The state herald., 1910-12-16
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring Over the
State Worth Telling.

I
Two full blooded Cherokee Indians
were divorced in County Court in Fort
Collins.
A franchise for lighting the town OF
Fort Lupton with electricity has been
granted.
farmers union has been or
ganized at Lucerne, with |. F. Read
president.
John Aikine, father OF ex-Mayor
Aikine of Gunnison, died suddenly.
aged SO.
The population of Grand Junction
is 1855, an increase of 1859 over the
census returns of 1900.
Francisco Lea was killed by a rock
fall in the mine of the Victor-Ameri-
can Fuel Company at Hastings.
A local branch of the Farmers Ed
| Lcational and Cooperative Union has
been organized in Windsor.
A Boulder man has discovered a
| treatment for gold ores which, If sue
Cessful will do away with smelling
Greeley will soon be provided with
an adequate fire alarm system, pur-
chased recently at cvost Of $4,000.
Denver packers have announced
that there have been no reductions of
any importance in the wholesale
prices on meats.
Another outbreak of smallpox is
threatened in Boulder, and with seven
cases quarantined the danger of an
epidemic is imminent.
Gran; Woods, aged IS, an employe
OF the Trinidad Tile works was
whirleG around fly wheel at the
/ liant early and killed.
The annual institute and fruit fair
Of the Fremont County Horticultural
Society will be held in Canon City the
first week in January.
The commissioners have appropri-
ated 100000 for expenses Of jefferson
county during 1911, an increase of but
$1,000 over last year.
A new salary ordinance was passed
by the city commissioners of Colo
RADIO Springs, increasing the pay OF a
Eumber of city employees.
There. seems TO be little doubt that
the next annual meeting of the pas
senger agents of the Burlington rail
road win be held in Denver.
Fearing threats of Black Hand
agents, Lucca Vito. a Sicilian farmer
near Pueblo. has sold all his posses
sions and started for Italy,
Thomas Hayes. a teamster OF Den
yer, is near death in the county hos.
pital as a result Of taking an overdose
OF carbolic acid for toothache,
A new feature Of Y. VI. c. 4. work
has been inaugurated In Grand June.
ton by the admission of women to the
privileges OF the gymnasium.
The Lamar school trustees sold
500. 900 of five per cent bonds at par,
plus 500 premium and expenses, TO
The Citizens State bank of Lamar.
Fire completely destroyed Il land.
mark. the old Baptist Church build.
ing in I.nyelund, sold about ten years
ago and since used as a business
block.
The Cherrylyn horse railroad, pos.
sibly the most unique railroad in the
world. running from Englewood to
CherryIyn. a distance OF one mile is
uo more
Artificial bananas from sugar beet
pulp WAS the startling proposition
made by r.. NJ Anderson TO several
land owners in the lobby OF the Cam,
field hotel in Greeley.
n su.or, ,.a. Inn, ,,.bn,. ,..r,.
ing ON the grade of the Denver
Laramie A Northwestern railroad.
above Virginia Dale. rorty.fiyc miles
from Fort Collins
n,on, gr, ori,dron ,r, no,,. moi,
i,,, ,iai, n,,,,o., a., a., ,tapta,,a,,5 "a,
rhanape n Pueblo. and more interest
than ever is being takon In the In,
stiu1tion nv the nublIc M large
p,udors az. ,,tr,r ody,,ta.o %,