The Delta independent., 1911-03-03
ITEMS OF COLORADO
Epents of Importance
Throughout the State
Killed at Telluride.

widow and family in Austria.
Three years ago, almost to day, his
brother, Angelo August, was killed
in the same mine by falling from
scaffold.
Oppose County Division.
Residents of Fort Lupton are op-
posed to any division of Weld coun-
ty and particularly along the line
proposed in a bill now before the
county lines committee affecting
eight townships. Should this new
bill pass Fort Lupton would be cut
squarely in two. Resolutions asking
representatives and senators to vote
against the bill were passed at
meeting of the commercial club held
last week.
Killed at Salida Smelter.
Grover West. a laborer. was ac-
cidently killed at the Salida smelter
last Friday morning. He was en-
gagged in oiling the mechanism of an
elevator in the sintering plant. and
entered the shaft as the elevator
was going up. He apparently forgot
to look out for the descending
weight and it struck him in the
back Death was almost instantane-
Gus. West was about twenty-five
years old.
Urge Crop Statistic Reports.
An appeal will be made to Sem
ator Guggenh elm. Congressman E.
T. Taylor and friends of Colorado
at Washington to start an agitation
| for federal law to compel every
county in every state to make ac-
curate reports of crops to asses
sors. who will deliver the statistics
to the state auditor. The latter Of
hcer will send them to the proper
department of the federal govern
ment.
Plenty of Beets. He says.
Manager Lawson of the three
sugar mills at Brush. Sterling and
Fort Morgan says he thinks enough
acreage will be signed up by the
farmers to insure the running OF
the three mills this fall He says
that Sterling has 1000 acres. Brush
4.75O and Fort Morgan 1.5OO acres
already signed and that the company
has 1000 acres of beets in Nebras-
ka to help the Morgan factory get
its tonnage.
Baby Burned With Kerosene.
The home of J. F. Duffy was
wrecked by an explosion and fire
Saturday afternoon and Duffys S-
year-old daughter was fatally burn
ed. The child, who had been play
ing in the kitchen, dropped a
lighted match into a four-gallon can
of kerosene. The mother. who was
in the front room. rescued the child,
suffering severe burns on her own
body and face The Duffy live at
Meeker, Colorado.
Want National I. q. q. r. Home.
Colorado Springs odd Fellows,
aided by members of the order from
all parts of the state. are making
plans to secure the |. o. o. F. ma
tional home for that city. At
big state celebration in Denver on
April 90. in honor of the ninety
second anniversary of the founding
of the order. John b. Cockrum of
indianapolis, grand sire of the
grand lodge. will be the chief
speaker. and prominent Odd Fellows
from all over the state will join in
a boost for Colorado Springs as a
site for the home.
To Shoot Lamar Wells.
Officials of the Lamar Gas and
Oil company have completed ar
rangements for shooting their wells.
This will be done as soon as the
experts engaged arrive. At a depth
of 1900 feet forty-foot deposit OF
what is believed to be an excellent
quality of oil has been found and
leases have been taken on all the
ground Immediately adjoining the
present site. Nearly $4,000 has
thus far been expended in expert
ments, of which the present project
is the third. and the results thus
far obtained have resulted in the
formation of several other oil com
panios further up the valley.
Slayer Gets Life Term.
After celebrating twenty-four
hours, jury in the district court
in the case against William Mont
gomery and William Martin for the
murder of William Hooker at Port !
land Christmas day. returned n YER
dict Saturday of murder in the first |
degree for Montgomery and man |
slaughter for Martin. Montgomery |
received life sentence and Martin /
from one to eight years. On Christ
mas day Montgomery. as an out
growth of a previous quarrel. bor-
rowed n rifle of Martini and. see
ing Hooker standing in front of n
store. shot him dead. Martin was
tried on the ground that he knew
why the rifle was borrowed.
Death of Central City Man.
Joseph S. Beaman of Central City