The Colorado statesman., 1911-07-08
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring over the
State Worth While.

well in the near future.
President Taft probably will pay
visit 20 Denver in October.
Manitou has good prospects of Sc
curing free mail delivery next year.
The Poudre and Platte rivers are
rising and bitches are running full.
The United Spanish War Veterans
held a two-days meeting in Pueblo.
Nine young coyotes we're taken alive
from one burrow by Ed Oyermeier OF
Grover.
The Greeley beet and potato crop
are said to be past danger, fine rains
having fallen.
July 2Sth and 29th has been decided
upon for a Frontier Day celebration
in Alamosa.
Details are being worked out for
plan for good roads for all northern
Colorado.
The Loveland chautauqua, in ses-
sion afternoon and evening for seven
days, has closed.
H.A. Edie is the only rural mail car
in an automobile.
The United Commercial Travellers
of Colorado have closed a two-days'
meeting IN Pueblo.
j. NJ. McCutcheon, a wealthy pion-
eer- of La Sale has donated land to
that town for park.
A man believed to be Ellis Uselton,
of indianapolis, Ind, was killed by
Rio Grande train in Pueblo.
The school board has selected near
ly all OF the teachers for the Lamar
schools for the ensuing year.
The "Nimrods" of Ridgway are pre-
pairing to organize a club, to be known
as the Ridgway Fish and Game Club.
n. w. Watson of Copperhill, Tenn.
was killed by falling from the top OF
freight train between the cars at
Bowen.
Sugar cane is one of the novel
crops OF Weld county, which promises
to become a staple one for fodder for
stock
A. 7. Waterbury. aged 65, ranch
man of Sugar Loaf, Boulder county
was thrown from his wagon and badly
hurt
The Union Pacific has changed
names O. the station on the new line
to Fort Collins from Kidder to Boyd
Lake.
June still holds first place for mar
riages in Weld county, eighteen
couples having taken out licenses last
month
]. Fields and George King of Ramah
are under arrest charged with killing
Peter Jackson, who was recently
found dead.
Rev. F. e. Chandler of Florence,
has been given a unanimous call to
the pastorate of the Presbyterian
church of Trinidad.
The Normal Institute for the Eighth
district. which is composed of Otero,
Bent, Prowers, Baca and Kiowa coun-
ties, closed on July 9Th.
The raspberry crop is beginning to
come in at Longmont, and it is fully
expected that over 1000 crates will
1t having been found that turpentine
Of the purest quality can be produced
from the sap of pinon tree; expert
ments in this line are to be carried on
N Mesa county.
In Delta county there has been
formed an organization known as the
Delta County Good Roads Associa-
ton" The membership fee being
S100 a year.
Beginning August 4, the new law
governing public drinking cups will be
rigidly enforced, according to the or
der issued by Health Commissioner
Sharpley.
]. H. Cloudy of Colorado Springs
was chosen department commander OF
the United Spanish War Veterans at
the closing session of the state con,
vention at Pueblo.
The s4,OO0,000 contract for con-
struction of a double track between
Pueblo and Walsenburg for joint use
of the Rio Grande and C. & S. rail
roads will be completed by July 20th
Three hundred Ute Indians from
the Uintah and Uncompahgre valleys
have finished their three-day sacred
sun dance at Grand Junction, whicn
stamped out consumption among the
tribesmen for another year.
Native and rainbow trout to the
amount of 25O,OOO have been received
from Denver by the Boulder Fish and
Game Club and will be placed in the
club hatchery, about five miles up
Boulder canon.
Rudolph Unholz of Denver known
as the champion Boer, was awarded
the decision over Pete Jensen, the
Battling Dane" at the end of 90
round boxing match in Trinidad on
rho Fourth