The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-06-08
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring over the
State Worth Telling. .

Frank Webb. who was gored b. .
bull at Pueblo, is dead.
A Farmers Institute will be held
In Yampa Friday, July 7th.
The Delta National Bank has moved
into its new $4,000 home.
The annual Mesa county Iowa day
will be celebrated July l4th.
From nearly every section Of the
state comes a report Of fine rains.
Three large blocks are now in
course OF construction In Rocky Ford.
The Union Pacific will commence
running trains into Fort Collins July
1st.
A movement has been started to
erect a Masonic club house In Den
yer.
Colorado and Wyoming drank $4,000
more barrels OF beer In 1911 than in
1910.
Fire destroyed the refreshment
stands at the Zoo park at Colorado
Springs.
The Colorado branch Of the Ameri-
can Poultry Association will meet In
Denver In August.
Paving the business section OF Colo
RADIO Springs will be started about the
middle Of August.
The plan for the construction OF
100000 Elks home in Denver is tax
ing definite shape.
Postal service on the Aguilar-Linn
route has been increased from six to
twelve times a week.
Joseph Parino. a miner. was instant
ly killed in the mine at Oak Greek.
by falling under a moving car.
Arthur Given. living on homestead
near Orchard. was burned to death In
a fire which destroyed his home.
Mrs. w. J. Leaning Of Evans will
lose the sight of one eye as the re-
suit Of an explosion OF gasoline.
John Otto Of Palisade has been ap-
poined superintendent OF the new
Colorado National Monument park.
DR. r. l.. O'Brien Of Akron. while re-
turning from call In the country,
lost control Of his auto and was
killed.
The proposed consolidation OF the
Palisade and Mt. Lincoln high schools
has been rejected by the Mt. Lincoln
people.
A movement IL on foot to invite
President Taft to speak at Steam
boat Springs on his Western tour in
Septe mbef.
According to the records At the
Colorado College, Colorado Springs
the past May was the hottest in
thirty.fcur years.
Robert Sweasey. reported burned at
the stake by outlaws In Mexico. was
q former resident Of Sopris and well
known In Trinidad.
Mrs. C. w. Cole. living near Rog-
gen, Weld county, took dose OF
stryobnine by mistake. from the ef-
fects OF which she died.
Ed Mason. held at Steamboat
Springs on the charge Of horse steal
ing at Hahn's Peak. escaped by set
ting fire to the county jail.
The commissioners of Ell Paso
county have Increased their subscrip-
ton to the International Dry Farming
Congress from $500 to $4,000.
Because the management refused
them a half holiday. twenty women
clerks in the Kress 10.cent store at
trinidad have gone on = strike
A large shaft building on the Cliff
ton Belle mine in the Russell district.
was struck by lightning and burned
to the ground. The loss was $500.
The most exciting series Of baseball
games ever played in Cheyenne end
ed when the Cheyenne Indians defeat
ed the fast Cottrell team Of Denver a
cecond time.
Capt H. D. Humphrey. United
States army. retired. professor OF mill
tary science and tactics at the Agri-
cultural college at Fort Collins. is
dead.
Senator Guggenheim has requested
the Postoffice Department to extend
star route service from Longmont to
Estes Park, via Lyons, from June 18th
to September 18th.
The Colorado Good Roads Associa-
tion is preparing to inaugurate
statewide movement Of publicity and
education Headquarters will be op-
ened In Denver soon.
A compromise has been agreed upon
between the government and the d.
rectors of the Palisade and Mesa
county irrigation district on the right
of way for the high line canal.
Escaping from the insane asylum at
Pueblo. clad only in his underwear
and a suit of overalls. Walkin White.
fourteen years old. patient, travelled
fifty miles across country to Colorado
Springs.