The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-12-22
LITTLE coLonApo ITEMS.
Small Happenings oeeprrins Over the
State Worth Telling.

| reported from Pueblo.
U. S. Census gives Weld county q
population of 39,177
Fred Pierce killed himself at his
bone on Mill creek near Aspen.
Burglars entered the postoffice at
Pueblo recently and secured $50.
The construction work on the ne v
jail at Brighton is progressing rapidly.
In FL Paso county. since January 1st
last. 16S divorces have been granted.
Boggio Listului was killed by fall
Of rock in the Regson mine near Trim
idad.
A permanent organization Of Weld
county commercial clubs was effected
in Greeley.
Henry G. Rathbun. a prominent
business man of Colorado Springs, died
OF typhoid fever.
Colorado Springs boasts Of a citizen
possessing the shortest name in the
state. He is A. Elk.
Sheep have been slaughtered in a
wholesale manner by dogs or coyotes
near Greeley the past few nights.
1t is reported that the farmers OF
Fort Lupton get $4,000 a year from
the milk from about 200 cows.
In the Steamboat Springs vicinity
more than 100 acres of strawberries
will be planted in the spring.
Workmen are now tearing down the
old stage house just outside of Salida
that has been standing since 1865.
Mayor Todd OF Grand Junction has
signed a contract for G0-horsepower
auto fire wagon which will cost $4,000.
John Pomsick was held up and
robbed OF check for $3.50 and smal.
change by two masked men In Pueblo.
]. 8. Johnson, q farmer, near Rocky
Ford. recently sold two wagon loads
OF cantaloupe seed. for which he re-
ceived $500.
Wanted in Salt Lake City on A
charge OF robbing a diamond broker %
100000 worth OF gems. Walter Parish
is In Jail in Pueblo.
The new filter basin at the head OF
and awaits formal acceptance by the
BOaru OF COuuctlmen-
The case against Mrs. Mike Flynn.
charged with the killing Of Gordon
Wilson. In Browns park ut Steamboat
Springs. has been dismissed.
Charges Of cruelty to hoss-an IN
usual charEe-were preferred in the
County Court at Greeley recently
against A. c. Randall Of Evans.
One year in Jail and \ fine of 81.
900 was imposed upon Horace Shs'Sy.
colored. In Pueblo. for stabbinE VIII
liam Wallace hast Octobcr.
The Denver 4 Rio Gfande depot at
Salida was damaged by fire. The
building IL valued at about $4,000 and
the damage Is estimated at 1880.
An the mining counties Of the state.
with the exception Of San Juan. show
decrease In population. All Of the
agricultural counties show an increase.
Active work on the middle lateral
Of the Greeley -Poudre Irrigation sys-
TEN was commenced when ten men
with teams started work northeast o.
Camfieid.
In the matter Of the bin of excep-
tions on the confirmation of the bonds
of the Greeley-Poudre irrigation dis
trict. no decision has been rendered
by Judge Garrigues.
Governor Shafroth received a check
from Washington for $50.306.10 as Col
orado's proportion O; the amount of
money collected from the forestry
reserves in the state
The last beets of the 1910 crop have
been ground up the early part OF the
week by the Windsor. Greeley. Eaton,
Fort Collins and Loveland factories.
Longmont having finished earlier.
A Colorado product dinner" win be
given to the Visiting horse and cattle
men in January. when they meet at
Denver. from all over the country. to
attend the January horse show.
1t will cost the city OF Greeley just
an even $t0S, 900 to keep house curin. !,
1911, according to the estimate Of the
experts and the council passed the an
nual appropriation bill calling for that
amount.
w. A. Groom of Boulder was elected
| president Of the Northern Colorado
Poultry Association at Its meeting ..
the poultry show in Fort Collins. Boul
der was selected as the next place for
| the show.
Cattle owners of the Williams coun
try Fork, near Steamboat Springs, arc
jubilant over the open fall and the
mildness of the season. 1t saves hay
and means a larger profit than usual
on stock.
Frank Van Amburgh. who robbed
the safe of the St. James hotel in
Georgetown Sept. &c of $40, pleaded
guilty in District Court and was sen
fenced to two to three years in the