The Holly chieftain., 1908-01-10
coLoRAoo NEWS IrEms

n western Stock Chow Vim ~
held at Denver January Goth and 3sth.
The annual banquet Of the Pueblo
County Bar Association win be held
January 35th.
J. =. Aayfeld. r. b. Easterly and C.
b Wade ara the incorporators Of the
new Bank of Amity. which IL capt.
TALKED at 10000.
The court house Of Arapahoe county
at Littleton will be formally opened
January 18th at which time there will
be . public gathering. speeches, mu-
do and dancing.
A club for the study Of the inter
national language. Esperanto. has
been formed at Fort Collins. It has
ten members, DIR. Scofield being presi-
dent and instructor.
In the County Court Of Weld county
Walter Had'cy and Charles Nicholas
were found guilty of running a disor
derly house at Mead. Judge Nixon
gave Hadley six months and Nicholas
ninety days in jail.
According to the annual report Of
the sidewalk inspector. Bill miles Of
walk were laid in Denver during the
last year at total cost of S90,670.03.
This Is exclusive of the work done by
contractors for the sidewalk districts
Mrs. Joseph Moss. an original Union
colonist and resident of Greeley fol
over thirty.seven years, died Decembe,
80th at the home OF her son-in-law.
Mayor Thomas Daley of Eaton, at the
age of eighty years.
The report of the Pueblo land once
for December. 1907, shows that en-
tries of all kinds of land covered
27.779 acres, including: Homesteads,
109: desert, "a; final homesteads, 35;
state selections, 8; coal lands, l.
The Bank of Del Norte, which has
heretofore csen a private institution.
q capital Of 10000. Asa F. Middaugh
president, and Charles NJ. France,
cashier.
The double tracking of the main line
Of the Rio Grande between Florence
and Canon City will be completed in
six weeks, when the company hopes to
facilitate the handling of both freight
an dpassenger service on the Pueblo
division.
A fne fow Of artesian water has
been struck on the state capitol
grounds In Denver at the depth of 781
feet. It IL estimated that the well will
supply 100000 gallons a day, which
will be amply suflcient for the build
ing and grounds.
December goth the Lincoln State
bank Of Arriba, Lincoln county, filed
its incorporation papers with the sec
rotary Of stste at Denver. 1t has been
organised BY Samuel r. Boyden, John
Boyden and George w. Jarvis. with q
capital Of $4,000.
Fully $4,000 sacks Of -four were man
ufactured by the two Fort Collins
Touring mills in 1907, requiring the
milling Of 225,O00 bushels of wheat.
Fort Collins -four finds ready salo
Hundreds Of carloads are shipped
yearly to Texas, Virginia and Georgia.
A fire, which for time threatened
the entire business section Of Silver
ton, occurred on the morning of the
27th when tie Vickers & Company
plumbing establishment was destroyed,
entailing loss Of $4,000. The entire
stock was liined and the building
gutted. Th-re was $4,000 insurance.
Complaint has been received by
State Labor Commissioner Swanson
that the miners employed by the Occi-
dental mine at La .Veta can not get
their pay. G. A. Buchanan, manager
and assistant superintendent of the
mine, filed the complaint and states
that he is In the same boat with the
rest Of the men.
Steve Adams, the self-coufessed as.
sassin IT Arthur L. Collins, former
general manager of the Smuggler.
Union Mining Company, at the Of.
fees Of the company at Pandora,
November 10, 1902, arrived at Tellu-
ride on the 31st ult, from Idaho in the
custody OF Sheriff Fitzpatrick and c.
G. Hicks. Adams is held in the county
jail.
Mrs. Mollie Lissner, aged 100 years.
died at the home of her son, Aaron
Lissner, In Pueblo December 29th. She
served as nurse during the Franco
Prussian war and resided in the very
heart Of the hostile country in the Ger.
man rebellion OF 1848. She was born
in Posen, Germany, in 1907, and came
to this country twenty-five years ago.
She resided In Denver many years.
An examination will be held at the
state house in Denver, Friday, Janu.
ary oath, for the office of secretary and
chief examiner Of the Civil Service
Commission of the state of Colorado.
The duties Of the successful applicant
will be to look after the routine work
of the commission and conduct its ex.
aminations. The salary will be $1,000
a year.