The Elk Mountain pilot., 1911-02-02
LirrLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small HappsnTnss Occurring over the
state Worth Telling.

Edgar Buchanan has been reelected
president OF the Durango Board OF
Trade.
Rumor says the Kuenzel Process of
smelling ores is to be established at
Salida.
The demands for farms to rent In
the Platteville vicinity exceeds the
supply.
The town of Hungerford. on the
Union Pacific railway, had its first
fire recently.
The first banquet of the Ault Com.
mercial Club was attended by seventy
five members
The first annual Mesa County Doc
tors. institution was held in Grand
junction recently.
Much interest is being manifested
in the proposed automobile road up
Boulder caiion to Nederland.
Wilson Potter. a ranchman. near
Fountain. was thrown from a load OF
hay and seriously injured.
Two men have been arrested In
Greeley charged with holding up and
robbing Attorney Thomas Nixon.
Fire OF mysterious origin destroyed
eleven empty freight cars in the yards
at Ludlow. The loss is about $4,000.
Mayor Fugard and Chief of Police
Young OF Pueblo. have issued strict
orders to every patrolman to stop
gambling.
Donald Pen. two years old. fell In
parents home In Wellington and was
to a. bucket Of scalding water at his
fatally burned.
James White. a veteran OF the Civil
War. pioneer Of Georgetown and
resident OF Clear Caeek county since
1872. is dead
Greeley is to have an official marke,
place. where sellers of hay. horses.
farm produce and the like may gather
to await buyers.
Raising OF hogs Is an important In.
dustry in the Hayden valley. The
Cary ranch has 400 or 500 and has pu-
In packing plant.
The body OF Fred Barry. an old
time miner OF Silverton. has been
found near that place. where he was
caught by a snowslide.
Work on the new House OF the
Good Shepherd on Myrtle hill In Den
YER. has been stopped. pending street
car arrangements.
Fire in the New York store In Cen
tral City caused heavy damage to the
stock and loss OF several thousand dol
lars on the building.
4 xF
sold for 100000 by the Pueblo Live
Stock Il Commission Company. for de-
livery In Pueblo In May.
Carson b. Wilson. superintendent OF
mails In the Denver postoffice. has
been arrested on u charge OF embez-
zling government funds.
Strong Denver financial interests
are behind the new State bank at Eo
reo. in Conejos county. which ha,
been opened for business.
AS a result OF drinking several
ounces OF gasoline by mistake. II. r.
Chalfant, u member OF the City Coun-
ell of Evans. is violently i'll.
A thorough examination of the
fruit trees around Grand Junction.
shows that the recent cold snap has
rot injured the fruit crop.
w. E. Stafford. retired farmer.
was shot and instantly killed by
Thomas Hutchinson. a tenant on one
OF the Stafford ranches west of Lamar.
White attempting to light the oven OF
n gas range Mrs. A. w. Franklin OF
Greeley was seriously burned about the
head ana face by an explosion of gas.
According to the figures compiled
by Forest Supervisor Wheeler's Of
flee. 2,160,0O0 fish are necessary each
year to stock the streams OF Colorado
District Judge Rizer OF La Junta
rendered a decision quashing the in
dictment against John f. Godding.
president of the defunct Rocky Ford
bank
About 100 people gathered at Berke-
ley park recently to see the Honeycutt
biplane. one of the newest OF Denver
made flying machines. in trial
flight.
After three days session at the Al
bany hotel in Denver, the annual con-
vention of the Colorado Retail Hard.
ware & Implement Association came
to a close.
With the arrival in Pueblo Of num-
ber of well known railroad builders
the first steps toward actual construc-
ton of the Pueblo & Southeastern
railroad have been taken.
A train leaving Durango for Silver.
ton crushed the skull Of William
/ wi
city. He was lying on the track at
sharp curve, where he had fallen
asleep.