The Holly chieftain., 1903-05-01
COLORADO BRIEFS

HAS pldteu o,''u Sildtl lIoul III bOulutI
creek at Eagle Rock.
During her recent visit to Denver.
Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. the poet and
newspaper writer, was given recep-
tion at the Womans Club Building by
the ladies of the Denver Women's
Press Club
Information was received April 25th
by Superintendent Rea OF the American
Bridge Company at Pueblo TO the effect
that the bridgemen's strike was settled
tied and the men were expected to go
to work May list under the old terms.
The board of directors of the Festi-
val of Mountain and Plain has an
nounced that no festival will be held
this year. A committee has been ap-
pointed to arrange for a great mid
summer festival in 1904.
The annual State Fair at Pueblo will
be held September 14th to 18th. The
newly-elected officers of the associa-
tion are: Aaron Sanneborn, president;.
Asbury White, vice president; T, h.
Deyine, treasurer, and J. X. Sullivan,
secretary.
Mrs. Hearon, president of the board
of managers of the Colorado Cottage
tunate and erring girls, which has re-
Gently been closed announces that the
institution has only temporarily sus-
pended operations.
The inhabitants of the new town
called GAINESVILLE, situated twelve miles
southeast of Florence, have petitioned
the government for postoffice. There
are fifteen or twenty faIHilies there
from California who are starting an
agricultural colony.
Mayors and trustees of the suburban
towns surrounding Denver met at the
St James hotel April 20th and decided
by ayote of twenty-one to five to resist
annexation until the Supreme Court de-
cides the territorial limitations of the
city and county of Denver. Globeville
voted to come into the city.
The University of Colorado feels it
self highly honored by the selection
by the council of Columbia University
of F. d c. Blake to a fellowship worth
$3.50 Il year. Mr.. Blake graduated from
the University of Colorado in 1901 and
is now a teacher in the high school OF
Leadville.
The city of Boulder has taken up its
option upon 160 acres adjoining the
ChautauQua ground and has paid to e.
A. Austin and Mrs. Jennie Russell, the
owners, $4,000 for this tract The land
is part of the foothills just west of
the Chautauqua graunds, and will be-
come part of the park system of the
city.
The Woods Investment Company is
building its electric wire line from
Beaver to Pueblo. distance of twenty
eight miles. The poles and wire are
very heavy, and construction will cost
$3,50O per mile The work of construct
ing the power house will begin very
soon, so that greater power can be
supplied to the trolley lines at Pueblo.
The Denver, Northwestern and Pa
cific Railroad Company (Moffat road)
has secured an injunction from Judge
De Frances court at Golden restrain
ing the New Century Light and Power
Company from doing any further work
on their reservoir site in Gore canon
which will in any way interfere With
the right of way of the railroad.
Colorado Springs was visited by
terrific wind storm Saturday, April
18th. At times the wind, which blew
straight from Pixies Peak, had We
locity of fifty miles an hour. Trains
were delayed and the cog road TO the
summit of Pixies Peak was again
blocked by snowdrifts. At Windy
Point the train came near being blown
off the track.
Contracts have been let for the be-
ginning of work on the beet sugar fac
tory to be constructed on the tract of
! land south of Denver. which is irrigat-
ed from the Castlewood reservoir A
brickyard will be established on a bed
of clay near the Clark reservoir, about
ten miles south of University Park,
and the brick will be made for the
walls of the factory.
Congressman Brooks has received
word from the Agricultural Depart
ment at Washington that Professor A.
B. Waite, the specialist Of the bureau
who recently Investigated the pear
blight in this state, will accept the in
vitation TO attend the convention of
the State Horticultural Society in the
fall and give a demonstration of how
to treat the blight.
The land under the Gunnison tunnel
set aside by the order from Washington
embraces the land lying on the east
side of the Uncompahgre river. begin
ming at a point about four miles east
and twelve miles south of the town of
Montrose. and continuing north, fol-
lowing the contour of the mountain un-
til the Gunnison river is reached.
probable distance Of about thirty miles.
The plans for the monster reservoir
to be built in the vicinity of Fort Lup-
ton were filed with the state engineer
April 22nd by the Fulton Irrigation
Company. The reservoir is to contain