The Holly chieftain., 1905-10-20
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


The members of the Denver Teach
Of erecting club building.
Denver people are not all supersti-
tious. Four marriage licenses we're
taken out on Friday. the 18th inst.
Lewis H. Breeze. assessor Of Mesa
county. died on the 18th inst after four
months illness from appendicitis.
Mrs. L. e. Aumick was recently
drawn rs . Juror in the District Court
at Boulder but was excused from serv-
ing.
The interior OF the state capitol
building At Denver has been cleaned,
repaired and revarnished at 4 cost Of
$500.
The El Paso County Horticultural So
ciety has selected August 22d. 23d and
24th Of next year for the next annual
flower show.
Thomas Grieve OF Colorado has been
appointed photographic aid in the geo
logical survey and assigned to duty
in Washington.
The Denver 4 Rio Grande railroad
will erect q factory at Pueblo for the
manufacture Of frogs-not for food.
but for railroad switches.
The people OF Aspen at a special
election have voted in favor of pur-
chasing the old water plant and
against erecting a new one.
George Gouson. a Denver dairyman.
had his house burned few days ago.
and with 1t $500 In money that he had
been unwilling to trust to the banks.
Andy Adams. the famous cowboy
author of Colorado Springs, will
shortly issue a new book, Cattle
Brands" dealing with his own Texas
range experiences.
Alvin Cummins. who escaped from
the State Reformatory at Buena Vista.
September 10th. was recaptured at st.
Louis and brought back by Deputy
Warden Richard L. Shaw.
Bids will be received at the state
capitol October 21st for the construc.
tion of the Teller and Fremont county
state wagon road between the Cripple
Creek district and Canon City.
Frank Buster, charged with the MUIR
der Of Martin O'ConnOr at Victor In
April last. has been released and the
case against him dismissed, there being
no evidence to warrant trial.
The State Board Of Charities and
Corrections has elected DR.. Eleanor
Lawney delegate from the board to
the National Prison Congress at Lin
coin. Nebraska, October 21st to 26th.
A good deal Of damage was done in
the Uncompahgre valley by = heavy
frost on the night Of October 9th.
Nearly all green vegetables were
killed and some kinds Of apples badly
injured.
In order to stimulate good marks-
manship in the Colorado National
Guard Adjutant General Bulkeley
Wells is offering handsome silver
cup as trophy for excellence In skir-
mish fire.
Isaac N. Reed, = well.known resi-
dent Of Denver and Chicago, died in
Chicago October 5th. Mr.. Reed was
publisher in Chicago and man Of
considerable wealth, having real es-
tate in Colorado and California.
The 1000 acre ranch OF the Earl Of
Dunraven in Estes Park has been pur.
chased by Miller Porter of Denver to-
gether with hotel, cottages and live
stock on the place. The price is said
to be 100000.
Patrick Horan, an old soldier, who
came to Denver from Omaha for the
G. A. r. encampment, and was sup
posed to have been missing, has been
located. He has written friends in
Omaha from Evansville, Ind.
James w. Wilson. who was injured
by street car at Pueblo in February
Of last year, has been awarded judg-
ment Of $25,0O0 damages against the
Pueblo and Suburban Traction and
Lighting Company. The case will be
appealed.
Dr. Hugh Taylor, secretary Of the.
! state board of health, has appointed
Miss Grace Courtney and Miss A. L.
Hartner to compile the mortality sta
tistics for Colorado for 1905, to lie
| used in the next United States cen
sus bulletin.
The naval recruiting station in Den
yer has just been closed after gather
ing in forty-six physically perfect
young men. Three-fourths of all those
who offered to enlist stood the examin-
alton and were accepted. This Is an
uncommonly large percentage.
The jury at Boulder in the case OF
Jacinto Navarette, accused of murder
ing Yenes Was June 22d near Long.
mont, brought in verdict of not guilty
on the 10th instant. Was. a Mexican,
was killed in fight resulting from
saloon quarrel in North Longmont.
Governor Mcdonald has signed an
order for the organization of second
section of Battery A OF Victor. The
battery will consist of thirty men with