The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-03-30
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring over the
state Worth Telling.

sor, is dead.
Albert l.. Feiss committed suicide
in Boulder recently.
John Washer. pioneer of Ault, is
dead, aged rs years. ... .u..,i.
The first harem skirt seen in Grand
Trinidad is iIksy's@HaAe a a sas~
bank within the next few weeks.
Lee Lockwell. resident Of George,
town for thirty-five years, is dead. =
The district attorney says gambling
must be stopped in Cripple Greek.
Mrs. Lizzie oliver OF Denver has
been fined for beating her husband.
The Colorado Postmaster's conven-
ton will be held in Denver May 18th.
\ large number of convicts have
been put to work on the road north OF
Pueblo.
Charles Pearson. aged 40. committed
suicide near La Junta. by hanging him
self to tree.
From thetpresent outlook the fall
wheat crops in Colorado will be the
best in years.
The School of Agriculture at Fort
Collins will soon close with four in
its graduating class.
1t is not generally known that there
is an artesian well being drilled with
in four miles of Salida.
The Central Colorado Power Com
pany held its. annual meeting in Den
yer and elected officers.
Havoc has been wrought by the ap-
pearance of harem skirt in the Win
dow of store in Greeley.
Former Congressman Franklin E.
Brooks of Colorado Springs has been
operated on for appendicitis.
The--City Council of Cripple Creek
passed an ordinance which reduces the
city salary list about $4,000 year.
The formal dedication OF the PioD-
eer monument at Denver. probably
viii take place "Wednesday. April 9TH.
The Grand Junction Chamber OF
Commerce is preparing to petition the
census bureau Ior recount of that
City.
John Miner and o. f. Jones OF the
been arrested on a charge OF shooting
antelope.
Colorado Springs win make an ef-
fort. to secure the 1912 convention OF
the American Association OF Local
Freight Agents.
Fourteen informations have been
filed against eight saloonkeepers at
~. anln
!, 09snySupday. ,.,
=, The milk receipts at the Johntowp
Condensed milk factory are now aver
aging better than 1900 pounds daily
and rapidly increasing.
A movement has been started to
have residents of the Arkansas valley
buy only products manufactured in
that section. when possible.
: Diamond rings and a.watch valued
at $40O were overlooked by burglars
who entered the home OF w. c. .Blanch-
ard at Eaton and secured $50.
The Poudre Valley Anniversary AS
sociation OF the Odd Fellows will meet
this year in Denver on April 26th. be-
ing guests OF the Denver lodges.
Intending to make a model farm. c.
E. and John Sherman OF Illinois have
purchased the jerome Cook farm OF
100 acres near Gill for $4,000.
Employment for every available man
in the Kersey district will be afforded
by resumption OF work on the Den
yer Reservoir & Irrigation project.
The Denver & Rio Grande is pre-
pairing to advertise Colorado Springs
and Colorado generally by the distri-
button of 100000 pieces OF literature.
The Colorado & Southern railroad
is planning to resume train service
locally between Breckenridge and
Como in the near future. possibly APP
ril 1st.
Harry Bane. an alleged BLACK
hand" operator was arrested at Ouray
on the charge of attempted extortion
upon a couple of his countrymen OF
that city. .. -.
= A special train containing three
hundred. babies less than two years
old. will be sent to Denver from the
Catholic hospital and orphanages of
New York. "a.
Stewart A. Van Deusen. one of the
pioneer mining men Of COLORADO, who
played a large part in the de Telop-
ment or the state, ;succdmBed' to
Stroke of1psraIysis.i il pepyers,
With Johnny O'Keefe 'en the verge
of being knocked out. Red" Gala
CHER. the referee, stopped the boxing
contest between O'Keefe and Jimmy
'GardneEi!df lowell. Mass. toward the
end of the sixth round in Denver.
Pueblo. county, will have. two ..addi-
tiopal postoffices before long. One
of them is Wilson, fifteen miles to the |
Southeast, and the other is Wilcox, |
nine miles out of Pueblo on the same