The Holly chieftain., 1908-07-10
STATE news items

Wlil open the Greeley ChAutauQua July
14th and speak on Representative
Government"
G. w. Shelton, county treasurer ol
Morgan county. died June 30th of peri
tonitis. He was completing his second
term In office.
The Leadville tonnage for the month
OF June was about the same as for the
previous month, $1,000 tons of all
classes of ore.
Pumpkin Pie Day will be celebrated
at Longmont August 23rd, when the
whole world will be invited to come
and eat free pie.
Pueblo shoe merchants have re-
ported to the police that man has
been buying shoes and getting small
sums in change by the use Of forged
checks.
Telegraphic reports show that the
Fourth Of July crowds In nearly every
town and resort in Colorado broke all
records. There's a big crop of people
this year.
A special election for the purpose
OF approving the issuance by the city
for $4,000 in water bonds was held
at Fort Morgan and carried by vote
of 2S4 to 16.
Mrs. Martha A. Shute of the State
Horticultural Society received an
elaborate fruit exhibit from Fremont
county for display during the Demo
cratic convention.
The Hawkeye club, composed of
more than 500 former residents OF
Iowa. will keep open house at the AL
bany hotel in Denver during conven-
ton week for the Iowa visitors.
]. G. Gwynn, who has been acting
as chief engineer OF the Dcnver & Rio
Grande railroad since the death OF
Chief Engineer E. ]. Yard. has been
appointed permanently to the office he
has been filling.
Approximately $500 acres of state
land was sold at auction by Register
John F. Vivian in the office Of the land
board at the State house in Denver
July 1st The land brought from "a to
$25 per acre.
There was snowstorm on the Ra-
ton mountains in sight of Trinidad,
July Bird, leaving Fishers peak capped
with white. The temperature at Trim
idad fell to forty-five degrees above
zero.
A miniature tornado struck Cheraw,
small settlement ten miles from La
Junta Wednesday afternoon. Water
in lake was whirled to height Of
thirty feet. There was no rain but q
heavy hail accompanied the wind.
The school census of Weld county
shows an increase OF $50 over that Of
last year. There are only three deaf
mn, IT,, x1<
county between the ages Of four and
twenty-five.
One mile Of the new state highway
in Las Animas county has been COM
pleted by the convict gang which be-
gan work two months ago. Captain
Clegborn, brother Of Warden Cleg-
born, who is in charge of the camp.
says he is well pleased with the pro-
gress made.
Massino Regero, an Italian miner,
was killed by lightning on the night
of July End, while on his way from
Walsenburg to the Cameron mine. He
was on top of a hill when the bolt
struck him. All the clothing was torn
from his body and deep hole was
made in the ground.
Seven damage suits, aggregating
$37,500, were filed in the District
Court at Pueblo. On the Bird inst,
against the Colorado Fuel & Iron Com
rany, as the result of gas explosion
at the Minnequa plant about a year
ago, when five men lost their lives
and two others received injuries which
totally disabled them. The victims
were nearly all foreigners and the suits
are filed by relatives.
George N. Raymond, editor of the
Evening Herald OF Durango. who has
been writing "P. M" after his name
for the past five years, Is no longer
postmaster of Durango, having been
succeeded by w. w. Parshall. It is
understood that Mr.. Parshall will re-.
tam 3. w. Strader as deputy and will
make no changes in clerks. Mr.. Ray
mond proposes to devote his entire
time to the Herald.
According to report issued by Sec.
retary Of State O'Connor. ITO corpor.
ations were organized in Colorado dur
ing the six months ending May 31st.
VI these large number include man.
ufacturing companies and irrigation en-.
terprises in which millions Of dollars
are being invested. The fees collected
by the state for the Issuance of incor-
poration papers alone amounted to
$3s,O2o.s5 during the six months.
The three children of Adams clanse
at Windsor were burned to death m
the afternoon of July Cd while locked
In the house In the absence of their
mother, who had gone down town on
an errand Thew wora p,,I..