The Holly chieftain., 1910-02-25
STATE NEWS ITEMS

The University Of Denver has be-
gun the erection Of . gymnasiam
building.
The next quarterly convention OF
the Colorado State Realty Dealers As
sociation will be held at La Junta the
third week in April.
Asahel Sutton. for more than TWEEN
ty years cashier of the First National
Bank Of Colorado Springs. died sud
denly on the 18th inst. OF angina
pectoris. .-
Professor e. p. Taylor has been ap.
pointed Horticultural inspector for
Mesa county. to succeed former Rep
resentative A. b. Boyd. author Of the
Boyd horticultural bill. resigned.
For using profane language in the
presence Of his little son. a Colorado
Springs man WAS sentenced to six
months In the county jail. However.
the sentence was suspended during
good behavior.
The Denver Park Commission con-
templates the construction of a coast
ing and skeeing course. to be ready for
use next winter. There IL no better
fun than sliding down hill, when there
is enough snow.
The Laymen's Missionary convention
will be held at Grand Junction. March
Sth to Sth. Special trains will be run
On the western slope and It Is expect.
ed that 1000 delegates will be in at.
tendance,
Judge Dixon Of the Denver County
Court has held the act regulating
horseshoers and requiring them to be
examined and pay license fee, which
was passed in 1897, to be unconstitu.
tional.
The long-talked-of union railroad
depot for Colorado Springs may be-
come reality. The Merchants Asso-
citation has appointed committee to
confer with similar committees from
other civic organizations and pressure
will be brought to bear. The Santa
Fe will be asked to abandon its plan
for new $4,000 separate depot.
Union Pacific officials have an
nounced the location of four new
townsites on the branch to Fort Col.
Inns, which leaves one Of the two
main lines running into La Sale at
Dent. One is in section 10, township
5. range 81. between Officer and Ra-
gan. The others are in Larimer coun-
ty. one just east Of Boyds Lake and
one in the Harmony district.
In circular issued BY Trinidad
miners Union. No. 1913, Western Fed
GRAFTON Of Miners, charges are made
against the competency of State Coal
Mine Inspector John D. Jones, Super
intendent Fitzpatrick, and Mine Boss
Williams of the Primero mine, and
against the management Of the Colo
RADIO Fuel & Iron Company in the Pri.
nero disaster.
City Attorney McKesson of Colorado
Springs has sent notices to the direc-
tors Of every club In the town, includ-
ing fraternal and social organizations,
instructing them that the only legal
manner in which liquor can be kept
for club members is In separate lock-
ers. 1t must be used by the owner
only, and cannot be given away to fel-
low members.
In view of the emigration Of settlers
| to northern Colorado this summer, it
is apparent that an acreage exceeding
that Of previous years by 100000 will
be planted this season within the
Greeley district. While much Of the
new land to come under irrigation for
the first time will be planted to grain
and potatoes, the older farmers Of the
district will seed more than one.half
of their acreage to alfalfa.
The manager Of the Denver Ressr.
voir and Irrigation Company states
that by March l Barr lake, south OF
Hudson, enlarged to five times its pre.
vious size. and with It's system OF
bitches providing irrigation for 10000
acres, will be ready to furnish water.
By April the Greeley Denver Valley
district will receive its water, and by
June Milton lake, south Of La Sale,
will be completed and in use, making
the Denver-Greeley Valley the first
bonded irrigation district in northern
Colorado ready for use. Including the
five large ranches recently purchased
southeast Of Kersey by the company,
to be provided soon with water, 1850,
600 acres will be supplied by the com.
pany this summer. Over 1000 acres
Of this immense tract has been plowed
James A. Warford, charged with the
| murder OF Chris Miller and Ike I,efto
In 1904, has just been released from