The Springfield herald., 1911-04-21
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring over the
state Worth Telling.

er be closed on Sunday.
The ministers of Grand Junction
have organized baseball nine.
Glenwood Springs big annual festi-
val. Strawberry Day, will be held June
18th.
AT Moatezuma William Smith shot
and instantly killed ]. E. C'Private'o
Black.
The government has selected the
site for the Federal building in Du-
range.
The public school building at Glen
wood Springs was recently damaged
by fire.
T. E. Nycherley. miner. was at
tackled and killed at Lafayette by four
Mexicans.
The county board has let the con-
tract for the new high school building
at Castle Rock.
Recently night riders raided ditch
camp near Delta and drove away
Japanese laborers.
Fruit men of Fremont county say
their fruit crops have not been dam
aged by the cold.
In last and exciting game OF base
ball the Lupton Blues defeated the La
Sale reds by a score of to l.
Lee Holmes Hilton, banker. son
of James l.. Hilton, of Denver, was
killed in street duel In Sylvana
Ca
Ill, lvp1Ir A n
George Walker of Loveland, died as
the result of kick received from
colt.
The tri-weekly service of the star
route between Highmore and De
Beque will be permanently resumed
May 1st.
The saloon and residence of Joe
Mantilli, at Starkville. also a public
dance hall, burned with loss of
$4,000.
The State Board of Pardons has
ordered the release from the peniten-
tiary Of John w. Reeve and Frank E.
Kiser.
There are sixty men after municipal
Jobs in Greeley and the new City Coun-
Gil has held a secret session to consid-
er their claims.
= Stopped by two masked highway
men in Pueblo, A. T. Thomas. presi-
dent of the Pueblo Feather Company,
was robbed of $53.
No damage has been done to fruit
around La Junta by the cold weather
of the last few days. Buds are not
far enough developed.
Canon City will become a postal
savings depository on May list. max
ing it the second Colorado point to
have that distinction.
The Town Council has passed an or
dinance extending the fire limits OF
Manitou so as to eliminate many II
the tent shacks that increase tire
risks.
Forest Rutherford, former Pueblo
man, was wounded at Douglas. Ariz.,
by a stray bullet fired during a bat
tie across the line in Mexico, re-
Gently.
Never before in the history of Weld
county were there better prospects for
bumper fall wheat crop, of which at
least 100000 acres is growing in the
county.
The elegant new home of st. Mary's
academy in Denver has been reared to
one-half it's full height of four stories.
and will be complete and ready for oc-
cupacy by the school August L.
There is a good prospect that Gree
ley will have salaried team of first
class ball players this summer or
the $4,000 needed. $4,000 has been sub
scribed to finance the kind of team
that Greeley wants.
A boarding house baseball league is
to be formed at Greeley. Representa-
tiyes from various houses have agreed
to play a series of nine games for
cup. The house winning for two sue
cessive reasons is to keep the trophy
Mayor Speer is in receipt of let
ter from Andrew Carnegie offering to
supply four travelling library buildings
for Denver, provided Denver guar
antees a certain revenue to maintain
the libraries.
A baby show, a dressed doll show
and moving picture show will be
the special features Of the flower show
at Stratton park August %. "a and
25 by the Ell Paso County Horticul-
tural Society at Colorado Springs.
By defeating the Walsenburg team
at walsenburg recently. the Eaton
high school basket ball team claims
the championship of the state of Colo
RADIO, and likewise that of Wyoming.
The team has not been defeated in
single game of the year.
An order has been received by
John l.. Armstrong. commissioner of
water district No. 2, Fort Collins,
from Division Engineer Cogswell, in
structing him to store no water after
tomorrow until further orders. AS
result, one of the bitterest irriga-
ton fights ever waged in the state is
likely to be brought about.
Mayor Lee of Lamar. served notice
upon proprietors of pool halls, cigar
stores and all other places of business
where slot machines have been oper-
ated that hereafter those machines
must be banished. The order extends
To all games of chance even includ-