The new era., 1911-02-02
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring over the
State Worth Telling.

Ten cars of cattle were shipped out
Of Salida recently.
Rumor says the KuenZel Process oil
smelting ores is to be established at
Salida.
The town of Hungerford, on the
Union Pacific railway, had it's first
fire recently.
George Gary, aged SO, resident OF
Evans for many years. was asphyx'
lated recently.
The first annual Mesa County Doc
tors, institution was held in Grand
junction recently.
Wilson Potter, ranchman, near
Fountain, was thrown from load OF
bay and seriously injured.
T. A. McLachlan of Trinidad has
been appointed assistant general man
ager of the Wootton coal mines.
An effort is to be made by Post
master Harrington of Montrose to
have the postoffice closed Sundays.
Chronic illness led Charles Duncan,
fifty-two years old, laborer, to kill
ver
Mayor Fugard and Chief of Police
Young of Pueblo, have issued strict
orders to every patrolman to stop
gambling.
The body of Fred Barry, an old
time miner of Silverton, has been
found near that place, where he was
caught by snowslide.
The bunk house and other buildings
ct the big Yellow Medicine mine in
Hinsdale county, were badly damaged
by fire recently.
Work on the new House of the
Good Shepherd ON Myrtle hill in Den
YER, has been stopped, pending street
car arrangements.
Fire in the New York store in Cen
trail City caused heavy damage to the
stock and loss of several thousand dol
lars on the building.
Carson B. Wilson, superintendent OF
mails in the Denver postoffice, has
been arrested on a charge of embez-
zling government funds.
fruit trees around Grand Junction,
shows that the recent cold snap has
rot injured the fruit crop.
Twenty-Five of the liquor cases, filed
in police court in Colorado Springs.
against thirty-one druggists and their
employees, were dismissed.
w. E. Stafford, a retired farmer,
was shot and instantly killed by
Thomas Hutchinson, tenant on one
OF the Stafford ranches west of Lamar
White attempting to light the oven OF
gas range Mrs. A. w. Franklin of
Greeley was seriously burned about the
head ana face by an explosion of gas.
According to the figures compiled
by Forest Supervisor Wheeler's Of
flee, 2,16O,000 fish are necessary each
year to stock the streams of Colorado.
About 100 people gathered at Berke-
ley park recently to see the Honeycutt
biplane, one of the newest of Denver
made flying machines, in a trial
flight.
Herbert C. Hayden of New York,
aged 15, is coming to Pueblo to ex-
pertinent with a new model of mono
plane, which he has been working on
for some time.
Within twenty days bids for the
work on the new Bracewell school
house will commence, and it is hoped
to have it finished long before the end
of the school year.
Articles of incorporation have. been
filed with the secretary of state by
the Godding Ditch Company, to oper-
ate in Weld county. The capital stock
is placed at 100000.
With the arrival in Pueblo of num-
ber of well known railroad builders
the first steps toward actual construc-
ton of the Pueblo e Southeastern
railroad have been taken.
A Colorado Springs realty company
reports the sale of $4,000 acres n San
Luis valley, south Of Alamosa, fo-
s50O,O0O to the George H. Paul Devel-
opment Company Of Washington, D. c.
Della Jones, a negress, has notified
Mayor Todd and all the members Of
the night police force of Grand juno
ton, that within ten days she will file
suit for damages on the grounds of
false imprisonment.
The Western Sugar G Land Com
rany, controlled by j. R. McKinnie
and associates of Colorado Springs,
will either build new sugar factory
at Delta, or remove the Grand juno
ton factory to Delta for the 1912
season.
Plans for a baseball league in the
arkansas valley are being made for
reXt season. Backers of the Burge-
man team in Pueblo are visiting the
nents for games next spring and