Gilpin observer., 1911-09-28
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring over tn
State Worth While.

A fire in Montrose caused damage
of $6,5OO.
The cornerstone of the Denver Elks'
new club house will be laid Oct l.
The Milliken lodge. 1. o. o. F.. cele-
brated its first birthday with BAN
quet.
Fire destroyed the wall paper store
of E. w. Hoyt at Montrose. with loss
Of $4,000
Twenty candidates have entered the
field in Pueblo for commissioners un-
der the new charter
Olga Martinez, years old, of Eaton,
died from the effects of falling into a
tub of boiling water.
More than $4,000 in prizes were
awarded at the second annual Trini.
1ad-Las Animas county fair.
John Fillius, who died in Oakland.
CAL, recently. was a resident of
Georgetown from 1866 to 1891.
Construction of new house of wor-
ship for the Evangelical Lutheran
church will begin at once in Denver.
The Denver & Rio Grande railroad
is preparing to test the constitution
ality of the national sixteen hour law.
Gov. Shafroth has returned from
New Jersey, where he attended the
conference of governors of twenty-six
states.
The contract for paving the busi-
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been let to a Chicago company for
S141,2S1.
Postmaster George Hohrbaugh Of
Aspen has been notified that that city
will have a postal savings bank sta
ton Oct. 13.
Mrs. d. w. Garrett, OF Canon City.
recently shot and killed her two
young children and then shot herself
through the heart.
The Laramie-Poudre irrigation dis
trict will have water in time for next
years crop and the farmers are now
plowing their land.
At the annual meeting of the Farm
ers' Union at Grand Junction, Presi-
dent c. d. Lang resigned and Star
Nelson succeeded hin.
Miss Gladys Jarvis will represent
Arvada in the contest for apple Girl"
at the apple show, which opens at
Denver in November.
Thieves entered the furniture store
of Burdette & Pinchon at La Junta
and stole valuable property and a
small amount of money.
In the opening football game of II Q
season at Fort Collins the Agricul-
tural College defeated the high school
team by score of 26 to O.
The sweepstakes prize in horticul-
tural exhibits at the State Fair IN
Pueblo, was awarded Baca county.
Mesa county won second place and
Fremont third.
Frank Gorse, 10. was shot through
the left hand by Tony Bussale, -. dur
ing a pitched battle in which num-
ber of boys of the Austrian settlement
in Pueblo participated.
Sheriff Galloway of Montrose
stopped the proposed boxing bout be-
tween Dan Reed and Mickey Haney.
lightweights from Montrose and Den
yer.
When Mrs. Hoffman, who had spent
several days in Denver, returned 10
her home near Morrison recently, she
found the body of her husband hang
ing to a rafter in the barn.
Rufus Berry, Jr., aged 13, son of Ru-
fus Berry of Cimarron. Colo. was acci
dentally killed when he fell from a
wagon. rolling under the wheels.
which passed over his abdomen.
Members of the Colorado Electric
Club announce that everything is in
readiness for the opening of their Sec
ond annual Electrical Exposition, to be
held in Denver October 14th.
The theory has been advanced that
the suicide under a bridge at La Junta
may have been a party to the whole
sale murders recently committed at
Colorado Springs. He was apparently
a laborer.
Otero county won the Colorado
championship at the State Fair at Pn-
eblo when awarded the sweepstakes
for the best general exhibit. Mesa
county was second and Sedgwick
county third
Anna Freeze. one of the Freeze
sisters, whose aerial act was feature
at the State Fair at Pueblo. fell dur
ing her performance and suffered a
broken collarbone. fractured arm
and other injuries.
Suit will probably be begun soon
against State Auditor Leddy and State
Treasurer Kennehan to compel the
payment of money appropriated in the
highway commission bill. A commit
tee has been selected to bring the
suit.
Judge Schumate OF Steamboat
SDrings denied n motion for n uew