The Holly chieftain., 1903-10-02
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Frank Byers, young Bessemer lad.
Tell and received some bad bruises.
The Santa Fe has taken off its Cole
Iado and Missouri river flyers afteG
closing the most successful season yet
experienced. These trains are run 70
accommodate summer travel.
Acting Secretary Ryan of the InterI-
, or department has approved the selec-
ton of the Union Pacific Land Com
pany's list No 81 to l44.4lS acres ot
land in the Denver land district.
Allen B. Seaman. prominent attor-
ney of Denver, died of heart disease
on the night Of Sept. oath. He went
to bed apparently in his usual health
and was found dead in the morning.
Miss Alfredo Stebbins. late of Lin
coin. Nebraska, has been elected IL
brarian at Fort Collins. She is an eI-
perienced librarian, having taken a
regular course in library work in Phil
adelphia.
c. w. Wells, engineer in charge of
the state wagon road to be built from
Durango to Gro Fino, has established
his camp midway between and has been
exploring the section TO determine
upon route.
The postoffices at Hotchkiss and Pa
onia. Colorado, are among those or
dered to be advanced to the presiden-
tial grade October lst. the postmas-
ters' salaries being fixed at $l,loo and
sl,200 respectively.
By the caving in of the earthen roof
of house eight miles east OF Aguilar,
short time since, Elferino Aguliar.
aged 13. was killed and six grown peo-
pie more or less injured. The boy
died from suffocation.
The march of improvement at Den
yer has driven the Volunteers OF Amer
lea out of their headquarters on Lari-
mer street, which the owners wish 10
remodel, and the Volunteers are now
searching for new location.
In Justice Ruby's court at Colorado
Springs, William Roberts was fined IS
and costs on each of three charges OF
selling tobacco to children under six
teen years of age Roberts pleaded
guilty to all charges and paid total OF
!. $3.50
The Pueblo City Council has voted TO
spend each year an additional $1,000
for the maintenance of the new Carne-
gle library. Carnegie having agreed tc
increase his donation of 100000 to s70.-
900 if the council would make this in
crease.
The International Onyx and Marble
Company. composed of Denver andS
English capitalists, has purchased the
Big Bug onyx fields for $150,000. The
beds are extensive and furnish the
translucent sea-green onyx. They are
located near Mayer, Arizona.
In the District Court at Durango. On
September 21st, Judge Russell SEN
fenced a negro named Pervis to not
less than four nor more than six years
at hard labor. and Ralph Smalley 10
fourteen to sixteen months for shoot
ing Ed Lazarus in the ankle.
Rocky Ford is soon to have new
bank known as the First National
Bank OF Rocky Ford The charter has
been applied for to the Washington
authorities and the bank will probably
be in operation inside of thirty days.
1t will have capital OF $4,000.
General Frank D. Baldwin, COM
mander Of the Department of the Col
orado, has just returned from attend
ing reunion of the Nineteenth Mich
igan infantry at Otsego, Michigan
General Baldwin has been for twenty
years president of the regimental asso-
citation.
The Live Stock Company. a corpo-
ration, has sold its ranch lands, six
miles northwest of Fort Collins, to S.
H Clammer and John Schwartz. The
total embraces 1900 acres OF pasture,
meadow and cultivated land, CARRYING
wafer rights for all the meadow and
cultivated land.
Loveland calls attention to the fact
that the foundations are being laid for
two large business blocks, new
church building and $1,000 residence
within the radius of less than two
blocks. The old town hall is being
torn down and plans are being pre-
pared for new one.
The Boa~i of County Commissioners
OF Pueblo county ordered Architect
John Bishop to draw plans and specii-
cations for a poor farm building to-
cost $4,000. Ii will be located three
and one-half miles east of the city and
the tract will embrace twenty acres. all
under the Bessemer ditch. II was pu--
chased for $3.50 per acre
The Denver, Lakewood & Golden
| Railway Company has secured deed
to a strip of land needed by the Den
yer & Northwestern to effect an en-
trance into Golden The move is said
TO be in the interest OF the Northern
Coal Company. The land is a l40-foot
strip adjoining the agricultural ditch
on the south, near Coors' brewery.
The registers and receivers at Lead
vile and Gunnison have been ordered