The Paonia progressive and the Paonia newspaper., 1911-08-31
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring over the
State Worth While.

Richard Richards, an Old-time miner
of Idaho Springs, is dead.
A picnic of all the state societies in
Denver will be held on Labor Day.
Citizens of La Sale have offered to
donate site for a canning factory.
w. E. Meek, a resident of Colorado
Springs for thirty-eight years. is dead.
The Labor Day parade in Denver
will be the largest ever held in history.
Eaton people have invited President
Taft to visit that city on his western
trip.
The 2. L. Holland eighty-acre farm
acre.
James Wilson, secretary of agricul-
ture will be in Colorado early in Sep
tember.
Henry McClumb, aged fourteen. was
accidentally and fatally shot at Pueblo
by playmate.
Louis Gorch. steel worker. was IA
tally injured at Pueblo when he was
struck by car.
Grand Valley will celebrate Fruit
Day September 20. The fruit crop is
in fine condition.
The ten-year-old son of Charles My
ers of Peckham lost his eye as re.
suit Of bee sting.
The three-day harvest festival to be
held at Brush Sept 6, I and promises
to be big event.
More than 22 cars OF strawberries
have been shipped from Glenwood
Springs this season.
Peter Nyman, a well-to-do farmer of
Avondale, was instantly killed when
his team ran away.
George E. Taylor. a pioneer drug
gist of Leadville. died after an illness
of only few hours.
The annual conference of the Meth
odist church will open in Colorado
Springs Aug. 30.
Herbert Carlson was killed in Tom
Boy mine at Telluride by being csugh:
in the shafting.
Myers Liant. fifteen years old. OF La
Junta. was fatally injured by the ex-
plosion of powder.
In the Bohemian community. near
Ramah lightning killed three cows be-
longing to Mike Dzurochin.
Water will be distributed in part of
the Greeley-Poudre irrigation district
in time for the crop next year.
A determined fight is being made by
the railroads In Colorado against lille
gal ticket "scalping" in the state.
At the Davis Wolgamott place. near
Hayden. lightning struck the big gran
airy. smashing 1t to kindling wood.
II is estimated that $500 people
have visited Estes Park this summer
and as yet the park is full of tourists.
Albert Compton of Fort Collins was
arrested in Denver charged with rails
ing checks and returned to Fort Col
lins.
The Missouri Pacific is contemplat-
ing an immigration movement on
large scale to settle up eastern Colo
RADIO.
Edward Johnson. fifty years old. of
Pueblo. was found under a bridge in
that city in critical condition and
may die.
Miss Mona Shockley. living on a
homestead east of Grover, lost her
cabin and its contents, valued at 500.
by fire.
Milo Ivanisivoe, Russia, was
killed by falling under moving
freight train in the Tobasco yards, six
teen miles north of Trinidad.
Edward Beeson, one Of the three
Oldest men in Weld county. pioneer
of the seventies, and known far and
near as Uncle Ed." died in Evans.
Miss Mary Rush OF Yuma. Colo,
showed the grit OF a true Western
woman at Cheyenne when she made a
thrilling ride in ladies' cowpony race
with a broken hip.
The Colorado Retail Merchants As
sociation will cooperate with the Odd
Fellows in an attempt to secure the To-
cation of the new Odd Fellows home
in Fort Collins.
Whether Kiowa is the county seat
| of Elbert county and whether the
| county will erect a new court house
are questions that will be settled in
District Court In Colorado Springs.
Complete tests have just been made
at the School OF Mines at Golden of
chemical and assay laboratory sup
plies manufactured from Golden prod
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