The Holly chieftain., 1921-12-08
Rthy News Notes
From AN Pasfs of
Colorado
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Two small gold nuggets were found
wniie men were excavating for . bum.
gaiow on Lookout mountain, about one
mile from the Cody monument, accord.
ing to Joseph Setter Of Denver, owner
Of the land.
William Graham, 68 years old, living
alone on a ranch fifteen miles south.
east OF Victor, was found dead In his
cabin by William AcCreedy, q neigh
Dor. Coroner Smalzried OF Victor to0k
charge Of the body and declared
Graham died a natural death.
Gladys Irene, the 1-year-Old daugh.
ter of Lewis Williams, was fatally
burned at her home near Oleson. She
was taken to Fort Morgan for medi.
cal treatment, but died. The child's
clothes caught fire, 1t is believed, from
the kitchen range when the mother
had gone to the well.
The first Of the 100 seventy.ton gon.
dOla dump cars ordered by the Denver
& Rio Grande Western railroad will
be delivered Jan. 1. The TOO carr
were ordered to take care Of increas
ing business along the road. and will
be for handling coal. principally
though they can be used for any cargo
that is dumped. The cars will be OF
the very latest pattern.
The Farmers Alfalfa Milling Com.
pany of Brighton charges that care.
lessness on the part Of employees Of
the Union Pacific Railroad Company
caused the destruction by fire Of It's
Brighton plant Oct. II, 1921, in suit
filed in the Federal Court. The pefi-
tion states that sparks from loco
motive started the blaze. The com
pany asks $1s.935.77 damages.
Frank LUX, 15-year-old Shelbyville,
Ind, boy, won the sweepstakes in the
junior corn contest at the Information
al Grain and Hay Show In Chicago.
The judges declared his ten-ear sam,
pie the best ever exhibited. District
winners In the junior corn contest fol
which a special premium list was Of
fered by the Chicago board Of trade.
in addition to the $4,000 In prizes, In
cluded George Hoffman, Jr. Cliff
Colo.
The United States government,
which recently put In service armed
marines to protect mail clerks and
mails, have placed government locks
son all mail wagons In Denver, taking
keys from drivers, and also Installed
armed guards in the Offices of the COLI
lector of internal revenue In the GUS
toms house, with probability that
burglar alarm system will be added as
additional protection in the latter de
partment.
Oil and gasoline tax collections by
the state oil Inspector for November
exceeded those of the corresponding
period last year by $24, 4,844.27. This In
crease was due, officials said, to the
recent decision Of the State Supreme
Court upholding the legality Of the tax
on gasoline and kerosene The total
collections by the department for No
vember, 1920, were $51,54s88, and
those of last month were SIC, ,883.58.
The increased collections amounted /:
as per cent more than those Of thu
same period in 1920.
W. H. Kellogg, 40 years old, Bon
der grocer, died at the University hos
pital from an attack of lockjaw. Az
cording to local physicians, this is the
third death from this cause In the hts
tory of Colorado. Kellogg ran mil
into his foot Thanksgiving Day while
visiting. at the home of a nelghb0r,
The foos became infected, but the ia-
jury was not considered serious at the
time. In a few days Kellogg's leg be-
gan to stiffen and the stiffness grad
ually spread through his body and nf
fected his jaws. He was rushed to the
hospital, but efforts to save him were
unsuccessful.
An invitation to Henry G. Wallace.
secretary of agriculture, to attend the
National Western Stock Show In Den
yer next month will be delivered In
Washington by former Gov. e. NJ. Am
mons, president OF the Western Stock
Show Association. Secretary Wallace
virtually has acceded to the request of
the program committee of the Ameri-
can National Live Stock Association
to be present at the annual convention
Of that body In Colorado Springs just
before the stock show In Denver.
p. NJ. Webster of Fort Collins has a
setter that had even better luck than
me did on one Of their trips recently.
The pit on the shore of the lake where
Webster decided to shoot was not bie
enough to conceal both himself and
the dog, so the dog received instruc-
tions to remain ut the automobile un.
til wanted. Webster failed to get any
ducks and returned to the car to 60
home. The dog, who was sitting In the
back seat, nudged Webster In the ribs
as he was preparing to start the car.
When Webster turned around the dog
showed him duck he had caught and
brought to the car. The duck, which
,-oc cti11 nHvf, had ho "A ., x.,f,,r b.ol~o,,