The Springfield herald., 1911-10-27
LI1rLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring Over the
State Worth While.

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State Worth While.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Heavy shipments of cattle are being
made by the Rio Blanco cattlemen.
Coyote hunting with hounds is prov
ing popular winter sport at Grover.
Work on the irrigation system of the
] Greeley-Poudre district is progressing
rapidly.
Recent rains aud snow in Phillips
county have put the ground In fine
shape for wheat.
Stricken suddenly while talking with
companions, Richard Grome, aged 48,
fell dead in Trinidad.
Fort Lupton claims a record ship
ment of produce this year, 365 cars
having gone to market.
| How a horse show can be staged in
| the Auditorium Is to be demonstrated
during Apple show week in Denver.
Electricity instead OF gasoline en-
gine may be used to run the pumps at
the new waterworks at Fort Lupton.
Horace H. Enrich OF Golden. grad
uate of the School of Mines. class OF
1908, has been murdered in Russia.
Clyde Hoskinson, the self-confessed
robber of the Montezuma saloon at
Montezuma, where he secured $56, has
been captured.
Mrs. j. ]. Bonham, one OF the best
known women Of jefferson county.
died at her home near Golden, after
long Illness. She was fifty-five.
Col. George E. Randolph, soldier.
politician and street railway man. was
found dead in bed at his residence in
Denver, the victim of heart disease.
He was II years old.
NJ. B. Page, a prominent fruit grow
er of Fruita and at one time represen-
tative from Mesa county in the Legis-
lature, was thrown by a runaway
horse and his recovery is doubtful.
More than 100000 children enjoyed
the seven supervised Fairgrounds of
Denver during the summer. according
to the report the Playground Com
mission has filed with Mayor Speer.
Gen. Henry Strong, at one time en-
pire builder, director and president of
the Atchison, Topeka G. Santa Fe rail-
road, lawyer, scholar and pioneer
died at the age Of SO years, in Den
yer. -
Rather than face the charge of
stealing $135 from his parents at Tur-
tie Creek. Pa. Charles Rosemary. sew
enteen, pleaded guilty to breaking a
car seal at Carr and stealing grapes
and canned goods.
After twentyfour hours of snow the
streets OF Trinidad were covered with
about four inches. Throughout the
county snow has been general. North
lake, the source OF Trinidad's water
supply, had fifteen inches.
The Royal Gorge Fruit Growers AS
sociation of Canon City closed con-
tract with one of the largest produce
firms in the United States, by which
it will ship to New York thirty car
loads of Fremont county apples.
For the championship of the world
at doublehand rock drilling, con-
test was held at Victor. which resulted
in victory for the Terrible Swedes"
of Ouray, who retained their title
against Cardonau and Strothers of
Labor Day.
A blow to the farming interests of
the Poudre valley was struck when
State Engineer Comstock ordered all
headgates in reservoirs in that district
to close and storage of water to cease
until otherwise ordered. At the same
time ditch companies received notice
from the same source that they might
use the water in the river according
to priority rights for direct irrigation.
There will be a vigorous fight made
by Eaton's football team to retain its
position in the Northern Colorado
Football Association. 1t is said by
those who are interested in the well
fare of the Eaton team that if Eaton
has to drop out, Fort Collins and pos
sibly another town will be made to
take the same medicine, as it is
claimed that these towns have pro-
fessionals on their teams
Prizes won by Pueblo county agri
culturists in the International Dry
Farming Congress, just closed at
Colorado Springs, have been received
and are being exhibited by the county
commissioners. Lee Roper. of the
western part of the county, the larg
est individual exhibitor, won the sill
yer cup for the best individual exhibit
of dry farm fruit. His apples were
declared the best in the world grown
on a dry farm.
The closing session of the sixth In
ternational Dry Farming Congress
was held in Colorado Springs and was
devoted to a large number of talks
by practical dry farmers who told Of
their failures and successes. The gen
eral topic for discussion was "Tillage
Methods and Implements" Those who
spoke were Prof. II. M. Batter, agri-
cultural expert for the Santa Fe rail
way; Prof. A. M. McOnie of Arizona;
E. R. Parsons of Parker. Colo; DR.. w.
E. Taylor of Moline. ILL.,, and ]. NJ.
Bradshaw. a practical Colorado farm
er, who told how he raised over twen-
ty bushels of wheat per acre on four
inch rainfall.
DrosDector Out in the hillS re-