The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-09-22
LIrrLE COLORADO IrlMs.
Small Happenings Occurring Over the
State Worth Telling.

over 34.0OO,O0O.
Banner crop OF beets from the Gree
ley district this year.
Sterling had a $4,000 hre early
Thursday morning.
Fort Collins claims the best amateur
band in the state.
Larimer county wheat crop il dou-
BILE that of last year.
Mesa county has already shipped
1000 car loads OF fruit.
Weld county has inaugurated a sys-
tematic war on stray dogs.
Alfalfa will add $12.0O0.000 to the
wealth Of the state this year.
Rev. C. w. Huett will be in charge
of the Methodist church at Sterling
Paul Itch. miner at Bowen, was
instantly killed by fall Of rock Mon
day.
A streak ~ solid ore showing much
free gold has been discovered near
Georgetown.
Bids are being received for new
county high school building in the
town Of Meeker.
Eight miles OF new state highway
between Brush and Sterling has been
contracted for.
The duck season opened Saturday.
Greeley and Fort. Collins report sur
plus over other years.
Weld county's exhibit has received
close to 20 prizes at the Interstate
fair and the end is not yet.
The first porcupine ever found in
the Grand valley was rounded up near
the Pear Park school house.
The internal revenue agent has dis
covered that Denver is being forced to
take water with her butter.
Rocky Ford's three large school
buildings are overcrowded and an
other one is contemplated.
Rev A. F.. Ragatz OF Loveland has
been sent to Christ church. Denver.
by the Methodist conference.
Canon City celery is superseding
the Kalamazoo article in the East
Celery land yields 1920 an acre.
II is estimated that the extra ses-
sion OF the legislature will last at least
two. possibly three weeks longer.
Among the eighty-two prisoners be-
ing tried In the criminal court at Den
yer there are six accused OF murder.
Pres. w. F. Slocun. mas returned
from Europe and Colorado college was
opened for the fall term Wednesday.
Denver will probably become the ex-
ecutive headquarters for the education
OF Indian children throughout the
West.
The Colorado State Bankers meet In
Grand Junction this week and several
hundred leading bankers from other
states will attend.
Present plans are to have Colorado
represented in the International Com
mercial Exhibition bureau. London.
next year.
The permanent organization OF the
Pueblo symphony orchestra has been
effected. with Professor II. F. Grund-
ler as director.
Perry Williamson claims to have
made record trip to Denver from Sa-
lida-S hours and 40 minutes. Best
previous time. IL hours.
Four hundred employees OF the Pull
man Palace Car company in Denver
will go to the company's new works in
San Francisco October 16.
The Teller dam. 20 miles north
west OF Pueblo. soon to be completed.
is $50 feet long. 456 feet wide at the
base and 11G feet high.
Omthes first car shipment Of
peaches was billed straight through to
New York City. New York's dainti-
ness Of appetite is proverbial.
At Wellington on Thursday an out
law horse attacked Joseph Walker. 4
stable hand, and kicked him almost to
death. He was rescued by fellow en-
ployes. unconscious.
The Denver Dairy association offers
reward of $50 for the arrest and con-
viotion OF any hotel or restaurant
keeper selling milk below the standard
required by the city ordinance.
Guy Phares OF Denver. a Jockey, was
perhaps fatally injured when his
mount fell in a race at the Glenwood
Springs fair grounds Tuesday. The
horse rolled over his body. crushing
him.
The Demo cratic state convention has
nominated the following ticket: For
justice OF the supreme court. Robert
W. Steele OF Denver: for governor of
Colorado. John F. Shafroth OF Denver;
foi lieutenant governor. stephen r.
Fitzgerald of San Miguel vounty; for
ongressman-et-large. Edward T. Tay-
loi of Garfield county; for secretary of
state, James B. Pearce of Otero coun-
ty: for state treasurer. Roady Kenehan
of Denver; for state auditor. NJ. A.
Leddy of Ell Paso county: for attorney
general, John T. Barnett OF Ouray
county; for superintendent of schools.
Katherine NJ. Cook of Adams county;
for railroad commissioner, Alex J..