The Raymer enterprise., 1911-04-13
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring Over the
state Worth Telling.


$1.30 per 100 pounds.
A branch of the Boy Scouts has been
organized at Fort Collins.
Some smudging has been done In the
Grand junction fruit belt.
Backed by the Commercial Club, a
band has been organized at Eaton.
A resort in Telluride known as the
big Swede" has been destroyed by
fire.
BY the accidental discharge Of his
gun Fred Nutshell Of Ault was fatally
injured.
All Rio Grande engineers are to get
a raise of wages amounting to nine
per cent.
Robert Archibald Of Trinidad, a C.
F. & |. superintendent at Sopris, died
in Pueblo.
Sanitary drinking cups have been
placed in all public schools in Colo.
RADIO Springs.
The majority Of farmers who fed
sheep the past winter lost so cents to
sl.0O head.
Contracts for 1900 acres of beets
have been signed for the Fort Collins
sugar factory.
The first Catholic church edifice to
be built in eastern Colorado has been
dedicated at Brush.
improvements of public utilities,
which represents an outlay of $25O,OOO
are being planned at Boulder.
Arrangements are practically com.
plete for the annual Chautauqua at
Greeley from July 9Th to 18th.
Caught under tons Of falling rock in
the Baum mine, at Frederick, S. Nor.
nanz, Bulgarian. was instantly killed.
Large and enthusiastic crowds at
tended the Religious Educational As.
sociation's annual conference in Gree.
ley.
Wednesday, April 26th, has been de.
cided upon as the date for the dedica.
ton OF the new Masonic temple at
Trinidad.
Boulder wants to be included in the
list OF Colorado common points to
which tourist tickets may be sold from
the East.
Pierce wants to form union High
School to be composed of the Pierce,
Collins, Olive Branch and Harrison
districts.
Bert Hanna is at Leadville hospital
with bullet through his jaw and
Frank Dutro is In Jail, charged with
the shooting.
While riding to r. II. fuckers sheep
ranch, about three miles from Glen.
wood Springs, Lee Elrod was shot at
by an unidentified person.
Paris green is being shipped into
northern Colorado by the carload in
the anticipation of the big matches Of
grasshoppers this spring
The northern Colorado iDterscholas.
tic track meet will again be held in
Greeley this year. The date decided
upon for the meet is April 10th.
The new county of Moffat, created
from the western two-thirds of Routt
county by act of the Eighteenth Gen
eral Assembly, is in full swing.
More than 100000 fruit trees have
been set out in Pueblo county this
year and fully as many more will be
set out before the season is ended.
Palisades holds the record in the
United States for gain In percentage
of population In the 1910 census. The
gain in ten years was over 1900 per
cent.
The county commissioners have or
dered the construction OF bridge at
Clifton to cost $4,000. contingent on
an appropriation from the state Legis.
lature.
Tuesday evening, April 18th, the I'm.
proved Order of Red Men will give a
demonstration and street parade In
Denver. which will be characteristic
Of the aborlgines.
Chief Postoffice Inspector W. +.
Cochran received notice at Denver
that the postoffice at Crestone, in
saguache county. was destroyed by
fire. The postmaster wired that he
saved all the mail and stamps.
c. T. BrowniIeld. one OF the best
known horsemen In the West, heads
the large delegation OF TURTLES who
are coming to Denver, following the
close Of the winter racing season at
and Juarez.
The Union Pacific Railroad Com.
pany has placed an order for 10000
tons Of steel rails with the Cc!c-ado
Fuel & Iron Company. and the entire
tonnage will be turned out at the Min.
nequa works Of the company In
Pueblo.
The State Board Of Coal Mine Exam.
Iners announced the result OF the OK.
aminations held for applicants for the
position Of coal mine inspector. Those
who passed the examination were
james Dairymple. Frank N. Oberding.