The Holly chieftain., 1905-05-19
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

ne Colorado Springs and Denver
base baii teams are considerably below
the 'op IN the Western League 80 far
this spring.
II is. expected that the Pueblo sta
tion d the De Forest wfrele1s. t9Ie-
grapa service at Lake Minnequa will
be in operation within . few days.
Il expertmepts that are to be con-
eucted this season in beet culture are
Successful Durango will make q strong
Did for best sugar factory next year.
Judge Fraak W. Overs of the Fifth
judicial district is taking q vacation,
taying gone East last month via Gal
weston He will visit England before
Ms returu.
4 Henry Wfanand, who murdered his
wife IN Denver last January, has been
aenleaced TO IN fndeterminate term
q from ten to fifteen years In the pen
i(entiiry.
lTharsday. June lst, has been de-
ceded upon As the date for the com
uencsment exercises at the Colorado
State School for the Deaf and Blind.
Six Students will graduate.
lMiss Belle p. Gill Of Denver has
bSen appointed deputy state dairy
cemnissioner under Mrs. Mary
Wright Miss Eala Wright held the Of
nSe curing the past two years.
Fifty thousand young trout were re-
cSyed at Salida recently from the
Gtnnlson hatchery and taken to the
Sonth Arkansas and turned into the
river by . committee Of citizens.
Mrs Mary e. Lapier was elected
foreman Of jury in q divorce case At
Cripple Creek q few days since. She
bears the distinction of being the iirst
woman jurist to serve In Teller county.
The National Electric Light Asso-
citation will hold its twenty-eighth an
nual convention at Denver June 9Th to
11th. A broncho busting contest is
being planned as part of the enter
tainment.
The Pueblo City Council has called
on themayor to appoint committee OF
three aldermen and three business
men to take preliminary steps toward
securing a. supply Of mountain water
for Pueblo.
Colorado will be represented at the
Nationil Library Association, which
convenes In Portland early irf July, by
Miss Hattie L. Stevenson. state libra
rian, and Charles r. Dudley, city libra
rian Of Denver.
The Montrose Chamber OF Com
merce has issued 10000 pamphlets of
twenty pages each entitled Facts Per
tinent to Montrose County. in the
Heart Of the Uncompahgre Valley and
Under the Gunnison Tunnel"
At Salida on the Sth Inst. Archie
KinibaI, aged seventeen years, cap
been driven into the city by the heavy
SHOWS. He made cage for the animal
and intended to keep It, but during
the night 1t escaped.
In the recent award Of twenty-five
fellowships by the state university Of
Wisconsin. r. H. Hess. a graduate Of
COLORADO College. was chosen fellow in
political economy and Helen Summer
Of Denver was made honorary fellow
In the same branch.
The Baptist church, the oldest
church edifice in Greeley. built In the
early '1Os, is receiving an addition.
Partly for the sake OF economy and to
show their good will. the men mem
bers of the congregation have under
taken to do all the work OF building.
Governor Mcdonald has appointed
Dr.. L. D. Lemen OF Denver to be a
member Of the State Board Of Health.
vice Hubert Work of Pueblo, resigned.
Dr. Works reason for resigning Is the
fact that he lives 80 far away from
Denver that he cannot spare time for
the work.
Dressed in overalls and jumpers. 200
students Of the University of Denver
recently planted 200 trees on the cam
pus. This was the direct result of .
department Of landscape gardening.
which has been installed at the uni
versity. Ash, elm and locust trees
were planted.
Great interest is shown by Pueblo
real estate dealers who handle ranch
lands in the soil culture scheme advo-
Gated by the Business Mems Associa-
tion. Many experiments are being
conducted In the growth of different
products on arid lands without irriga-
tion, and thus far they are said to
have been successful.
A Colorado State Library Associa-
tion was formed at Denver on the 9th
inst with the following officers: A. E.
Whitaker Of the State University H.
brary at Boulder; president; H. q.
Richie Of the Denver city library, Sec
retary; Miss Katherine Craig and Mrs.
A. M. Wells, Prof. T. 3. Carter of Gree
ley, vice presidents; ]. w. Chapman of
Pueblo, treasurer.
Secretary Hitchcock has issued an
order directing that the Akron land Of
ice, Colorado. be abolished and that
the lands Of the present Akron dis
trict be made a part Of the Sterling
district. A consolidation will take
place July LIST. at which time the reg
lister and receiver at Akron will be dis
missed and the records OF their ONCE
transferred to Sterling.
Mrs. Mary g. Wright. state dairy
commissioner, expects to attend the
annual meeting Of the national dairy
and pure food commission at Portland
June goth. The meeting will be held
on the grounds Of the Lewis & Clark
Exposition and will continue in ses-