The Springfield herald., 1910-08-19
LITTLE
COLORADO
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A pressed brick plant has started op-
erations at I.oveland.
Wellington's annual harvest jubilee
will be held September 18th.
Colorado City will hold flower
show on the oath and 25th.
Alfalfa prices in the Poudre valley
are ranging from IS to $12 per ton.
Seibert is asking someone to come
there and build mill and elevator.
Boulder Moose will hold an all-week
street fair. to begin September 6th.
H. H. Hartsell, Grand junction boot
logger, got nineteen days in Jail for his.
Mrs. Ellen Heatley. a resident of
Denver since 1860, died at the age OF
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A Pueblo "masher" was soundly
thumped by friends Of the woman in
the case.
The Arapahoe Volunteer Is q new
paper established at Littleton by David
e. Traver.
Samuel l. Bishop. proprietor of q
dairy near Denver, has been missing
since last Tuesday.
Plans have been approved for James
F. Burns new 100000 opera house at
Colorado Springs.
Joseph Jatkopich, Slav miner. aged
81. was killed by rock fall in the C..
F. & I. mine at Morley.
An apple-packing contest will be a
feature of the festivities provided for
the Montrose fair.
The State Federation of Women's
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Der 9th to Both.
The fair and reunion of San Juan
pioneers will be held at Del Norte Sep
TENDER 18th to 18th.
Asa Adams of Colona has offered for
ty acres to the Colorado Odd Fellows
as site for their state home.
Colorado marksmen are making a
creditable showing at the annual
army shoot at Camp Perry. Ohio.
Bridges and culverts washed out
during the recent floods In Pueblo
county will cost about $4,000 to re-
place.
1t is likely that the postoffice at
Highland Lake will be opened again
soon, having some time ago been dis
continued.
Gunnison will have another bank
with capital of 100000. Conditions
are reported as improving generally
over Gunnison way.
The Colorado Springs authorities are
considering an improvement to the
city water facilities that will call for
an expenditure of 100000.
Hugh Young, aged 10. an old set
tier of the camp, was killed at the
Garfield mine at Coal Creek by being
rdun over by a trip of cars.
All the deaf and dumb clergymen
in the United States attended the
worlds congress at Colorado Springs.
Ten were professionals and two Roman
| Catholics.
Longmonts Pumpkin Pie Day. one Of
the famous fall festivals of the state,
has been set for September LIST this
year. Six thousand pies have been or
dered.
The Great Western Sugar Company
is building an alfalfa meal mill at
Sterling. The plant will have capac-
ity Of grinding five and a half tons per
hour and will cost $4,000.
The Clear Creek county commission
ers have purchased rock crusher to
be used in connection with road build
ing in that county. 1t Is hoped that by
the use of crushed rock the heavy rains
in the mountains will not damage the
roads as much as formerly.
At the meeting of the deaf and
dumb congress at Colorado Springs
w. Veditz in an address advocat-
ed the establishment of a national
home for the deaf. and cited the sue
cess of the Union Printers Home and
the Modern Woodmen Sanitarium.
The Red Men of Colorado in their
state convention at Georgetown elect
ed the following officers for the en-
suing year: Great sachem, George F.
Geiger. Colorado City; senior saga
more, e. A. Thomas, Pueblo; Junior
sycamore, Judge H. P. Burke. Ster-
ling; great keeper of wampum.
Charles ]. Nicholas, Georgetown;
great chief of records, John A. Holm
burg, Denver; great representatives to
the great council at Toledo. Ohio
James Preston, Cripple Creek; o. S.
Galbreath, Denver; w. A. Spooner,
Alma; ]. c. Scott, Sterling, and ].
W. Boyd of Idaho Springs. who is
holdover
Col Wentworth of Kentucky has
purchased 5000 acres of land near
Grover and will populate the tract
with colony of farmers from the Blue
Grass state.
Longmont 5k per cent. water bonds
of the value of $4,000 have been
placed with Denver firm. Longmont
expects to have one of the best wa.
ter systems in the state of Colorado
The income from the water system
last year was over $4,000 and cost
less than $4,000 to operate and dur
ing the last six years, has yielded a
net annual income of nearly 10000
Denver papers give $4,000 pei
month as the approximate income oil
A. d. Parker, vice president of the
Colorado & Southern railroad. from his
interest in the Florence Goldfield prop
erty at Goldfield Nevada.