Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-06-16
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring Over the
State Worth Telling.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
VIM. w. Draper. pioneer of Pueblo,
| is dead.
Fishing over the state is reported as
being good.
The Gunnison river is at high-water
mark for the season.
The first water system ever operat.
ed in Olathe has been put in commits.
sion.
A. v. Hunter of Leadville is the new
president Of the First National Bank
| of Denver.
barn in Colorado Springs was de-
stroyed and several head of horses
cremated.
Fire did damage to the First Ma
tional Bank of Greeley to the amount
of $4,000.
The Greeley Elks have let the con-
tract for their new club building to
cost 100000.
The deposits OF the National banks
of Colorado Springs amount to $10.-
324.743.99.
big frontier celebration is being
arranged for Steamboat Springs July
4th and 5th.
The thirty-five mile railroad from
Hotchkiss into Red canon now seems
to be assured.
Arthur Rounds. we'll known In Wray
and vicinity, was instantly killed by
lightning during storm.
The heavy rainfall throughout north
western Colorado gives plenty of mois-
ture for the ranchers.
For the seventh time. John Conlou
has been elected president Of the Den
yer Board OF Aldermen.
The Gunnison Stock Growers Asso.
| citation has decided to organize q
county fair association.
From the effects Of an overdose Of
laudanum. Charles Murray fell dead In
saloon In Cripple Creek.
Gunnison lodge. No. &c.. I. o. o. F.,
Is rapidly increasing in membership.
now numbering above 100.
To equip a branch OF the bureau Of
mines at Silverton. Congressman Tay.
lor has asked for $4,000.
Sixty-five thousand rainbow trout
have been delivered by the govern
ment to Colorado Springs.
Florence and the surrounding mining
camps by an electric interurban.
Gov. Shafroth will ne the principal
speaker at the dedication OF the pio-
neer monument In Denver. June "a.
Mystery surrounds the killing Of
James Baer. who was shot to death
in Trinidad by an unknown party.
The Mesa county commissioners has
asked the State Highway Commission
for $50. 900 to be used in road building.
Resistance OF highwaymen in
Pueblo will cost Frank Friestaff his
life. He was shot and relieved Of SGT.
Lee W. Kelso Of Denver has been
appointed stenographer In the Navy
Department with station at Cavite.
Strawberry men around Steamboat
Springs are keeping their smudging
pots In shape as they fear another
frost.
Fire early destroyed the surface
plant OF the williamsville coal mine.
north OF Colorado Springs. Loss.
$1,000.
The ranch house and farm buildings
OF William Stewart. at Prairie Divide.
in northern Larimer county. were
burned.
Within the next SIX ~eeks a twenty
mile link will be added to the Colora-
do.Ncw Mexico highway between Trim.
idad and Ration.
In the District Court OF Pueblo. on
a charge OF holding up C. & s. pas
senger train on January 18th. Al Bane
pleaded guilty.
Forty-four young men and women
graduates Of the State Agricultural
College at Fort Collins have received
their diplomas.
The City Council Of La Sale &C.
to give the city a tract OF ground to
be made into a park.
The big Primes mill at Lake Wood
and the Boulder county mill and mine.
all properties OF the Primes Company.
have shut down for thirty days.
General Daniel Brush. commanding
the Department OF Colorado. U. 8.
army, has been transferred to San Fran.
cisco to take charge of the Depart.
ment OF California.
The manager of the Akron ball team
is perfecting plans for the club to
make a short tour to play games at
HoIyoke. Haxtum, Sterling. Hillrose
Fort Morgan and Brush.
A reduction In the freight rate on
ore from the Silyerton district to the
Durango smelter. authorized by the
State Railroad commission. may be
the means of a revival OF mining in the
district.
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