The Holly chieftain., 1905-01-06
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

The Colorado National Life Insur
ance Company has been organized ai
Denver by q number OF local capital
tsts.
The sixteenth annual convention Of
the Colorado State Horticultural So
ciety will be held in Denver January
llth to 18th.
The number OF sheep now being fed
IN LArimer county. including those at
Windsor, Is estimated at 4l+.75a. -
compared with 2ss.o0i last year.
DR.. Bancroft's plan for . consump-
uves home IT Salida is meeting with
some opposition by physicians and
others. Who are afraid 1t might result
In contagiou.
N. C. Kennedy. 4 well known min.
ing man. who at different times had
charge Of some OF the prtncipsl mines
In Lake aud Gilpin counties. died at
Denver December 27th.
Alfred A. Thompson. an old resident
OF Denver and formerly . grocer. cele.
brated Christmas convivially and came
to his death by falling down flight OF
stairs at the Apex saloon.
New postofhce appointments In Colo
RADIO are: Fort Garland. Costilla
county, Helen C. Peters, vice Charles
John. resigned; PerisO. Rio Grande
county. ID. Cronian. vice ]. Moody. re-
signed.
The Rev. A. N. Danielson died At his
home at Nepesta, Pueblo county. De-
cember 29th. At the age Of g. years.
Mr.. Danielson was q Methodist min
lister and we'll known all over southern
Colorado.
Three hundred new buildings. prin-
cipally dwellings. have been erected
In Fort Collins during the year 1904.
the total cost of buildings and i'm
provements being estimated at over
100000.
The people OF Arvada. Denver's JET
ferson county suburb. have organized
a stock company to build factory for
the purpose Of canning tomatoes and
small fruits and will Immediately be-
gin work.
The Denver Hotel and Restaurant
keepers Association has been organ
iIed and will include all the principal
hotels and restaurants in the city.
G. H. Morse is president and s. F.
Dutton secretary.
X. r. Connors was sent to the
county jail in Pueblo for one year and
fined $1,000 by Judge ]. H. Voorhees,
December 27th. having second time
refused to answer questions put to him
by the special grand jury which is in
vestigaung the election frauds.
Reservoirs Nos and of the Colo
rado Springs water system, located In
the Seven Lakes basin, have been
completed, and upon the completion
OF the st. John tunnel through Bald
mountain next month will more than
double the present water supply Of
the city.
Fire on December esth destroyed
the big coal tipple and engine house
at the Citizens mine of the Cont
mental Coal Company at Mount Car
bon, eighteen miles north Of Gunni-
son. The loss is estimated at $4,000
and 125 men were thrown out of en-
ployment.
Governor Peabody informed the
commissioners of El Paso county. who
asked him to offer a reward for the
arrest and conviction Of the murderer
OF the woman recently found on
Mount Cutler that he could not COM
ply with their request because there
Is no money In the state reward fund.
The direct and highly compliment
ary reference to the Colorado Juvenile
Court and Judge Lindsey's work made
by President Roosevelt in his last mes
sage TO Congress has brought food
OF inquiries from all parts of the ma
ton. asking for the Colorado juvenile
laws, the history of the court, its pro-
cedure and results.
County Surveyor H. S. Fuller Of Pu-
eblo county. who has served in that
capacity for eleven years. will retire
from once on January 10th and start
for Honduras, Central America, at
once. where he has accepted the posi-
ton and Canadian Colonization Com
pany OF Toronto and Boston
Attorney George Morris has filed
suit in Denver against the Colorado
Midland railroad for $4,000, which he
considers the value of his vote. Mr..
Norris was In Glenwood Springs the
day before election and q wreck on the
Midland road delayed him twelve
hours. so that he arrived in Denver
After the polls had closed.
Four handsome rocking chairs. lux
uriously cushioned, were the Christ
mas gift of Denver Circle No. I. La
dies OF the Grand Army OF the Repub-
lie. to the Soldiers and Sailors
home 1T Monte Vista, Besides this
gift the women Of this circle d;strih-
uted tveaty-toar baskets OF food
among the poor families of veterans
In Denver.
At the end Of 4 rrotracted spree Pat