The Holly chieftain., 1915-08-13

Oenter.
The widow and relatives of the late
Col. George S. Newman of Denver viii
battle over his estate.
Huntley Mcdonald, %, nephew of
John S. Campion, may lose an eye as
the result of mine mishap at Lead
vile.
Terry Owens, former fire chief of
Denver, has declined an offer to be-
come chief of the fire department of
El Paso, Tex.
The county commissioners at Grand
Junction changed the date of the COM
ing drainage district election from
Aug. 19 to Aug. "a.
Miss Katherine A. Gardiner, teacher
in the University Park school for the
last twenty one years, died in st.
Luke's hospital in Denver
Weld county's harvest of early cab
bage is now in full blast and the yield
is turing out excellent, both in amount
and quality of heads gathered.
The Colorado State Federation of
Labor through referendum vote of the
affiliated unions, has decided to hold
the annual convention in Denver in
stead of Salida.,
A $25,000,OOO contract for rifles will
be let among Denver's manufacturers,
provided local institutions can handle
such an enormous order. according to
Charles Rohde.
The famous lost ore shoot of the
Forrest mine at Wall Street has been
found again by Hayes Scruggs, ac-
cording to word which came from the
hills to Boulder.
Mrs. Florence Hawkins of Lafayette,
Ind, has written Mayor w. H. Sharp
ley to ask help in finding her son,
Howard Mallory, who wrote her regu-
larly from Denver until one month
ago.
God. Guide Our President" is the
latest composition of Denver wom-
an, Mrs. Jessie Mcnamara Lydon, to
be sung for the first time at the Har-
vest Day Festival, Aug. II, at City
Park.
Peter Ruddy, 33. Rock creek ranch.
er, may die as the result of injuries
received when his automobile and one
carrying Joe and Peter Gersick collid.
ed head-on on the Santa Fe trail east
of Pueblo.
Work of remodeling the old federal
building will be begun the first of the
year. it was announced in Denver,
with the definite assurance that the
new building will be ready for occu-
pancy Nov. IS.
Colorado silver mines will be among
the first to benefit from purchases of
1,125,000 ounces of silver, which, ac-
cording to dispatches from Washing
ton, are being made by the United
States government
A conference relative to the con.
struction of an automobile highway
between Pueblo and Westcliffe, in the
Wet Mountain valley, was held be-
tween the commissioners of Pueblo
and Custer counties at Silver Cliff.
AS the result of burns he received
when he was converted into human
torch, while playing with a bonfire,
Roland Clifton, the 7-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs w. A. Clifton of Den
yer, died at the Park Avenue hospital.
United States Senator Charles S.
Thomas will go to Boston and Wash
ington. His visit East, the senator
explained, is on legal business only
and not due to any possibility of
call of Congress in extraordinary ses-
sion.
Following a meeting of the union
depot directors, announcement was
made by Charles Ware of Omaha,
general manager of the Union Pacific
be ready for use by the middle of
September.
One of the eight "rescue cars" sent
by the United States throughout the
country to teach the conservation of
human life in the various coal fields,
is now operating in northern Colorado
under the supervision of ]. H. East, a
resident of Denver.
An unmailed post card, telling his
mother that he was all right and bid
ding her not to worry, was the means
which identified Charles f. Freeman,
supposedly of Memphis. Tenn, when
he was crushed to death in a freight
wreck near the Gorge station above
Canon City.
Reneging on his promise to marry