The Holly chieftain., 1910-11-11
LITTLE col IoRAoo ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring Over In.
State Worth Telling:

state worm cling:
Colorado now has 115 towns where
liquor is. taboo,
Milliken. s the only wet" town iu~
Northern Colorado :;
Two hundred bushels of potatoes to
the acre. is the record from Haxtun.
At Fort Collins Aaron Kitchel. aged
6s. a pioneer Of the Cache Ia Poudre
valley, passed away Sunday, =
At :Pleblo burglars enteredthe stors
of Nattaa Goodman on Union avenue
and stole goods valued at $500.
Work has begun on the new bridge
which is t6 span Plum creek between
the town Of Castle Rock and the Santa
Fe depot. -. ...;.:..
oattlemen of Weld county have.
mostly retired and sheepmen are nov
fast going out Of business because of
the lack or open range. fsm, ..
Last year there were imported into
this state meat and food products.'to
the value Of nearly $34,OOO.OOO. nearly
all of which could be raised in Colo
RADIO. ~.
At Hugo John F. Foote, register OF
the United States land office for II
years and a prominent Republican pol
urday. ~
While looking down tbs. shaft, ,.at. the
Mitchell mine at louisville SAp&Ay
James F. Hanson, miner, was strticK
upon the head and instantly killed by
descending cage.
With twenty enthusiastic members.
the Kerssy Gun Club has been organ
ized. and already preparations are un-
der way for the first shoot, which will
be held on Thanksgiving day.
A representative of tie Wight
brothers has beeniat Colorado Springs
several days trying to arrange for an
aeroplane flight. but the guarantee he
insists. on is considered too high.
At Trinidad Woodmen of the World
initiated class OF "a. the largest class
ever taken into a fraternal organiza-
tion in this section. l. /. Boak, hean
consul. and, other. officers. were pres
ent.
Fort Collins.7+This city will get the
benefit ofthe decrease in freight rates
recently ordsIsd by the; Interstate
Commerce cofhmission TO apply be
tween Chicago and st. Louis, Denver
and Pueblo. + tn. e.
A branch Of the Farmers'.',upion has
been Organized at Montrose, with a
membership OF eighteen. The union
plans to establish branchStore there
soon as a siipp1y depot for farmers in
this section. -.
AS result, Of the visit Of two Of
their priests here two years ago. Hun
garlans from Cleveland, O., will locate
colony inf.the .GreeleXPoudre dis
trict. in thee vicinity Of the McGrew
reservoir.
At Steamboat Springs Walter L.
While. deputy county clerk and dep
uty clerk Of the District Court. was
shot in the back, the bullet passing
downward through his right lung and
punctuflns the liver. thi
The census shows that Kelly has in.
creased 300 per cent in population and.
while not aspiring to best; New York
or Chicago, by actual COUNT, 1t did have
twelve strangers to dinner at one time
at the hotel last week. 4.
While digkl9E'M post hole in his
barn at Montrose, G. R.'Smithi up;
covered sigar box which contained
$152 in bills, 81 in silver ,and small
diamond. The box had been buried
for some time. as the wood was de-
cayed.
Arthor Denton, IS years old, and
Raymond Officer were killed Instantly
at Trinidad by the premature explo-
sion of a shot in the old Thompson
mine near Sophris, operated by the
Maitland Coal Company. The men
were going through the mine firing the
shot.
Y To increase the space allotted to
Weld county's exhibit at the Chicago
Land Show to 20x23 feet, business men
of Greeley will secure funds necessary.
The splendid exhibit Of agricultural
products sent by Weld county to the
Pittsburg Land Show will be taken to
Chicago.
/. At Glenwood Springs C.. s. Bxrns,
round house foreman for theas Rio
Grande, was crushed between tW1.en-,
gines and instantly killed. HEfswas
working in the yards and sought to
uncouple two engines fastened togetl-
er with chains. One was dead and