The Glenwood post., 1910-10-01
LITTLE COLORADO lrsMs.
Small Happenings Occurring Over the
State Worth Telling.

The Colorado Bankers Association
met Tuesday at Grand Junction with
200 delegates in attendance.
Greeley has dug up" spuds enough
to serve 10000 visitors on Thursday
destined to fame as Potato Day No. 1.
1t is now estimated that the early
August frost, which was thought to
have cut down the Greeley potato crop
35 per cent, really damaged it over so
per cent.
Eddy Cove, a child of years, living
near Greeley. was struck with whip.
causing an abscess to form. and is in
serious condition. The authorities
are investigating.
Many municipal organizations of
Colorado were represented by their
secretaries in a meeting at Pueblo
Wednesday to form one organization
for the entire state.
Iven Mexican, the 14-year-old son OF
|. l. Mexican, was shot and instantly
killed, at Brighton. Sunday by play
mate Howard Kastor, the '13-year-old
son of R. H. Kastor.
The right of the government land
office to sell land for a higher price
than the minimum charge fixed by
act of Congress is attacked in suit
filed in the Federal Court at Denver.
Weld county's big fair at Greeley is
open and will continue until Saturday.
Indications are that it will surpass all
other fairs ever held there, and that
it will become an annual event for the
county.
The Commercial Association of Boul
der has endorsed the Cove amendment
passed by the extra session OF the Leg
islature, which. if enacted, will estab-
lish the last two years of the state med
ical course in Denver.
Another electric ailway to connect
the fruit and farming districts of Mon
trose and Delta county is projected by
the Fairview & Intermountain Rail
way company, which is incorporated
with capital of s25o,oOo.
The conference of the Southern as
sociation of the Baptist church opened
at Florence Tuesday for a three-day
session. A splendid programme with
several noted speakers from outside
the state was successfully carried
through.
A herd of magnificent Jersey prize
winners has been added to the FIT. Col
Inns Agricultural College dairy depart
ment. The herd is only loaned, but
' i'll be of untold benefit in demon
strating to students the value of high
grade dairy stock.
At Colorado Springs four drayloads
of assorted liquors were confiscated
and stored in the court house Monday
night in raid on several of the clubs,
so-called. The clubs are the Index.
Eureka, Mechanics and Alhambra, the
latter negro resort.
A new long distance telephone line
from the Western slope to Denver and
other parts of the Eastern slope is
promised by extension of lines of the
Colorado Telephone Company from
Baldwin, Gunnison county, to Maher
and Crawford in Montrose and Delta
"ounties.
A tumor or cyst buried deep in the
VI Oil l-oouto VI Jeltlul w DIT TWlCh,
insane and deaf mute. because of his
affliction, was removed Saturday by
Drs. S. ID. Hopkins and w. B. Craig at
st. Joseph's hospital. In two days the
man has spoken three words, and his
mind apparently is normal
The annual convention of the Colo
rado Bankers Association met at
Grand Junction Tuesday A splendid
programme of entertainment was pre-
sented the visitors, including an auto
mobile ride through the Palisade orch
ards, an interurban trip to Fruita,
banquet and reception for the ladies'
According to the scheme now under
consideration it is expected that the
State Normal school at Greeley will ar
range with some neighboring school
district with view to having help in
developing an ideal one-room or two
room rural school, and it is probable
that the model rural school will be es-
tablished at Milliken.
Preliminary surveys for tie line of
nc Uncompahgre & Gunnison Valley
Electric Railroad, which is to run
from Montrose to Delta through one
of the richest sections of this valley
are being made. Local men and Den
yer capitalists are furnishing the mon
ey to build this road. 1t viii! tap the
rich section of potato land which is
now too far from the railroad to be
profitably cultivated.
pectors the state geological survey at
Boulder will examine, determine and
designate all mineral specimens sub
mitted by residents of the state, with
out charge. The state geologists sim
ply ask that the locality where the ore
is taken from be indicated, that sam
pies be numbered if there are more
than one, that the name and address
of the sender he made plain and that q