The Holly chieftain., 1911-03-03
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring Over the
State Worth Telling.

pointed postmaster at Fowler.
Virgil w. Stoddard, pioneer of
Loveland. died suddenly at his home.
1t is probable Denver will get the
National Republican convention in
1912.
Local option will be an issue at the
municipal election next spring in
Platteville.
An effort is being made to have each
county make separate annual report
on crops.
The Denver police are endeavoring
to put stop to gambling among
Greek residents.
Work on the new elevator at Wat
tenburg. capacity 10000 bushels, will
be commenced.
Mayor Ogden Whltock, pioneer
and veteran of Civil War. is dead at
Colorado Springs.
In the Telluride mining section
there is from eight to thirty feet of
snow on the level.
The last work on the Orchard Mesa
irrigation system, Grand Junction, has
been completed.
A branch of the American Breeders
Association has been organized by
stockmen of Colorado
Freeman Butler, aged &c, pioneer
of that section, died at his home near
Windsor, Of paralysis.
The Wellington section is enjoying
the novelty of sleighing for the first
time in several years.
Ernest Manson. aged GS, pioneer
of Gilpin county, was found dead in
bed at his home In Denver.
The Northern Colorado Teachers
Association will meet in Greeley on
March 3rd and 4th. 1911.
Walter Starbird, who lives near Gill
crest. has lost fifteen hogs with chol-
era within the past few days.
A dozen Russian families who left
Weld county for their native land are
returning to work in the beet fields.
The low rate on smudge oil made by
the railroads for the Arkansas valley,
will remain effective only until April
18th.
Drillers at the oil we'll, mile east
OF Lamar, have penetrated the oil
sand and will shoot the well in few
days.
Two Thoroughbred -flewellyn set
ters, valued at $4,000 and belonging to
Chas. Woodford of Pueblo, have been
stolen.
Mrs. Eta Smart, cashier in dr..
goods store in Colorado Springs, has
been arrested charged with theft of
$4,000.
The smallest baby ever born in
Mesa county is that of Mrs. c. Bower
Of Creston. The girl weighs 2k
pounds.
Grover West. a machinist, aged
nineteen, had his life crushed out al
most instantly at Salida while oiling
an elevator at the smelter.
A new organization, the Greeley
Commercial band, has been organized
and will work in conjunction with the
Greeley Commercial club.
To replace the schoolhouse burned
at Bracewell recently, the district has
voted to erect a $4,000 building and
the contract has been let.
Many Montrose farmers and ranch
men are either using the road drag
or arranging to accomplish similar
results this spring.
Through recent arrests the authori-
ties think they have broken up band
of thieves who have stolen thousands
of dollars worth Of goods from the
Burlington yards in Denver.
A district meeting of the Religious
Educational Association will be held
in Greeley April 9Th to 10th. 1t will
be the first of its kind held in this
section of the United States.
With every bone broken in their
bodies, as result Of an accident in
the Anchoria-Leland mine at Cripple
Creek, George Murcray and John Hook
have been brought to the surface.
The society ladies of Montrose, who
compose the membership of the Civic
improvement League, will turn scav-
engers this spring to demonstrate to
the public that it is possible to keep
city alleys clean and slightly.
In the Fuller crosscut from the
Roosevelt drainage tunnel at Cripple
Creek, a crevce encountered is flow
ing 500 gallons OF water a minute.
This is the first watercourse met in
the crosscut.