The Paonia newspaper., 1911-03-24
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring over the
State Worth Telling.

in Boulder recently
The first harem skirt seen in Grand
Junction caused small riot.
Trinidad is likely to have a new
bank within the next few weeks.
The district attorney says gambling
must be stopped in Cripple Creek.
An order just issued prevents Den
yer police from smoking while on
duty.
Burglars who entered the ST. John
Mercantile establishment at FIT. Lup-
ton secured $500.
The Otero County Sunday School
convention held its annual two-days
session in La Junta.
Practically all Japanese miners
have disappeared from the coal fields
OF Las Animas county
The Eaton Commercial Club and the
Eaton Social Club have united for
bigger and better Eaton.
With a capital stock of 100000. II.
ID. de Roos has Incorporated the Photo
Colorgraphic Paper Company in Den
yer.
At Salt Lake the Lower House of the
Legislature killed the Moffat tunnel
bill after II had been passed by the
Senate
John Miner and o. E. Jones Of the
Pawnee district, near Sterling. have
been arrested on a charge of shooting
antelope.
The Erie Commercial Club recently
held a meeting for the discussion OF
the development of farm lands in the
Erie district
Colorado Springs will make an ef-
fort to secure the 1912 convention of
the American Association OF Local
Freight Agents.
Fourteen informations have been
filed against eight saloonkeepers at
Crested Butte for keeping saloons
open Sunday.
At Pueblo w. ID. Keen has been
chosen chairman OF the Republican
City Central Committee. John Lynch
is the Democratic chairman.
Intending to make a model farm. c.
E. and John Sherman of Illinois have
purchased the Jerome Cook farm OF
l60 acres near GIL for s25.ooo.
Elks lodge No. 300 of Colorado
Springs. has contributed 5000 toward
transferring 100 elk from Wyoming
to the Pixies Peak forest reserve.
Z. C. Shearer. secretary and treas
urer of the Western Sugar & Land
Company. says the projected Delta
sugar factory is rapidly assuming
shape.
Ore valued at $40 a ton has been
discovered on the property owned by
A. ii. Hiler. the city jailer. twelve
miles southwest OF westcliff. In Gus
ter county.
Fred Waller. manager of the Fort
Logan baseball nine. states that his
men are In practice and ready to make
dates with the best teams in Denver
and the state.
Each measuring four inches long.
dozen centipedes were discovered by
workmen excavating about the home
OF J. NJ. b. Petrikin on Normal hill at
Greeley. recently.
With many in attendance the Farm
ers' Union at Eaton, initiated forty
nine new members at a recent meet
ing. having now a total membership Of
1s9.
The Colorado Springs Rifle Club
has announced Its annual shoot for
April 29th and 30th. In addition to
a valuable list of merchandise prizes
$3.50 cash viii be hung up.
Carloads of laborers are leaving the
larger cities Of the state to work on
the Denver Reservoir & Irrigation
Company project and within thirty
days II is estimated that 1.500 men
will be employed.
With an immense seine reaching
across Windsor lake and dragged at
one side by four-horse team, Denver
fish merchants seined Windsor lake,
securing one and half tons of fish,
the greater part being carp.
At La Sale, Margaret, 15-months.
old daughter of MIR. and Mrs. Joshua
New, had narrow escape from death
last night when she drank a cup OF
gasoline. Prompt work on the part of
a physician saved the baby's life.
Directors of the Northern Colorado
Irrigation district are making a final
investigation of all matters relative to
the water available for the proposed