The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-11-03
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small happenings Occurring Over the
State Worth TslIino.

A civil service examination for
rural delivery carriers will be held at
Rocky Ford. Colo, Nov. 18th.
Colorado City is about to inaugurate
proceedings against any tagless dog
which is delinquent in his taxes.
Potatoes without warts or eyes the
result of scientific experimenting,
were exhibited at the Carbondale fair.
The kersey school district mas voted
the issuance of OF 10000 in bonds.
portion to he set aside as Il sinking
fund.
Charles A. Chase has been appointed
postmaster at Hebron, Jackson coun-
ty. Colorado. vice A. j. Monroe. re-
signed.
Fearing an epidemic OF scarlet fever
and typhoid. of which 1t has several
cases. Evans has closed the public
schools indefinitely.
Olathe has Just dedicated what is
claimed as one of the finest Metho-
dis: churches in any small town on
the western slope.
S. W. Berry, the Olatho ranchman
who assaulted w. G. Packer. n school
teacher, was fined 800 and costs.
with another sui, coming. Berry is
recovering.
]. NJ. Machney. driver, was struck
by switch engine and the wheels or
a wagon passed over him at Windsor.
A mule kicked him and he is injured
internally.
Colorado postmasters appointed:
Masters. Weld county, Mary Callihan,
vice ]. w. Day. resigned: Resolis, FL
bert county. Sarah j. Allen, vice. w.
II. Wells. removed.
If rattlesnakes are as numerous at
Platteville next season as this. COM
pany will be formed to undertake
snake killing for profit and sell the
skins for belts. etc.
A movement is on foot at Greeley
to close the postoffice Sundays and
the matter may be advocated by the
Minister'S alliance. Evans has voted
against opening its postoffice Sun
days.
Farmers living near Coyle. Okla,
are seeking a location for colonization.
and indications are that they will de-
eide upon the territory east OF Gree
ley. traversed by Union Pacific
branches.
After being In court for seven years
II. +. English has won a suit for $500
against the Union Pacific railroad.
English charged the road with falling
to forward car Of potatoes from
Greeley to Denver.
While sitting in a high chair watch
Ing his mother wash. Arthur Spencer
8 years old. OF Starkville. fell back
ward into a tub OF boiling water and
was SO badly scalded that he died
four hours later.
In the Rocky Ford district Peter
Arnold. a prominent sheep man OF
Otero county. had n dispute with the
foreman of the sheep company. II is
believed none OF the four gunshot
wounds he received are fatal.
c. J. Hartman. manager OF the
Greeley and Denver railroad COM
pany. and J. F. Farmer have invented
an automatic switch, which is being
lhStaiitd ou thc COMPANY
Another new device Invented by local
men is an automatic lubricator. which
is designed to eliminate the greasing
OF curves by hand.
Miss s. w. Woodford. grand
opera singer OF New York City and a
grand niece OF Dom Paul and Gen.
Dewitt OF Boer war fame. has pur-
I,.. n,,L l.t h.,v, 1nxr- Mt
Briggsdale. east of Greeley. Her
mother, Mrs. s. Dewitt Smith. has a
large ranch at Briggsdale, which she
chose after looking over the entire
West, because the Briggsdale country
reminded her OF Africa.
The Mount Pisgah reservoir OF the
Garden Park Land & Irrigation Com
pany is completed, after nearly two
years OF continuous work. 1t Is locat-
ed on what was formerly the old
Fawlkner ranch, seven miles west Of
Cripple Creek and Is one OF the great
est enterprises Of the kind ever under
taken in Southern Colorado. The dam
is built across Four Mile Creek and
will impound four thousand acre feet
OF water at It's maximum capacity.
That oil exists in the Keota-Ravmer
country In eastern Weld county is the
opinion Of oil experts who have been
looking over that territory recently
with view to sinking wells. Within
month tests will be made in the
Raymer section. For years 1t has
been known that this territory Is
underlaid by n soft coal unfit for use
and which crumbles when it comes In
contact with the air The water from
wells. allowed to stand for short
time. is covered with an oily scum.
which is an indication of oil. The
map made by Geologist Hayden IN the
early seventies shows oil strata in