The Paonia progressive and the Paonia newspaper., 1911-10-19
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring over tho
State Worth While.

Several new buildings are being
erected in Gunnison.
Thos. Mcfarland. once a mine owner
at Ouray, died in Grand Junction.
Earl West was fined 800 for sell
ing intoxicating liquors in Lamar.
The Grand Junction prohibition cleo
lion has been set for November Z.
A light frost recently visited Rocky
Ford but no serious damage was done.
The fall tennis tournament at Den
yer closed with Russell B. Wells cham
pion.
The Fort Lupton water works plant
has been completed at a cost of s35,
BOO.
William Bosh OF Alamosa was shot
and seriously wounded by Orvie Cope
land.
The new automobile wagon road ov-
er the Monarch pass from Salida is
now open.
The Colorado Electrical Association
is holding it's second annual Electric
Show in Denver.
Miss Charlotte Perry of Denver,
while on hunting trip with her faith
er recently killed bear.
Within the last few days five per-
sons have been taken into custody at
Greeley because of insanity.
The Union Pacific's shopmen's
strike in Denver continues to be noted
for the peacefulness of the strikers.
Active work has begun in Denver
to get one or both of the great party
national conventions to Denver.
The entire Montezuma county fair
apple exhibit is packed and ready for
shipment to the apple show in Den
yer.
A number Of Denver Chinese citi-
Iens have contributed money to the
revolutionists who are waging war In
China.
In the prize fight at Akron Jack
Redman defeated Joe Highland OF
New York. fairly chopping him to
pieces.
The La Junta High School team was
defeated by the Centennial High
School eleven of Pueblo. by score OF
II to 6.
]. Clyde McClaucas. a well known
farmer, is in critical condition in the
Loveland hospital as the result of
runaway.
The University of Colorado football
team is rapidly rounding into shape
for its game with the alumni OF the
institution.
Eastern capitalists are considering
a project to build an electric railway
between Manitou and the Cripple
Creek district.
Rev. Z. Luther Edwards, pastor for
four years of the First Presbyterian
Church of Grand Junction, has re-
signed.
The Rev. Manus Boyle. a young
priest who was ordained last July at
Belgium, is to be assigned to the Den
yer diocese.
DR.. E. S. w. Lawrence, aged seven
ty-five, for thirty-six years resident
of Colorado, a prominent dentist and
churchman, died in Denver.
The first annual Sugar Day at Su-
gar City in connection with the cele-
bration of the creation of Crowley
county by the last Legislature was a
great success.
Grand valley eggs from this time
forth will be guaranteed for freshness
in every market of the country. The
Grand Valley Egg Exchange is incor-
porated, with capital of $4,000.
A new bond issue of s40,000.000. de-
signed to be sold for the construction
of the Moffat road westward from
Steamboat Springs and to bore the
six-mile tunnel under the main range.
west of Denver, was voted at the an
nual meeting of the stockholders of
the Denver, Northwestern and Pa
cific railroad in Denver.
The contention raised by railroad
attorneys that the State Board OF
Equalization has no power to change
tax assessments after October 1st is
not a good one according to an opin-
ion rendered by Deputy Attorney Gen
eral A. A. Lee. He holds that the
board still has power to change as
seSSmentS.
The Longmont sugar factory has
been running about two weeks and
has never made such record before
1t has averaged 1000 tons Of beets per
day, the best days run being 1,9Oc
tons. The largest output of sugar for
one day was 5,420, the average sugar
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