The Holly chieftain., 1905-07-14
COLORADO NEWS iTEMs

1
the Portland Exposition
The Denver Chamber of Commerce
has opened . summer exhibit Of fruits
and grains.
The DeForest American Wireless
Telegraph Company will establish \
station At Trinidad.
The mountains surrounding Breck-
earidge we're covered with snow on
the morning Of the Sd of July.
Idaho Springs IL preparing for .
great inter-mountain festival. August
Ed. to which all Colorado II invited.
The Denver typographical union
OF the Republic national encampment
fund.
Miss Josie q. Gibson Of Missouri has
been appointed q nurse At the Grand
Junction Indian School At . salary Of
5000 year.
The Denver Chamber Of Commerce
is arranging to offer cash prizes for ag-
rtcultural products for both irrigated
and non-irrigated lands.
Alexander Gordon, foreman of Ten
Mile Mining Company at Robinson,
was instantly killed on the Sth inst by
falling down . shaft.
Hereafter the State Capitol building
! at Denver Is to be kept open ON Sat-
urday afternoons and holidays, at least
during the summer months.
Mrs. Clida N. Adams, wife Of Alva
B. Adams and daughter-in-law of for
mer Governor Adams, died at Pueblo
July eth. after short illness.
The woman's Civic Society OF Trini-
dad proposes to enforce the Sunday
closing ordinances and to prosecute tho
gambling houses and wine rooms.
The floral parade at the Boulder Fes-
tival on the 7th inst. was one of the
finest ever seen in the state. Both car
riages and automobiles took part in it.
At Denver, July 8th. Mrs. w. d.
Schmidlap shot and killed her husband
at the place where he was rooming.
They had been separated for about q
year.
There were fourteen fires in Denver
on the Fourth Of July. but the loss In
each case was small. except at Hurl-
butts store, where the damage may
reach nearly $4,000.
In the Western Baseball League Des
Moines and Denver are close competi-
tors for first place and Colorado
Springs and st. Joseph are nip and
tuck for the BOBBY prize.
Probation officers of Pueblo will at
tend the national conference of the
Charities and Corrections Association.
which will be held in Portland, Ore
gon. July 18th to 22d.
Mrs. Bert White OF Longmont was
fatally burned on the morning of the
I'd inst. by an explosion OF kerosene.
She. was about twenty-four years OF
age and leaves three small children.
James R. Mcclure. formerly miner
| at Goldfleld. Colorado, committed sui
eide at Trinidad June 9th by shooting
himself through the head. He was
hfty-five years Of age and leaves
wife. son and daughter.
The Boulder Farmers mill at Boul.
der has been burned to the ground, in.
volving loss of about $35 900, with
| $4,000 insurance. Previous to the fire
the safe at the mill was broken open,
but 1t contained no money.
June proved a very good month for
collections by the State Land Board,
and shows that the business Of the Of
fee Is increasing steadily year by year.
The June collections for the past three
years have been as follows: 1903, $40,
191; 1904, $1S,293; 1905. $21 1,639.O2.
Three hundred and sixty acres Of
land near the Union Printers Home on
Mob hill, and $4,000 in cash for the
construction of the building has been
pledged respectively by two citizens OF
| Colorado Springs for the National Let
ter Carriers Home, should the national
convention at Portland, Oregon. next
September, choose the Springs as the
site.
The directors Of the Colorado Springs
| Public Library have presented Gen.
/ w. ]. Palmer and Andrew Carnegie
each with handsome Morocco bound
album. fifteen by twenty-five inches in
size, and containing twenty views Of
the library's interior. General Palmer
donated the site for the library, Mr.
Carnegie giving 100000 for the con-
struction of the building.
Crop conditions all over the state
are extremely good, according to the
weekly crop bulletin issued by Section
Director F. H. Brandenburg of the
Weather Bureau at Denver. Haying is
nearly general and the alfalfa crop
has been secured in good condition in
many parts CT the state. with fair to
| good yield. The second crop of alfalfa
has started in many localities.
4 Judge B. B. Lindsey and Secretary
J. T. Burns of the Colorado State
| Realty Association. who is also a
member of the Portland fair commits
sion, will make an effort to secure
next years convention of the National
Association Of Charities and Correc-
tion for Denver. The convention this