The Raymer enterprise., 1911-03-16
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring Over the
State Worth Telling.

as the Better Boulder" club.
Morris R. Lancaster. a pioneer of
Yampa. recently died in Denver.
The Delta County Farmers Institute
held two days session recently.
Business men of Trinidad have
pledged their support to a Y. NJ. c. A.
The new city well at Milliken is now
425 feet deep and water is expected
any time.
John Gastrich, an Austrian miner,
was killed at the Delagua mine by
a fall Of rock.
Miss Martha Stevenson Of Yampa,
has been arrested on charge Of
cattle stealing.
The Rio Grande track walker near
Canon City recently found the skele.
ton Of a man.
The contract for the construction OF
the $25.OOO school building at Long
mont has been awarded.
For the municipal election at Eaton
two tickets are in the field, the Citi
zens and the Independent.
w. H. Green, a negro, formerly city
jailer, is the latest candidate for the
city council Of Colorado Springs.
That work is to be resumed soon
on the Milton reservoir and canal at
Greeley, is the opinion of many.
Representatives of the Union Pa.
cific Colonization department are in.
vestigating various tracts OF land in
Weld county.
Gill was the winner by sixteen
points In the gun shoot held between
the Gil and Kersey clubs on the
Greeley grounds.
Stephan v. Tappen, wealthy farm.
er and a resident of the Montrose sec.
tion for twenty.eight years, died at his
HON Of cancer.
w. H. Wilder is forming a stock
company Of Grand Junction capitalists
to drill for oil In the government tract
south Of Fruita.
Rev. Lewis Walker OF Demorest, N.
j., has been chosen pastor of the Bap.
tist church on Montrose, and will as.
sumo charge about April LIST.
The Rev. ]. l.. Marsh, for three
years pastor Of All Souls Unitarian
church, at Colorado Springs. has re.
signed and will retire from the min.
istry.
At Silverton five persons, two WON.
en-, a baby and two men, we're swept
away In a snowslide which caught the
Gold King mine boarding house near
here.
At Fort Lupton Mrs. A. Knowles,
wife OF NJ. B. Knowles, an original
Union colonist and resident of Gree.
ley since 1907, until ten years ago,
died, aged eighty.three.
Charles Neill, commissioner of labor
at Washington, has arrived in Den.
yer to endeavor to avert strike by
Denver & Rio Grande engineers, 700 OF
whom recently asked for an increase
of wages.
Charles Collins. cowboy near
Meeker. accidentally put a bullet
through his leg. The leg may be
saved. Collins took shot at a coyote
and In returning the gun to the holster
1t exploded
w. Goodloe. agent for the Santa Fe
and W. Y. Black. representing that
company at La Junta, rendered the
treasurer Of Otero county $16,OO3.39,
as first half OF the taxes OF that com.
pany, In the county.
Isaac n. Stevens. for eight years
owner Of the Pueblo Chieftan and can
didate for congressman.at.large on the
last Republican ticket. has disposed OF
his newspaper and will retire from the
newspaper field.
An Injunction was asked In District
Court at Lamar to restrain the com.
missloners OF Prowers county from
closing contract with the Kansas
City Bridge Company for building nine
bridges over the Amity canal.
An eight.lnch flow OF water has
been struck In the municipal well at
Milliken. a supply which 1t is believed
will supply the town. The well is down
446 feet, and rejoicing followed the
news that the "gusher" was working.
Judge G. W. Allen has issued an or.
der on the District Court on the applI.
cation Of Joseph Standley, receiver Of
the Denver Reservoir & Ditch Com.
pany. making 1t possible Immediately
to enlarge Barr lake. one Of the res.
ervolrs Of the system.
At Pueblo, Thomas MartinellI, EN-.
ployed at the Minnequa steel plant.
aged thirty.fiye, was instantly killed
when he was struck by q piece Of
sheet steel blown from the roof Of the
bolt mill. A high wind prevailed au
day.