The Springfield herald., 1911-12-22
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring Over the
State Worth While.

Hudson will be built soon.
E. P. Chester, pioneer of Grand
Junction. died recently of heart fail
ure.
The amount realized by the P. E. o.
Sisterhood at Longmont, tag day, was
$275.
A municipal market is being con-
sidered by the city commissioners of
Pueblo.
Charles Burnt. farmer Of East Ell
Paso county, killed his wife during a
quarrel.
The. new high school at Grand
Junction, to cost $4,000, will be COM
pleted by January LIST.
T. C. Winbourn of Fort Lupton sold
to w. w. Gurge 120-acre farm near
Tracyville for $4,000 in cash.
Rev. Frederick Cannon, rector of
Christ Episcopal church at CafIon
City. died In Buffalo, N. Y.
The Douglas County High school
basketball team defeated the Lttleton
High school quintet SO to IS.
Representative Rucker has intro
duced bill appropriating 100000 for
a public building at Fort Morgan.
Joseph Sheffel of Denver has been
appointed veterinary inspector In the
service of the Bureau of Animal Indus
try.
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
will make application for a franchise
to light the city with electricity.
Over 200 high school boys from
practically every town in the state at
tended the annual Y. NJ. c. A. confer
ence for older boys of Colorado at
Fort Collins.
The United States Zinc Products
Company will start the old U. S. r. r.
Company's plant in South Canon,
Canon City, January LIST, with so or
60 men.
Motor-propelled section cars have
been ordered by the Colorado & South
|, ern railroad to replace the old style
handcar long in use on all roads of the
country.
j. G. Ridge of Pueblo, was arrested
by Game Warden Mccall of Gunnison,
charged with shooting deer out of
season near Sargent. Ridge was taken
to Denver.
One Of the largest real estate deals
made at Fort Lupton for some time
was completed when T. c. Winbourn
sold his 120-acre farm near TracyvRle
to w. w. Durge for $1,000.
The Colorado Springs City Council
has adopted a 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.
Mrs. Lucy P. Jones, a prominent
business woman of Salida, is in the
hospital as result of the explosion
of five gallons of gasoline. She has
numerous burns about the face and
arms, but is expected to recover.
State Highway Inspector Allen and
other state officers inspected the
Evans-La Sale bridge, built recently
at cost of $4,000. and said to be
giving way because of it's faulty con-
struction. The inspector declared the
bridge defective and that its con-
tractor should be 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.
AS result of the wonderful show
ing made by the University of Colora-
do football eleven this fall. the cham
pions, of the Rocky Mountain division
have been recognized by eastern
football mentors and the football fans
of Colorado will probably witness two
of the biggest football games ever
staged in Colorado next fall.
Deputy Game Warden G. w. Mccoy,
of Gunnison, has announced policy
that has caused stir among the hun
dreds of Denver and other anglers
who come to the Gunnison river an
nually to contend with the gamey
trout. He contends that hereafter the
sending of fish out in packages to
friends in various cities would not be
tolerated.
The offers of settlement for the
right of way for the High Line canal
have reached the ranchers and the
matter may be closed up within very
few days. The government has Of
fered to settle with the ranchers on
cash basis of from $500 to $1,000 per
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