The Delta independent., 1911-01-20
ITEMS OF COLORADO
Euents of Importance
Throughout the State
To Celebrate Greeley's Birthday.

hundredth anniversary of Horace
Greeley, after whom the city was
on February 3rd. The pub
lie will be invited to attend and par
ticipate in the meeting over which
the mayor will preside.
Puebloan Dies Seeking Health.
NJ ]. Costello, Pueblo pioneer,
died in Los Angeles, California last
week Costello, with his wife. had
gone to the coast only few days pre-
vious, where they expected to stay
a few months for the benefit OF
his health.
New Head for Sugar Factory.
Friedrich Weitzer, manager of the
American Sugar company S factory
at Rocky Ford and Las Animas for
eleven years, has severed his connec
ion with the company and will en-
gage in business for himself. Fred
rick Noble, superintendent for six
years, has been appointed manager.
Nowadayille Pioneer Dies.
Henry Treise, an old citizen of
died at that place Sat
urday night, aged 65 years. He
had been a resident of the town for
IS years He was miner and
member of the Red Men lodge. A
widow, two sons and two daCgh-
ters are left to mourn their loss.
Suffocated as he Sleeps.
Henry White, an old resident OF
Grand Junction, was suffocated last
Friday by fire which destroyed his
home. White went TO sleep with
candle burning by the side of his
bed which set fire to the bed clothes
He was dead when the firemen
reached the scene of the blaze.
Free Food Attracts Trade.
The free food distribution of wei
nerwursts and coffee by the mer-
chants of Clifton Saturday, brought
hundreds of people to the first mar
ket Day celebration given by the
Clifton Business Mems club. In
the afternoon a town auction was
held and hundreds of dollars worth
of goods distributed.
George Patten Busted
George Patten. a nephew OF Jas.
A. PatIen the whe at king, is out Of
a job and broke in Trinidad. He
said he had written two letters to
help but had received no answer.
Jim always did have all the luck
he said Father and l have both
always worked hard but have never
been able to get anything ahead"
reared to Wed Friday, 18th.
Because she was afIa.d OF Friday
he l3tn, May Van Dusen OF FIT. Col.
.ins postponed her wedding day
and refused to wed Frank Collamer
of Greeley. until Saturday. The
| couple hired an auto and made
fast run to Greeley, where the
Knot was tied by the county judge
500 Farmers to Meet.
The date of the annual Farmers
Institute in Boulder, has been set
for the third week in February.
500 agriculturists of Northern Colo.
RADIO are expected to be present
The institute will take up three or
four days and the sessions will be
held at the court house and the op-
era house. The committee already
is busy making arrangements for
placing the many exhibits.
| Dies at Home on Vacation.
A holiday vacation came to sad
ending when VIM. b. Cuthbertsou
died at the home of his parents in
Fort Collins Saturday of Typhoid
fever. The young man was a grad,
uate in veterinary science of the ag-
ricultural college and had only re
Gently established practice in Ok.
lahoma. He returned to Fort Collin!
to spend the Xmas holidays with
his parents and while there took
the fever and died.
| Denver Canvasser Arrested.
+. w. Zopal. Denver book agent
was arrested in Trinidad SATURDAY
charged with passing worthless
check. Ffdel Gonzales, the city dos
catcher. is trying to recover a val
liable Scotch collie which he. ex'
changed for the check and the bar.
tender of n Trinidad saloon, whc
cashed the check, has learned that
there is no Third National Bank
of Denver. zopal saw the dog in
the catcher's cage and gave him q
check for SIS. for it.
Drug Cases Aid "Wets."