The Paonia newspaper., 1911-02-24
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring over inc
State Worth Telling.

about 100000
Twenty-three carloads of sheep lett
ort Collins recently.
Work on the cannery for Mililken
will begin at once.
Cantaloupe Growers Association
has been formed at Delta.
Rodney Marsh, a veteran OF the Ol'h
War died in Fort Collins.
S. p. Madeira, Colorado. pioneer
died at Colorado Springs.
Fruita has commenced the construc-
tion of a s2S 900 sewer system.
Elmer Conner of Colorado Springs
has been adjudged insane.
Work on the sanitary sewer Will be
started soon in Colorado Springs.
Judge James l. Mccain, a Colo
rado pioneer. is dead at Greeley
Burglars entered Pueblo pawn
shop ana took $3.50 worth of jewels.
An effort will be made this year to
give Sterling good base ball team.
A bridge across the Grand river at
Grand Junction is to be built soon.
DIR. Frederick A. Cook will lecture
In Grand Junction on February 27th.
During the year 1910 Colorado shoe
factories turned out s35O.O0O worth OF
shoes.
The Western Slope Teachers Con-
yention will be held in Grand Junction
April 1st.
Peter Presler. a pioneer OF Colorado
aged fifty-three. died at Cripple Creek
recently.
VIM. H. Madden. a railroad man of
Salida, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself.
Mrs. George Buckley of Montrose is
the only woman brick manufacturer In
the United States.
The Ladies' Civic Club OF Durango
have inaugursted a movement to
teautify the city.
The Boulder County Commissioners
have appropriated $1,000 to aid In ad
yertisIng that community.
At recent election a school dis
trict was voted for Vollmar and
school house will be built.
Irrigationlsts are rejoicing over the
recent snowfall at the head OF the
Poudre river and on the Grand.
Farmers in the vicinity OF Plate.
VILE and Fort Iupton are being urged
TO plant more early cabbage than ever
before.
Logan eounty's first Annual Poultry
Show which has Just closed. was one
Ct the most successful ever held in
the state.
Three big steam shoyels are at
" ork on the grade for the Colorado a.
Southern extension from Wellington
10 Cheyenne.
Encouraging Developments continue
at the oil well near Lamar and there
is every evidence OF an extensive
flow of oil.
Work on excavation has begun on
the new armory for the Windsor
militia company. The building will
cost about $4,000.
Many Montrose farmers and ranch
men are either using the road DRAG
or arranging to accomplish similar
results this spring.
Any attempt to divide Weld county
or to cut off eight townships from tn
south end OF 1t will be fought by the
County Commercial Club.
Rev. G. A. Monroe. pastor OF the
First Congregational church OF Grand
Junction has ordered regular paid ad.
yertisements in the newspapers.
Three members OF gang. which
the police say was organized to raid
freight cars in the Burlington yards
in Denver and steal lead and copper
bullion, have been arrested.
A bullsnake measuring six feet in
length and as large about the body as
i mans wrist, was run over and cut
10 pieces by the wheels OF street
car in Grand Junction.
At mass meeting at Fort Lupton,
IL was voted by 80 per cent OF the tax.
payers to take steps toward secur-
ing a municipal water system by a
special election for a bond issue.
The Denver & Rio Grande railroad
cperates and maintains first-class din.
ing stations at Pueblo, Sallda, Min.
turn. Grand Junction. Helper. Thistle
and Wilby.
The Montrose Fruit Orchards Com.
pany has leased 1000 acres to an
eastern slope man. The tract is in
the vicinity OF Shenandoah, and ia