The Holly chieftain., 1916-02-18
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
astern Newspaper Union News Service.
DATES IAn EnMING EVENTS


Committee Meeting in Denver.
March s-1l.-Meeling Western Colo,
rado Teachers Association al Grand
Junction.
March ,2o-Aprn e-Coiora Retail
Merchants Associations Food and
Industrial Exposition at Denver.
April iS.Democratic State Convention
May First Congressional District
Republican Convention at Colorado
Springs
May 2.-Republican State and Third
and Fourth Congressional District
Convention at Pueblo.
The Y. W. C. A. is celebrating its
fiftieth anniversary
At public sale on farm near
Center, yearling heifers brought
s64 So
Allison Stocker, state treasurer.
formally announced his candidacy for
governor
Charles d. McPhee, a resident OF
Colorado since 1869, died at his home
in Denver
There were 714,33O books loaned
from the Denver public library and
branches in 1915.
Samuel X. Young, 61, pioneer bust
ness man of the San Juan country,
died in Denver
Many Denverites would change
from the commission to the mayor
form of government.
The body of Delos A. Chappell,
Denver capitalist was taken to Kala'
mazoo, Mich, for interment.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Magee, old-time
residents Of Denver celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary.
The death OF Thomas Addison
Lewis of Pueblo occurred at Holly
wood, Cal, suburb of Los Angeles.
The Missouri society has made ar
rangements for get-together dinner
and novel salmagundi party in Denver
Feb. IS.
Mrs Adele Overton Brown, &C
years old, widow of J. Sidney Brown,
pioneer merchant, died at the family
home in Denver.
The Colorado Equal Suffrage Asso-
thony League, celebrated the birthday
of Susan b. Anthony by holding re-
ception in Denver.
| A Cheyenne dispatch says that be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 worth of beer
and other alcoholic liquors have been
sent to Colorado points daily during
the past two weeks.
An inheritance tax of $17,743 will
be paid within the next few days up
on the estate of the late James Will
son, pioneer Denver citizen, who died
a year and half ago.
c. E Adams, of Montrose, was
elected president, and S. A. Creary,
vice president of the Republican Ed
torial Association at the meeting in
Denver on Lincoln's birthday.
The funeral of Franklin E. Brooks
former Congressman from Colorado
and one of the most widely known
rado Springs from the First Baptist
church, Sunday afternoon.
A total of S03 men and women were
received and cared for on the county
farms of Colorado from July l, 1914
to June 80, 1915. according to figures
which have been compiled from an
nual reports by the State Board Of
Charities.
Judge Glass, sitting in the County
Court at Littleton, fined Frank and
Lulu Kehoe, proprietors of the Way.
side Inn at Petersburg, s10O for boot
Logging and ordered them to close
their place of business and leave
Arapahoe County within thirty days.
Former Senator Joseph w. Bailey
from Texas was in Monday en-
route to Pueblo, where Monday he
appeared as counsel for the defense
in the trial by the state of William
b. Slaughter, charged with the misap
preparation of funds of the Mercantile
National Bank.
In celebration of Lincolns birthday
in Denver, all the public building:
and ranks were closed. Celebration:
were held by patriotic and civic so
cieties all over the city, probably tn,
largest demonstration being the dedi
eating of the new steel flagpole a
the capitol.
The cattle receipts at the Denver
Union Stock Yards for January
showed an increase of 1880 owe,
January, 1915. The total receipts
were 3A,49S. The number of calves
received showed an increase of 2,911
hogs lo,925. horses 6544 over thl