The Delta independent., 1911-03-17
items OF COLORADO
Euents of Importance
Throughout the State
Much Interes i'm Election.

candidates in the field. The latest
additions include r. NJ. Cannon, ID.
S. Fairchild, Jacob Bishoff and Sim
con j. Dunbar.
Cut Mayors Salary.
BY unanimous vote the Boulder
city council has cut the mayors sal
ary, which was raised to $1,000 at
the beginning of the last fiscal year,
to the original s4O0 per annum, and
the $500 thus saved applied on pay
ment of old street warrants.
Pay Day at Cripple Creek.
Friday, March 10, was pay day in
the Cripple Greek district and
s295,12O was distributed among en-
ployes. The March pay day is al
ways the lightest of the year. as
it covers the labor of the shortest
month.
Injured in Runaway.
Mrs. Carl Stroh. her two small
children and aged grandmother of
Miliken. were injured Saturday when
the horse to which their buggy was
attached started to plunge, throw
ing them to the ground. 1t is feared
that the elder woman is hurt in
ternally.
To Bore for Oil Near Junction.
w. H. Wilder, a hotel man of
Grand Junction. is organizing
stock company to bore for oil south
and west of Fruita. Six years ago
experts from Abilene, Kansas, To-
Gated near there. but We're compelled
to abandon operations for lack of
funds. Wilder is confident of sue
cess.
Protest Government Survey.
meeting of ranchers was held
at Clifton Saturday night to protest
against the action of the government
in using the lower survey for the
highline project An organization
of all the orchard owners will be
formed to prevent the destruction
Of orchards which the use of the
lower survey necessitates.
Miners Must Move.
County Judge Ingram directed
verdict in favor of the Northern
Coal & Coke Company against the
miners who are occupying the COM
panys grounds at Marshall and
Louisville, which means that the
company can force twenty-three
miners and their families to move
their houses off the companys prop
erty around the Gorham mine.
Alleged Slayer Brought Back.
Sheriff Muchlhausen of Cripple
Greek. returned to that city last
ing with him Charles (Slim) Camp-
bell. wanted there on a charge of
murder The charge against Camp
/ -. -, -, l. 1sr,er
Grace Calhoun on the morning of
October 3. 1908. while the woman
was standing in the doorway of
her house.
Civil Service Vacancy.
Vacancies in the position of lab
oratory helper at 5000 year in the
United States bureau of chemistry
at Denver will be filled by a civil
service examination to be held on
March Goth in Denver. Ft Collins.
Grand Junction, Leadville Pueblo
and Trinidad. The appo'ntee will
not be required to perform chemical
work. but must qualify to do man
ual labor
Edan McLennan. department
store employee. was perhars fatally
shot by his wife Monday night as a
result of an argument over whether
the door of their home should be
shut or closed. McI.ennan. the wo-
man says, struck her and called
her names. She secured revolver
from under the pillow of their bed
and shot him in the breast He
was taken to the hospital bleeding
internally. The wife was allowed
TO accompary him and will remain
at his bedside until a change occurs.
Horse Injuries Aged Man.
G.. w. Griffith, aged SO. is at his
home in Fort Lupton suffering from
half dozen broken ribs and in
ternal injuries, from which it is
feared he cannot recover. He was
sitting in the blacksmith shop owned
and operated by his son. Fred Grit
fifth. Monday while the son was
shoeing horse. The rope broke,
the animal kicked the stove over
and 1t fell on the aged man. break
ing his ribs. The horse stepped
backward into the pit of Grittith's
stomach.
Denver Woman shoots Husband.
Cripple Stops Suicide.
A man who was booked in the
Pueblo police station as John Doe,
was prevented from committing sui
eide last Friday after fight with
j. w. White, n cripple, who was
severely punished for Interfering.
White was talking to the man for
several minutes before the latter's
attempted suicide. A car reached
the top of the viaduct hill, when the
unknown walked to the middle of
he street and laid down on the
tracks. White followed and sue