The Springfield herald., 1911-11-03
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring over the
State Worth While.
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Joseph Mikulich was found guilt!


Trunks containing loot valued at
$500 which had been stolen from the
Santa, 'F'e depot in Denver have been
recovered,.i,.'.. .i,"i.'. ~ .e,.,+,i
The fate of Frank Harold Henwood.
slayer of Sylvester Won Phul and
George &. e6peiand,t now rests with
the Supreme. Court. ;,v:f d =,
Thursday. November, 2. will be 'su-
gar Day at Iongrhont' when all the
farmers and beet growers are to- 'be
guests Of the company: =i.:s
AS result of resisting holdups in
Pueblo Orvfd Hitchcock lies In a hos
pital in q critical condition. having
been shot through the, groin.
The Grim Reaper has recently been
severe on the old settlers Of The Long
mont vicinity. fiyeo having > passed
away within few days: 81:
George Edwaidt, who attempteds to
coast down" the cog road of Pixies
peak on a toboggan sled, died of8hls
injuries in Colorado Springs. MI
owing to the resignation OF Al j..
woodruff as president of the Aiaeri-
can Apple Exposition Associations o.
l.. Scholtz of Denver was elected to
fill Che vacancy T': -: ,#;s
Effective Nov. IS. theu Coioradg ;&
Southern will inaugurate round 1Eip
fare between Denver and cheyenne or
vice versa, Of So rs against' the $3.2o
fare each way now charged. As.,s..
The State Bureau of Child and An
imal Protection has so far in October
handled twenty-five cases of depend
ent children. Most of the cases We're
where children were poverty-stricken
C. v. Hudson, owner Of the, City
hotel at Victor and employed as a
miner at the Portland, was danger
ously injured when a rock fell, driv-
ing a candlestiek, which was ih4his
hat, into his skull. iSl
The Colorado State Baptist Also
1ciatton, in Colorado -Springsi went; on
record in opposition;to the. accent ehce
by Secretary of Agriculture James
Wilson Of an honorary vice presidency
in the Brewers association. ~ .;
IS fesultro of action taken at Colo
raGo Springs by the Baptist State ION.
lege at Montclair. Denver. is to; be
freed from its Indebtedness and steps
taken to accommodate double, 3tthe
number of students now there. Y
The properties of the Ben Hur Gold
Mining and Milling Company at Grip.
pie Creek were sold under a writ of
execution by the sheriff, and were
bought by the judgment creditor. Hill
dredth Frost of Colorado Springs, the
only bidder, for $2,405.33.
With $4,000 tens of beets ground
and made into 5000 tons of sugar by
the three factories of that district in
the last month, and with the sugar
campaign but fairly well begun, this
seasons output promises to exceed
all others in the Greeley district.
The woman's Club has started n
movement for better drama for Den
yer. A branch of the Drama League
of America will be organized to place
the taboo on all bad plays that come
to town and circulate enthusiasm for
the plays considered worth while.
District Judge Greeley w. Whitford
followed the precedents laid down by
District Judges Hubert l.. Shattuck
and Carlton NJ, Bliss and sustained the
ruling made by the school board over
in the public high schools of Denver
from being affiliated in any way with
fraternities or sororities.-
| The needle with which Josie Meek
er sewed her blanket dress when she
was captured by the Indians who
| killed her father, n. c. Meeker, found
er OF Greeley, on the White river in
1879, is to be presented to the Gree
ley Historical Society by Mrs. Sarah
Inman of Denver to whom Miss Meek
er gave it soon after her rescue from
captivity.
Allen Fowler, exonerated by cor
oner's jury at Trinidad on charge of
having stabbed to death J. w. Bundy,
when he encountered Bundy and
| Charles Samuels in company with his
two young daughters near the rear of
local roming house, has been ar
rested on the charge of murder on
complaint sworn out in the office of
the district attorney.
! DdNlu SHIuGI oI ldtltH iIlt anu iISLi
yer filed suit in the District Court at
| Greeley against Horace Haskins, ask
ing total1of $4,000 for.mental and
physical injuries and to cover the loss
of a $500 diamond ring all of which
occurred when Snider and Haskins be-
came involved in an alteration that
led to blows. fSnider is one of the
wealthiest men in northern Colorado.
What is believed to be the highest
percentage of sugar in betts on rec
ord is that reported from the ranch
of j. B. Dunn, a mile east of La Sale.
The test showed that the beets ranged
from 262 per cent down to II. This
means an average prive of $40 per ton
| for that product.
Pueblo will get reduced freight
rates November 1st to terminal points
in california. The reduction means
much to manufacturers and jobbers
who have been unable to compete with
Eastern manufacturers, owing to rates
prevailing heretofore.
South Platte and other ditch own