The Colorado statesman., 1910-10-22
LITTLE coLoRAoo ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring over the
State Worth Telling.

| Trinidad reports the tlrst ram III
more than three months-crops fairly
good and frost proof.
The contract for the new $4,000
Pueblo Y. NJ. c. A. building has been
awarded.
William Vaughn Moody. the famous
dramatist, died in Colorado Springs
Monday from tumor of the brain.
The Uncompahgre valley has been
visited by a series of heavy rains,
winding up with the first snowstorm OF
the season.
Greeley is making war on dogs
and loafers. Strangely, the town cut
up seems not to be involved in the
elimination process.
Conditions among the cattle OF
better, according to j. A. Merrill, gov
ernment inspector.
A series of free moving picture ex'
hibitions and free concerts Tor the
winter at Denver's Auditorium are
now being considered.
]. A. Ellis of Fort Collins, picked
second crop strawberries from his
garden Tuesday. They were few but
of good size and excellent flavor.
Two hundred and fifty dry farmers
in the Big Park country, Grand juno
ton, have organized a company to drill
artesian wells all over that section.
Almost an inch of rain at Fort Col
Inns helped the beet harvest by soft
ening the ground and has been or
great value to the winter wheat in this
district.
Eight feet of snow and freezing
temperature on the >Moffat road above
Iollan1 again brings up the old ques-
ton of the whereabouts of last sum-
mer's salary.
Fort -Lupton proposes to be a city
of lights as soon as the Northern Col
orado Power Company's sub-station on
the west side of the river is COM
pleted.
Gov. Warner and the three wardens
of the penitentiaries Of Michigan,
a legislative committee, have been in
vestigating the convict-occupation
methods at Canon City.
James Loustalet, pioneer cow
puncher of Weld county, died from in
iuries received in roundup near
Medicine Bow, Wyo. His horse fell on
him.
The Grand Junction city council
has voted to macadamize the upper
portion of Seventh street as an expert
ment If successful many streets will
be macadamiZed.
The highest price ever paid for su-
gar beets in Colorado will go to Vic
tor Peterson, farmer in the Fort Col
Inns district, a portion Of whose crop
will bring 81 ton.
United States Senator Charles ].
Hughes, Jr., who left Denver several
weeks ago, broken In health, for trip
to Honolulu, has returned to Califor-
mia much improved.
The annual conference of the
National Association of American
Colleges convened at Colorado Springs
Saturday and prominent college wom-
en- from all over the country were
in attendance.
Orchardview is the name of new.
town which has been plated out and
the town lots placed on tie market.
1t is located in Montrose county, nine
miles northwest of Olathe and is on
the line of the proposed electric rail
way. With the advent of the inter-
urban line the new town is expected
to develop into a thriving settlement
very rapidly.
TO supplement the Weld county ex-
hibits at the Irrigation and Land Con-
1 20 A
w. H. Olin, agricultural superintend-
ent for the d. l.. & N. w. railroad, will
show a large exhibit of garden pro-
duce raised along that railroad from
Denver to Severance.
Odd Fellows, Rebekahs and Patri-
archs Militant have closed success
full annual meeting at Victor and Grip
pie Creek. The grand encampment
of the Patriarchs was held at Victor
and the grand lodge of the Odd Eel
lows and State Assembly of the Re
bekahs at Cripple Creek.
French engineers, representing
French capital, are in Weld county,
looking over completed and projected
work by the Denver Reservoir & Irri-
CATION Company and if the report is
favorable it is understood that Paris
capitalists are ready to take hold of
the work and complete it.
A gorgeous display of Olathe pro-
ducts at the Chicago Land show with
literature setting forth the advantages
of this locality for distribution at the
show is the latest plans of the Olathe
boosters, which plans are now being
consummated. The land show will be
held November 10 to December 4.
The Winchester brothers of Evans
broke the record for potato gathering
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