The Holly chieftain., 1903-05-08
COLORADO BRIEFS


day for riding bicycles on the side
walks
The first work of the grand jury al
Colorado Springs was TO bring ten in
dictments against keepers Of houses of
ill-fame.
Z. H. Martin, former warden of the
state penitentiary has sold two bears,
a badger and fox. to be placed in the
City park at Denver
Mrs. Helen Grenfell, state superin-
tendent of instruction, addressed the
Teachers Association of eastern coun-
ties at Holyoke, May End.
Warden Cleghorn has already en-
ployed thirty-One new men in the pen
itentiary. The entire interior of the
prison has been repainted.
L. R. Ingersoll of the class of 1902 in
Colorado College, has secured a fellow
ship in physics for the coming year at
the Northwestern University.
The Chrysolite saw mill and lumber
yard on Fryer hill, at Leadville, was
burned on the night of May 1st, the
loss being estimated at $4,000.
An automobile race will be run from
Denver May Both to some point in the
state and return. 1t is intended more
for an endurance test than for speed.
At recent meeting in Denver the
Colorado Osteopathic Association
passed resolutions commencing Gov
ernor Peabody for vetoing the Sanford
medical bill.
From the fact that l. Harry Stratton
has sent for some of his furniture TO
be shipped to Pasadena, Calf. it is
though that he will not return to make
his home at Colorado Springs.
Secretary Martha Shute of the State
Horticultural Board has received from
Senator Patterson $500 small packages
OF vegetable seed for gratuitous disui-
button from her Office at Denver.
The town of Globeville has surren-
dered Its books as we'll as other effects
to the officers of the City and County
of Denver, thereby establishing the
record of being the first suburb to will
ingly enter the city.
George W. Andrews & Co. nave
closed deal for the purchase of the
old Hiawatha garden at Manitou. An
opera troupe has been engaged for sew
eral weeks and entertainment through
out the summer will be provided.
Thirty-three medical students We're
College of Medicine a branch of the
University of Denver, on Tuesday,
April 2Sth. They hail from eleven diff
ferent states of the Union and one is
from Canada.
by State Engineer Carpenter to hold
examinations for irrigation division
engineers: Pueblo, April 30th; Den
yer, May 9Th; Alamosa, May 11th:
Montrose, May 18th, and Glenwood
Springs, May 18th.
The directors of Denver's first social
settlement, the Neighborhood House in
West Denver, has arranged for the
purchase of the Gross Medical College
building at cost of $4,000. This will
give the settlement well located and
commodious headquarters.
A handsome photograph of William
N. Byers has been presented TO the
State Historical and Natural History
Society of Colorado by Mrs. Byers,
Mary Byers Robinson and Frank Sum
ner Byers. Mr.. Byers at the time Of
his death was president Of the society
DR.. Arthur Allin, professor of psy-
chology and education at the State uni
versity, will deliver the commence
ment oration at the University of NeW
Mexico June 9TH. President Baker will
deliver the commencement oration at
the University of Wyoming June 18th,
Fully 500 delegates will be in attend
ance at the sessions of the convention
of the Brotherhood of Railway Train
men, which will meet in Denver, be-
ginning May 18th. They will repre-
sent locals from every state and terri
tory in the Union also the Canadian
provinces.
Captain Hamilton S. Hawkins. Unit
ed States cavalry. has been asst gned TO
duty at Denver as assistant TO the
chief commissary of the Department
tain Frank A. Cook, who will proceed
of the Missouri
Mr.. Brooks, congressman -at-large
for Colorado. has written to Hot Sui
phur Springs that the petition recently
sent in for the establishment of mail
route between kremmling and To-
ponas is being considered at Washing
ton and that it will receive his most
earnest support.
Manager Ridgway is said to have
given instructions TO the agent of a
Denver employment bureau to have
more than 1000 men sent on the Mof-
fat road when requisitioned by the
contractors. He started for the scene
of operations with Chief Engineer
Summer and will personally investi-
gate the cause for lack of men.
Joseph S. Updegraff, county clerk
and recorder of Gilpin County, died at
st. Luke's Hospital in Denver on