The Holly chieftain., 1921-10-06
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

IuOh cOWpiete sci OF Stutistical tdDieb
for the state and its various counties
ever issued by any state department.
II contains seventy-five pages of such
tables. or about twenty-five pages
more than were contained in the Year
Book for 1920, which was the most
complete statistical record issued by
the state mp to that time. On account
OF the large amount of space utilized
by statistical tables II has been neces-
sary this year to omit the county stO-
ries that were contained in previous
editions of the Year Book. These will
be available in the future only in the
district booklets published by the I'M
migration Department. These booklets
will be revised and reissued early next
year. The 1927 Year Book contains
many features that were not found in
previous editions, most important of
which is a set of statistical tables
showing agricultural development in
the various counties.
l.. II. Wigram, q prominent rancher
OF this section, was attacked by Hol-
stein bull ut his ranch near Delta and
seriously injured. The bull had es-
capped from a corral and Wigram led it
back, and just as he turned to close
the gate the animal attacked him.
Wigram was knocked down and paved.
One of Wigram's legs was broken and
he was bruised from head to feet. Wig
ram finally crawled under a fence,
which act probably saved his life as
he was completely AT the mercy of the
maddened animal.
Colorado stOckmen have been lent
$124.471 by the Stockgrowers Finance
Corporation, the S5O0OO,000 live stock
pool. The two or three applications
for loans refused were for small
amounts and are considered as neglig
ible. This is record, 1t Is said, that
has not been equalled any other place
in the United States, and is taken by
Denver bankers as showing the
strength and stability of the live stock
industry in Colorado and of the char
acter of the men and the safety of
their securities.
If the plans now under considera-
tion by the Beaver Park Land and
Water Company materializes the Bea-
yer park district, of which Penrose is
the larger town, will next spring have
under construction u dam and reser
voir at Brush hollow that Will insure
an adequate water supply for this rich
farming district and will also enable
alnca tn nln I,-;nr j,,e,t of
the district to be irrigated and opened
to settlement.
The safety deposit vault of the Ker-
sey State Bank, ten miles east of
Greeley, was looted by thieves. The
robbers broke into the vault by re-
moving part of the brick wall and
opened dozen deposit boxes. Ac-
cording to e. c. Shoemaker, an Off
cial of the bank, the robbers did not
get anything of negotiable value. They
were unable to open the new safe in
which the banks cash was stored.
So far this yhae been, one of the best
seasons for the harvesting of the seed
crop known for years in the Rocky
Ford country, and the quality of the
vine seeds of all varieties is the best
known for long time. Thousands of
pounds of melon and cucumber seed
are being harvested and already 1t is
said that orders for more than so per
cent of the crop have been received, a
large portion from California.
Ralph Hendrickson, IA years old,
was instantly killed at the close of the
first day of the fair at Holyoke. A
plane had just alighted from flight
over the grounds, and the propeller
was still in motion when the boy
walked into 1t. He was thrown into
the air, and when he struck the ground
was dead.
The DE Beque Chamber of Com
merce has asked the cooperation Of
the Chamber Of Commerce Of Grand
Junction in making an exhibit of oil
shale at the World Mining Congress
to be held in Chicago Oct. II, 1921.
After a week of legal fighting In the
Fort Morgan court, jury hearing the
trial of F. J. Grace versus the Mack.
lem Baking Company for damages In
Cured In a collision of Macklem
truck driven by Robert Walker of Fort
Morgan, and an automobile driven by
f. J. Graz of Omaha on the Brush
road Jan. %, returned Judgment
against the baking company for ST.
$50.
The bondholders of the Orchard Me-
So district in the Grand valley, near
Grand Junction. are to be paid $780,
900 for cancellation of their bonds, by
the federal government. This agree
ment was reached by Secretary of the
Interior A. b. Fall, Arthur P. Davis,
chief OF the reclamation service, his
lawyer, the representative of the bond
holders and the district itself.
A motorcycle accident on the Buck
horn road in the mountains near Love-
land resulted in the serious Injury of
G. w. McWhinney, prominent Loveland
real estate man. McWhlnney was rid
ing with w. ]. Arb Nhen the brakes
refused to work on steep hill and
the machine went over bank. Nc
Whitney suffered crushed chest in
addition to cuts and bruises.
While score of his friends and ac-
Quaintances We're swimming within II
few yards Of him, Jack Rupert, 20, an
Austrian, drowned unnoticed In the
Canon City natatorium. His body was
discovered in the bottom of the pool
when his companions missed him on
preparing to leave the building.