The Springfield herald., 1910-12-02
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
email Happenings Occurring Over the
State Worth Telling.

Major Miles Jain. a pioneer of
Boulder county Is dead.
The tax levy for Pueblo for next
year will be twenty mills.
The total deposits In the four
Greeley banks is close to 100000.
An Olathe firm shipped five car
loads OF potatoes to Boulder recently.
The Elks Of Canon City have de-
cided to erect a 100000 club building.
The Boston Americans probably will
play a game in Grand Junction in
March.
Located nine miles northwest Of
Olathe is the new townsite of Or
chardview.
Recently at the city hall the dent.
lists of Larimer county held very In
teresting meeting.
Ed Smith of Masonville had the
misfortune to be badly injured by a
vicious hog recently.
George H. Lille. expert equestrian
and Denvers first ridingmaster. died
in that city recently.
Charles Gaines. member OF promi-
nent family Of Olathe. became violent
ly insane few days ago.
Eastern Weld county promises to
be the scene Of extensive irrigation
activity the coming spring.
Ordway Lodge A. F. and A. M. has
been chartered by the Grand Lodge OF
Masons and given number 1876.
A wreck on the Midland. on the
west end, near Newcastle. resulted in
the death of Fireman Waters and
Porter A. ]. Carson.
Manitou may get letter carrier
system, as the postoffice there did
over $4,000 worth of business this
year.
In Teller county the initiative and
referendum carried by 1900 and the
refunding amendment lost by nine
votes.
Hon. w. H. McCaskill, representa-
tive from Otero county. died very
suddenly in Rock Ford: the result Of
apoplexy.
Home architects have been awarded
the contract for plans for the 100000
Masonic temple to he erected at
Montrose.
AS a result of inhaling steam and
being scalded by the explosion OF an
engine. Edward Smith, stationary
engineer of Greeley is dead.
The continued refusal of the census
bureau at Washington to give out
population returns on the Western
Slope is causing much anxiety.
The third annual conference Of the
Boys department Of the Y. M. c. A.,
for the state of Colorado. opened In
Colorado Springs this week.
An investigation of the coal mines
of southern Colorado has been de-
termined upon by the commission ap-
pointed by Governor Shafroth.
The city of Longmont will soon
have natural gas from an almost in
exhaustible supply opened by the
Boulder & Greeley OIL Company.
All of northern Colorado and prac'
tically the entire Arkansas valley is
joining in the movement toward ex-
terminating the grasshopper pest.
Testimony before the coroner's jury
in Trinidad. investigating the Stark
vile mine disaster was that gas ex-
listed in the mine In small pockets.
The Mesa county Irrigation district
has ordered an immense new centri-
fugal pump. to be used in supplying
water to the 5000 acres in that dis
trict.
One of the most remarkable de-
posits of fossils, among the many in
that county. has been uncovered on
the Coffin farm in western Weld
county.
The county commissioners have
been asked by the Mesa County Busi-
ness Association to make one-fifth
mill levy under the new state law. the
money to be used for advertising.
Half dozen Grand Junction men
have organized company which will
market an immense tract of pine tim
Der near Norrie on the Midland rail-
road, above Glenwood.
The board OF county commissioners
fixed the tax levy for the year 1910
on Fremont county property of 44k
mills. The assessed valuation is in
excess of $6,sOO.000.
The right Of way practically has
been secured for the interurban from
Grand Junction to Clifton. The right
of way has been donated by the ranch
ers along the proposed route.
This has been a great pumpkin
year in Colorado and number OF
factories are now chopping up and
canning the best crop Of the golden
fruit ever taken off in this state.
Work on Greeley's municipal skat-
ing pond is under way and the CEN
ter of the racetrack at Island Grove
Park. city property, is the site for the
big rink. The expense is being met
by public spirited citizens.
John Milae of Grand Junction,
closed deal, which has been under
negotiation for some time, by which
he sold his Orchard Mesa ranch Of
twenty acres to H. o. Hoskins OF Ne
braska for $4,000 cash.
A complete tie-up on the work Of
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