The Holly chieftain., 1904-02-19
COLORADO BRIEFS.

school. beginning on the 10Th OF next
June
The amalgamated assembly OF labor
| unions and the building trades council
Will unite in establishing q co-opera-
tive store in Denver
1t is reported that many members of
the National Guard of Colorado are Sc
riously considering the idea of going
east to enlist in the army Of Japan.
1t is estimated that japanese to the
number OF 200 or more have been re-
called from different points in Colorado
TO Join the army of japan III its cam
paign against Russia
John II. Howry OF Logan has pre-
senteu to the Denver Park Commission
for City Park, a pair OF prairie hawks,
rare type OF bird, the nearest to the
falcon family TO be found in the West.
Erskine Mcclellan, one of the Oldest
pioneers of Clear Creek county, died
at Georgetown on the 10th inst, at the
age OF eighty-four years. He was for
merly proprietor of Mcclellan Opera
! house.
The Colorado Promotion and Publi-
city Committee has collected III diff
ferent publications about Colorado at
its rooms in Denver Its aim is to have
every county in the state fully repre-
sented.
The Longmont sugar factory sliced
the last beet OF the season ON the MORN
ing of the 18th inst. Work began De-
cember 18th and $1,000 tons OF beets
were made into about $4,000 sacks of
sugar
Psul j. Sours, the new Denver post.
master took charge OF the office Feb
uary 18th. John Corcoran is assistant
postmaster, Mrs. Ina r. Thompson,
cashier, and Mrs. Edith z Baggs finan-
cial clerk.
The Denver city and county govern
ment is sadly short of money to pay
expenses principally because the pub
lie utility corporations claim that their
property has been over-assessed and re-
fuse to pay their taxes.
Rufus Wall, janitor al The city hall
at Pueblo has been selected as steward
of the Colorado building at the Worlds
fair. Wall is a prominent colored citi-
zen of Pueblo county where he has
lived for twenty-five years.
NJ. Goldberg, an orthodox Jew, died
at Denver February 18th at the age OF
ninety years. He was the father of
six sons and three daughters, having
eighty grandchildren, $50 sreat-grand
children and one great great grand
child.
DIR. John r. Bass, Denver osteo-
pathic practitioner, is suaing the state
board OF Medical examiners for alleged
false imprisonment. Or. Bass was
arrested for practicing without IL
cense and the district attorney dis
missed the case
Jesse H. Hall, we'll known Boulder
valley farmer and veteran of the Civil
War, died at Boulder on the 10th inst
at the age of sixty-siX. leaving a wild
ow. He was the father of Professor
Horace Hall of Boulder and Mrs. f. Y.
Moseley of Loveland
The explosion of an aoetylene gas
plant in the Mossman hotel at Walden
on the night of the 18th inst, blew Mr..
Mossman, the proprietor and Mr.. Sny-
der, waiter out through window.
The fire was soon put oui, but consider
able damage was done.
John Near, one of the pioneer resi-
dents of Bi.sna Vista and Chaffee coun-
ty, died at Buena Vista on tie 10th inst
at the age of sixty-four. MIR. Near
served as deputy sheriff for several
years and was prominently connected
win the county seat war in 1880.
A post mortem examination held on
the body of Walter S. Noltie. the Den
yer boy who died in Hamilton. Ohio,
February Sd. gives the cause OF the
death as heart failure brought on by
the excessive Use of cigarettes. 1t was
first reported as case Of suicide by
carbolic acid.
Tho rappOf1l- 1-ft
League at Colorado Springs has issued
public statement of the work it has
in view, which is the suppression of
the liquor-selling drug stores in Colo
rado City, together woth their attend-
ant evils, the gambling resorts and dis
reputable houses.
o. ]. Blandon of Eaton has made fill
ings in the state engineers office for
the enlargement of an irrigating canal
and the construction Of an electric
power station on the Cache la Poudre
river short distance above Fort Col
Inns. The proposed plant is intended 10
develop 900 horsepower.
Eugene McAfee, a colored porter in
wholesale house. was shot and killed
at Cripple Creek on the 18th inst, by
]. X. Brewster, a surveyor and one of
the pioneers of the camp. McAfee had
previously assaulted Brewster, whom
he accused of insulting a sister of Mrs.
McAfee Brewster was arrested.
Dale Cleaves, eleven years old, who
is semi-imbecile and has been confined
in the insane ward of the county hos
pital at Denver since September 4, 1902,
will be sent to the private asylum of
DIR. Work at Pueblo and special
teacher provided for him at the expense
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