The Holly chieftain., 1915-02-05
COLORADO NEWS
GA HtRED FROM
All Parts of the State

Candy Company in Denver was de-
stroyed by fire.
The annual banquet and dinner
dance Of the Kansas Club Of Colorado
was held in Denver.
An increase OF $l2.2z4.1o0 In the
value Of Colorado's live stock industry
n the last year ID reported by tho Do
Dartment of Agriculture.
The Colorado branch of the Commit
tee Of Mercy. = new organization
formed to do work among tho needy.
was organized in Denver.
Governor Carlson, who was confined
to his bed suffering from la grippe.
which was brought on by overwork.
was reported to be much better.
Mrs. Tennessee Mayfield Biles Of
Crsede. wife Of former State Repre-
sentative John A. Biles. dropped dead
Of heart disease In front OF the Shirley
hotel In Denver.
Through the efforts of A. ]. Halter
Of Denver and Frank Burt. a member
OF the Panama-Pacific Exposition Com
mission. Colorado Day 1t the fair will
be held on Aug. 1.
An examination Ia to be held by the
State Civil Service Commission of
those employees of the Legislature for
whose positions the commission now
has NO eligible list.
Delegates from Denver and Pueblo
attended a meeting of the all-Colora.
DO committee at Colorado Springs, and
plans were furthered for the upbuild-
ing Of the state.
Almost 100000 was represented
In business transacted in the Denver
stockyards during horse show week,
according to figures compiled by the
Stockyards bank.
Arguments in behalf Of W. L. Ryan
Of Fort Collins, who is under sentence
Of death for killing Attorney Newton
Crose last Aug. IA. were filed with the
State Supreme Court.
The reelection of Thomas B. Stearns
as president Of the Denver Chamber
of Commerce was the unanimous
choice of the organizations newly
elected directors at their first official
meeting.
The educational council of the
State Teachers Association is propos-
ing new law through which 1t is
hoped will be given to the children of
the rural district an efficient system
Of schools.
BY agreement of attorneys on both
sides. District Judge Butler of Denver
continued the hearing of the legal pro-
oeedings involving the estate of the
late William Barth. multi-millionaire,
until Feb. 1s.
One hundred stockmen. bankers,
commission men and business leaders
Of Denver attended banquet given in
honor of George w. Ballantine, retir-
ing president OF the Denver Union
Stockyards Company.
A friend of the first John Jacob
Astor. three-quarters of a century ago,
Eugene X. LaValle, nearly SO, died
from over-exertion in st. Anthony's
hospital In Denver. LaValle was also
acquainted with Brigham Young, whom
he met while prospecting In Utah fifty
William Won Ritchie. alias Wallace,
and his wife, Lucy, who were arrested
as alleged counterfeiters, were ar
raigned before United States Commits
sioner Wilbur F. Stone in Denver and
waived preliminary examination. Both
were remanded to the county jail un-
der $4,000 bonds.
Ivy L. Lee. press representative Of
John D. Rockefeller. Jr, in the recent
Colorado coal strike. whose bulletins
figured prominently in the investiga-
ton of the Federal Industrial Com.
mission. was elected member Of the
board of directors of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company.
Legislative committees representing
three farmers organizations, the
Farmers Grange. the Farmers Union
and the Farmers Congress, indorsed
the county unit bill providing for the
ratification of all third-class school dis
,tricts. The committees held a Joint
session to consider measures before
the Legislature in the interests of
State Treasurer Allison Stocker ia.
sued to Finance Commissioner Pitcher
OF Denver warrant for $4,000 to
cover the appropriation for the West
Colfax viaduct made by the Eight
eenth General Assembly In 1911. The
$4,000. which is paid as the states
share Of the viaduct cost, comes from