The Delta independent., 1910-11-25
ITEMS OF COLORADO
Eoents of Importance
Throughout the State
Man Set On Fire in Saloon

Tom PiersOn and Al Fitzpatrick,
in the saloon busine IS at Oak Creek,
near Steamboat Springs, have been
bound over to the district court on
the charge of pouring alchohol on
the feet of Ed Erickson and setting
them on fire while he was asleep in
their saloon.
Glenwood Opens Y. NJ. c. A.
A banquet of business men was
held at Glenwood Springs last Sat
urday to formally innaugurate
branch of the Y NJ. c. A. for Glen
wood Springs. A membership of
13O has been secured and sufficient
amount of money raised to provide
reading rooms and gymnasium wit
trained secretary in charge.
Plans for POstOffice.
Plans for the 100000 postoffice
to be erected in Fort Collins were
received last week by Postmaster
Moore of that place. They show
that the building will have 'front.'
age of sixty-nine feet on College
avenue and ninety-five feet on Oak
street An effort is being made to
induce the government to use Fort
Collins red sand stone.
Rifle t" Have Alfalfa Mill.
Rifle is occupying an important
place on Colorado's map, and esec-
tally so on the Western Slope. The
construction of an Up to date 500
ton alfalfa meal mill there is the
latest proposed activity at that
point. Articles of Incorporation have
been placed with the secretary of
state, authorizing the Alfalfa Meal
& Manufacturing company, with a
capital stock of $4,000.
Finds Alleged Footpads.
While walking down Main street
in Pueblo Saturday night. James
Edwards of Sugar City. who was
held up. beaten and robbed the nigh
previous, saw two men whom he be-
lieved to be the assailants walk in
to a saloon. He summoned a patrol
man and the two men were placed
under arrest. Aside from recog-
MIXING them. Edwards claimed that
one of the men was wearing a cap
that had been taken from him. The
men gave their names as George Ry
an and George Billinger. Both de-
MED their guilt.
Martins Name Forged.
Although Congressman John A.
Martin is as we'll known In Pueblo
as any other resident. and although
he received more votes at the recnt
election in Pueblo county than any
other candidate. some one succeeded
in impersonating him SO well last
week. that two forged checks were
passed bearing his name. When
the checks appeared at the bank next
day both were pronuocnd forgeries
and the congressman was notified
The police are of the opinion that
Mr.. Martin has double. Martin
gave them a good clue upon which
they went to work.
Fathers Plea Is In Vain.
The plea of a father was not
sufficient to release from jail Thorn
ton Toothman, who is serving out
fine of 5000 in Jail in Montrose
for bootlegging. The elder Tooth
man appealed to the authorities
for permission to pay the costs of
suit and have the young man re-
leased. The father said young
Toothman was the only support of
the family. In view of the fact
however. that Toothman was a per-
sistent offender previous to his con-
viction, the authorities refused to
extend clemency
Colorado Forest Fires.
Though there was great amount
of fire fighting In the state of Colo
RADIO during the past season, the
damage was comparatively small.
according to the estimates made by
the forestry service. There was
27s fires reported throughout the
state, 240 of which were caused by
railroads. The estimated loss is
s2.62S.SS. while the valuation of
the Colorado National Forest is
st3. .159,500. The Forest Service
badly needs additional forest trails.
telephone lines. lookout stations and
roads. Much of the timber is now
Inaccessible by road or trail. and
is therefore hard to patrol during
time or fires. II funds were avail
able lookout stations could be con
structed provided with telephones.
and men stationed in the places dur
Ing the season and In case of fire