The Holly chieftain., 1913-01-10

Editor John Wilson of the Colorado
Springs Public Opinion died at the
home Of his daughter in Roy, N. M.
Colorado women have picked out fit
teen offices that they desire to fill by
appointment by Governor-elect Am
| mons.
News of the death OF James NJ.
Johnson, an early resident Of Denver.
at Piedmont, Cal, has been received
in Denver.
becoming imminent at Meeker, and it
is feared it will break despite efforts
to check it.
The funeral of Mrs. Angeline X.
Post, wife-of former Attorney General
c. C. Post, was held from the Post
residence in Denver.
AS far as known the only New
Years baby born in Denver is the
daughter of Mrs. Charles Zilcher, of
2152 California street.
The body of John McGavock, Den
yer boy who was killed in a snowslide
near Cordova, Alaska, Dec. 1S. arrived
in Denver and was buried there.
Denver is a bidder for the 1918 con-
vention and meet of the Federation of
American Motorcyclists, the only 9TH
er city in the running being Chicago.
There. are more than 1000 cars of
sheep being fed in the Greeley dis
trict, or nearly 100000 animals, that
will be ready for market in the near
future.
Charging his family with conspir-
acy to deprive him unlawfully of his
liberty, John F.. Chandor of Denver
has entered suit in the New York
courts for 100000.
According to reports received from
London DR.. A. G. Friedman of Colo
RADIO Springs has made a fortune in
securing the American rights for
new method Of manufacturing galvan-
lied iron.
The funeral of Mrs. Juanita Bar
rows, the young woman who lost her
life when the auto of Charles X. Cook,
in which she was riding, was over
turned on the Littleton road, was held
in Denver.
The parcel post service opened on
| the first day of the new year with a
greater volume of business than had
been expected at the Denver postof-
flee. Several hundred packages were
mailed through the new service.
A young man, whose name is
thought to be Julius Stehr of Milwau-
kee, staggered into saloon at Pueblo
and fell. suffering from strychnine
| poisoning. He died short time later
at hospital, where he was taken by
] the police.
Mrs. Laura Sturtevant Dodge, sixty
one, wife of DIR. H. o. Dodge, old-time
residents of Boulder, died Of the grip.
by son, DR.. Horace Dodge of Steam
boat Springs, and one daughter, Mrs.
Lester ]. Moulton Of Boulder.
G. w. Lille (Pawnee BID, partner
of Colonel w. F. Cody buffalo BilD.
of Colonel w. c. Cody buffalo BilD
has written Gordon Jones. chairman
of the Colorado Publicity League. Of
fering his Oklahoma herd of buffalo
for Denver's Indian show of 1915.
The first of the examinations under
the new state civil service commits
4 sion will be held January % and %.
These are for the state commissioner
of public printing, to be held January
20, and for state commissioner of In
surance, to be held January %.
Frederick Horton. sixty-three, at one
Chicago Board of Trade, died at the
ranch Of w. H. Bartlett, near Trinidad
Mr.. Horton and Bartlett were old
friends in Chicago, both amassing for
tunes on the Board Of Trade.
Contracts for the sale of the Antero
and Lost Park Reservoir Company's ir-
rigation project, which waters 10000
acres of land east of Denver, have
been signed between officials of the
concern and New York syndicate
The consideration is $1,50O,00O.
But for her presence of mind Mrs
c. l.. Sisson would have been burned
to death when can of gasoline ex.
ploded while she was cleaning dress
in the kitchen of her home in Denver
While she was enveloped in flames
she took tablecolth and wrapped it
around her, smothering the flames
Her arms and face were badly burned
A masked highwayman, armed with
an automatic revolver, held up and
robbed the original "Blue Goose" sa.