The Delta independent., 1911-02-03
ITEMS OF COLORADO
Epents of Importance
Throughout the State
Woman Gets Life Term.

ment in the penitentiary, was the
in the case of George Holly and
Daisy Harlan, charged with killing
Maggie Payne November 2S. The
woman, negress, was killed by the
Harlan woman following a quarrel
on the street.
Watch Him Drown.
Robert Zachery, a laborer at the
Jumbo reservoir, near Sedgwick, wa
drowned Friday while four fellow
workmen stood by, unable to give
him help. Zachery was working on
the intake ditch when he fell
through the ice and was carried
under by the current. His body
vas recovered.
New Depot for Colorado Springs.
A new depot, to cost 100000, is
promised Colorado Springs by the
Santa Fe railway. It's construction
will be begun within the next year.
This is the net result of the con-
ference last week between repre-
sentatives of the Santa Fe and busi-
ness men of Colorado Springs The
question of union depot was re-
vived and the railroad officials de-
clared against it. They stated that
the company planned to build new
depot in Colorado Springs. 1t is pro-
posed to make the depot one of
the most attractive on the system.
Milliken to Have Lights,
The trustees of Milliken granted
twenty-year franchise TO the North
ern Colorado Power company and a
franchise for the same length of
time TO the Colorado Telephone com
pany, the former to furnish lights
TO the city at $3.50 a month for arc
lights and to the citizens for S1.35
month. The Northern Colorado
Power copany has set its poles and
run its wires along the right of way
OF the Denver. Laramie & North
western, and supplies towns on that
line and many farmers in north
ern Colorado.
Stockmen Organize.
The Eastern Colorado Livestock
association was organized in Hugo
last week c. c. Collins of Sorrento
is president: Edmund Pauls, Limon,
vice-president; E. /. Thompson.
Hugo. secretary. Stockmen of
Lincoln. Cheyenne and Kiowa coun-
ties formed the association to pro-
mote cattle growers interests in
that community. A purse of $500
was raised as a reward to anyone
reporting and convicting a man for
disobeying range laws.
flushing L. T.. Cutoff
According to letters received by
business men of Fort Collins from
the Union Pacific headquarters in
Omaha. track-laying on the Denver
Cheyenne cutoff of the Union
Pacific will be commenced early this
spring. The grades and bridges are
completed between Denver and that
city and enough material is .on hand
to finish the work that far. Freight
agents are working there securing
contracts for shipments commencing
July /.
Sell Cigarettes to Kids.
Prosecutions are likely to follow
the discovery that cigarettes are
being sold to boys in knee trousers
in Grand Junction. At meeting
of the principals of various schools,
it was reported that at least tw
dealers had disposed of cigarettes
and tobacco to mere children. who
later were seen smoking around the
school building. The offending
dealers have been asked TO stop
the traffic to children, and If this
is not done information will be filed
against them.
Denver Boy Shoots Playmate.
While n group of boys were play
ing in the street Sunday Albert
Berry, aged IL years old. was &C
cidently shot through the lungs
with n % calibre rifle in the hands
of Kinney DAILY. aged IL years. DAILY
had been swapping the weapon, not
knowing it to have been loaded,
Berry was removed to the county
hospital and is said by Police Sur
geon Mudd to be Improving now al
though for n time he was not eN-
pected to live.
Prisoner Confesses Theft.
With the confession of George
Hickman, secured Saturday by
Deputy Sheriff Pindell, of Fort Col