The Holly chieftain., 1909-08-27
STATE NEWS ITEMS

ioTo IN weld county, on the Burling-
ton. between Grover and Cheyenne.
has been filed at Greeley. 1t is one
mile south Of the northern state line.
The Colorado Springs-Victor water
dispute over rights on the west slope
Of Pixies peak. which has been pend
ing for six years. has been settled by
an agreement between the two towns.
Alfred De Orc. Cuban farmer. ar
rived in Greeley recently with the an
nounced intention OF purchasing a
farming tract in Weld county on
which to experiment with several
new types of potatoes.
Work on the Union Pacific cutoff
which is to give Boulder additional
passenger service into Denver is
making good progress and 1t is ex-
over the Union Pacific in about sixty
days.
Great preparations are being made
for the Weld County Fair. to be held
at Greeley. September LIST to 4th. The
fair will take the place OF the old har.
vest festival and is to be an annual
event. Fifty sacks Of the best pota,
toes will be baked and in addition a
fine lunch will be served free. On the
last day there will be a baby show.
The 1000 pounds of pitchblende
purchased from the Kirkwood prop
critics at Central City in Gilpin by
the Colorado School of Mines by use
of the Thomas F. Walsh fund for the
research work in making radium will
be one of the exhibits at the mining
department at the second annual
Colorado Interstate Fair and Exposi-
tion which will be held at Denver
commencing September 18th.
At cost of 100000. Denver and
Eastern men will construct an i'm
mense reservoir along Bear creek
above Morrison, to develop electric
power and irrigate dry lands. They
are planning to organize company
to be called the Home Power and Irri-
CATION Company, which will take over
the plants of the Mount Evans COM
pany and all other water rights on the
creek and consolidate them.
Preparations for Lamb Day, which
Fort Collins will celebrate September
29th, are maturing rapidly. Senator
Drake started few days since on a
trip in search Of lambs. which are to
be roasted and fed to the multitude
expected in Fort Collins during the
great celebration. The Colorado &
Southern has arranged for halffare
round trip on that day into Fort Col
Inns from all points north of Denver.
Plans are being made in Denver for
the celebration on September I'd Of the
seventeenth anniversary OF the birth
Of Henry George. who in the early
days advocated the single tax system.
The celebration in all probability will
be in the form of q banquet. at which
q number of Denver's prominent lusi-
ness men will speak. The committee
selected to perfect the arrangements
consists Of John B. McGauren. Jabez
Norman and w. v. Mallory.
James Kelley of Telluride 10 wand
ering demented in the hills south OF
Ridway. If he is not dead OF expo
sure. Kelley left for Denver Saturday,
but left the train at Placerville. Sun
day night he went to the ranch of
Charles Gallagher on the Pallas di.
vide. He appeared insane. Gallagher
tried to detain him, but Kelley broke
away and disappeared in the dark.
Since then no trace has been found OF
him.
The farmers living under the Hol.
brook ditch near La Junta have organ.
lied the Holbrook irrigation district
and have purchased the canal and all
the water rights therein from the own.
ers and are now surveying for an in.
take ditch from the river to Dye
lake. This ditch will be 20 miles long,
40 feet wide and seven feet deep. The
Dye reservoir will probably hold 5O.-
900 acre feet of water. This will help
the farmers out and give them a sup.
ply in times OF water shortage.
One Of the largest, If not the larg.
est single land transaction ever made
on the Western Slope was consum-
mated a few days since when l. N.
Pepper sold the Eckerly ranch of 1.60O
acres and Peppers Gardens. an 800.
acre tract of orchard land. near Mont
rose. for $25O,OOO cash. The Eckerly
ranch was purchased by R. N. Whit
ford of Galesburg. ILL.,, who is acting
for syndicate. for $4,000. Reed
Mcdonald of Denver was the pur.
chaser of the orchard tract, the price
being $4,000.
The following new postmasters have
been appointed for Colorado: Haxtum,
Phillips county, Frances NJ, Johnson.