The Raymer enterprise., 1910-12-22
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring Over the
State Worth Telling.

". .. SeuSus gives Weld county
population Of 39,l77.
The Telluride brewery was damaged
$4,000 by a recent fire.
Thieves recently entered a store in
Clifton and carried away $500.
The construction work on the new
jail at Brighton is progressing rapidly.
A fire company has been organized
In Grover. under the auspices Of. the
Commercial club.
The cattle disease called black leg
has been found in the herd Of E. A.
Carter of Brighton.
Colorado Springs boasts Of citizen
possessing the shortest name in the
state. He is A. Elk.
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.
The annual Catholic fair given by
st. Peters Catholic Church at Greeley
has closed. The receipts were $1,000.
A 5OO.barrel flour mill to cost $780,
900. is proposed for Milliken by local
business men and Kansas capitalists.
Death claimed one Of the pioneers
Of Pueblo county when j. D. Andrus.
who came to Pueblo in 1865, passed
away. s
j. S. Johnson, a farmer, near Rocky
Ford. recently sold two wagon loads
Of cantaloupe seed, for which he re.
ceived $1,000.
Wanted in Salt Lake City on a
charge Of robbing diamond broker Of
100000 worth Of gems, Walter Parish
is in jail in Pueblo.
Not content with stealing ton Of
coal from Orville Harsh Of Greeley
thieves carried off Harsh's dog.
placed to guard 1t.
The case against Mrs. Mike Flynn,
charged with the killing Of Gordon
Wilson. in Browns park at Steamboat
Springs. has been dismissed.
Admittedly the largest and most en-
thusiastic convention Of the Colorado
State Board of Horticulture recently
closed two-day session at Rifle,
The Pueblo poultry show is the
largest ever held in that city, over
700 entries having been received.
The premium list is also large one.
The Commercial Club and Assocla.
ton Of Retail Merchants of Greeley
are making arrangements to entertain
the retail merchants Of the state Jan.
Is, 16 and II.
In addition to the strict quarantine
kept on dogs in Greeley. for the pur'
pose OF stamping out rabies, the same
regulations may be established on
cats.
An appropriation Of $4,000 fol
sprinkling Denver streets during 1911
has been asked for by Thomas Phil
lips, superintendent Of the highway
department.
In the matter of the bill OF excep
tons on the confirmation Of the bonds
of the Greeley-Poudre irrigation dis
trict, no decision has been rendered
by Judge Garrigues.
The Rocky Mountain Limited of the
Rock Island line, running out Of Den
yer for Chicago and other Eastern
points will not be discontinued, as wa.
unofficially announced.
A Colorado product dinner" will be
given to the visiting horse and cattle
men In January, when they meet al
Denver, from all over the country, tc
attend the January horse show.
A bill sure to be introduced at the
coming session OF the Legislature will
be to change the method of assess
ment and make It on the actual mar
ket value Of the property.
". A. Groom Of Boulder was elected
president OF the Northern Colorado
Poultry Association at Its meeting a.
the poultry show in Fort Collins. Boul
der was selected as the next place fol
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 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
penltentiary.
A pair of white rats purchased BY
C. W. Beer of Greeley for pets fifteer
years ago, but which soon disal'
peared. returned recently with largi
family. ,oyerran Beers chicken var,
and killed his poultry.
Two young sons Of Hon. Archie Nc
Lachlan of Craig broke through tn
Ice while skating, and sank in ice coll
water. The elder boy was resuscl
tated after nearly two hours work, blu