The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-05-11
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring over the
state Worth Telling.

Ben Richards. a miner, was found
dead at Pitkin.
The Pixies Peak road has been
opened to the public.
Two million tomatoes have been set
out near Grand Junction.
A municipal lighting plant will be
established at Ault in the near future
Arrangements are complete for the
creamery and cheese factory at Wind
sor.
Boulder county Is engaged in the
greatest road building work in its his
tory.
Crop conditions over the state are
much improved by the recent general
rain.
Frank Boyd. who helped build the
first smelter in Boulder county in 1875
is dead.
Someone entered the garage Of Ben
Mccarthy of Carbondale and stole his
automobile.
Fred Hustled. a pioneer iron worker.
aged fifty, committed suicide in Pueb-
10 recently.
Four men said to be responsible for
many thefts from cars in Pueblo have
been arrested
Not to be outdone by other towns in
the county. Ault is now going after 4
milk condenser.
The Denver Association of Congrega-
tional churches met in Greeley In an
nual convention.
Many farmers in the vicinity OF
Glenwood Springs have purchased au-
tomobiles recently.
Plans for big booster banquet
have been started by the Fort Collins
Chamber of Commerce.
The State Normal school at Greeley
has added a band OF eighteen pieces
to its musical department.
According to reports only $4,000
more is needed to make the Eaton
canning factory an assured fact.
The Rankin Paving. Brick and Clay
Company OF Boulder. with a capital OF
100000. has been Incorporated.
AS the result OF scratch while shoe
ing horse Harry L. Hiatt. pionee.
resident OF Grand Junction. died.
A pioneer and civic parade is to be
one of the features OF the celebration
in Colorado Springs July 3o-Aug. 2.
At the school election in Holyoke 1t
school building during the coming
year.
A. f. Sheldon q cattleman OF Ne
braska. and Il. J. Dobell of Denver
have decided to start a national bank
at Fort Lupton.
Edward Worrell. aged twenty-five.
was instantly killed at the Yak tun-
electric trolley wire.
Greeley is to be famed not only as
the home OF the Greeley potato, but
OF the dasheen. n new vegetable re-
sembling the potato.
Rev. George Redell Vosburg. pastor
OF the First Baptist church OF Denver.
the largest of its denomination in the
state, rendered his resignation.
Seth Maxwell. farmer residing
near Salt Creek. was almost instantly
killed when he was thrown from and
under his heavily laden wagon.
Within the next ten days, force OF
500 men will be placed in the field
and the United States Geological Sur
vey will resume work on the topo.
graphical mapping OF the state.
Arthur C. Osborne. fifty years old.
switchman at the Salida smelter
and one of the Oldest employees on the
Denver & Rio Grande railway. was run
over and killed while switching cars.
Boulder claims the record for the
largest hens egg ever laid. The speci
men in question weighs three and one
half ounces, is six and one-half inches
around the center and fifteen inches
around it's long axis.
With a kit of burglars tools. small.
can of dynamite and 300 pennies in his
possession, a man giving the name OF
Joseph Carter of Los Angeles. Cal.
was arrested in Grand Junction after
battle with the police.
Rev. H. NJ. Pingree. pastor Of a La
mar church, has been appointed chap
lain of the Second regiment, Colorado
National Guard, which includes com
panies at Grand Junction. Montrose.
Trinidad, La Junta and elsewhere.
For the month of April, the report
of the Denver postoffice shows an in
crease in receipts of about one per
cent over last years figures. While
the percentage of gain is not large, it
is considered to be a fair showing.
A special train carrying 200 Rus
sian beet field workers from Globe
vile left over the Burlington for
Wyncote, Wyo. These workers will
be distributed in the Platte valley be-
tween Wyncotte and Bridgeport. Neb.
Thomas Gerbrich, sentenced las.
September from Pueblo to thirty to