The Holly chieftain., 1910-07-01
LITTLE
COLORADO
COLORADO
I T E N s

Eagle stores have agreed to close
at 6 p. m.
A general hospital has been opened
at Sterling.
Denver Moose will try to land the
1911 convention.
A half-mile racetrack has been fin
ished at Atwood.
Six new schoolhouses Will be built
in the Pawnee district, Weld County.
A government weather observer has
been installed in office at Canon City.
The Great Western Railway will
build handsome new depot at Johns
town.
New postmasters: Granville Swarm.
er, Concrete; James s. Kitchen. Ma
sonville.
The town of Hayden has granted an
electric light franchise. to run twenty
five years.
A hundred miners employed at the
Perry mine at Yampa went out on a
strike Sunday.
A new theater to house the Shu.
bert plays will be built at once in
Denver, to cost 100000.
The Julesburg Irrigation District is
advertising for bids for its issue of
S150.0OO worth Of bonds.
The state meet of Elks will be held
at Boulder August 25th to 27th. Great
preparations are being made.
Martin Jacobson, ranch hand work
ing ten miles east of Denver, fell from
a haystack Friday. breaking his neck.
The Hayden Building Company, with
a capitalization of $4,000 has been in
corporated at Hayden.
The town of Collbran is trying to
figure out plan for the acquisition
of waterworks plant.
The Denver Fire and Police Board
has issued orders that no fireworks
are to be sold prior to July I'd.
DIR. J. " Beitwleser Of Columbia
University has been appointed to the
chair of philosophy at Colorado
College.
Maps of the Shell Creek Irrigation
Company's project, near Trinidad. have
been filed. 1t is proposed to reclaim
5000 acres.
The Boulder City Council will sub
init to the voters at the next election
the proposition of calling convention
to frame charter.
Morrison Shafroth, son of the gov
ernor, will be class orator upon his
graduation from the University of
Michigan, June goth.
Sterling is in line for an $4,000 no.
tel, and already considerable amount
of the stock of the building company
has been subscribed.
Advices from Montrose are that wa
ter will be turned on the lands of the
Uncompahgre valley from the Gunni-
son tunnel July list.
The Pixies Peak Cog Railway Com
pany was recognized at Kenosha,
Wis, Friday. c. w. Sells of Manitou
was elected president.
Denver Elks will take special train
July 7th for the big meeting at De-
troit. They expect to take the first
drill prize, as they did last year.
Idaho Springs celebration this year
will last three days-3d. 4th and 9Th.
Twelve teams have entered the hose
contest, and double-handed rock-drill-
ing contest will be a feature.
Misses Mayme and Eda Blumck
were chloroformed and robbed at their
home in Fort Collins Thursday night
The burglar secured $40 but over
looked $40.
A special election Saturday created
the Yellow Jacket irrigation district
in Routt County and improvement
bonds will be issued. The project in
wolves the reclamation of $1,000 acres.
While John s. Cusack of Wellington
was cranking his automobile the thing
started up and hiked right across the
street and poked its nose through the
front window Of Patterson's drug
store. Cusack ought to put hopples
on the old fool.
J. A. Bernard, Midland agent at
Granite, wrote to the chief dispatcher:
lou Will liAu NY dCCouut az GTdulte
little short, but I am gone.-J. A.
Bernard" And so he was. Besides
the 500 reported to be missing, a cit.
lien of the town also mourns the loss
of wife.
The Colorado Springs Electric Com.
pany, the Colorado Springs Light and
Power Company and the Pixies Peak
Hydro-Electric Company have been