The Holly chieftain., 1912-08-09
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The outlook for a bumper potato
crop at CarboadaJe is good.
Rocky Ford's new system Of street
lighting has been finished.
Delta county farmers viii ship u
e0e cars of fruit this season.
Mrs.. Jeas Hooper Page. writer aaA
poet. died recestly at her home IN Den.
yer.
Cantsloupes In carload lots win -
shipped frea Rocky Ford By August
18th.
The beet and potato crops in ths "
cintfy OF Hardin have been destroyed
BY hail.
Hall I'D severe damage In some In
stances destroying crops. around Hugo
recently.
A large amount of small fruits and
vegetables u being shipped from
caAen City.
The Northern Colorado Power
Company has established headquar-
tiers In Boulder.
Colorado Springs has been damaged
thousands Of dollars by the overflow.
Ing Of Fountain creek.
A heavy wind and rain storm swept
the Virgins country. causing great
damage to crops and roads.
Over two miles of track near Well
ington on the Colorado q. Southern
was washed out BY cloudburst
For beans which are allowed to dry
on the vines the Fort Lupton canning
factory will pay the farmers $105 per
acre.
An organized band of horse thieves
Is operating in the vicinity Of Rocky
Ford. and the losses have been con-
siderable.
It is now believed that five people.
one woman and four men, lost their
lives in the recent Rock Island wreck
at Pueblo.
Gophers. burrowing in the bank Of
the Evans town ditch. caused a leak
that inundated crops, causing losses
estimated at $4,000.
A heavy hailstorm swept the Eaton
district. covering a path twelve miles
wide and twenty miles long Hundreds
OF acres were destroyed.
Christian Maniatis, a Greek restau.
rant keeper in Denver. has received q
black hand letter ordering him to quit
business and leave the CITY,.
Thirty-two persons were killed in
Colorado mines during the first four
months Of 1919. according to the Bu.i
reAu Of Mines in Warrington.
A haiIstorm. almost ! cyclone. swept
the Lakespur district. destroying
everything in its path and causing
damage to crops estimated at 100000.
Perry Lewis, foreman of switch
crew on the Santa Fe, was instantly
killed at La Junta by losing his bal
ance and falling from swiftly moving
freight train.
With their town taxes at IS mills,
the people of Platteville at mass
meeting refused to assume any adfi.
tional burden In the way Of bonded In
debtedness.
The flow Of water from the Roose-
welt tunnel at Cripple Greek has in.
creased to 10000 gallons per minute or
more, as against 5000 gallons two
weeks ago.
Benny Chavez, the Trinidad Me1i-
can prize fighter, has been matched
for twenty-round bout with Monte
Attel Of San Francisco. at Santa Fe.
Labor Day.
Maldartx Gomez Of Fort Collins was
arrested for beating his sixteen-year-
old wife with knotted "blacksnake"
until blood dripped from her shoul-
ders and back.
Actual construction Of the woman's
building at the University Of Colorado
at Boulder, to be erected as me-
mortal to Mrc. Sarah Platt Decker,
probably will be started soon.
F. j. Bawden. treasurer Of San
Juan county, and Socialist, has re.
fused to collect the military poll tax
In that county. His political views
caused him to take this action.
Believing they were administering
Epson salts. the parents Of Frank