The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-08
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring Over the
State Worth Telling.

health.
The Arkansas Commercial Associa-
tion will send an exhibit to the Chica-
go Land Show.
Demonstration farms are to be es-
tabllshed in Colorado by the State Ag-
ricultural college.
A. NJ. Crowden has been elected
president of the Fort Morgan Cham
ber OF Commerce.
Montrose is raising fund to hav9
the valley represented at the Chicago
Land Show in November.
Fort Morgan will soon have cream
cry to use the product of 1000 COWS.
says the Chamber of Commerce.
1t is estimated that about 1000 cars
of murphys will be shipped from Gree
ley and surrounding stations this sea-
son.
+. R. Rockwell of Paonia has been
appointed general superintendent or
the d. G. r. G., to succeed ]. w. Dean.
resigned.
A $4,000 900 scheme to water 1OO,-
900 acres near Lamar is being consid-
cred by the Bent-Prowers irrigation
district at Lamar.
From July l to Sept. 80 there were
shipped from Steamboat Springs S51
carloads of cattle, las cars of sheep
and cars of horses.
DR.. w. w. Ranney. pastor of the
First Congregational church, has been
elected president of the Colorado
AccOpiatiOn
Sunday closing of the mail carriers
windows in the Denver postoffice is
the latest campaign to be launched by
the NJ listerial alliance of Denver.
Colorado Springs physicians are
active in making arrangements for the
annual convention of the State Medi-
cal Society in this city October lib.
Olin Thoilson. postmaster at Glen
wood Springs, Colo, and Elmus Beltz.,
postmaster at Laramie, Wyo, have
filed applications for authority to open
postal savings banks.
The Colorado Realty Dealers Asso-
citation, in session at Trinidad, have
indorsed the proposed landlord lien
law and praise the work of the Board
of immigration.
Three tramps have been arrested
at Trinidad who are believed to have
started the fire Tuesday at Ludlow,
twenty-five miles north, which de-
stroyed three freight cars and threat
ened the camp.
Joseph A. Mower. Post No. 3, G.. A.
r., today presented the Breckenridge
high school with handsome new
American flag for the new flag pole
recently erected in front of the school
building.
E. N. Beach of La Plata City, who
has a $4,000 bond and lease on the
Yellow Eye Group of mining claims in
the La Platas, has found two-inch
streak of sylvanite averaging $50 to
SIS per pound, the biggest strike OF
ore ever made in the La Platas.
The case of William Mason and Jo-
seph Vanderweide, charged with con-
spiracy in connection with the killing
of United States Secret Service Agent
Joseph A. Walker, while the latter was
guarding a mine in La Plata county,
November 3, 1907, was on trial before
the Federal Court, Friday at Pueblo.
The initial seeing Fort Collins" car
made it's run Tuesday afternoon, in
charge of students of the domestic
science department of Colorado Agri-
cultural college. Passengers are car
ried at the rate of Is cents each, and
the proceeds will be used in buying
furniture for the Guggenheim hall of
holsehold arts.
After an ownership of twenty-three
years, George n. and S. w. Raymond,
Tuesday sold the Evening Herald to
William A. Baltlett, a newspaper man
of Denver and Cheyenne, who will con-
tinue the paper as Republican. George
n. Raymond, editor and business man
ager and for five years postmaster,
will remain in Durango.
Children who won prizes for the best
displays of agricultural products at
the Weld county fair will again contest
Thanksgiving week in Denver at the
state capitol. Notice to this effect was
received Tuesday by County Superin-
tendent of Schools L. H. Harrison
from Professor Hinman of the Agricul-
tural college at Fort Collins.
At Longmont William Hipparstel
and George Smith, Democratic nom-
inees for representative, were driving
Saturday night and as they ap-
preached the railroad track, three
tramps frightened. the horse. Hip
parstel and Smith were thrown out
and the former struck on his head, dy-
ing from the fall twenty minutes after
ward.
AS the result of the blowing up of
Rio Grande passenger engine No. 1143,
Engineer C. E. Draper and Fireman b
B. Elliot were killed and Engineer Ju-
liam and Fireman Smith were slightly
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