The Holly chieftain. (Holly, Colo.) 1897-1987, 1916-12-08
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Jan, se-Athistie Club boxing contests
yss. ss .si.A.nua, w.st.rs stock
Feb. 1-S-Y. n c. A. Annual convsn.
tiea AZ Colorado Syringe
A new alfalfa min i to be opened
at Wilson.
Mix has been raised from TIC to
SIC per quart in Denver.
Fire did about $4,000 damage to the
Wyman school in Denver.
A pre-C Christmas sale Of goods made
by the blind will be held at Denver.
Judge Tully Scott delivered the
eulogy In THE Elks lodge of sorrow at
Sterling.
Alex Park and Harry Wilcox were
injured In two automobile accidents
at Pueblo.
The skating fad which has been re-
vived in the cities Of the East has
spread to Denver.
Miners In the Puritan and Sham
rock mines In the Frederick and Erie
districts, have been given an increase
In wages.
Frederick A. Bigler, Denver con-
tractor, died at Cheyenne as the re-
suit of injuries sustained four weeks
ago in fall.
A game of football. played as only
young boys can play one. nearly re-
suited fatally for Wilbur Stark, 8
years old, in Denver.
The third annual course for pros
pectors will be given by the Colorado
School Of Mines in Golden for four
weeks. starting Feb. s.
G. e. Waldron of Monument has
been elected president of the Colorado
Milk Producers Association. He sue
ceeds J. c. DeWall of Mount Morri-
son.
A gold brick was received at the U.
s. mint in Denver valued at $4,000,
and representing the eleventh clean
up Of the year of the U. s. Gold Cor
poration mine and mill at Sugar Loaf.
Over five thousand dollars was col
lected on the annual tag day observed
in Denver By the Saturday and Sun
day Hospital Association. The exact
amount Of the donations was So
036.17.
Denver has been named by the AS
ISOLATED Advertising Clubs of the
World as one of the leading market
ing centers OF the United States and
Canada, in which they will make their
third annual investigation of business
conditions.
A unique Thanksgiving dinner took
place in Denver when G. R. Bates,
Oldest member Of a family Of five gen.
erations ranging in age from SO years
down to 4 months. sat at the head OF
the table with all his happy kinsfolk
gathered about.
Ninety thousand dollars in extra
ticket sales were realized by railroads
cooperating with the tourist and pub
licity bureau of the Denver Civic AS
ISOLATION in exploiting the scenic at
fractions of Colorado for the 1916 sea.
son, according to dispatch received
from Chicago.
Henry Huston, ~, was arrested at
Sugar City on bench warrant is
sued by Judge Robert e. Lewis of the
Federal Court in Denver on charge
Of using the mails to defraud. He was
taken before United States Commits
sioner B. Yates in Pueblo and later re-
leased on $1,000 bond.
Comprehensive plans for the devel-
opment Of the national Fairgrounds in
Colorado were outlined by Stephen +.
Mather, assistant to Secretary of the
Interior Franklin X. Lane. in charge
Of national parks, at luncheon held
in Denver under the auspices Of the
Denver Civic Association.
| Eighty per cent of the copper to be
produced in the United States during
the first half Of 1917 is said to be sold
in advance. This would indicate that
9O0,O0O,OOO pounds of copper has been
placed for delivery during the first
six months of the coming year, the
refinery yield being estimated at 1885,.
100000 pounds per month.
Federal Judge Lewis in Denver sen.
fenced Albert Duff and Frank Bren-
men to serve fifteen months in the fed.
eral penitentiary at Leavenworth. The
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