The Holly chieftain., 1905-11-24
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

The contractors on the Mohfat road
complain OF scarcity of laborers.
The Beta Theta Pi college fraternity
will hold its national convention at
Denver next August.
An attempt will be made to pass an
ordinance in Denver requiring the use
OF wide tires on freight wagons.
All OF the old directors of the Colo
RADIO & Southern railroad were re-
elected at the annual meeting held In
Denver.
Women are to be allowed to take
part In the shooting tournament of the
Canon City Gun Club on Thanksgiv-
ing day.
Montrose has become q city Of the
second class by action of Governor Nc
Donald. . recent census showing q
population Of 2,308.
Arthur ]. Ventress, who WAS injured
by being thrown from trolley car in
the Newhouse tunnel at Idaho Springs.
died ON the 18th inst.
Work was recently commenced ON
the two miles Of track which will run
from Gina. on the Rio Grand South
ern. to the terminal Of the May Day
tram.
1t is estimated that ten months will
be required to build the Moffat road
reaches the entrance, which will be in
q week or two.
Bishop Cranston OF the M. E.
Church. formerly OF Denver. was mar
ried to Miss Lucia NJ. Parker at Gin
cinnati, Ohio, on the 18th inst, Bishop
Moore oflciating. 4
Eliza Thomas. convicted at Golden Of
criminal assault on his wife's fourteen
year-old sister. was sentenced by Judge
France to three years in.the State Pen
itentiary at Canon City. h.
Henry J. Teller, son of Senator Tel
Ter, was married to Miss Minnie Trum-
inst. They will live on fruit ranch
near Grand Junction.
James E. Burgess, prominent
farmer living in the Box Elder valley,
six miles northeast OF Fort Collins.
died on the 14th inst, as the result Of
injuries received in runaway.
Aaron Woods. pioneer ranchnan
and miner Of Golden and veteran OF
the Civil War, died at Gallup, New
Mexico on the 18th inst, while on his
return from trip to California.
Percy Ellis. the three-year-old son of
Normal Ellis, was instantly killed near
Berthoud on the 10th inst, by falling
under the wheels of a loaded beet
wagon, which passed over the child's
head.
The residents and ditch companies
OF Chaffee and Fremont counties are
preparing to contest the use OF the wa
ter rights from the Arkansas river.
near Buena Vista, which were recently
acquired by the Otero district.
William Jennings Bryan is the
grandfather Of young Coloradan,
WHOSE mother is Mrs. w. H. Leavitt,
Mr. Bryan's daughter. The youthful
statesman was born at the Lafayette
hotel in Denver on the 10th inst.
Out of the frying pan into the hre,
was the experience of o. H. Stevens,
In the District Court at Pueblo. After
being released from the insane asylum
he was sentenced to from two to three
years in the State Penitentiary for
perjury.
The new building which is to be
used for offices of the United States
reclamation service and the Uncom-
pahgre Valley Water Users Associa-
tion at Montrose has been completed
and the government officers have
moved in.
A special election will be held in
Greeley, Tuesday, December 26th, for
the purpose of voting on the question
of issuing 100000 bonds to supple
ment the $250,00O bond issue voted last
spring to be used in increasing the
city's water supply.
Governor Mcdonald of Colorado and
Governor Brooks of Wyoming ex-
changed greetings on the completion
of the wireless telegraph station at
Cheyenne last week Their messages
light air of Colorado and Wyoming.
The body of Raymond Minister, the
Canon City boy who, on June 4th,
while catching wood floating down the
Arkansas river. fell into the water,
was found near Portland November
18th by j. w. Thompson while hunting
wood. The father identified the re-
mains.
Father Gushing, the Catholic priest
who was deposed by Bishop Matz a
few years ago, and who even went SO
far as to visit the Vatican to denounce
the bishop, whom he personally as
saulted on the streets OF Rome, died
in the Mercy hospital at Denver on the
18th inst, after a lingering illness.
w. B. Lewis, general manager Of the
South Canon Coal Company, with Of
fees in Denver, has been appointed by
Governor Mcdonald to succeed the late
James j. Cone as member of the