The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-03-02
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happsnings Occurring over the
state Worth Telling.

Cantaloupe Growers Association
has been formed at Delta.
Fruita has commenced the construc-
tion of $28,0O0 sewer system.
Judge James l. Mccain. a Colo
rado pioneer. is dead at Greeley.
New numbers have been placed on
doors OF residences in Monte Vista.
Virgil w. Stoddard. a pioneer of
Loveland. died suddenly at his home.
1t is probable Denver will get the
National Republican convention in
1912.
VIM. II. Madden. a railroad man of
Salida, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself.
An effort is being made to have each
county make a separate annual report
on crops.
The Denver police are endeavoring
TO put stop to gambling among
Greek residents.
John Tate. a travelling man. was re-
Gently held up in Colorado Springs and
relieved of s25.
Mrs. George Buckley OF Montrose Is
the only woman brick manufacturer in
the United States.
In the Telluride mining section
snow on the level.
The last work on the Orchard Mesa
irrigation system. Grand Junction. has
been completed.
A branch OF the American Breeders
Association has been organized by
stockmen OF Colorado.
Freeman Butler. aged 76. a pioneer
of that section. died at his home near
Windsor. Of paralysis.
The Boulder Booster Association
membership OF 175.
The Wellington section is enjoying
the novelty of sleighing for the first
time in several years.
The Northern Colorado Teachers
Association will meet in Greeley on
March 3rd and 4th. 1911.
At recent election school dis
trict was voted for Vollmar and a
school house will be built.
Walter Starbird. who lives near Gil
crest. has lost fifteen hogs with chol-
era within the past few days.
Irrigationists are rejoicing over the
recent snowfall at the head OF the
/ Foudrc river and on the Grand.
Farmers in the vicinity OF Plate
Vile and Fort Lupton are being urged
/ to plant more early cabbage than eve-
before.
The Denver Glee Club will hold a
series OF entertainments In Cheyenne.
wyo.. extending over period OF three
weeks.
A bill has passed Congress length
ening the time allowed homesteaders
for making entry and establishing res
idence.
The smallest baby ever born in
Mesa county is that of Mrs. c. Bower
of Creston. The girl weighs 2ls
pounds.
The disappearance OF Sam Gliorio. a
merchant at Segundo. has caused con
siderable mystery among his relatives
and friends.
Encouraging developments continue
at the oil well near Lamar and there
is every evidence Of an extensive
flow OF oil.
A new organization, the Greeley
Commercial band. has been organized
and will work in conjunction with the
Greeley Commercial club.
Work on excavation has begun on
the new armory for the Windsor
militia company. The building VIII
cost about $4,000.
To replace the schoolhouse burned
at Bracewell recently. the district has
voted to erect a $4,000 building and
the contract has been let.
Many Montrose farmers and ranch
men are either using the road drag
or arranging to accomplish similar
results this spring.
Miss Beda Bogue Of Holly was
awarded first prize in the annual state
high school essay contest under the
auspices of the Sons OF the Revolution
Of Colorado. at Denver.
Greeley and Denver men are behind
a project, contemplated several years.
by which a factory for car seals Will
be erected at Greeley, giving employ
ment eventually to a force OF 600.
In the Fuller crosscut from the
Roosevelt drainage tunnel at Cripple
Creek, crevice encountered Is flow
ing 500 gallons of water a minute.
This is the first watercourse met in