The Holly chieftain., 1908-12-18
COLORADO ITEMS

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The Colorado Kennel club will hold
4 bench show In Denver next Spring.
The formal transfer Of the Grove
reservoir site on Pixies Peak has been
made to the city of Colorado Springs.
The Crystal Theatre Company. cap
italised at $4,000, has been incorpos-
ated 10 conduct = vaudeville theater
at Greeley.
Excavation has been commenced for
the new county court house at Pueblo.
TIE contractors expect to be ready to
lay the cornerstone January lst.
It e stated that Mayor speer is plan
ming for municipal news weekly In
Denver to contain reports Of the Va
rious departments ol the city govers-
mont.
On January 2sth Leadville will cele-
brate its thirtieth anniversary by q
home coming" OF LeadviIle pioneers.
There will be high old times'-about
two miles high.
Manager A. b. Hulit Of the Kansas
Colorado Power and Transmission
Company. expects the road to be COM
pleted from Pueblo to the top Of the
Royal Gorge by May 1st next.
The Grand Junction city council has
by unanimous vote instructed the chief
Of police to wipe out every house Of
ill-fame within the city and see that
they remain closed.
The Denver school board has called a
special election to be held on January
18th for the purpose Of voting on q
bond issue Of 31.000.00 to provide for
the erection Of new schools.
On the night of the sth inst. fire
destroyed the shaft house and build
ings Of the Mesa Mining 4 Milling
Company at Unaweep, entailing . loss
Of $4,000. There was NO insurance.
Another s per cent. dividend has
been declared by Richard H. Malone,
receiver Of the defunct Fidelity Saw
ings Association Of Denver. This divi-
dend means the disbursing Of ~, 600,
and makes total Of 40 per cent paid
to depositors.
Stephen n Bennett, . pioneer
nearly eishty-three years old, and
brother-in-law of ex-Lieut. Gov.
Brush. died at Greeley on the 10th
inst. Of disease incident to old age. Mr..
Bennett came to Greeley over thirty
years ago.
Railway mail service to Walden.
Colo. from Laramie, Wyo. will soon be
turned over to Laramie. Hahn's Peak
& Pacific railway. going by train to
within thirty-five mfles Of Walden and
then BY star route. At present seventy
miles 10 covered by stage.
Tie scientific students and members
Of the University Scientific Society
OF ths State University are cooperat-
ing with the office Of state dairy COM
missioner for the purpose Of purifying
the milk and milk products which
are produced in Boulder county.
Calvin Phillips, who killed his faith
er-fnIaw. George Banbridge, July 4th.
and who was found guilty Of murder in
the second degree, was sentenced by
Judge Garrigues In the District Court
at Greeley on the 9th inst. to not less
than 10 nor more than Is years in the
penitentiary.
There Ia still talk at Fort Collins Of
Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson
becoming president of Colorado Agri-
cultural college. While 1t has not been
definitely decided who will succeed DR..
B. o. Aylesworth, and probably will not
for several weeks, there are rumors
that Mr.. Wilson viii be chosen.
At Cripple Greek on the 9Th inst.
Charles Hathaway, head timberman
st the Vindicator main shaft, was
drawn into the shave wheel at the
head Of the gallows frame and seri-
ously injured. He is secretary Of the
Cripple Greek District Pioneers Asso-
citation.
Weld county claims to lead the
state IN the increase OF votes cast at
the last election. In 1906 the county
cast S.lo0 votes, and this year lo,7oo.
Estimating from the vote Of two years
ago. Weld county people claim that
the population was then 26,000 In that
county, and according to the vote
this year. $4,000.
Work on the Riverside reservoir in
Larimer county has been completed
and 52b cubic feet Of water . second
ID now being run into this, the largest
reservoir in the county. The Riverside
Irrigation Company has completed i'll
fngs on the reservoir site Of Wildcat
creek and will commence construction
A soon aa Doaa2tIo T.