The Paonia newspaper., 1911-03-10
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring over the
State Worth Telling.

Manitou is progressing.
Mrs. p. Tague of Red Cliff has been
appointed county Judge of Eagle coun-
| ty.
A petition to dissolve the municipal
corporation of North Longmont has
| been filed.
A movement has been started to
build a school of psychic research at
Crystola.
Leonora Acosta, years old, died at
Trinidad of hydrophobia. She was
bitten by dog.
Dan Patch. the famous PAGER. will
give exhibition heats during the next
state fair at Pueblo.
1t is probable that Weld county will
get its photographic survey from the
government next summer.
The Senate has confirmed the nomi-
nation of Dewey C. Bailey as United
States marshal for Colorado.
l.. J. Seville has been appointed
postmaster at Eden. Pueblo county,
vice F. S. Barnard, resigned.
More than $50 members were added
to the Y. NJ. C. A. by the nine-day
campaign at Colorado Springs.
Awards fixed by the appraisers upon
property involved in Denver's Civic
Center project total s2,523, ,463.10.
The farmers of Spring Creek mesa,
two miles west of Montrose, are being
supplied with electricity from the city
plant.
Ninety potatoes. which weighed over
120 pounds, formed part OF load
brought to Greeley. The potatoes av-
eraged one and one-third pounds each.
The City Council of Montrose has de-
cided to submit to voters at the com
ing municipal election the question OF
establishing a commission form OF
government.
w. c. Hubbell. editor OF the Fort
Lupton Press. was nominated for may
or on the Taxpayers anti-saloon ticket.
with DIR. Monesmith. II. F. johnson
and S. McComb for trustees.
At Windsor since the heavy snowfall
of the last two weeks there has been
renewed activity in all lines of bust
ness and the section is optimistic over
prospects for the coming season.
The officials of the Western Slope
Development Congress have issued a
comprehensive cali for the second an
nual convention of the Congress to be
held at Delta. Colo. March 22-23.
A decline of $40. .0oo. 900 in nine years
in the output of Colorado mines is
largely attributed TO excessive taxes
placed on mining properties In this
state, according to a report submitted
to the Denver Chamber of Commerce
at its weekly meeting by its mines
and mining committee.
J. Brown. said to be a wealthy Den
yer man. has leased 1000 acres OF
fruit land In western Montrose county
from the sontrose Orchard Company
Brown has a representative here with
a large shipment of horses and other
livestock and a quantity Of fencing ma
terial
Blaine Rickard of Evans nearly
severed the little finger from his right
hand when he picked up a handful OF
snow to make a SNOWFALL. In which
there was large piece of glass. He
started to mold the snow into shape
when the glass put a sudden end to
the operation.
Through a local agent 100 Italian
families from all over Colorado are
making arrangements to form a col
ony to farm land twenty miles south
of Pueblo. They will settle on the Pu-
eblo and Rocky Ford Land Company
tracts and a new townsite will be plat
ted.
At Grand Junction a special election
has been held at which the taxpayers
voted for a bond issue OF $4,000 with
which to complete the high school
building The foundation already has
been completed and work will be start
ed on the super-structure. The build
ing will be one OF the finest in Colo
RADIO.
At Grand Junction Father Conway OF
st. Joseph's Catholic church an
nounced that 300 babies from New
York city will be imported into Colo
RADIO within the next three weeks. and
that Grand Junction Catholics will be
expected to adopt their portion OF the
orphans. Plans are being made by
many families here for adoption OF
some of the children.
The sundry civil appropriation bill
as passed carried building appropria-
tion items as follows: Colorado