The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-11-23
LlrrLe COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happsninss oesurrIns Over the
state Worth While.

lner mas Deen neavy snowfall II
Ouray and vicinity.
Joe Sargent. aged sixty-nine. was
found dead in bed at North Iongmont.
1t is reported that Gov. shafroth-
lature.
Bids have been opened for the ce-
menting of the Laramie Poudre irri-
CATION tunnel.
A. w. Newcomb. a travelling man
from Denver. killed himself in a hotel
in Oak Creek.
Chas. B. Kountze. who came to Den
yer In 1864. is dead. He was president
Of the Colorado National bank.
The sugar factory paid farmers OF
the Fort Collins district 3391.o00 for
the October delivery of beets.
The Colorado & Southern railroad
has discontinued freight service over
the Como to Breckenridge branch.
The improvements under way at the
Modern WoodmeE Sanitarium at Colo
RADIO Springs will cost about $300.oOo.
Stealing four pairs of trousers at
Lyons cost Adfalas Donata fine OF
$50. He will serve out his time at the
Boulder jail.
The frozen body OF Bert Rodgers.
a Silverton boy. was found by a search
ing party about four and a half miles
south OF Silverton.
Beginning December !, lessons In
dancing will be provided for Denver
school teachers by the Denver Play
ground Commission.
Francisco Navarro and Guadalupe
Gonzales. charged with the murder OF
Lucciano Magano. were acquitted and
discharged. at Castle Rock.
The Delta county exhibitors at the
Denver Apple Show distributed thirty
boxes Of fine apples amog the various
orphanages OF that city.
Water is again running in Morgan
county bitches following a temporary
shutdown at the headgates on account
OF the recent cold weather
w. Z. Renshaw OF Idaho Springs has
put men at work stringing wires from
Idaho Springs to Georgetown, the
poles having been set before.
The Royal Order OF Moose propose
to build the big Moose institute In
Colorado during noxt year. The loca-
ton has not been decided upon.
After spirited bidding. the bulk OF
the stock and fixtures OF the bankrupt
]. s. Appel Suit a Cloak Company In
Denver was purchased for $G9.S75.
To settle dispute Of long standing.
Tom Quick. an Austrian. entered
saloon In Pueblo and shot down Tony
Abamovic, who died on the way to the
hospital.
Isaac r. Miller. for the past seven
Aen years general foreman at the
Union depot. in Denver. and one OF
the bestknown railroad employees In
Colorado. is dead.
United States District Attorney
Ward will soon begin proceedings In
Federal Court to obtain the property
OF l.. c. Stephenson at Fort Morgan
as site for postoffice.
James Robson is constructing an
aeroplane in the shops of the c. F. &
l. at Sopris, near Trinidad. 1t is about
sixty feet long and twenty feet from
front to rear OF the planes.
The alumni OF the Agricultural col
lege at Fort Collins will hold its an
nual banquet In tho Metropole hotel.
Denver, Nov. 20. Invitations are be-
ing sent to all the alumni to attend.
The good roads conference at Pu.
eblo, in January. will be asked to rec
ommend the construction OF at least
- g. ne
part OF the great continental highway
now partially constructed. and which
will be in first-class condition before
the opening Of the Panama-Pacific ex-
position in San Francisco in 1915.
Through either the State Game De-
partments wanton neglect or dis
interestedness in the welfare Of the
big game in that section, Rio Blanco
county is without game wardens, and
has been since the early part OF last
summer AS result, a slaughter OF
deer and elk is going on which, II con-
tinued. will completely deplete the
hills OF these animals.
The Fort Morgan Chamber Of Com.
merce has indorsed the plan of the
Weld County Farmers Club for rails
ing $4,000 to continue the work OF
Profs Hinman, Fitch and Vaplon at
the State Agricultural college at Fort
Collins, and will request the county
commissioners to make an appropria-
ton of $125 as Morgan county's share
of the fund. Efforts will be made to
obtain similar actions by other COM
mercial bodies.
The general committee on foreign
missionaries Of the Methodist Episco-
pal church held its meeting at Trinity
church in Denver. The general COM
mittee, which meets annually. make
appropriations for carrying on the