The Holly chieftain., 1915-10-01
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
stern Newspaper Union News Service.

An Adventist church is being built
at klink.
Salida has new brass band of
twenty-five pieces.
Glenwood Springs musicians are or
ganizing a choral society.
Petty thieves have been bothering
business houses of Trinidad
Work has begun on Craigs new
$4,000 waterworks system.
Telephone connection between Mack
and Cisco has been completed.
Enrolment at the Colorado Agricul-
tural College at Fort Collins, $50.
A good many blocks of new cement
sidewalk are being laid in Gunnison
The Stockmen's Bank has been or
ganized at Collbran with $25, 900 capi-
tai
The Greeley Tribune-Republican re-
ports an epidemic of hog cholera in
Weld county.
The Platteville waterworks bond
election carried for the proposition by
about 31a to /.
One acre of ground in the city of
Monte Vista produced twentysix tons
of sugar beets.
Twenty-one cars of grain and six
cars of potatoes were shipped from
Center last week.
The September term of the Delta
County District Court had no criminal
cases to consider.
A farmer near Waverly had field
of barley which averaged seventy-six
bushels to the acre.
W. H. Bannister of Palisade shipped
5000 boxes or twelve carloads of
pears from twelve acres.
Otto and Alvin Hubbs, near Johns
town, threshed over 10000 bushels
from $50 acres of dry land.
The body of Harry Wilcox, aged 20,
drowned in Morton's lake, near Ster
ling, was found by searchers.
John Wolf, one of the Oldest OF
Mesa county pioneers, aged So years
and l month, died at his home near
Molina.
Morton Hartman of Longmont had
a field Of eighty acres of wheat that
yielded an average of 81 bushels to
the acre.
NiWot's ghost mystery has been
solved. Scientists find marsh gas is
cause of lights that have scared the
villagers.
A. P. Smithels of Denver, who was
injured when pinned under an auto.
mobile on the Morrison road, died OF
his injuries.
The Commercial Club of Wiley has
designated October IL as Buttermilk
Day. 1t is proposed to make it an
annual event.
George l.. Roberts was appointed re-
ceiver of the Elitch-Long Gardens
Company by Judge Allen of the Den
yer District Court.
The State w. C. T. U. convention,
sitting in Denver has announced its
determination to fight the cigarette
to its determination in Colorado.
Sixty Italian reservists left Trini-
dad for the war front at home. This
is the fourth detachment to answer
the call from southern Colorado.
Trains between Durango and Silver
ton have lately been compelled to
slow down on several occasions to
prevent killing deer on the track.
The 17-months-old child of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. p Ostermiller, near Fort Nor.
gan was drowned while irving IN
cross the Morgan ditch on plank.
The Rocky Ford sugar factory will
begin it's campaign October 4th
Beets in that section are reported un
usually good in yield and sugar con
tent.
Otto Frantz of Rocky Ford amused
himself on September goth by picking
two jars of strawberries. He hopes
to develop the strain to bear most oi
the year.
The three English-speaking churches
of Wellington will combine as the
Western Federated church and viii
supersede the present Methodist
Congregational and Baptist congrega
tons
Rico Lodge No 70, A. F. & A. M
assisted by Rico Chapter No. 81, Or
der of the Eastern Star, celebrated tn
-twenty-fifth anniversary of it's charte
with appropriate exercises and fes
tivities.
Prof. Junius Henderson, curator O
the museum of the University O.