Gilpin observer., 1911-10-26
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring Over tho
State Worth While.

Heavy shipments of cattle are being
made by the Rio Blanco cattlemen.
Coyote hunting with hounds is prov.
Ing popular winter sport at Grover.
Work on the irrigation system of the
Greeley-Poudre district is progressing
rapidly.
Recent rains and snow in Phillips
county have put the ground in fine
shape for wheat.
Stricken suddenly while talking with
companions, Richard Grome, aged 4S,
fell dead in Trinidad.
Clyde Hoskinson, the self-confessed
cobber of the Montezuma saloon at
Montezuma, where he secured $56, has
been captured.
w. H. Miller, the foremost pioneer
Of Rio Blanco county, and the father
Of the White river valley" died in
Alaska of ptomaine poisoning.
The general merchandise store and
blacksmith shop of G. w. Ferguson,
On Spring Creek mesa, at Montrose,
was completely destroyed by fire.
Col. George E. Randolph, soldier,
politician and street railway man, was
found dead in bed at his residence in
Denver, the victim of heart disease.
He was II years old.
In order to complete the picking of
the large apple crop, 125 students in
the Montrose County High School
were released for two days in order
to assist in gathering the crop.
M. B. Page, a prominent fruit grow
er of Fruita and at one time represen-
tative from Mesa county in the Legis-
lature, was thrown by runaway
horse and his recovery is doubtful.
Gen. Henry Strong, at one time en-
pire builder, director and president of
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe rail-
road, lawyer. scholar and pioneer
died at the age of so years, in Dem
yer.
The county commissioners of Otero
county received bids for building a
new REINFORCED concrete bridge across
the Arkansas between North La Junta
and La Junta. It will cost about $780,
900.
The Manhattan Trust Company of
New York has given notice that the
Denver, Laramie & Northwestern rail-
road has defaulted in the interest on
100000 of its first mortgage bonds,
due this month.
Successful fruit raising at an alti-
tude of 1000 feet, and this far north,
has always been looked upon as an i'm
possibility by horticultural experts,
but Rio Blanco county this year ex-
ploded that time-worn theory.
Hundreds of acres of fall wheat have
been sown in eastern Weld county
and recent rain and snow has put the
ground in fine condition for the win
ter. 1t is estimated that 10000 acres
Of wheat have been planted in Weld
county.
The twenty-ninth annual state con-
vention of the Colorado Baptists met
in Colorado Springs. A feature Of
the session, which lasted several days,
was a banquet, when President E. w.
Hunt of Denison University, Ohio, was
guest of honor.
Parents of fifteen Denver boys and
girls who have been suspended from
the Denver High schools for alleged
violation of the rule prohibiting affili-
alton with fraternities and sororities
met and determined to test tina legal
ity of the school boards action.
For the championship of the world
at doublehand rock drilling. con-
test was held at Victor, which resulted
in victory for the Terrible Swedes"
OF Ouray. who retained their title
against Cardonau and Strothers Of
Cripple Creek. whom they defeated
Labor Day.
Shortages in the fee accounts of the
various Phillips county officers
amounting to $1,000 have been discov.
cred by Expert Harry Mulnix and his
assistants, who have just completed
an exhaustive examination of the pub
lie records. or this amount more than
$4,000 has already been returned to
the county treasury.
Deeds. bonds and other papers rep.
resenting investments of more than
100000 were recovered by Sheriff S.
J. McAfee at Greeley, which were
taken from trunk belonging to Mrs.
II. ii. jenkins Of Kansas City by
Charles Salzinos of Hudson, who is
in the county jail charged with burg.
larry. The securities were hidden in
posthole.
The closing session of the sixth In
ternational Dry Farming Congress
was held in Colorado Springs and was
devoted to large number of talks
by practical dry farmers who told of
their failures and successes. The gen.
eral topic for discussion was "Tillage
Methods and Implements" Those who
spoke were Prof. II. NJ. Batter, agri-
cultural expert for the Santa Fe rail.
way; Prof. A. NJ. McOnie Of Arizona; !;
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