The Holly chieftain., 1910-11-18
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring Over the
State Worth Telling.

StakG WoIH sS''hS.
Work on the new $4,000 Episcopal
church began Monday at Greeley.
DR.. c. H. Graves has been appointed
pension surgeon a: Canon City. Colo.
The ladies of the Baptist Church of
Olathe have served an election dinner
for fifteen successive years.
The new motor cars between Den
yer and Greeley will be put in opera
tion about December LIST.
Gilcrest is about to establish an al
falfa mill. the site having been do,
mated and guarantee fund raised.
Within the past few days number
of quite heavy transactions in Mont
rose real estate have been effected.
John O'Neill, boilermaker at the
Colorado Southern shops at Trinidad,
was fatally mangied by being drawn
into cog wheels and died later.
Ore cars colliding in the Pike
view coal mines. five miles north OF
Colorado Springs. injured three min
ers. one of them probably fatally.
The 4-year-old son of Ernest Rodock-
er. of the Box Springs settlement, near
Ordway. was bitten by a rattlesnake,
but is thought to be entirely out OF
danger.
DR.. J. M. Wylie. pastor of the Re-
formed Presbyterian church at Gree
ley, Colo, has gone as a delegate to
the World', ChriStiop rifi1op oopfar
ence. which will be In session from
':Noy. 16 to Nov. 20.
John Neill, boiler maker, is in a
serious condition in Trinidad hos
pital as result Of injuries received.
He was attempting to throw a belt
and became entangled in the machir-
cry. His left thigh and right leg were
broken.
/ Loss of the big toe of her right foot
by amputation to save her life was
the result of what appeared at first
to be mild attack of quinsy, suffered
by Mrs. Ross Jeirmiessen of Ault.
The poison passed from her throat
into her right foot, settling in the big
toe.
I Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, aged 81 years.
died at Trinidad, after an illness of Sly
months. She came from England to
America fifty years ago, when physi
clans assured her tuberculosis would
kill her in six months. Five genera,
tions of her family were present when
she died.
r DR.. Leslie Franklin, wealthy ply.
sician of Sullivan, Ind died in St
Marys hospital, Pueblo, few hours
\ after his removal from train on
which he was going to Ell Paso. Texas
for his health. Death was due to tu
I berculosis.
The frat" problem is again agitat
ing the Colorado Springs high schoo
authorities and the periodical wal
against secret societies among the
students is to be waged by the new
! principal, R. G. Hill. At least three
fraternities are said to be flourishing
among the boys, in direct violation Oh
the school laws.
Avelo Trajullo, age 13 years, acci
dentally shot and killed his cousin, Al
I leo Trajullo, aged 10 years, while out
hunting near the Trajullo ranch five
miles south of Undercliff.. The older
! boy shot at rabbit. His aim was
poor and the bullet hit rock and
4 glanced off, striking the younger boy
in the breast, killing him instantly.
That the northwestern section Of
4 Colorado contains beds of workable
/ coal, immense in area and of unusua
thickness in many places, presagine
for that section, the probability of be
coming one Of the greatest coal pro
\ ducing areas in the United States, is
! set forth in Bulletin No. 415, just is
sued by the United States geological
/ survey.
! If conditions warrant. the schools O.
northeastern Weld county, in the re
/ gion tapped by the new branch line
of the Union Pacific, may be central
lied in few large schools and the
children transported to these centers
by wagon or by motor cars over the
Union Pacific. This includes the Lin
coin, S. L. & W., Olive Branch, Foss
I ton, Camfield, Ridgdale and Gill dis
tricts.
The Colorado Cliff Dwellings Asso
citation has elected the following of
ficers for the coming year at the an
nual meeting at Colorado Springs: Re
gent, Mrs. Gilbert McClurg; vice re
! gent, Mrs. T. A. Lewis Of Pueblo; re