The Holly chieftain., 1911-12-15
LITTLE COLORADO lrEMa
Small Happsnlnss Occurring Over tie
otato Worth While.

Western Nswsoaper Union News Service.
Ben Huntington. pioneer Of Wind.
sor. u deAA.
TIE Great Western sugar factory at
Sterling has closed.
YunA has been designated az q pos.
tai SAVINGS depository.
Joseph Green of Pueblo has been
granted pension by the government.
William Stabelweiser pleaded guilty
to having burglarized two stores at
Olathe.
A course In forestry has been begun
at the Colorado College, at Colorado
Springs.
Edward Murphy was fatally injured
IN . rock slide In the Blue Bird mine
At Victor.
The town Of Fort Lupton. forty
years old. recsatly acquired Its first
negro citizen.
A company has applied for a fran.
chise for IN electric lighting and pow
er plant for Kersey.
The Swedish Baptist State Mis-
sionary Society recently held its an
nual meeting in Greeley.
Charles Kelley. aged eighteen, was
detected In the act of robbing the Oak
Greek postofffce and arrested.
For attempting to pass checks un.
lawfully in Pueblo Chester Frye was
given five years in the penitentiary.
The Jury in the case of Ike Cox. who
WAS tried 1t Durango for killing VIM.
TRULY. returned verdict of not guilty.
The Salida Commercial Club has pre-
sented q petition to the authorities at
Washington asking for federal build
ing.
The Mountain States Telephone
Company will son spend $175,0OO in
improving its property in Colorado
Springs.
During 1911 the Grand valley has
shipped cattle, sugar beets, eggs
poultry. coal. etc, to the amount OF
1920, 400.
w. B. Ebbert Of Cortez was elected
for four-year term as water commits
sioner Of the Montezuma Valley Irriga-
tion district.
q. e. Mclaughlin. superintendent
of the Colorado Anti-saloon League,
is in Washington to attend the annual
meeting Of the league.
Modern Woodmen of America have
decided to start work Immediately Oh
the improvements at the sanatorium
north Of Colorado Springs.
For the second time In three weeks
the safe in the Denver z Rio Grande
depot at Trinidad Was wrecked by
yeggmen. They got Is cents.
Bob Harris, the negro who was to
have been hung on Dec. for the muir
der Of two Rocky Ford policemen. has
been granted stay Of execution.
John P. Sullivan. grand exalted rul-
er Of the Elks, IL making tour Of
the West. during which he will visit
as many of the Colorado lodges as he
can.
Prosecution of "suit clubs" in Dem
yer will extend to solicitors, members
and all others in any way connected
with them if necessary to eradicate
the clubs.
While preparing to return to Pueblo
from q hunting expedition into the
country w. H. Robertson, was acci-
dentally shot in the right foot. The
foot was amputated.
DR.. R. E. Chandler, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of Trinidad.
underwent delicate and dangerous
mastoid operation recently and is ex.
pected to recover.
Policemen of Colorado Springs are
happy because the City Council has
passed the salary ordinance for next
year and there is 4 general increase
in salaries.
Sir Gilbert Parker. the noted Eng.
lish author and statesman, is to visit
Colorado for the purpose of learning
something of woman's ability to man.
age affairs of government.
The State Horticultural Society and
the Fremont County horticultural So
ciety met in joint session in Canon
City and an interesting and instructive
program was rendered.
An increase of 4.20 per cent for tho
five-year period ending with 1911 is
shown In the density Of freight traffic
in all parts of Colorado traversed BY
the Denver & Rio Grande.
District Judge Burke permanently
restrained the city of Longmont from
continuing erection Of Its municipal
Nobtt,,o nlopt under fhe Oresent apree.