The Holly chieftain., 1919-02-27
Pithy News Notes
From An Parts of
Colorado

yer home.
As soon as the frost is out Of the
ground work will be started on the
electric light plant which is to be the
latest addition to Craig.
Government reports show that there
are now 100000 hogs in Colorado,
worth $685., 900, as compared with
1929 in 1910. worth $1,58S, 1853.
Eaton's town board is the first of
the Weld county towns to grant the
Union Pacific railroad officials re-
quest for a universal speed limit for
all towns In the country.
The acreage of wheat harvested in
Colorado in 1918 was 742,OOO, as COM
pared with $40, ,729 acres for 1909. The
increase has been largely In the acre
age devoted to winter wheat.
Julio Chavon, a Mexican, pleaded
guilty to killing a mountain sheep in
Glen cafion near Glenwood Springs,
and was fined 800. This is the first
conviction of its kind in a number
of years.
At the city election April LIST the
taxpayers will vote on bond issue
of $685. 600 for the building of new
city hall at Longmont, and an issue
Of $65,OOO for the improvement of
city parks.
Beavers are blamed for impurities
In Boulder's drinking water and state
officials will be asked for permission
to slaughter colony of them at the
Lakewood intake to the water system
in the mountains.
Willford Burwell and Morey Good
man of La Junta have been awarded
buttons by the United States Treas
ury Department for their work in war
savings and thrift stamp sales. They
will also each receive a letter of COM
mendation from officials in Washing
ton.
Louis Rachofsky, past exalted ruler
of the Loveland lodge of Elks, re-
ceived word from the state executive
committee of the order that the an
nual state convention would be held
In Loveland this year, the last week
in August, during, the Larimer county
fair.
The mystery surrounding the disap-
pearance Of John Breuss, So, wealthy
Garfield county rancher, last Novem-
Der, was solved when his body was dis
covered buried four feet beneath a
manure pile on his farm. Three Mex
leans of the Silt district are in Jail at
Glenwood Springs charged with the
mans murder.
Corp. Henry Rendering Of La Junta,
% years old, died in embarkation hos
pital No. at Hoboken, N. j. He ar
rived in Hoboken the first of Fehru-
ary, and was taken from the trans
port suffering from Influenza, which
developed into pneumonia. He is sur
vived by his father and mother, and a
brother and sister.
| AT countrywide meeting of the
farmers and stockmen of Larimer
county, the Larimer county farm bu-
reau was organized with more than a
hundred members. Farmers and their
!, wives from all sections of the county
are joining this bureau daily, and it
promises to reach membership of
several hundred before summer.
The hundredth anniversary of the
founding Of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows will be celebrated by
Colorado members in Denver in Octo-
ber. The selection of Denver for the
celebration and also the next conven-
tion to be held at that time, was the
main order Of business at the clos
ing session of the Odd Fellows con-
ventiOn.
The fossil remains Of an antidelu.
Wan monster, half fish and half reptile
believed to have lived millions OF
years ago when the great Uintah ba.
sin was an ocean, has been discovered
In the elaterite deposits Of Indian cah-
on, The snake fish fossil was found
completely embedded between two lay.
ers Of elaterite, and had shiny, jet
black scales of diamond shape.
Authorities of the United States i'm
migration service have started to in
vestigate the circulation In Denver OF
pamphlets, said to PROFOUND Bolshe
visit principles. The circulation OF the
pamphlets has been under way for sew
eral days. Several Of the leaflets have
fallen into the hands Of the officials
and they are now consulting with the
Washington office with reference tc
handling the situation.
Liquor interests in the hope of re