The Holly chieftain., 1900-06-22
COLORADO NOTES,

"A tyIOEfdpHicui uHioh AdB Oee1 -. 4
ganized at Florence.
Seven thousand people availed H..
selves of the invitation to eat Etrav. !
10th. The weather was fine and =. Y
erything passed of pleasantly.
The Salvation Army colony n..,
Rocky Ford will engage In the dairv
business. 1t is in a prosperous con.
dition. Two additional sections n
land will be secured for the colony,
A second trainload Of German farm
ers from Nebraska have arrived At 81.
gar City to engage In raising beets. An Z
are experienced beet growers. The beet
crop is in fine condition. with an ex-
ceptionally good stand.
1t was decided at a mass meeting Of
Pueblo citizens to send the children
remaining in the Fries Orphan Home
to the Grays home on the mesa, pend =
ing the result Of the work Of the CON-
mittee in establishing permanent
home for orphan children.
During an electrical storm at Ber-
thoud Calvin Wray, one of the Oldest
farmers in that section, was struck by
lightning while stacking hay He Is
still alive, but his recovery is doubtful.
The bolt struck him in the forehead
took a downward course over his chest
and right leg. tearing his clothing and
taking the shoe entirely of the right
foot. A dark red line marked the course
of the current across Wray's body.
What may result in a fatal accident
occurred at the Walsen mine at Wal
senburg on the 18th. Sallie McKinzie.
about fourteen years of age, set fire t0s
can of coal oil while using it to kin
die fire. Before assistance could ar
rive her clothes were completely
burned off. At present she is resting
quietly, but there is little hope for her
recovery. An aged lady, while trying
to extinguish the flames, was also !
burned about the hands and face
George. the nine-year- son of L.
Bull. n rancher living about eight miles
west Of Carbondale. was thrown from
a broncho. His foot caught in the
stirrup and he was killed by being
dragged by the frightened pony. The
boy had been sent to a neighb0ring ,
ranch on an errand and was about TO
return home when the pony became
frightened and started off on its wild
run. When caught, the boys life
was extinct. The body will be taken
to the former home of the parents at
Leadville for interment
The annual readjustment of postmas-
ters salaries gives the following Offices
in Colorado an Increase, commencing
July l, 1900, of 500 per annum: Ala
mosa, Buena Vista. Cripple Creek.
Florence. GlenwOod, Leadyille, Ouray.
Canon City, Fort Collins. Rocky Ford..s
Black Hawk, Colorado Springs, Den
Tnn
Manitou. Salida. The following will
be advanced 500: Telluride, Ame-
thyst, Del Norte. Longmont, Walsen-
burg. Goldfeld will bc Increased $4O0.
There will be no. decreases in the state.
Tie Egeria Park Stockgrowers' Pro-
tective Association, at its meeting helds
on the 9Th instant, strongly condemned
the action of the land department IN
asking Congress for permission to lease
the various forest reserves for grazing
purposes. The meeting voted to join
the Western Range Stockgrowers' As.
sociation, organized to fight the leasing
of the public domain, and levied q lib
eral assessment to further the interests
of the organization. The settlers in
this section of the state are determinedA
to leave no stone unturned in their eff
forts to preserve the status quo Of the
range industry.
Andrew SOrensOn, Swede, thirty
six years old, was found dead near the
Arkansas river bridge, opposite the
Pueblo smelter The body was lyings
in pool Of water a short. distance
from the channel of the river, and had
evidently been washed ashore there by
the current. Both jugular veins had
been severed, and the body was in an
advanced state Of decomposition. Sor-
enson had been missing since Saturday
night but his disappearance caused mo-
alarm. The suppOsition is that while In
fit Of temporary insanity. he went on
one OF the uptown bridges, cut his
throat and fell into the river.
the 18th. 1t occurred shortly before
$50 o'clock at the Children's Missiop
Home at 800 East Fifth street, and
through which thirty homeless ones
narrowly escaped with their lives,
while four were burned to death while
endeavoring to escape. The four dead
are between the ages of five and eigh,
years They are Walter Bauman, Ar.
thur Bauman, Eddie Turnipseed and
Frances Murphy. Mr.. and Mrs. C. A.
Thomas, who have charge of the hOm4s
in Leadville, are both absent from the
city. Mrs. Thomas is in the East on
vacation, while Mr.. Thomas was spend
ing the day In Glenwood Springs. The
home was in charge of two nurses, Hell
en- and Rose Smith. The building was
a tinder box, and that more of the lits
tie ones did not perish is simply mir
acle. and is due to the fact that those.
in charge and neighbors near at hand
rendered valuable assistance in remOv-
ing the children from the burning