The Holly chieftain. (Holly, Colo.) 1897-1987, 1904-09-23
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


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The State Christian Endeayor con-
vent!cn will meet at Boulder, October
18th to 10th.
The corner stone of the new $4,000
Congre gational church at Colorado
City was laid on the 10th.
The Mcffat road reached Arrowhead
On the 18th inst. and regular trains
Will be running as soon as the track is
properly ballasted
Past Department Commander George
w. Cook OF the G. A. X. has been APP
pointed member of the executive COM
mite. Of the national council of ad-
ministIation.
Mayor Speer of Denver has appointed
Mrs. c. j. Hughes, Jr., and Mrs. Will
liam G. Fisher as members of the Dem
yer Public Library Association. There
are six other members.
The hearing on the probate of the
will of the late Charles NJ. Stebbins,
who left the bulk of large fortune to
found an orphans home in Denver,
will come up in the County Court at
Denver. November 10th.
The annual encampment of the Colo
RADIO Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows will
he held at Glenwood Springs October
18th to goth. The Rebekahs will hold
their meeting at the same time and
place.
The twenty-third annual national
convention Of the board of managers OF
the Wpman's Home Missionary Society
of the Methodist Church will be held
at Denver September 29th to October
9Th.
DR.. Giuseppe Cuneo, the Italian con-
sui at Denver, has gone to California
on a trip combining business and pleas
uIe and may be gone several months.
ing consul.
County Assessor ]. c. Wylie has COM
pleted his assessment for Weld county.
1t shows a total valuation of $12,762.-
600 OF this amount $5.112.500 repre-
cents farming and grazing land and 3d.
O53.541 corporate property.
One of the questions that will come
before the State Supreme Court at Its
present session in Denver is the consti-
nationality of the statute permitting the
Humane Society to take charge OF
starving cattle and other live stock and
care for 1t at the expense of the owner.
Prof Samuel l.. Doothroyd, instruc-
tor in physics at the Colorado Agri-
cultural College, has accepted an ap-
pointment as instructor of descriptive
geometry at Cornell University, New
York. He is native of Colorado and
graduated at the Agricultural College.
The suit of Judge Moses Hallett to
prevent the construction of an audi
torium by the city of Denver was tried
before Judge Malone in the District
Court at Denver on the 18th inst.
Whatever his decision may be the case
will doubtless be carried to the State
Supreme Court.
Prof William Duane, head of the de-
partment of physics, has been granted
years leave OF absence from the Uni
versity of Colorado. He will spend the
time in Europe and will be occupied In
of work The department will be COLI
Quoted during his absence by Mr..
Charles A. Lory.
Lieutenant Drum, aide-de-camp tor
Brigadier General Baldwin, command
Ing the Department of Colorado of she
United States army, has completed ar
rangements for the first annual depart
ment athletic competition and military
exercises at Fort Logan, near Denver,
on October 4th. 5th and 9th.
All Denver camps and circler of
Woodmen of the World will meet for a
joint rally and entertainment at the
Coliseum in Denver September 26th.
The gathering will be preliminary is
the Woodmen's festival in Denver, Ocn
tober 13th, 14th and 18th, to include
camps from all over the state.
Many certificates of nomination are
now being received at the office Of the
secretary of state at Denver. The filing
of these certificates Is legal require
ment. Among the first to be sent IL
were those of James d. Pitcher Of Ala
mosa and Charles A. Morning OF
Yampa. both Republican candidates TO,
district attorney.
The county commissioners of Mesa
county passed resolution granting to
George Smith or his assigns the right
to use the highway for an electric Inns
between Grand Junction and Palisades.
AS soon as the Council gives the right
of way into the city, Denver parties
stand ready to construct the line.
The parties in Grand junction ana
Denver who have been behind the or
ganization of irrigation districts in the
Grand valley under the Wright law,
passed by the last Legislature. hava
failed in their efforts to sell the bonds
and steps will at once be taken to try
to have the government build the High
Line canal.
Following are the assessment valu-
atoms of Weld county lands for the
year 1901: 2l1,515 acres of agricultural
land, $3.S47. 100: $3.50 acres OF grazing
land, $1,264.74O; 1877 acres of coal land.
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