The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1911-05-27
.ITrLG COLORADO irEMs.
Small Happenings Occurring Over ths
stats Worth Telling.

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A light frost around Boulder did
some damage TO fruit.
Carl Rydin. . resident Of Weld coun-
~ for twenty years. Il at Greeley.
Tventy.nins employees Of the State
Land Board have bssn asked to resisn.
Tho farmers near Greeley win SEED
about $1,000 sores to potatoes this
year.
Mrs. Emma Kslbaush. one Of Gold
ems earliest pioneers. died 1t the age
Of eighty.
The Colorado Association Of Letter
Carriers will hold convention In Boul-
der June 2sth.
For the first time in many years
Nontrose will celebrate the glorious
Fourth this year.
The two-year-old SON of Human
straub Of Rocky Fork. was drowned In
the High Line ditch
An addition will be built TO the
Mead schol house to b ready for oc-
cupancy In September.
Windsor schools are the first II
northern Colorado to install the bub'
bling drinking fountain.
Mrs. Emmett Barton. wife OF .
wealthy sheep man and one OF the old.
est residents OF Fruita, II dead.
Prof. Thompson Of the La Junta
high school and six Of his assistants
went ON strike and refused to teach.
Broadmoor casino. Colorado
Spring. most popular summer resort.
will open for the the season June
22nd. ~
Ira l.asser. aged IS. son of Henry
Masser. prominent ranchman, was
instantly killed At Grots. by passen-
ger train.
T. W. Thomas. former sheriff Of
Garfield county. died suddenly At
Glenwood Springs, Of heart failure.
aged 50. ...f.
The largest payroll at the MinneQua
steel plant At Pueblo. this year has
just been paid md amounted to nearly
s1Js.000. ~ .r
Hotel men from over the state to
the number Of 200 will spend June
End. 3rd and 4th in Colorado Springs
and Manitou.
Montrose will produce its regulation
bountiful fruit crop again this year.
and the fear Of loss by frost IL now
practically past.
great many Of the Alamosa resi-
dents are planning to cooperate In
building club house In the Conejos
Canon this anmmar
An old fashioned camp meeting il to
be held IN the grove at Fort Lupton
beginning May 21st. Great prepara-
tons are being made.
$4,000 has been secured to complete
the tIelve miles Of road near Parkdale
and thus open the road from Canon
City to Salida.
Mills in Boulder county have been
ordered closed down because they are
contaminating the water In streams
and destroying fish.
About three hundred skilled beet
raisers from Globevillc have reached
Alamosa to take mp the culture Of
sugar beets in the valley.
James lyman Of Golden was award
ed $4,000 In the condemnation suit
brought against him by the Farmers
Reservoir and Irrigation Company.
James SalzAr, 14-year-old son Of
Adam salzar. living three miles east
OF Berthoud. accidentally shot and
killed his e-year-old brother Ut the
ranch.
The recent high temperature and
warm wind has melted the snow in the
hills and the Gunnison river ID rising
rapidly. At Delta the river has been
running bank full and threatens to
overflow.
William K. Burchinell. secretary Of
the Board Of Control Managers 1t Dem
yer, announced that bids for work on
the Colorado State Museum building
would be received until noon June
18th.
The fourth annual convocation of
the Episcopal diocese Of western Colo
RADIO was held In Grand Junction
Delegates were present from all over
the Western Slope. Bishop Spaldins
Of Utah spoke.
The Johnstown Milling Z Elevator
Company il making extensive improve.
ments at their elevator and dump for
unlos ding grain and have installed
set Of rolls for grinding feed for max
ing corn meal.
While working ON the county road
near Fort Collins, and near point
where one Of the frontier highways
formerly crossed the Poudre river,
men discovered human bones. an old
| iron kettle and q rusted barrel Of a
rifle. mute evidences Of some from
tier tragedy.
Denver bankers have received mo-
! tice from the executive council of the
American Bankers Association to the