The Holly chieftain., 1903-03-06
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Owners of greyhounds in Teller
county are arranging for coursing
! meet at High park in March.
! Complaints OF starving animals are
coming in to Humane Society headquar-
tiers at Denver from many parts of the
state since the late storms.
The Pixies Peak Power Company.
whose electrical power plant is located
at Skagway. east of Victor. is soon to
begin extensive improvements at the
| dam.
B. J. Crowley. a laborer. was killed
BY falling rock on the Moffat rail-
road grade in South Boulder canon,
February 22nd. This is the second
| fatality on that grade.
| A runaway freight train on Marshall
| Pass occasioned terrible wreck at
p. m. February 21st. Harry Goldwa-
ter. fireman. of Salida, and Nelson Van
| Pelt, brakeman, were killed.
| AS a discourager of saloons Carrie
! Nation is not in the same class with
the Denver hold-ups, who have robbed
i fifteen saloons since last October, ey-
cry one at the point of the revolver.
Clyde C. Phillips, clerk in Harrisons
| drug store at Colorado Springs. was
/ held up by two men on tue night OF
| February 9th and the cash register
was robbed OF $50.
| At the Bassick mine In Custer coun-
ty, February 26th. G. N. Nicholson,
miner thirty-six years of age, fell down
/ the shaft a distance of 1,400 feet, and
was instantly killed, every bone in his
body being broken.
| The Colorado Croatian Slayonian
! Society of st. Jacob has incorporated
at Denver. Its headquarters are in
/ Globeville, and its object is to teach
/ Slavs and Croatians the English Ian
I guage and provide sickness and death
( benefits.
The Santa Fe railroad has settled its
| tax dispute with the county commits
sioners of Ell Paso county in regard to
/ the taxes of 1901 ON the basis of an in
crease of twenty-five per cent. over the
rate of 1900. the sum agreed on being
! Sl5,7S0.6G.
| John F. Richie. Denver police
: man, was shot in the mouth and dam
gerously wounded by ho,d-up whom
t he endeavored to arrest in the act OF
robbing the saloon of Hans Olson on
! West Twelfth avenue in Denver, Feb
ruary 25th.
! Petitions have been forwarded to the
| Legislature from Fort Collins with
I great number of signatures protesting
| against the adoption of the proposed
game law which, if passed, will make
it possible to shoot ducks but four days
in the week during the open season.
| The Loveland Business Mems League
! has been organized with ]. M. Cum
/ ningham for president, w. L. Thorn
! dyke, secretary, and c. v. Benson,
/ treasurer. for the purpose of advertis-
ing the advantages OF the town as
manufacturing and Industrial center.
Architect Roeschlaub states that the
| Westminster College building at Den
yer will be completely repaired and in
| fit condition for occupancy within the
next sixty days. The building was
erected about ten years ago and has
stood unoccupied.
/ Reports received at Laramie, Wyo-
ming, from Sand creek, from the head
waters of which is taken the big Eaton
| canal and other bitches owned by
! Colorado parties, are to the effect that
snow is of greater depth in the passes
than in many years. This insures an
ample supply OF water for the coming
| spring.
The Western Packing Company at
Denver is perfecting plans for addi-
tional buildings at it's plant at the
Union stock yards. At least four new
buildings will be erected, and chief
among these will be the canning fac
tory. A butterine building will be in
cluded.
Superintendent Argo of the State
School for the Deaf and Blind at Colo
RADIO Springs, states that should the
Legislature allow the requested appro-
priation OF $685. for the institution.
a $685. 900 gymnasium will be built, with
an equal amount devoted to building
improvements.
A state association of letter carriers
1 was formed in Pueblo, February 25th,
with the following officers: President,
w. 8. Sperry. Pueblo; vice president.
/ d. E. Kerr, Denver: secretary and
treasurer. w. H. Allen, Pueblo. The
next state convention will be held at
Colorado Springs.
The Colorado State Letter Carriers
Association was organized at Pueblo.
February 2Gth. Delegates were pres
ent from Denver, Colorado Springs and
other cities and al enthusiastic meet
ing was held. The new organization
will be allied with the National Asso-
citation of Letter Carriers. 1t is the
first time Colorado carriers have been
organized.