animas counties to
attend the next meeting that a thor
ough and systematic route may be
mapped out.
The Fremont County Horticultural
Society met at Canon City May Sd and
elected the following officers: Presi-
dent, J. w. Work; vice presidents, f.
H. Cramer of Lincoln Park, John Weed
Of FruItmere, b. F.. ROckafellOw Of
Canon City, f. w. Haskell of Florence,
George Toof Of Beaver, j. II. Freeman
Of Howard, A. Ripley Of Garden Park
secretary, J. w. Andrews; treasurer, +.
B. Quinlan. Arrangements were made
for fruit growers anr farmers pichic
on an elaborate scale OH the Fourth of
July.
Carl Eilers, manager of the Pueblo
smelter Of the American Smelling and
Refining Company, has presented
proposition to the Theblo TractIon
Company to extend Its lines to the
new zinc smelter now In course Of con-
structfOn, and 1t is stated that the trac~
ton company looks with favor on the
proposition. The traction company has
a number Of extensions under consid-
Grafton, and it is not unlikely that II
1t can secure the necessary franchises
1t Will extend line to the Riverview
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