The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-08-04
LITTLE
COLORADO
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Thomas A. Mills. aged 81. died at
Fruita.
LIS Animas ia to have its third
bank.
Five miles OF the big canal at Cedar
have been completed.
Ernest Uskivich was killed by rock
fall in the mine at Ludlow.
Oscar s. Compton. aged II. Civil
War veteran. died at Greeley.
September 23rd is the date set for
the annual harvest carnival at Ault.
A new irrigation project proposes to
water 10000 acres north OF Grover.
The Fremont County fair at Canon
City will be held September 18th to
18th.
Joseph Hudson. a Colorado Springs
drug clerk, was fineo 5000 and costs
for the Illegal sale Of liquor.
The Ouray Pioneer Association will
hold its annual gathering at Hollis
grove near Ridgway September 5th.
Timothy O'Connor. resident of the
Grand valley for twenty-five years.
died at Grand Junction at the age OF 73.
Edwin w. Baxter. a resident OF
southern Colorado for forty years.
died at Pueblo at the age OF sixty-two.
Gottlob Kieser, a pioneer stockman
of Hugo. is dead from fall from
wagon which he sustained the other
day..
The contract for the section Of the
new Santa Fe trail' between Rocky
Ford and Fowler has been let at
$S,sS5.
Ouray county officials will ask the
state to appropriate $4,000 to build
concrete approaches to the state bridge
at Ridgway.
Clifford Pinchot. ex-forester. has Wis.,
tied Denver and made final arrange
nents for the visit OF Colonel Roose
welt August goth.
The G. A. r. special train for the
City will leave Denver Friday even
ing. September 10th.
The state convention OF the Fedora
iion OF Labor will be held at Grand
Junction beginning August sth. About
200 delegates will attend.
The extensive forest fires which
have been raging near Steamboat
brought under control.
The electric light franchise recently
granted to A. v. Walther by the town
OF Ridgway has been extended and TAX
en- over by a new company.
Plats have been filed for a new ir-
rigation proposition on Crystal creek.
near Crawford. The amount OF land
to be watered Ia 5000 acres.
Denver bakers are likely to have
the laws sharp stick after them If
the charge that much OF their bread
is short In weight Is substantiated.
The Stove Prairie fire which has
been burning west of Fort Collins for
several days has been subdued. The
burned area embraces about eight
square miles.
The new hotel to be built at Fowler
will be three stories in height and
equipped with elevator. electric lights.
baths. and other modern convent
ences.
Mrs. Rhoda Lutes. the oldest lady Of
the western slope. died at Grand juno.
ton as the result of a fall which she
sustained several days ago. She was
little over 95 pears old.
Robert Harris, the first settler at
Windsor. who went there to trap
thirty years ago. will go to Wisconsin
to spend the rest OF his days. He is
| so years old.
| Fossil teeth OF some prehistoric an
imal were unearthed by workers in a
| Greeley brickyard the first OF the
week. They were well preserved and
weighed about fifteen pounds each.
| In Clear Creek and Gilpin counties
the big rain Of Thursday night caused
railroad tracks to be covered with
sand and gravel and much damage
done to fumes and wagon roads.
| At the Loveland corn roast this
year, in addition to the races. broncho
busting baseball games. ETC.. visitors
will be given an opportunity to see q
Wright aeroplane in action and noun
tain trout will be added to the menu
The dates are August Gath to Goth.
The Laramie-P Poudre Company
since Judge Garrigues ruled that Its
bond issue was legal. has let the con
tract for its reservoir on the Laramie
river at about $14O,OO0. 1t will have
capacity of 10O.OOO.OOO cubic fee
and 1t is expected to have it com
pleted by next June. The tunnel /:
in $500 feet.
BY the annual report Of Superintend
ent Charles Deacon OF the Unioy
Printers Home at Colorado Springs
just issued. it is learned that the ex
penses for the year were $70.276.32
The medical report shows the result.
OF the last year to be the most sue
cessful in the history of the institu
ton. which Is maintained by member!