The Raymer enterprise., 1911-04-20
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small happenings Occurring over the
state Worth Telling.

cradle damage.
The Trinidad postoffice will hereaft-
er be closed on Sunday.
The ministers of Grand Junction
have organized baseball nine.
Glenwood Springs big annual festl.
val, Strawberry Day, will he held June
18th.
At Moatezuma William Smith shot
and instantly killed ]. E. 'c'Private')
Black.
The government has selected the
site for the Federal building in Du.
range.
The public school building at Glen.
wood Springs was recently damaged
by fire.
7. E. Nycherley, miner, was at
tackled and killed at Lafayette by four
Mexicans.
The county board has let the con.
tract for the new high school building
at Castle Rock.
Recently night riders raided a ditch
camp near Delta and drove away
Japanese laborers.
Fruit men of Fremont county say
their fruit crops have not been dam
aged by the cold.
In last and exciting game Of base.
ball the Lupton Blues defeated the La
Sale reds by score Of to l.
Lee Holmes Hilton, banker, son
Of James l.. Hilton. Of Denver, was
killed in street duel in Sylvana
Ga.
Helen Walker, aged 4, daughter OF
George Walker Of Loveland. died as
the result of a kick received from a
colt.
The tri-weekly service Of the star
route between Highmore and De
Beque will be permanently resumed
May 1st.
The saloon and residence Of Joe
Mantilli. at Starkville, also public
dance hall, burned with loss of
$1,000. r
The State Board Of Pardons has
ordered the release from the peniten.
tiary Of John w. Reeve and Frank T..
Kiser.
There are sixty men after municipal
Jobs in Greeley and the new City Coun-
Gil has held a secret session to consid-
er their claims.
Stopped by two masked highway.
men in Pueblo, A. T. Thomas, presi
dent Of the Pueblo Feather Company,
was robbed Of $50.
No damage has been done to fruit
around La Junta by the cold weather
of the last few days. Buds are not
far enough developed.
Canon City will become postal
savings depository on May 1St, max
ing 1t the second Colorado point to
have that distinction.
The Town Council has passed an or.
dinance extending the fire limits Of
Manitou 80 as to eliminate many Il
the tent shacks that increase tire
risks.
Forest Rutherford, a former Pueblo
man, was wounded at Douglas, Ariz.,
by a stray bullet fired during bat
tie across the line in Mexico, re-.
Gently.
Never before In the history Of Weld
county were there better prospects for
a bumper fall wheat crop, Of which at
least 100000 acres is growing in the
county.
The elegant new home of st. Mary's
academy in Denver has been reared to
one.half its full height Of four stories.
and. will be complete and ready for oc-
cupacy by the school August l.
There Is a good prospect that Gree.
hey will have salaried team of first
class ball players this summer. or
the $4,000 needed, $4,000 has been sub
scribed to finance tie kind Of team
that Greeley wants.
A boarding house baseball league Is
to be formed at Greeley. Representa-.
tives from various houses have agreed
to play series Of nine games for a
cup. The house winning for two sue.
cessive reasons Is to keep the trophy.
Mayor Speer Is In receipt Of let.
ter from Andrew Carnegie offering to
supply four travelling library buildings
for Denver, provided Denver guar.
antees certain revenue to maintain
the libraries.
A baby show. dressed doll show
and a moving picture show will be
the special features Of the flower show
at Stratton park August 20. "a and
rs by the Ell Paso County Horticul.
tural Society ut Colorado Springs.
BY defeating the Walsenburg team
at Walsenburg recsntly. the Eaton
high school basket ball team claims
the championship Of the state OF Colo.
RADIO. and likewise that Of Wyoming.
The team has not been defeated In a
single game OF the year.
An order has been received by
John l.. Armstrong, commissioner OF
water district No. 2, Fort Collins,
from Division Engineer Cogswell. I'm.