The Paonia newspaper., 1911-03-03
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring over the
State Worth Telling.

pm county died at Central CITY.
VIM. A. Lowrey was recently held
up in Denver and robbed of SIS.
William c. Williams has been reap
pointed postmaster at Fowler.
Virgil w. Stoddard. pioneer OF
Loveland, died suddenly at his home.
1t is probable Denver will get the
National Republican convention in
| 1912.
Mrs. Alden Cantonwine. pioneer OF
Longmont, is dead. She was AZ years
old.
A baseball team is being organized
in Grand junction to play the Boston
Red Sox
The Denver police are endeavoring
to put stop to gambling among
Greek residents.
Work on the new elevator at Wat
tenburg. capacity 10000 bushels, VIII
be commenced.
Mayor Ogden Whitlock, pioneer
and veteran OF Civil War, is dead at
Colorado Springs.
In the. Telluride mining section
there is from eight to thirty feet of
snow on the level
The last work on the orchard Mesa
irrigation system, Grand Junction. has
been completed.
For every $1,000 tons of coal mined
last year in Colorado the life of min
er was sacrificed.
A branch of the American Breeders
Association has been organized by
stockmen OF Colorado.
Freeman Butler. aged 76. a pioneer
of that section, died at his home near
Windsor. of paralysis.
The Wellington section is enjoying
the novelty of slefghing for the first
time in several years.
Mrs. Mary j. Highly. aged 10. and
one OF, the pioneers OF the Greeley dis
trict. died OF pneumonia
Ernest Manson. aged 6s, pioneer
of Gilpin county. was found dead In
bed at his home in Denver.
A dozen Russian families who left
Weld county for their native land are
returning to work in the beet fields.
The low rate on smudge oil made by
the railroads for the Arkansas valley.
will remain effective only until April
18th.
The students of the Grand Junction
high school have set March 18th as
the date for the first cross-country
run.
Drillers at the oil well. a mile east
of Lamar. have penetrated the oil
sand and will shoot the well in n few
days.
Two thoroughbred Lewellyn set
tiers. valued at $4,000 and belonging to
chas. woodford OF Pueblo. have beer
stolen.
Mrs. Eta Smart. cashier in a DIR,
goods store in Colorado Springs. has
been arrested charged with theft Of
$1,000.
The smallest baby ever born in
Mesa county Is that OF Mrs. c. Bower
OF Creston. The girl weighs 2iz
pounds.
An election providing a bond issue
of s24.5O0 for the erection of a new
high school building was held in Grand
Junction recently.
A. Hughes. farmer residing near
Boone. has been awarded damages OF
SIS against the Twin Lakes Land and
Water Company.
Thos. Jenkins and Eugene Hawkey.
two boys who were lost In the Royal
Gorge during recent snowstorm
have been found.
The first day OF the booster cam
paign OF the Boulder Commercial As
ISOLATION resulted in the acquisition OF
eighty new members. three being
women.
Through recent arrests the authori-
ties think they have broken up a band
of thieves who have stolen thousands
OF dollars worth OF goods from the
Burlington yards in Denver.
A district meeting OF the Religious
Educational Association will be held
in Greeley April 9Th to 10th. II will
be the first OF its kind held in this
section OF the United States.
With every bone broken In their
bodies, as a result OF an accident In
the Anchoria-Leland mine at Cripple
Creek. George Murcray and John Hook
have been brought to the surface.
In the Fuller crosscut from the
Roosevelt drainage tunnel at Cripple
Creek, a crevice encountered is flow