The Holly chieftain., 1910-05-27
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

nito's new flour mill
The kuner Pickle Company will re-
build its factory at Brighton.
The Canon City high school gradu-
ated twenty-eight this year
The gun club at Genoa is preparing
for tournament on the 2Sth.
The Golden smelter will be enlarged
and work has already been COM
menced
September 20 has been set as the
date for the Lamb Day celebration at
Fort Collins.
The Greeley Public Fairgrounds AS
sociation has been incorporated, not
for profit.
Cosulla county commissioners will
build bridge across the Culebra, near
San Acacio.
Boulder reports more activity in it's
oil fields than at any time since the
early boom days.
Union Pacific graders are right at
Fort Collins door and the local yards
are being surveyed.
Citizens of the Unaweep country are
planning to install telephone connec-
ton with the outside.
Sulphur Springs has let a contract
to Denver firm for complete and
modern water system.
The old camp of Empire is said to
be doing more mining now than at
any time in it's history.
Milliken will be put on one of the
transmission lines of the Northern
Colorado Power Company.
Ivan Elliott of Platteville, broncho
artist, has started for London where
he will open wild west show.
Miss A. S. Jones of Sheridan Lake
has invested in gasoline plow and
put it to work on her land.
The President has appointed Rob-
ert c. Hall postmaster at Del Norte
and Judge C. Bailey at Wootton.
Promoters of the Pactolus railroad
expect that the grading will be re-
sumed within few weeks.
Western slope papers say the wa
ter from the Gunnison tunnel will be
available for the water users July 1st
F. ]. Hulaniski has sold the Ouray
Plaindealer to Walter Walker, former
ly city editor of the Grand Junction
Sentinel.
The chanticler craze has struck
Julesburg. The town council has de-
creed that chickens may not run at
large.
The contract for the new Saguache
county court house, to be built at
Saguache, has been let to a Sterling
man at S36,11O.
Herschel Hendrickson. aged IA, of
Ohio City, had his foot cut so badly
by an AK that he had to be taken to
Pitkin for treatment.
Citizens of Sedgwick county have or
ganized new county fair association
and will proceed with the erection of
buildings as soon as possible.
The Holly Commercial Club has ap-
propriated $500 for prizes for agricul-
tural products and will place the prize
winning specimens on exhibition as
soon as the contest closes, September
18th.
A Mcdonald, employed on the Mil
ton reservoir near Evans, sustained
five broken ribs when a horse he was
riding ran away with him. Mr.. Nc
Donald had his foot caught in a STIR
rup and coult not free himself.
The old town of Placerville, it is
said, is nearly abandoned, the new de-
pot and business houses having been
established about half mile up the
river.
c. E. Calkins of Morrison was bit
ten twice on the hand by a rattle
snake the other day, but prompt med
ical assistance saved him from any
serious results.
Fort Collins poultry fanciers are ar.
ranging to hold poultry institute
there on June Sth, when prominent
authorities will be present and give
expect advice.
Merrill Smith, aged thirteen, living
on Red creek, Fremont county. dis
covered the lair of a bobcat family
and proudly captured the four kittens
while the mother was away.
The big dredge Mary Blossom" was
launched at Russell last week and is
expected to add quite largely to the
placer gold output of the state. 1t cost
the Colorado Gold Dredging Company
$4,000.
Forty of Holly's business men made
a trip to the new town of Two Buttes
the other day and were very well
pleased with the showing made by