The Holly chieftain., 1910-03-04
COLORADO NEWS
COLORADO

market.
President W. F. Slocum OF Colorado
college will make the commencement
address at Leland Stanford, Jr.. univer
sity.
The First National Bank of Mancos.
Colo, has been authorized to begin
business with $4,000 capital Oscar
$. Crenshaw is president and Gilbert
r. Cline, cashier.
The double track between Pueblo
and Walsenburg. which the Rio
Grande and Santa Fe lines will unite
in building, will necessitate the ex-
penditure OF $5,000,000.
With market prices of mutton at the
highest notch since the Civil war.
farmers of northern Colorado who are
feeding sheep will reap good profits
on mutton to 60 to market soon.
James F. Burns expects to advertise
for bids for his 100000 theater at
Colorado Springs within the next thir-
ty days. Contracts for the building
will be let about April 1st, according
to present plans.
Vice President A. D. Parker of the
Colorado & Southern railroad has de-
MED rumor that the company would
electrify its line between Denver and
Morrison, which it began to broad
gauge last fall
For using prOfane language in the
presence of his little son, Colorado
Springs man was sentenced to six
months in the county Jail. However.
good behavior
The bodies OF F. H. Fields and
Speaker Moasly, negroes, were re-
covered from the Primero mines few
days ago. The bodies OF sixty-eight
of the seventy-six miners killed jan
uary 31st have been recovered.
At meeting of the Rifle Chamber
of Commerce. Fred Munro, Joe Luxen
and w. H. Haley, cashier of the First
National Bank, were appointed CON-
mittee to prepare for the building of
large auditorium on the site recently
purchased by the city for park.
The Denver board of park commits
sioners has raised the wages of It's en-
ployes. All day laborers who have pre-
viously received 81, will now get $2.25.
Those receiving salaries of $50
month will receive $40. and those re-
ceiving SOS will get $75. No employe
receiving over $50 month received
an increase in salary.
Maps have been filed at Aspen for
the reservoir site of the Colorado
Power Company, on the Roaring Fork,
by Harry House of Pueblo. 1t will be
$50 feet wide, 100 feet long, will back
up the water for three-quarters of
mile, and contain 100000 900 cubic feet
Of water, which will be used for power
and irrigating. The total cost will be
$250,000.
The Holly Sugar Company has Sc.
cured 1000 acres Of choice sugar bee.
land. four miles from folly, and
houses are being erected. Steam plows
are at work and large gasoline en-
gine has been ordered. E. I. Crooks,
formerly an expert with the Great
Western Sugar Company, will be SUI
perintendent and will plant the tract
to sugar beets.
The budget proposed by Vice Presi-
dent A. d. Parker of the Colorado &
Southern to the directors of that road
at the annual meeting at New York,
calling for the expenditure of 100000
for new equipment and about $3,000,-
900 for improvements to track and
equipment now in use, was approved
by the board, and the money will be
utilized in the perfection of the sys-
tenn in Colorado.
One of the Oldest and most promi-
nent Boulder pioneers. Sylvanus Budd,
died at his home in Boulder, February
23d, aged seventy-five. He came to
Colorado In the early COS. locating a
quarter section of government land on
Left Hand creek, In the mountains.
In the fall Of 1862 he enlisted in COM
pany B. Third Colorado volunteers,
and served throughout the war. He
served term in the legislature from
Boulder county.
The larger part Of the estate Of the
late George w. Clayton has been
turned over to the city OF Denver by
former Judge Moses Hallett, executor.
The estate is valued at over q million
dollars and the city officials received
$3sS.000 In bonds, $4,000 in notes Sc.
cured by first mortgage, together
with deeds to much valuable real es.
tate. The estate is to be held in trust
hv tho r;tv for the uses of tho CIaytop