The Holly chieftain., 1903-07-17
COLORADO BRIEFS.


convene in special session July goth 10
pass an appropriation bill.
Work has been commenced on the
new storm and sanitary sewer in Pu-
eblO. The cost will be about $500. 900.
The Pueblo Courier. q labor paper
published for several years, has sus-
pended publication. Its editor. F. II.
Richardson, has left the state for Ari-
zona.
The Idaho Springs City Council. by
unanimous vote, resolved to accept the
proffered gift OF Andrew Carnegie Of
$4,000 to erect library building and
pledged the city to raise 81 900 year
for the support of the library.
Victor now rejoices in the fact that
the electric passenger cars of the Colo
RADIO Springs and Cripple Greek Dis
trict railway run through the business
center of the city. The connection of
the two lines is regarded as a vast i'm
provement.
The Colorado Press Bureau OF Infor-
nation, under the management OF
Thomas ID. Parker at Denver, is pro
ducing many handsome booklets adver-
tising the state. One of the latest is
entitled Where to Go and How to Get
There in Denver"
The women of Bessemer are making
determined effort to drive the sa-
looms out OF the Bessemer saloon dis
trict, which was created about year
ago. 1t is said that Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company officials are heartily in
sympathy with the movement.
BY vote of &c for to l3 against, the
taxpayers of Walsenburg decided to
bond the municipality for 100000, the
amount to be used in the construction
of gravity water works system. The
plan includes the purchase of the old
Walsenburg ranch and water right for
5000.
Hull Brothers, proprietors of the
famous Seven Falls in South Cheyenne
Canon, near Colorado Springs. are con-
templating the construction of an cleo
tric car line from the terminus of the
street car to the center of the canon,
and the addition OF. 100 electric lights
within the canon.
Victor is now receiving its water sup
ply from the new Bison Park reservoir
on the southwest slope of Pixies Peak.
eight miles east of that city. The ca
pacity of the reservoir is about 400
100000 gallons and 1t now contains
250,000.000, which amount is being rap
Idly added to.
At meeting of Denver business
men it was resolved to invite the hi
ennial convention Of the Epworth
League to meet in Denver in 1905.
Large cash pledges were made for the
entertainment of the delegates. and the
- l.
assurances of support
F. A. Cogshall of Fort Collins, while
on a bicycle tour, put out fire that
had started on Santa Fe railway
bridge near Hustled, and which might
have caused the wreck of passenger
train, by carrying water in his hat
from the creek. The conductor carried
him to Pueblo, where he was thanked
by the officials of the road.
Ferdinand w. VOORHEES,. steno-
grapher in the Denver National Bank,
committed suicide near Sloan's Lake in
Denver. July 9Th, by shooting himself
through the heart. Voorhees, came to
Denver from Chicago and had been
with the bank for four years Only
week before his suicide he was married
to Miss Bessie H. Eyre of Pennsylva-
mia.
Thirty boys from the juvenile branch
of Judge Lindsey's court of Denver
went out with Fort Collins farmers on
July 9th to weed beets. They all go
into good homes and will receive 81
per day and board. The boys will be
subject to orders from Judge Lind
sey's court and their department will
be reported the same a. If they re-
mained in Denver.
Miss Maria Murphy, a young lady
from Pontiac, Illinois, who was visit
Ing in Denver, stepped on parlor
match, which was lying on the side
walk, and set fire to her skirts. Before
they could be extinguished she was go
badly burned that she died the next
day. Charles Watts, an employe of
the D. & r. G. passenger department,
received severe burns on his right hand
in extinguishing the flames.
John A. Burnett, president of the
Denver Driving Club. has just lost
magnificent team of matched horses,
valued at over $1,000. Mr. and Mrs.
Burnett had been out driving and on
their return sent the team to the stable
by the driver. On the way to the stable
the horses ran away, threw the driver
out of the carriage and ran down
Thirty-eighth street until they struck
train of cars and were both killed.
w. j. Murray, a prominent saloon
keeper of Cripple Creek. has gone