The Paonia newspaper., 1911-02-10
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring Over the
State Worth Telling.

Lamar has good prospects Tor new
sugar beet factory.
Mrs. Mary Grabmaier, pioneer, died
at Central City.
Recent fire in Ludlow did damage
estimated at $4,000.
Plans are on foot to light marble
cave near Cafion City.
The Oldest bible in the world is in
possession Of Greeley citizen.
Plans for Fairgrounds in Colorado
Springs will soon materialize.
The farmers of Eaton have taken a
firm stand for Sc per ton for beets.
Mrs. Irene Robinson, resident of
Weld county for thirty years, is dead.
The first death in the town Of Glade
Park, two years old. occurred recently.
A cooperative store with capital
CT $4,000 has been organized at Grow
er.
Chas. Jones of Plateau raised oats
that weighed sixty-eight pounds per
bushel.
Greeley has sold more Red Cross
stamps than any town Of its size In
the state.
Two troops OF cavalry from Wyo-
ming to Nogales. Ariz., passed through
Denver recently.
DR.. T. ]. Estill, prominent ply
sician and pioneer of Colorado
Springs, is dead.
The corner stone of the new federal
building in Denver will be laid in the
near future.
Denver has a san Francisco. 1915"
club. probably the first organized In
the country.
Fourteen thousand two hundred ar
rests were made by the Denver police
department in 1910.
Cars Of potatoes shipped from
Greeley to Juarez. Mex, have been
broken into and stolen.
The Farmers Institute at Long
mont has closed and great good re-
suited from the meeting.
In the Rifle country in 1910. 1.000.-
900 pounds OF potatoes were raised on
ibirty-seven and one-half acres OF
lands
No less than 5000 have been stolen
from telephone boxes in residences In
Denver within two weeks.
The safe OF a lumber concern at
Gilcrest was cracked by yeggmen
Dst no money was secured.
If plans of an Eastern company are
carried out. Millikep will have a to-
uato cannnery costing $4,000.
Northern Colorado farmers have
begun prospecting for grasshopper
Gags by plowing around the edges Of
their fields.
By shooting herself through the
head at her home in Denver Mrs.
Nellie Dellacqua, 25 years old. COM
mitted suicide.
Work soon will begin on the new
flour mill at Milliken and 1t will han
die this years crop. with a capacity Of
l25 barrels a day.
Change OF venue in the damage suit
against the city of Pueblo by the Pueb-
lo Water Supply CofEpany for $780,
900 has been denied.
The San Luis Oil and Gas Com
pany struck oil OF excellent quality
at depth OF $50 feet eight miles
northeast Of Alamosa.
Because of a government regulation
that no one can be postmaster who is
suffering from tuberculosis. George
Hamilton of Num- has resigned.
DR.. Samuel d. Hopkins. reputed o
OF the best neurologists In the West
and leading member OF the medical
profession in Denver. is dead.
Finishing touches are being put on
the lines which will complete the
great high tension loop of the North
ern Colorado Power Company.
Rev. Mr.. Phillips has resigned the
pastorate of the United Presbyterian
Church at Greeley and has gone to
Central Presbyterian at Longmont
With a mighty rush OF water a por-
ton of the intake to the Empire res
ervoir at Hardin was torn out. wash
ing away 500 feet OF embankment.
Members OF the faculty OF the State
University OF Boulder believe they
should have larger salaries and have
asked the regents for an increase.
Joe McCray of Longmont died at
Amarillo. Texas, as the result of In
juries received In a wrestling match