The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-05
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

The Santa Fe depot at Fowler was
destroy ed by fire on the night of July
27th.
Hereafter sheriff Clarke of Las Ami
mas county will run down criminals
with a first class automobile.
Up to July 26th the secretary OF the
fish and game commission OF Colorado
at Denver had issued 1,1i0 hunting
permits this year.
Harry +. MulniN has been given a
contract to audit the county books Of
Pueblo county, for which service ne
is TO be paid S1,4S0.
President Moyer of the Western Fed
GRAFTON of Miners says that the coop
erative stores at Cripple Greek and
Victor will be reopened Tor business.
1t is estimated that there is now
over 5.000.O00.O00 cubic feet Of
stored water in the Poudre valley
available for the maturing OF crops
this season.
Gus White, the S-year-old son Of G.
A. White, a fruit dealer of Pueblo, ran.
away few days ago and was neard
from three days later at Great Falls,
Montana.
Thomas Clark has offered reward
OF S25 for information leading TO the
arrest of the parties who dynamited
his fish pond near l.ongmont and
killed wagon load of fish.
The fall circuit OF the Arkansas val
ley Racing Association will hold races
in Leadville for three days, August II,
II and l3. under the auspices of the
new Leadville Racing Association.
-,
sending large quantities of Zion City
literature to Pueblo and people are
wondering if he is not coming out in
person to try to capture the town.
A hailstorm July 26th between Or
chard and Weldon, in the western
part Of Morgan county, did consider
able damage. In some places chick
ems, pigs, sheep and calves were
, killed.
Eugene w. Holmes was burned TO
death at Pagosa Springs July 22nd in
fire that destroyed Gaylord Gar
WINS saloon. Holmes was about fifty
I've years old and had been at the
Springs abou: thre> years.
A b. Hall, farmer living near
Sterling, was killed July 27th while
passing from one part of his farm TO
another upon the Burlington track,
stepping in front of a train that he
failed to see.
Among the successful Colorado
| drawers of land in the Rosebud reser-
walton in South Dakota are Charles w.
| Meyer of Denver, w. r. Montgomery
of Colorado Springs and John D. Coop
! er of Colorado City.
! Walter Welman. representing the
| New York Herald, the Chicago Record
| Herald and the Philadelphia Press, one
of the best-known newspaper men OF
| the country. has been looking into af-
fairs at Cripple Creek.
! The employees of a Denver dry goods
establishment gave an excursion on
the Moffat road few days ago in
which over 200 people are said to
have participated. The new line is
proving highly popular.
Harry Hunter of the Big Creek
ranch near Pearl in Larimer county
lassoed a big cinnamon bear near the
ranch a few days ago. He afterwards
tied the bear. loaded him into the
wagon and took him to the ranch.
Willie Ennis, the twelve-year-old
| son OF F. J. Ennis. living eight miles
west of Fort Morgan, was instantly
killed by lightning on the night of
July 25th while riding horse on the
prairie His horse and dog were also
killed and the three were found to
gether later in the night.
Harry Davies, the Colorado snake
charmer. received his twenty-seventh
shake bite at Denver a few days ago.
He was only just recovering from the
| bite of Gila monster. This last nip
was from Texas diamond back rat
tier, but Davies doesn't mind little
thing like that.
DR.. T. D. Bancroft, who has been
in Colorado Springs for some time ne
gotiating for the construction of a
free home for consumptives, has Sc
cured an option on 11O acres directly
west of the Portland mill in Colorado
City. and expects to commence actual
| construction in the fall.
Earl Losey, the l4-year-old son of
| Charles A. Losey OF the Colorado
Springs Fire Department, ran away in
company with another boy short
| time ago and on July 25th word was
| received that he was killed near Ozone
| Junction, twenty-five miles west of
Cheyenne, wyoming, "hlle Trying u
| steal ride on freight train.
To determine whether the rubber
plant can be profitably cultivated in
| the lower Arkansas valley the Amer
| lean Crude Rubber Company has en-
! ployed a botanist from the State Ag-
ricultural College to conduct expert
ments. Pueblo people are interested
| and the Business Mems Association
| has numerous inquiries from eastern
| investors.
David J. Finkelstein of Colorado