The Holly chieftain., 1908-12-25
COLORADO ITEMS

There are still several thousand tons
Of beets in the ground In northern
Colorado.
A short distance west Of Fort Nor
gan q Union Pacific train ran into
herd Of about LES antelope. few days
since. killing two Of them.
Invitations have been issued by the
University OF Colorado for confer
ence Of principals and superintendents
Of high schools OF the state at Boulder
Jan. LIST and End.
The Colorado Telephone Company
has decided to expend between $70O.-
000 and eS00. 900 for improvements and
extensions In Denver and throughout
Colombo and New Mexico.
The taxpayers OF Denver on January
18th will vote on the question Of ts-
suing about $1,000 900 Of school bonds
for tbs erection Of new school build
insi. repairs and additions.
The advance in the price of tungsten
from 81 to Is unit and the belief that
1t viii 70 considerably higher soon,
has greatly stimulated development Of
tungsten claims In the Nederland dis
trict.
The Iona club has been formed by
Werner z. Reed and q number of Dem
yer people interested In the develop
ment Of the Grand Valley. 1t is pro-
posed to hold stated banquets At which
Western slope Affairs will be dis
cussed.
The course Of the Cache la Poudre
river has been changed for over mile
north Of Greeley to prevent possible
the flooding of the lowlands. 240 acres
Of which win be reclaimed and added
to the city's residence district.
II the Indian school At Fort Lewis
near Durango is discontinued by the
government an effort will be made to
secure the site aid building for the
use Of some state institution. There
are dozen buildings and 5000 acres
Of land, part Of which ID underlaid
BY coal.
Owing to the rapid thinning out Of
young pine trees on the government
forest reserve during the past few
years. orders have been issued to the
rangers in the Colorado aiistrict to pro
hibit the cutting Of Christmas trees
except where q necessity exists for
the thinning Of clumps.
G. A. Brandenburg, chief weather
observer for the Denver district. says
this year beats the record for any sim
S1ar neaSx ls.~ ~>b,x, = 20, . In
amuont of snowfall since September
III. Up q. the 10th inst, 627 inches
'hdd fallen IN Denver. The totsl precip-
itation for year to date Il LII inches
above the average.
To obtain much-needed rest and
to study conditions in Palestine and
Rome. Dr.. R. A. Carnine,, stperinten-
dent Of the Greeley district. Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church In Colo
RADIO. II preparing to leave for the
Holy Land, where he will spend the
winter. Mr.. Carnine will first visit
Palestine and go from there to Rome.
Grandma" Petrie. said to be the
oldest resident of Mesa county and one
of the Oldest women in the state, died
at Grand Junction on the 18th inst. at
the age of ninety-seven. A week before.
she fell and sustained q broken hip.
This injury, together with old age. was
the cause Of her death. She was a ma
tive Of Syracuse, N. Y, and came to
Grand junction in 1888, living with her
son, Charles H. Petrie.
The following onicers were chosen
by the Colorado Scientific Society at
its meeting In Denver on the 10th
inst: Franklin Guiterman, president;
d. w. Brunton, drst vice president;
Charles w. Comstock, second vice
president; William A. Johnston, sec
retary; John w. Richards, treasurer.
w. r. Mills and George L. Cannon
were chosen to serve on the executive
committee.
Tho affairs of the Colorado State
Bank Of Durango are now said to be
practically settled. B. N. Freeman,
presi lent Of the bank. and his asso-
ciates have turned over to the receiver
cash and securities to the amount Of
$175, 900 in purchase Of the bank assets.
which In addition to the cash collected
by the receiver, is sufficient to pay the
total liabilities Of the bank, which at
the time of suspension were 335O.000.
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