The Holly chieftain., 1915-12-17
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
'estern Newspaper Union News Service
DATES For COMING Events.

NJ
Jan. s-ioWsixteenth annual show of
Colorado Poultry Fanciers' Assocla-
tion at Denver.
Jan. 17-19.-Meeting Colorado Retail
Groeers' and Butchers Association
Jan. 16-22.-Western Live Stock Show
March 20-April &C lora o Retail
Merchants Associations Food and
industrial Exposition at Denver
The Fort Collins milk condensary
is in operation.
The new elevator at Craig is N
running order.
Another $1,00O,000 has been paid to
Larimer county beet growers.
A large crowd is expected at the
jackson day 81 dinner in Denver Jan.
The Hugo National bank with paid
up capital of $4,000 opened for busi-
ness.
The bandit who robbed the Manitou
bank of $4,000 seems to have made
good his escape.
Denver business men have guaran.
teed $4,000 for the Western Stock
Show in January
The Aero Club of Colorado is the
name of new organization composed
of Denver business men.
Over 100000 acres of Colorado land
has been designated as being under
the 32O-acre homestead law
The tenth annual convention of the
Delta County Livestock Association
will be held in Delta Dec. 80.
The body Of Charles H. Lamb, who
died in Cripple Creek, was taken to
Longmont and buried in the Longmont
cemetery.
Mrs. w. ]. Cunningham of Pueblo
was cornered by bobcat while alone
in her home, but secured gun and
killed it.
George McWilliams Large, pio-
neer, was buried at Longmont. He
was 81 years old and died at his home
near Berthoud.
Three persons were injured when a
car driven by ]. Foster Symes of Den
yer struck the rear wheel of an cleo
trio automobile, and turned over.
Frank B. Ahrold, who committed
suicide in Salt Lake after shooting
and dangerously wounding Mrs. c. G.
Grenshaw, leaves a wife and three
children in Denver.
Dynamite sufficient to destroy the
entire Minnequa wire mill and damage
other portions of the steel plant at
Pueblo was found in secluded spot
in the wire mill.
Charged with the murder of William
F. Langdon, widely known detective
for the Santa Fe railroad in Pueblo,
Charles Lewis and Frank Williams are
under arrest at Pueblo
City officials of the town of Aurora
are mentioned as respondents in pc.
tition to mandamus the municipality,
lodged in the United States Court by
Samuel G. Hickman, for the recovery
of $225,114.65.
Occupancy of Denver's new federal
building by the Postoffice Department
and many other branches of the gov
ernment by Jan. has been assured
the officials, according to an an
nouncement made from Washington.
lnformations were filed in the Dis
trict Court at Boulder by District At
torney W. R. Fleming formally charg-
ing Renzie Dickens with the murder
of his father, W. H. Dickens, at Long
mont, Nov. 80.
Rabbits of all sizes and descrip-
tions, numbering 700, We're distribut-
ed to the poor in Denver from the
Salvation Army hall. The gifts were
presented to Lieut.. Col. ]. w. Cousins
by George A. Pughe of Craig.
Christmas cheer was brought to the
stockholders Of the Vindicator Con-
solidated Gold Mining Company when
the board of directors declared an
extra dividend of 3 per cent on the
$1,500,000 of outstanding capital, pay
able on Dec. %.
Mrs. J. S. Allison, wife of con-
tractor of Mum, was injured and
three other motorists, including her
husband and S-year-old son, narrowly
escaped in collision of the Allison
auto with a machine driven by E. S.
Elliott of Denver.
Oscar Cook, sentenced to death for
the murder of Patrolman William Nc.
Pherson and A. j. Lloyd in a Valverde
saloon four years ago, was taken from
the Denver county Jail to Canon City.
Execution has been set for some time
in the week of Feb 20.