The Holly chieftain. (Holly, Colo.) 1897-1987, 1917-01-19
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service

of Colorado Assembly at Denver.
Jan. lS-27-Annual Food Show at Den
Jan: ao-27-Annual western Stock
Show at Denver
Feb. 2-4-Y NJ. c. A. Annual Conven-
ton at Colorado Springs.
There were many exhibits at the
Trinidad poultry show.
Members of the Legislature at
tended the Elks boxing smoker" in
Denver. The boxing bouts were all
fast.
Senator Shafroth has nominated
Kenneth C. Caldwell of Grand juno
ton for the Annapolis naval academy.
and Robert E. Milligan of Denver. as
alternate.
The Denver Women's committee, or
ganized to make and send surgical
dressings to the warning nations sent
out consignment OF 1000 bandages
to France.
Former Gov. George A. Carlson has
officially closed a contract with an
Eastern lyceum bureau for lecture
tour beginning next June, 1t was an
nounced in Denver.
AS result OF an alteration over a
trivial matter. Lee Stear, 80, was shot
through the head and instantly killed
on the ranch Of ]. L. Savage. thirty
miles west of Pueblo.
Henry L. Reno. formerly q soldier
in the United States army, has been
engaged by the Denver school board
to aid in the preliminary organization
of the Denver high school cadets.
Rico reports that ore is now coming
down steadily from the Log Cabin
mine, operated by the new Marmatite
Mining Company. The aerial tram.
way recently repaired. is working sat
isfactorily.
Colorado expended $4,O75. 500 on her
roads during the period of 1915 and
1916, according to T. ]. Ehrhart, state
highway commissioner. Hall of this
sum, or $2,042,7G5.81 was used to i'm
prove state highways.
Nearly 200 farmers and sugar beet
men attended banquet given in Deb
yer by the Denver Tramway Company.
in conjunction with the Great Western
Sugar Company to prospective sugar
beet raisers Of jefferson county.
Important questions embracing
wide scope Of activity were presented
for consideration before the forty
third annual session OF the Colorado
State Grange to be held at Fraternal
Union hall in Denver, Jan. 16, II and
Is.
Two Colorado coal companies will
furnish fuel to operate the state rail-
ways Of Italy for the next three years
at rate of 10000 tons month, and
at gross yield for the period of ST.
$4,000. Delivery will be made at Gal
weston.
The appointment Of Herbert P.
Sweeney as deputy registrar Of vital
statistics and chief clerk in the state
health department. was announced
He succeeds Willard Peck, who has
been appointed public examiner in the.
state auditors office.
It is stated that the Imperial OIL
Company, Ltd, Canadian branch OF
the Standard Oil Company, has OBJ
tanned control OF the Midwest Refin-
ing Company, which 1t will operate as
subsidiary. with Denver as its head
quarters, and without essential change
in its officers.
Immediately after the services at
the Elks' home in Denver, Col. Codys
body was escorted by the Elks to the
Olinger mortuary. where it will lie
In vault until Decoration day. At
that time 1t is believed that the site
for the grave will have been selected
and the sepulchre completed. and the
final rites will be said on Lookout
mountain.
Eli Mace, 81, and Marion Cooley, 10,
who were arrested in Kansas City
and confessed, according to detectives,
to the robbery on Dec. Is of the
Stockmen's National, bank at Brush,
are in Jail at Fort Morgan awaiting
trial. They were taken there from the
home OF Mace's sister, Mrs. Hugh
Gavin Of Kansas City. where both
were staying. At the time of their ar
rest they had about $4,000 Of the $4,-
220.17 stolen, according to detectives
working on the case.
Gold and silver production in the
United States in 1916 fell below that
of the year before by 8,719,300 of gold
and 2,O77,275 ounces of silver. The