The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1910-10-14
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring Over the
State Worth Telling.

SI4I9 WORM outu1s
Sterling is to have X. OF P. lodge.
Montrose will have poultry show
in February.
An electric light plant for Montezu-
ma Is being planned.
Colorado Springs will entertain the
1911 Dry Farming Congress.
Canon City Elks are about to build a
100000 clubhouse. They have 500
members.
Magpies are killing off Chinese
pheasants around Greeley. The
Chinese must go.
Ten cars of potatoes were sent out
OF Greeley by one firm Wednesday at
80 cents hundred.
Clarence B. Watkins OF the High
lands postoffice has been appointed q
postoffice inspector.
There is no longer doubt of Colora-
dos ample representation at the big
Pittsburg land show, Oct. 1923.
Several deer have been bagged near
Canon City although the dry, warm
weather is detrimental to hunting.
La Sale has substituted chain
gang in place of the proverbial latch
string for impecunious visitors Of the
hobo variety.
Denver automobiles must not ap-
proach closer than four feet to street
cars, and stern and forward lights
must be provided.
The President has signed a procla-
{ro
the Arapahoe national forest in the
state Of Colorado.
The Community kitchen" and din
ing room 20 accommodate about fifty
families planned by the women of
Greeley is progressing.
Colorado Springs physicians are
active In making arrangements for the
annual convention OF the State Medi-
cal Society In this city October Ills.
A Denver man has leased the ex-
elusive privilege of hunting frogs on
several large reservoirs In Weld coun-
| ty, believing there is fortune in 1t
from the jump.
The Pueblo Canning Company has
made one shipment of 10 carloads Of
l
| Tacoma. WASH, the largest cucumber
shipment on record from this county.
Larkspur, aconite, loco weed and
other poisonous growths, common to
some sections Of Colorado are being
| experimental with by government ex-
perts with the primal object of saving
stock.
rhx ororr,o,c c-or ~ foil opd utp
ter apples which the Manzanola dis
trict has raised this year. which ex-
ceeds by 100 per cent any crop ever
before produced in this district, Ia
moving.
Local postoffice receipts for the
quarter ending Sept. 80. at Colorado
Springs, shows an increase Of $1,100
over the corresponding quarter of 1909.
being $37,5s5 this year and $36.474
last year.
The sugar beet crop for the state
will involve the distribution Of $780,
900, according to careful estimates.
About $4.125,OO0 will be distributed
among the farmers between Nov. Is
and the middle of January.
A Denver man. Andrew Brott. Just
as a flyer, has designed and built and
successfully made two flights in an
aeroplane indulging in all the dips.
turns. spurs and angles common to a
mining section.
A talldog killed porcupine at Col
orado Springs the other day; NOT. how
ever. until enough OF the victims out
er covering had been transferred TO
make 1t a question as to which was
porcupine and which was dog.
The Mutual Light and Power Com
pany will ask for a franchise in Pail
SADIE, and announces that the wires
will be extended to include Clifton.
In this event, many ranchers no doubt
will be able to secure the same serv-
ice.
While driving his automobile across
the railroad tracks into Fort Collins,
Dow Law, a wealthy farmer of this
district, was struck by freight train
and his little daughter badly hurt. Mr..
Law escape with minor injurier. The
child will recover.
With the grade OF the Dent-Fort
Collins railroad entirely completed
through western Weld county into
Fort Collins all men and teams have
been pulled off Of the new line and
the railroad company is making its
final settlements on the twenty-five
miles of grade costing $175,OO0.
The Salvation Army Fall Congress
will meet in Denver Friday. October
14-1S. This congress is in the inter-
ests of the work in Colorado, Utah,
Idaho, Wyoming. Montana, Arizona
and New Mexico. Commissioner Thorn
as Estiol of Chicago will preside. He
| is territorial commander for the West
| ern department.
Children who won prizes for the best
displays of agricultural products at
the Weld county fair will again contest
Thanksgiving week in Denver at the
state capitol. Notice to this effect was
received Tuesday by County Superin-
tendent OF Schools l.. H. Harrison
from Professor Human Of the Agrlcul-
tural college at Fort Collins.
AS the result of report received