The Holly chieftain., 1904-01-01
COLORADO BRIEFS.

coal cars for the MoEai road was lie
Pullman Car company OF Chicago
A dressed turkey weighing forty
pounds was raffled on at Gre e
meat market on Christmas.
A justice of the peace at ColoEady
Springs gives away snap shot phoiu-
graph with each marriage certificate
The date OF the state fair at P
eblo next fall has been ilxed upon. !;
will begin September oath and con
tinue until the close OF the 2sth.
William Kammelar, Denver b
cycle thief, has been sentenced by
Judge Malone to a term Of from fSe
to ten years in the penitentiary.
Recruiting for the United States
Navy will be conducted in Denver dur
ing the two weeks from January 4th.
Lieutenant George Pettingell is in
charge.
The Secretary of the Interior has
approved the selections OF the state OF
Colorado of 1880 acres located in the
Akron land district for school pur-
poses.
Members of the Pueblo Fire Depart
ment were presented with medals on
Christmas Day by the city government
in appreciation of their excellent work
during the year.
County Assessor De Vault reports the
valuation of property in Teller county
at $11 ,672 600 The valuation in Grip
pie Creek is 81 ,665 600 and in the city
of Victor 81 ,O64, 900.
Ricnard Tremayne, one of the most
prominent citizens of Park, owning
large ranch and stock interests on
West Four Mile, recently suffered
severe stroke of paralysis.
Russell Boles, who Is charged with
the murder of Harold Frledborn on the
night of December 81, 1901. was az
raigned in the District Court at Den
yer December 18th and pleaded not
guilty.
The Rev. W. T. Jordan, pastor OF
the Calvary Baptist Church in Denver.
has resigned for the purpose OF de-
voting his whole time to the work OF
tn. Colorado Woman's College to be
established at Denver under Baptist
auspices.
L. C. Dubois of salida. ~ well-known
mining man and engineer, died at Salida
Of pneumonia December 25th. He was
member of the American Institute
of Mining Engineers, the Masons. Elks.
WoOdmen, Maccabees and the Ameri-
can Yeomen.
Marguerite Beulah Herndon, the
smallest infant on record in the West,
died at Pueblo hospital December 25th.
She was born on Thanksgiving eve,
weighing only twenty-eight ounces. and
was kept alive for the last three
weeks in an incubator
Frederick Rodell. a German baker at
Buena Vista. committed suicide by
hanging himself few days ago. with
out apparent cause. He leaves a wild
ow and two small children. Rodell was
a member of the Woodmen. A. o. U.
w. and Odd Fellows orders, carrying
insurance in the former two
At meeting of the Colorado Society.
Daughters of the Revolution. held in
Denver December 10th, resolution
was passed urging the board of the
general society to make oyertures to
the kindred society OF the Daughters of
the American Revolution relative to
the consolidation of the two societies.
w. B. Smith of Newmarket. N. j.,
brother of Charles J Smith, and in
terested with him in the Fair will
ease, arrived at Boulder on the visit
to his brother December 25th. He was
greatly surprised when he learned that
it had been reported from Newmarket
that he had mysteriousiy disappeared.
John Ryan and MISS Ieonora Zor-
mig were drowned in Berkeley lake at
Denver on the night OF Sunday, De
cember Goth. They we're skating on
tba lob opd hroGa trrnuub the ire
Their bodies were not discovered un-
til Tuesday. Ryan was butler for
private family and MISS Zornig was
employed at a boarding house.
The Colorado Telephone Company
have greatly improved their service
during the past few months. BY the
use of copper wires on their long-dls-
tance service one can talk two hundred
miles as easily as TWO blocks. Many
of the larger stockmen and farmers are
now using their service, and find it OF
great benefit to their business.
The time for holding the Fremont
County Farmers Institute has been
fixed by the executive committee for
January 18th and 14th, Several mem
bers of the faculty OF the State Agri-
cultural College at Fort Collins will be
present. as we'll as Hon. J,3W. Crow
ley of Rocky Ford. all of whom will
address the institute on matters of in
terest.
| Disregarding the action Of Arapahoe
and Adams counties, the county com
missioners of Douglas county have re-
fused to levy twenty-five mills for pre-
liminary work upon the proposed High
Line irrigation district. Mandamus