The Holly chieftain., 1902-08-15
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Leadville merchants have receatly
been victimized by series Of e1ever
forgeries.
The first crate Of Rock Ford canta-
loupes this season appeared on the
Denver market August 5th.
The lawyers Of Ouray heat the doc
tors and druggists in a baseball game
on the 7th inst. by a score of 25 to ~.
The Hotel Ryan, at Gilman, and the
Office Of the Gilman Water Company
were burned August 9Th There was
no insurance.
G. Montague Butler of Golden was
elected secretary of the PhilutelIc
Sons of America at their recent ses-
sion in Denver
Longmont will celebrate Pumpkin
Pie Day on the 18th of September
The bill of fare will include barbe-
cued beef, coffee and pumpkin pie.
DIR. Franklin r. Carpenter has been
elected president of the recently es-
tablished emergency hospital in Den
yer, vice DR.. w. w. Grant, resigned.
On August 14th 1900 tickets were
stamped at the Colorado Springs offices
of the Western Passenger Association,
The previous record for day was
1000.
Denver ranks sixteenth among the
cities Of the United States in the mag
nitude of its building operations for
July, the permits amounting TO SI4s,-
$40.
Thirteen men lost their lives IN the
late coal mine explosion at Bowen.
The last bodies recovered were those
Of Joe Gordon, colored; L. p Jensen
and Oscar Burg.
Secretary of State Mills is already
preparing certificates of election and
also blanks for the submission Of the
constitutional amendments at the COM
ing fall election.
Great preparations are being made
for Watermelon Day at Rocky Ford
September 4th. Arrangements have
already been made for eight special
trains on the Santa Fe.
Captain Carlin of the Highlands
Hose Company in Denver killed a
coyote a few days ago within few
yards of the fire station in thickly
settled portion Of the city.
The forest fire at Aliens park has
been extinguished Appraised II. A.
Wells and nine men. assisted by the
weather, put out the flames The
method used was back-tiring.
Willard l.. Ames, formerly assessor
of ArapahOe county, died at Denver
on the 9TH inst. from appendicitis. AS
assessor Mr.. Ames made state repu-
tation for fearlessness and efficiency.
The First District Republican con-
| gressional committee has decided to
hold the district convention on Sep
tember 3rd, the day before that set
for the state convention in Denver
a few days ago John Gard trapped
and killed a large bear that had been
committing depredations along the
south fork Of the Cache Ia Poudre
river, in the mountains of Larimer
county.
1t is estimated that the recent storms
in the southern part of the state have
damaged the railroads to the extent
of S15OOOO; the Rio Grande loss ap-
proximating 100000; that of the San
Ia Fe S3S,OOO, and that of the Midland
$4,000.
Miss Lottie Baller daughter of An
drew Ballcr. n Swede farmer who
lives five miles south of LOugmout.
"ho usshul'tu ny illl uhhuoWU man on
the night of the 9th inst, while she
was on her way home from neigh
bor's house.
Mark Twain's story of "Hucklebe1y
Finn has been barred from the Dem
Yer public library because it is not
thought to Ike safe reading for the
young, while Tom Sawyer remains.
Tom, ii will be remembered, was a
prize Sunday school pupil.
Brooding over the death of her
adopted son. who was murdered by an
unknown man on the plains south of
Durango last September, Mrs. Laura
Il. Ehrenfeld of Colorado Springs has
become insane and was ordered to be
sent to the Woodcraft sanatorium az
Pueblo.
l.. w. Dingle, teller in the First Ma
tiOnal Bank Il, Aspen. was arrested in
Denver on the luth inst. on insrruc-
tions from Sheriff Adams of Glenwood
Springs. 1t is stated that experts have
been at work on the books of the hank
and have found Il shortage in Mr..
Dingle's accounts
The new Minnequa hospital Il, Pu-
eblo. recently completed ut II cost OF
100000 by the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company, was formally opened Angus,
9th. The institution was financed bv
the company for the use of its cm.
ployes and is the finest building of its