The Holly chieftain., 1904-04-22


tently celebrated their sixticth we'd
ding anniversary.
Profit sharing by employees is one of
the features OF the Great Western Coal
Company OF Canon City, just incorpor-
Rted.
The ritual of the Grand Army OF.
The Republic was observed at the fu-
heral of the late Gen. John W. Brown
Ing in Denver on the 18th inst.
About $4,000 head of sheep were pas
tured in Montrose county during the
rast year and the wool clip Just
sbeased is something over 100000
pounds.
The members of the Church of Christ
Scientist, at Colorado Springs are plan
hing to erect a temporary $4,000 edihcei
They now occupy the All Souls Uni,
tartan church.
A. A. Alexander, who pleaded guilty
in the federal court at Pueblo TO the
charge of issuing money orders TO-
himself while serving as assistant post
master at Caro-, was fined $25o and
costs.
The Steamboat Springs Commercial
! Club recently paid tribute of respect
| to Ex-Governor Routt by eecting him
to honorary membership and making
him an honorary president OF the Or
/ ganization for life.
The operating department of the
! Denver & Southwestern road, which
| has been in Canon City, has just been
removed to Denver and established IN
! the general offices of the road in the
I Boston building on Seventeenth street.
| Of hn
mammoth near Golden by Prof. Geo
l.. Cannon of the East Denver high
school, has awakened new interest IN
the search for fossil remains along the
foot hills. Colorado is rich in such
relics.
The first meeting of the Colorado
Racing Association will be held at
Trinidad May 31st and June 1st, I'd and
3rd. There will be each day two har-
ness events and three or more running
events for purses amounting TO over
$4,000.
The Pueblo armory has been over
hauled, refurnished and retitted, and is
now one of the best equipped, hand
Comest and most comfortable state bar
racks. Several thousand dollars have
been spent in overhauling the old
buildings.
Secretary Haywood of the Western
Federation of Miners is in receipt OF a
check for S5 900 from the Butte min
urs. The money in a portion OF the pro-
ceeds from a benefit recently given by
the Butte union, from which $2O,oOo
was realized.
Work has been commenced on No.
. and No. 3 reservoirs Of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company near Pueblo.
They are larger than Lake MinneGua,
and will be filled by means of canals
from the Green Horn range and the
St. Charles river.
The Colorado Editorial Association
is to have an excursion to the St.
Louis exposition. The summer meet
ing of the association will be held in
st. Louis, beginning May goth. The
start from Pueblo will be made May
14th, via the Missouri Pacific.
The trial of William R. Dye of
Rocky Ford, in the United States Court
at Pueblo on charge of sending
threatening letters through the mail to
Colonel Lockhart, goes over to the next
term Of court on account of the jury
being unable to agree. 1t is said that
the jurors stood half for conviction and
half for acquittal.
Gen. William J. Palmer is having
plans drawn for the immediate erection
of an inn on the new Bear Creek Can
on road leading into Cheyenne Canon
at Colorado Springs. The structure will
be of logs, with sheds for horses, and
picnic grounds for children. 1t will be
completed within thirty days and open
the year round.
Mark Love and Elmer Stephenson,
propretors of the Deep Lake hotel in
the White River forest reserve in
Routt county, have been arrested on a
charge of fencing in government land,
having been indicted by the grand jury
in the United States Court at Pueblo.
They entered plea of not guilty and
were released on bonds.
The Commercial Club of Steamboat
Springs has forwarded to Senator Tel.
Ter strong protest against the setting
aside of the Park Range forest reserve,
The protest states that the reserve is
not needed for the conservation of the
water supply, as there is already mora
water in the streams than can be used.
Its effect would be to retard settlement.
Postmaster l.. C. Dana of Colorado
! Springs has received notice Of his ap-
pointment as government custodian OF
the site of the proposed federal build.
ings, located at the southwest corner
J of Pixies Peak and Nevada avenues.
The land was recently purchased for
$35, 900 cash from the Stratton estate,
and will be the site of $4,000 post
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