The Glenwood post., 1906-07-14

scalp last Monday. Bill will soon re-
move his camp to Willow creek. -
Meeker Review.
j. E. Brosius was in town yester-
day transacting business. He says
his hay crop will fall short fifty tons
this year. Others are in the same
boat. Rifle Telegram.
The ranchmen above the gap are
having hard time getting enough
hay men just at this time. There is
no excuse for any able bodied man to
be out of work Rifle Telegram.
The upper White river road pass
ing through the canon, is now in bet
ter condition than for years past, but
the north fork branch is in bad shape
full of boulders, etc. and dangerous
for all kinds of vehicles. -Meeker
Herald.
Charles Baker has three live young
American eagles at the Sleepy Cat
mill. He had fierce fight with the
mother bird before being able to
capture the young ones We suggest
the eagles be bought of the boy and
sent to the Cruiser Colorado commit
ee.-Meeker Review.
P. O'Brien, a building contractor
of Denver, whose speciality is the erec-
tion of the smaller system of water
works. such as Rifle contemplates, was
in town Thursday looking over the
ground, and will undoubtedly present
a bid for consideration when the
proper time arrives. Rifle Telegram.
A gentleman at one of our boarding
houses, after having beans showed at
him each meal for two straight weeks,
asked the waiter to please read the
eighth verse of the thirt zenith chapter
of Hebrews. We imagine, this will
make some of our readers get the dust
of their Bibles Florence Tribune.
In excavating preparatory to put
ting up drilling machine five miles
northwest of Yampa, workmep last
week uncovered vein of bituminous
coal. This demonstrates the SUPPOSE
tion that the Yampa coal field was
continuous from Oak creek south to
the StiIlwaters and adds large area
to the known extent of Routt county 8
coal felds.-Routt County Republican.
The farmers of Prowers county are
now getting into the golden grain.
There is quite large acreage Of
wheat and the yield is good. Harvest
is we'll on and hundreds of acres in
the shock. In Baca and Kiowa coun-
ties, adjoining Prowers on the south
and north respectively, the crop re-
ports are most encouraging -Prowers
County News.
A we'll known strawberry grower
of West Florence is trying an expert
ment this year that he believes will
produce second crop of Strawberries.
1t is said that If the plants are moved
down after the first crop of the fruit
is borne that they will come up again
and bear another crop in the fall Of
the same year. He has never tried
the experiment before. = Florence
Tribune.
Surveyor W. q. Clark of Meeker
returned home the first of the week
from trip to Washington, where he
had been on BUSINESS connected with
the proposed resurvey of portions or
| Rio Blanco county. He was success
full in his mission, which was to urge
that the school lands OF the state be
retained as at present, even though
changes are made in the numbers Of
sections. Rifle Reveille.
John Love came down from Three
Forks Saturday on his way TO Colo
RADIO Springs on business. He bought
OOWh O pawn VI liAO iOOhluk OE6 ldh6u
from his claims up there. He says
there are number of people working
in the camp and much prospecting
going on in the hills That whole
district is coming to the front and
will shortly be adding to the produc-
tion of the county. Steamboat Pilot.
During the past week the Sparks
man has interviewed a number Of
farmers regarding the present outlook
for sugar beet crop, and without ex-
ception they state that the conditions
could not be improved on. The stand
is much better than in previous years
and there have been no complaints of
damage from insect pests. With per-
sistent cultivation from now on the
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