The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-12-21
LiTrL1 COLORADO lrEMo.
smali Happenings Occurring over tn
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Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Fort Lupton is to have a new bank
In the near future.
| e. p. Chester. . pioneer of Grand
Junction, died recently Of heart fall
ure.
A municipal market II being con
sidered by the city commissioners Of
Pueblo.
Charles Burnt, farmer OF East FL
Paso county, killed his wife during
quarrel.
After . continuous run OF sixty six
days the Loveland sugar factory has
closed.
Charles Weatherwax was fined $z5
and costs In Montrose for conducting
disorderly house.
The new high school at Grand
Junction. to cost $4,000. will be COM
pleted by January 1st.
Judge Sheafor of Colorado Springs
has declared Colorado City anti-saloon
territory by three votes.
T. C. Winbourn Of Fort Lupton sold
% w. w. Gurge 12O-acre farm near
rracyville for 81. 900 in cash.
Representative Rucker has intro
duced a bill appropriating 100000 for
a public building at Fort Morgan.
Kid Dix OF Denver and Curley Dunn
Of Central City fought six-round
draw before the Central City Athletic
Club.
Joseph Sheffel OF Denver has been
in
service of the Bureau of Animal Indus
try.
Joe Coconato OF Blend. a suburb OF
Pueblo, is held by the police charged
with having shot his father-in-law. An
tone Frollalo.
The Greeley basketball season was
opened when the team OF the Greeley
High school played the Agricultural
College team.
Miss Katherine Norris Lower, treas
urer OF the Territorial Daughters OF
| Colorado and a resident OF Denver for
ty years. is dead.
About two inches OF snow fell re-
Gently over Weld county and will be OF
great benefit to 10000 acres OF tall
wheat already up.
Rev. Horace E. Warner. for sew
eral years presiding elder OF the Dem
yer Methodist Church. died at his
home in that city.
AT the next meeting OF the Kersey
Town Board. the kersey Ice Company
will make application for franchise
to light the city with electricity.
G. A. Hail. an aged blacksmith Of
Whitewater, after Withdrawing his life
savings OF $500 from \ local bank.
was attacked by three masked rob
bers. and relieved OF the money.
| The United States Zinc Products
Company Will start the old U. 3. X. r.
Company's plant In South Canon.
Canon City. January lst. with SO or
GO men.
Over 200 high school boys from
practically every town in the state NJ.
tended the annual Y. NJ. c. A. confer
ence for older boys OF Colorado at
Fort Collins.
Engineer Chns. Mcdonald OF the
Canon City and Cripple Creek road.
killed a bobcat recently near Canon
City. which stood eighteen inches In
height and thirty inches in length.
The Colorado Springs City Council
has adopted new gasoline ordinance
that Is quite restrictive. Housewives
will be denied the right to purchase
gasoline In bottles. The fluid must be
sealed in safety cans.
Some immense sales Of cattle were
made in Denver between people who
were attending the convention OF the
American National Live Stock Asso-
citation. Over 1000. 900 worth of cat.
tie changed hands. being Texas. Ari-
z,na and Old Mexico steers for spring
delivery.
State Highway Inspector Allen and
other state officers inspected the
Evans-La Sale bridge. built recently
at a cost OF $4,000. and said to be
giving way because OF Its faulty con
struction. The inspector declared the
bridge defective and that Its con
tractor should he held liable.
Lower freight rates between Colo
RADIO common points and Utah com
mon points promised by railroads In
consideration OF their being left out
Of the list OF defendants In the freight
rate suit being prepared by the Traf
fic bureau of the Denver Chamber OF
Commerce, have gone into effect.
One thousand United Mine Work
eis of the northern coal fields met In
Boulder and elected as president
Thomas II. Williams; vice president
Thomas Scogg; secretary and treas
urer. f. l.. Boyle. 1t is believed . ma
jority favored for national president
John p. White over r. L. Lewis.
Deputy Game Warden G. w. Mccoy
of Gunnison, has announced a policy
| that has cauaed n afir among the hun