The Holly chieftain., 1900-07-13
COLORADO NOTES.

in Yuma county of n disease much like !
hydrophobia.
Some Colorado Springs people are
planning TO organize company to bore
for gas and oil.
The slopes of Pixies Peak near the
summit are said to be covered with
billions OF caterpiliars. which make
walking almost impossible and choke
up the mountain streams.
Truck gardeners in the vicinity OF
Pueblo report that the army worm has
done great damage to nll sorts of gar
den produce in the last month or six
weeks. As result the crops will be
exceedingly small this year.
The Union Pacific has opened n {,
gravelpit near Granger. making three
pits in operation-the other two being
on Sherman hill One steam shovel
has been placed and the gravel will be
used in hallasting the eut-offs between
Green River and Ogden. There is no
limit to the supply Of gravel. and the
pit will be operated all summer.
A whole shift employed on the Santa
Rita mine has been discharged be-
rause OF the disappearance Of some
unable TO detect the thieves, and there
fore made the wholesale discharge,
hoping to include the guilty parties in
the lot. 1t is said that the ore has been
traced to an assay office in Victor. FuyR
ther developments are expected.
Florence is to have an electric street
railway soon. The Incorporation pa :
pers of the Florence Electric Street
b,g va<1
and will be filed in Il few days. Cap /.
ital stock will be $5OO.OOO. Thomas
Robinson, who holds the franchise for
the road. states that the matter is pro-
crossing nicely. and that work will be-
gin as soon as the necessary arrange
ments can be made.
There will be meeting of Silver
Republican editors of Colorado imme-
diately upon the conclusion OF the
meeting of the State Editorial Associa-
ton, which is called to meet ut Ouray
July 1S20th. Preliminary arrange
ments were made for the meeting at
session Of the Silver-Republican edi- =
tors in Denver about two months ago.
1t is hoped that all editors of that po-
litical faith in Colorado will meet at
the time Indicated
The State Sanitary and Veterinary
Board met at the state capitol Satur-
day afternoon and discussed the COM,
ditions of stock in the state. DIR. S.
Book, the state veterinarian, reported
that throughout the entire state as he
knew for the most part by personal ing
yestigatlon, there was no epidemic Of
any Kind among the stock. The only
sickness at this date, he said was
among the cattle in Yuma county.
some of which died of impaction Of
the stomach. He thought the pros
poets for successful year for cattlel
men were better than for long time.
The State Board of Charities an,f
Corrections, through its secretary, c. L.
Stonaker, has prepared report of the
population of the various state institu-
tions In the State Home for Depend
ent Children are fifty-two males and
twenty eight females: in the Boys IN
dustrial School at Golden, 161; in the
State Home and Industrial School foD
Girls. forty-three; in the School for
Deaf Mutes at Colorado Springs. 121;
in the State Reformatory, 40; in thee
Insane Asylum, 312 males and 1S2 fe-
males; in the penitentiary three females
and 525 males.
The crop prospects in the country adj
jacent to Greeley We're never better
than at the present time. Small grain
will soon be harvested and the yield
promises unusually well. barring acci-
dent from hail or other unforeseen
cause, and the farmers will realize
handsomely. The first cutting of al
falfa was splendid crop and fortuh-
ately was well preserved. The second
cutting is now well along. with splen-
did prospects, so that it may reasona-
bly, be predicted that sheep feeding
will be carried on to a greater extent
than ever has been done in the county
before.
According to the reports of fishermen
from the Gunnison river, that fine
stream will soon be ruined for trout
fishing. unless something is done 10
prevent its pollution by the placer
mines. The protest or the fishermen
in regard to this abuse is beginning to
be strongly seconded by the people Of /
the town of Gunnison, who have here
tofore been very apathetic in the mat
ter, but now realize that the admirable
suitability of the stream for big trout,
and many of them, will be seriously
lInpalreu, anu tnat tne pliceT Huiuts are
doing that section little or comparative
ly no good.
Water is being taken frop the Crown
Point and Virginia. near Idaho SpriIEs,
at the rate of 100000 gallons every
twenty-four hours. and miners are now
to be put on the 5s0-foot level. The
new sheave frame has been completed
1t is 46 feet high and is one of TIE
finest in the country. The intention is |
to erect the building enclosing the