The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-19
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

{ Iht women Ol lbtuhtT IN Inc o. mallOD
OF an athletic club
Mrs r. b Ruby. the recently ap-
/ pointed justice of the peace at Colorado
! Springs, married a couple on the 9th
| inst
The labor organizations of Denver
| have invited other unions throughout
/ the state to join them in big demon
| stration on Labor Day, Monday, Sep
/ tember 5th
The next grand lodge meeting and
encampment of the Uniform Rank,
Knights of Pythias, will be held at
Trinidad in August of 1906 the date
to be selected later
An effort is being made to interest
the Luthern synod embracing the
states OF Ohio, Indiana and Illinois in
the establishment of q home for con-
sumptiyes at Denver.
The Socialists of Otero county have
nominated ticket which is headed by
! DR.. A. p. kendig of Rocky Ford for
state senator and O. NJ. Barton OF
Grand Valley for representative.
II. Il. Stephenson. a brakeman on
| the Midland Terminal railroad, was in
stantly killed about O'Clock on the
morning of the 10th inst, at Divide,
| by being crushed between two couplers.
Returning from Canon City to Pu-
eblo Governor Peabody passed over
the bridge near Eden, when the terri
Bile railway disaster occurred, only
about fifteen minutes before the
! wreck.
William o. Anthony, secretary Of
| the Anthony Motor and Manufactur-
- ~,
| killed in an automobile accident twelve
miles north of the Springs on the lth
| inst.
Two new postofiice sub-stations are
| to be established in Denver. One of
| them will be located at 100 Broadway,
! and the other at POI Champa street
| They will be known as stations IA and
, 10.
| There ave now eighty-seven Knights
( of Pythas lodges in Colorado, with a
membership of 1888 The receipts for
! last year were s15,s96.93 and the dis
bursements sS,570.7S, leaving a balance
Of s6,S2615
The cooperative stores of the West
| eTn Federation of Miners Will not be
Teopened by the federation, but instead
| have been sold to outsiders for invest
ment and will be taken over by the
new purchasers.
+. E. Edwards, a dairyman living
| near Florence, saw mass of bouders
that had been washed on the Rio
Grande track at Chandler creek and
| tagged No train with his coat in
time to avert smash-up.
Over 500 men and 300 teams are
busy at work on the extension of the
narrow guage road from Sunset to Ell
| dora in Boulder county. Superintend-
! ent Robert Law expects the grading
to be completed within sixty days,
The coroner's jury at Telluride, in
the case of Moren Umsted who was
killed by Frederick Leaning in the
| fremont gambling hall on the 9th inst,
! returned verdict generating Lean
| ing. who was released from custody.
Patents have been issued to the fol-
/ lowing Coloradoans: Conrad Miller
and w d. Urich. Denver, folding chair;
/ Thornton B. Rennell, Denver, vehicle
frame; Fred Russell, Cripple Creek,
| drill; Daniel Townsend, Denver, tram
| car.
Rev J. n Sheridan, who was
charged with a criminal assault on l2-
| discharged by Justice Hart after a
preliminary examination there not be-
ing sufficient evidence to warrant hold
ing him for trial.
Miss Stella Mcdonald, principal OF
the Central high school at Pueblo, and
DR.. James D. McGregor, who were both
lost in the Eden wrSck, would have
been married in few weeks. their
| h. VIM
during the last month.
The Civil Service Commission an
nounces an examination to be held in
Rocky Ford August 27th, for the posi-
tions of postoffice clerk and mail car
rier. The commission says that it will
not be necessary to have medical GER
tificate filed with the application.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion will hold session in Denver Sep
tember 10th to consider the complaints
of stockmen. At the same time the
complaint filed by George J. kindel,
mattress manufacturer of overcharges
on cotton goods will be taken up.
The Colorado Springs Forestry Asso-
| citation. at an enthusiastic meeting, in
| dOrsed the government plan for the re-
| foresting of the denuded areas in the
| Pixies Peak forest reserve, and will
| use every effort to aid the United
, States commissioners now on the
| ground.
The Rocky Mountain Interstate Med
| ical Association will hold its annual
meeting on September 9Th and 7th at
the Brown Palace hotel in Denver
There will be cheap rates from all over
the country and prominent physicians
| from cyery mart pf thiS rapiOp will ad-