The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-06-29
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring Over thu
State Worth While.

A postal savings bank will open at
Fort Morgan on July 14th.
RidEway has raised $500 with which
to entertain the people on July 4th.
The churches of La Junta will unite
in q union Fourth of July celebration
and picnic.
The old settlers In the Montrose VI
cinity will organize and celebrate the
Fourth of July.
II IL reported that another oil drill
il to be put to work near Battle Rock,
Montezuma county.
Three cars of deep well machinery
have arrived in Rocky Ford for the
new Santa Fe artesian well.
The 5O0-acre field OF flax east OF
Brandon 10 growing nicely and was
not hurt by the dry weather.
Ia lara. Monte Vista. saEuache and
Del Norte are among the towns which
will celebrate the Fourth OF July.
Out of a total of $4,000 acres of
beets in Weld county. 5000 have been
lost through lack of moisture.
Luciano Magsno. an employe of the
Santa Fe. was stabbed to death at
Castle Rock. Guadalupe. Gonzales is
in Jail.
Hay is looking fine along the Coche-
topa valley and with the usual abund-
ance OF water 4 heavy crop is ex-
pected.
Two hundred and fourteen candi-
dates received degrees at the Uni
versity of Colorado. at Boulder on
June 7th.
Rock and Piney creeks have re-
Gently been supplied with about 10000
young trout from the fish hatchery In
Routt county.
1t is reported that the Argentine
Central railroad will revert either to
bondholders.
Among the banks made repositories
for postal savings funds are Las AMI
mas. Alamosa. Delta, Salida and
Grand Junction.
The MoYat road will begin new
train service to Tolland July list. the
additional train to leave Denver every
ni0ht at O'Clock.
The newly organized Colorado So
cisty OF Southern California. held Its
first social meeting in Los Angeles
with 500 members.
II. PilGer. aged 30. was killed by be-
ing caught between the cage and
timbers at the collar OF the Golden
Cycle shaft at Victor.
In the case OF Wiltze Smith charged
with killing A. e. Black. the Jury re-
turned q verdict OF not guilty In the
court at Breckenridge.
The town OF Empire has taken the
rock crushing machine belonging to
the county and will prepare a lot Of
material for the streets.
The Yampa Valley mine. near Oak
creek has been working regularly On
half time. but with new improvements
will now work full time.
A mountain lion which has been
playing havoc with lambs In the Dry
creek vicinity near Montrose. has
been killed by c. r. Green.
The Arvada Strawberry day execu-
tive committee has paid all bills and
has q surplus OF 31ls.79. which shows
that the affair was well managed.
An unidentified man. supposedly an
Italian. committed suicide on the Mis-
souri, Pacific tracks q short dis
tance east of Pueblo by shooting.
Judge s. w. Parker. who formerly
resided at olney Springs. and one
~f "
died at his home At Modesto, Cal.
Boulder county men have put In
several thousand dollars OF their good
money in establishing automobile
service between Nederland and Bould-
er.
The Steamboat Springs Strawberry
4 Produce Association has ordered
10 900 quart crates and 100000 quart
boxes for this seasons strawberry
crop.
Work on the new town hall OF Pail
sade is progressing rapidly and the
white Delta brick being used In the
walls will make 1t an attractive struc-
ture.
Water has been turned into the big
Snsva Cow creek ditch near Ouray
Just q month ahead Of last year
Crops under the ditch are looking
good.
The comptroller of the currency has
approved the application of the State
Bank of Limon for conversion into the
First National Bank Of Limon, with
capital Of $25,000.
Robert H. Mckenzie Of Denver was
elected president Of the State Pharma-
ceutical Association at the closing
business session of the annual con-
vention at Manitou.
Burlington road interests have pur-