The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-09-07
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring over the
state Worth While.

The grounds around the union de-
pot at Eaton are being improved.
DIR. b. F. wooding has been dis
missed from the State Board OF
Health.
The Canon City apple crop promises
to be the largest and best ever har-
vested.
J. p. Carraher killed himself by
shooting at rooming house in
La Junta.
Great preparations are being made
for Fruit Day at Grand Valley, Sep
tember 20.
The City Council OF Trinidad has or
dered the streets OF that town sprin-
kled with oil.
C. l.. Seymour of Buffalo. n. Y.
died in Meeker following an operation
for appendicitis.
Myers Liant. fifteen years old. OF la
Junta. was fatally injured by the ex-
plosion OF powder.
The capital stock OF the Denver Ma
tional bank has been increased from
hou,Vou 10 $i,ouV,ooo.
Erie is preparing to feed 5000 Wis
itors on biscuits October 10. The OBJ
ject is to advertise Erie wheat.
F. E. Armstrong of Colorado Springs
was killed in Denver q Rio Grande
accident near Salt Lake, Utah.
1t is estimated that $500 people
have visited Estes Park this summer
and as yet the park is full of tourists.
That the $250.O00 sanatorium OF the
Foresters OF America will be built In
Colorado and almost certainly In Boul'
der is announced.
Rebekahs are making preparations
10 celebrate the G0th anniversary OF
the founding of the Rebekah branch OF
Odd Fellowship. Sept. is.
A $4,000 blaze destroyed the lum-
bsr yards. hardware store and resi-
dence OF c. o. Cooper at Nucia, In
the western part OF Montrose county.
William Stacy. aged 20. of Devers,
Texas. who stopped in Pueblo lew
days ago. while on his way TO Call
fornIa on an extended pleasure trip.
died.
Reservoir filings on government
land cannot be made for speculative
purposes. and the Department of Jus
tice intends to see that this praeties
is stopped.
Thousands OF acres. twelve miles
southeast OF Greeley. are being
brought under cultivation by means OF
wells sunk deep enough TO tap the
underflow.
Thomas ]. Mowery. who escaped
from the penitentiary at Canon City.
where he was serving term for
swindiing. has been recaptured in Ia
coma. Wash.
Howard =. Seeds, secretary OF the
Cripple Creek lodge OF Elks and on"
II the best known men OF the district.
is missing. and considerable anxiety
is felt by his friends.
with bumper apple crop and
Yield OF small fruits far above normal.
Boulder county growers expect this
season to double last years receipts
from their orchards.
Work will soon begin on Olathe's
new water works system. A tract OF
land 500 feet square has been secured
for the reservoir which will have ca.
pacity of 250.oo0 gallons.
Fruit shipping season now in full
blast in Delta county. Ranchers, ware
house men and train crews are work
ing over time to handle the splendid
crop Just beginning to move from this
section.
Moving with great caution and much
secrecy. some powerful body of men is
buying up the carnotite fields o. San
Miguel and Montrose counties. Every
prospect that shows promise is being
bought in.
The Moffat road is pushing work on
he construction of its six-mile spur
track from Utah Junction to the Den
yer Union stockyards. where it will
make connection with the Union Pa
cific tracks.
The Rev Ison Roberts, pastor of
the Christian church in Montrose for
he past year. departed for Oklahoma
City, where he has accepted pastor
ate. He is succeeded by the Rev.
Walphal of Wray.
Contract for the boring of the H.
125 foot tunnel through the continen-
tai divide. twelve miles west OF En-
pire. in Clear Creek county. has been
signed by the officers of the district
and James A. McIlwee and son.
At meeting at Cedaredge. at which
more than $50 fruit growers were pres
ent. the proposition of selling fruit
through the various associations on
consignment, as heretofore, which has
been so unsuccessful. was strongly
rotested against.
The first school of pharmacy to be
established in Colorado will be OPP