The Holly chieftain., 1908-09-18
STATE news ITEMS

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the first for many years, was very sue
cessful. A
The University OF Denver has
opened school OF commerce, accounts
and finance. Graduates will be given
the degree of b. C. S.-Bachelor Com
mercial Science.
The Democratic State Press Asso-
citation held meeting at Pueblo at
which H. C. Branch of Denver was
elected president and George NJ. KIM
ball of Golden secretary. f-
Governor Buchtei has appointed Mrs.
J. d. Whitmore of Denver and Mrs
H. |. Wood of Trinidad. members OF
the Colorado Travelling Library Com
mission. Their terms will be three
years each and their duties will be to
read and select works best fitted for
the libraries.
Superintendent Deacon of the Union
Printers Home will take charge of
the homes exhibit at the International
tuberculosis Congress in Washington,
d. c., September 21st. A model steam
heated tent, patterned after those
used at the home. will be a feature
of the exhibit. ea. .lFt .5t
A Hartford. Connecticut, dispatch of
the 10th inst says that the gray geld
ing trOtter, Doctor Harvey, was sold
at Charter Oak Park today to G. +.
Estabrook of Denver The considera-
tion was $4,000, and horsemen here
are Of the opinion that the Denver
man made a wise move. .o .....
At the twenty-third annual meeting
of the Colorado Homeopathic Society
in Denver the following officers for the
coming year were elected: E. A. Oar
by OF Florence, president; Otto s. Vim
land, Denver, first vice president; J. B.
kinley, Denver, second vice president;
]. B. Brown, Denver, reelected treas
uler, and G. M. Worth, Denver, secre-
tary.
taft" and Mrs. Taft" the two pet
antelope in the state fish hatchery
near Denver, were killed Tuesday night
by dogs, which leaped the wire inclos
ure and tore the animals to pieces. The
antelope were about year old, and
We're presented to the hatchery by the
members Of the state fish and game
commission, one Of the game wardens
having caught them when they were
fawns only few days old.
Fruit shippers are considerably wor-
ried over raise in freight rates which
they claim will be in the nature of dis
elimination against Colorado because
the new rate on fruits from the Pacific
states is the same as that to st. Louis.
The tariff on apples from Portland to
Denver goes up from 80 cents to 81 in
carload lots. The rate on fruits of the
Hood river section in Oregon Is ad-
vanced 75 cents to 80 cents.
Billy" Tanner Of Yampa will be one
OF President Roosevelt's guides on the
big game hunt In Africa next summer
He was with the chief executive on a
hunting party into the Elk mountain
country south of Newcastle two years
ago, when John Goff was the leader of
the hunt. Golf is now tied up with his
duties Of protecting the big game in the
Yellowstone National Park and will not
be able to make the African hunt.
Colorado Springs and Pueblo capital
lists have just purchased 5000 acres of
gypsum and Turkey creek stone quar-
ries in the Fountain valley, about half
way between Colorado Springs and
Pueblo, for 5000, and have organized
the Turkey Creek Stone, Clay & Gyp-
sum company, with $500,OOO capitaliza,
ton, to work the property. The Tur-
key creek stone Is the same as that
used in the construction of the Denver
public library.
Camp Cleghorn, in Las Animas coun-
ty, where 80 or 80 convicts are at work
on the state highway, is entirely with.
out a guard and the convicts are upon
their own honor. One of their mem
bers patrols the camp at night to keep
hoboes away. Since the guards were
taken off there has been no attempt
at escape, and the prisoners openly de
clare that IL anyone tries to get away
they will assist in having him returned
to the penitentiary. r.-.
Owing to the late season 1t is not
thought that the sugar. campaign in
Weld county will begin until Oct. 1st
although the factories are in readiness
for operation should crops be ready
Sept. 90, 1t is estimated that the crop
this year will be as good II not better
than lest and chemical test of twenty
one samples Of Greeley beets show the
sugar content one per cent. better than
last year. There are 21,700 acres in
beets for the Greeley, Eaton and Wind
sos factories ..re 5,I.
William Miller Of Denver, general
agent for large fire insurance COM
pany, saw full grown cinnamon bear
near Glen Esrie, General Palmer's res
idence near Manitou. few days since
Miller, who was on horseback, pursued
the bear for 200 or 300 yards until the
animal disappeared among the rocks. A