The Delta independent., 1911-02-24
Skeleton Found in Mine.

where the church directory is pub
lished.
Skeleton Found in Mine.
Miners cleaning up and repairing
the Broadhead coal mine near Agui-
lar, twenty-five miles northwest OF
Trinidad last Saturday encountered
a human skeleton known to be that
of either George Parker or George
Mason who lost their lives in an ex-
plosion five years ago in which five
men were killed.
New Elk's Home for Greeley.
Work on Greeley's $4,000. Elk s
club house is to begin within the
next month. T he building will be
built just west of the Weld county
court house. The building will be
two stories high with full basement
feature of the edifice will be
porch sixty feet long and twenty feet
wide. The columns in front will be
of Yule, Colorado, marble.
Weld County Aroused.
Weld county is aroused over the
rumor that there is bill pending
in the Legislature to transfer eight
townships from the southern part Of
Weld county to Adams county. The
Weld county commercial club has
publicly announced that any attempt
to divide Weld county or cut off the
eight townships will be bitterly con
tested by the club.
Miners Head Blown on.
Charles Penaza, an Austrian min
er was instantly killed last Friday
in the Hughes mine IN the Russell
district. near Central City. The top
of his head was blown on. He was
workIng alone in one OF the drifts,
shovehng ore into one of the cars.
1t is supposed that in using a pick
to loosen the dirt. he struck sticA
of powder buried in the pile. He
was "a years old and leaves a wife
and three children.
Improve Quality of Milk.
The Colorado Condensed Milk Co.
of Fort Lupton, gave a banquet to
$50 farmers Saturdy anight to talk
over the milk question. w avs and
means to give the consumer the
most efficient service and the purest
MIN Ntlt u4SNGoSth At
condition of dairies was the prin-
cipal topic and many new equip
ments were suggested which would
assure the purest milk to the Gus
toner.
Boys Steal Whiskey.
Four boys, all under eleven years
of age. left their homes at Sopris
sunday and went to Trinidad where
they stole four quarts of whiskey
and devoured it all in three hours.
When the lads We're found they
We're in a serious condition. John
Burns was the worst affected and
it was necessary to work over him
several hours to restore conscious
c. & S. box car.
Colorado showed" Ohio.
Colorado showed Ohio when il
came to agricultural stunts, in the
opinion of Secretary ]. F. McCrery
of the Greeley Commercial club. who
had charge of the state exhibit at
the National Corn show which just
closed at Columbus. McCrery re-
turned last week and said: " This
diplomas of merit. These include
four grand championships which We
and timothy"
won on spring wheat, black oats
New L. =. Judge for Colorado.
The Guggenheim bill for the ap-
pointment of one additional federal
district judge for Colorado was pass
ed by the senate last Friday and
forwarded to the house. The bill
provides that the present district
judge in Colorado and the proposed
new judge shall occupy one dis
trict and agree between themselves
on the division of business and the
of cases for trial In
the event of disagreement. it is pro
vided that the senior circuit judge
of the Eighth circuit shall make all
necessary orders.
Tusks of Mammoth Found.
The tusks of mammoth have
been discovered in sand bank on
the Abraham Abbott farm mile
southeast of Fort Collins by work
men. The tusks hive been taken in
charge by Prof. C. p. Gillette of the
College and an effort
Will be made to find the bones OF
the animal. Prof. Gillette has pro
nounced the tusks to be those of a |
an animal closely resem
bling an elephant. only much larger, |
and bodies of which have been found |
frozen in the ice in Siberia. One |
tusk in tact is eight feet long and |
Is seven and n half inches in diam
,ter Mt the base. Two of the teeth
we're found later, each as large as
IN ordinary mans two fists.
Tariff reVisers mention free trade |