The Colorado statesman., 1911-12-30
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small happenings Occurring Over the
State Worth While.


Western Newspaper Union News Service.
George Wann, an old time assayer.
died at Cripple Creek of heart fail
ure.
has been visited by a heavy snow re-
Gently.
Mrs. Elizabeth Sopris, Denvers old
est pioneer, died recently at the age
of ninety-seven years.
Work has begun on the factory of
the Greeley Chemical Company which
will manufacture insecticide for crop
destroying insects.
A postoffice has been opened at
Northgate, the first station on the
Laramie Plains line in this state, with
Arthur Payne as postmaster.
Mrs. j. N. Ross, aged 20, died sud
denly at Greeley from pneumonia.
She leaves a husband, and has been
resident of Greeley for years.
William Bashmore, the Monarch
mine guard who was shot with his
own weapon by Bill Adams, a miner.
Tuesday night, died at Boulder.
At the closing session of the most
successful poultry show ever held in
northern Colorado, Fort Collins was
selected for the next exhibition.
The Farmers institute is to be held
in Loveland the last week in January
and continue four days. There will
be poultry show in connection with
the institute.
Active work is expected to begin
soon on the proposed northern Colo
rado interurban electric railroad from
Denver to Estes park, via Fort Lup-
ton.
Coin and old newspapers, evidently
buried by prospectors more than thir-
ty years ago on the east slope OF
Pixies peak, hav been uncovered by
Frederick Parker.
A Christmas present in the shape of
a draft for $3.50 came to Adolph Briggs
of Greeley from Olaf Erickson of
Montrose in payment of debt con-
tracted many years ago.
Eleven men claim the $500 offered
by Fort Collins and Larimer county
for the arrest O. Luoro Garcia, con-
fessed murderer of Night Officer c..
E. Brockman of Fort Collins.
George w. Pell, Sr., proprietor of
the Pell fish and oyster house, died
at st. Luke's hospital in Denver. He
was sixty years old and was resi-
dent of Denver more than thirty
years.
The coal mines of Colorado pro-
duced 10,O75,S61 tons of coal last
year from 15S properties in operation.
Las Animas county heads the counties
of the state with a production Of A.
55S,9S5 tons.
William Moore, wholesale lumber
merchant, with offices in the Mack
block, died of heart disease at the
family residence in Denver. Mr.. Moore
was sixty years old and had lived in
Denver twenty years.
The Empire Water & Power Com
pany has offered to sell all its land.
water rights and reservoir sites in Ute
Pass to Colorado Springs, at a price
to be fixed by appraisers, and the city
council is considering the PROPOSE
ton.
Governor Shafroth is "over one box
of apples and short the name of the
donor" Governor Shafroth doesn't
receive presents. The name of the
sender being missing, he is forced to
break his rule or give the apples to
some charity.
President Slocum of Colorado Col
lege has been asked to accept appoint
ment on the list of college preachers
for Amherst and Smith colleges. For
years he has been on the list Of Yale,
Vassar, Wellesley and Mount Hol-
yoke.
The dedication of the Logan
County Industrial Arch high school at
Sterling completed at a cost of $780,
900, will be held January I'd. c. 5
Thomas of Denver will deliver the
dedicatory address and the building
will be thrown open later for inspec-
ton.
Colorado state banks have gained
S2,7O9,82O.32 in total resources over
1910. With 1872 state banks, savings
banks and trust companies in Colo
rado under control Of the state bank
ing commissioner, the years business
was closed on December 5, showing
grand total of 22,S99.66 in re-
sources.
Following recent criticisms on the
nf la
Sale bridge recently completed at
cost of $4,000, c. G. Sheely of Den
yer, who built it, sent letter to, the
county commissioners saying he is
willing to guarantee the bridge for one
year from date against any defects In
construction or workmanship.
Greeley.-Owing to the interest of