The Holly chieftain., 1919-02-20
Pithy News Notes
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Colorado

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RADIO 10 less than 20 per cent Of tie ~
tai area, most Of the remainder being
national forests. homestead land and
state land.
beavers population IL estimated At
$4,000 In q booklet Of tax Information
Just published By the treasurers d.
vision Of the Department Of Revenue.
under Clair J. Pitcher.
Colombo has 1900 miles Of high
way and nearly 10000 automobiles.
more than two automobiles for each
mile Of highway. Many states less
than half as large as Colorado have
much greater road mileage.
The first concerted effort to obtain
high school building for EngiewOOd
was taken when, at a meeting the
Parents and Teachers club at Engie-
wood, petition was drafted asking
the city school board to vote such an
improvement.
The mysterious disease which has
been killing many cattle around Crest
Colo, and which started in the west
ern part Of Morgan county, where It
destroyed entire herds, has been d.
agnosed as corn stalk disease by vet
erinarians from the State Agricultural
College at Fort Collins, and there IL
no cure for 1t save to keep the cattle
out Of the corn. fields.
The greatest event Of the year in
school circles, the meeting Of the
Western Slope Athletic and Rhetorf-
cal Association, win be held in Mont
rose Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
May %, "a and Is, this year. with
eleven schools taking part, as follows:
Grand Junction, Montrose, Delta.
Ouray, Gunnison, Olathe, Hotchkiss,
Nucla, Paonia, Ridgway and Telluride.
Death a few days ago claimed one
Of the earliest pioneers in J. s. Silva.
a member Of the First New Mexico
company Of volunteers during the
Civil war. A short time before death
Mr.. and Mrs. Silva celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary at their
home near Allison. Their nineteen
sons and daughters with their seven
ty-four children and grandchildrsa
were present.
The secretary Of the interior has
de4ignatsd 8O.832 acres Of land ~
stock grazing homesteads, Colombo
list No. II. within Pueblo and Sterling
land districts, to become effective
Feb. 1S, 1919. OF this great acreage,
all Of 1t has practically been applied
for by citizens of this state. Within
the Pueblo district forty-nine applica-
tions were made, and in the Sterling
land district forty-one citizens made
applications.
More than 5000 men, women ana
boys were placed in farm and ranch
Jobs in Colorado last year through the
agricultural and livestock bureau Of
the Denver Civic and Commercial Az
sociation, according to a report issued
by D. w. Thomas, farm help specialist
and secretary Of the bureau. This was
accomplished with the aid Of $50 local
organizations throughout the state, In
Guiding county agricultural agents,
farm bureaus and county councils Of
defense.
Upon receipt Of information that the
Spanish trail had been accepted and
designated as the westward continu-
ation of the National Old trails, an in
vitatien was extended for the associ-
alton to hold Its annual convention
In Durango during the summer, and
while the designation Of the conven-
tion town likely will not be made un-
til the April meeting Of the National
Old Trails Association, 1t has been In
timated from high official sources
that Durango is assured of the mid
summer meeting, in which case 1t will
be the first national convention ever
held In that part of the state.
A fire, far-reaching and destructive
in its result, occurred in Buckingham
when the village light plant, the home
Of ]. H. johnson, manager Of the
buckingham elevator, and the Buck
'ingham garage, were all destroyed.
The garage contained seven autOmo-
biles at the time of the fire, three Of
them high priced cars.
The grand encampment of Odd Fell
lows will be held in Denver Feb. II.
1t was scheduled to be held in Fort
Collins last October, and was post
poned on account of the influenza
epidemic. The military council of
I'ntriarchs Militant will meet the eve
ming Of tho opening day at 1851
Champa. The final feature Of the pro-