Eastern Colorado times., 1912-07-05
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small happenings Occurring Over the
state Worth While.

Woetetn NeWopapef Union NoWe 6eTvtce.
A postal savings bank has been e.
tablished at Aurora.
Lakes in the vicinity Of Greeley are
completely filled with water.
Deposits in the banks OF Grand juno
ton amount to $1.600.000
Charles Turner was shot and killed
by Frank Ensign near Telluride.
Fire recently destroyed property in
Loveland to the amount Of 5000.
A new school building is to be con-
structed at Stewart Mesa, near Paonia.
The Summer Normal school at Gun.
nison has been opened for the season.
Thirty-eight thousand dollars in life
Insurance was paid in Grand Junction
during 1911.
The ninth annual convention Of the
Colorado State Optical Society was
held in Pueblo.
Greeley dog owners contribute about
$3.50 year towards maintaining the
city government.
Forest rangers report the mountains
in many sections Of the state still
piled high with snow.
An irrigation district covering ten
thousand acres is being organized in
the Grand valley. near Silt.
The summer school Of the Universe
ty of Colorado at Boulder has opened
for six weeks term.
Every thirty-third person Of the $780,
600 that go to make up Denver's popu-
lation owns an automobile.
Morgan county will produce more
small grain this year than any pre-
vious year in its history.
Ground has been broken for $4,000
city hall at Sterling. The building Is
to be completed by October 1.
The Union Pacific is figuring on fifty
special trains for Knights Templar to
the conclave in Denver next year.
An average of 500 a day has been
paid into the office Of the clerk of the
Denver District Court, for alimony for
June.
Clinton Farrar, a pioneer, who lived
at Fort Collins forty-three years. died
recently at Boulder. aged seventy
three.
A special election will be held with
in sixty days to decide whether or not
Trinidad is to have commission gov
ernment.
President Taft has sent to the Sem
ate the nomination Of George H. Charl-
ton to be register of the Land Office
at Durango.
Education of the people in packing
apples will be taken up this year by
the Grand junction Fruit Growers
Association.
Fifty-seven car loads of young
steers were recently unloaded at
Steamboat Springs for stockmen in
that vicinity.
Keota has a Coursing association.
The membership is large and there are
number of good dogs In the bunch
owned by the club.
A cloudburst between the forks of
Clear Creek and Golden washed out
several miles OF track from the G. & 8.
railroad in Clear Creek cafion.
The people of Petrolite have
changed the name of that town to Val
ley View. 1t has ceased to be an oil
camp and its people are now all farm.
erS.
C. H. Rhodes, his wife and daughter,
comprising the entire family, were
found guilty of disturbance in Justice
Court at Mum, and Rhodes was fined
S25 and costs
Mesa county has taken the lead in
preparing for a complete exhibit of
fruits and other products to be ex-
hibited in Denver in June, 1913, dur
ing the great Blondes Turnfest.
According to an official of the Vic
tor American Fuel Company, the care
lessness of John Thomas, fire boss,
caused the Hastings mine explosion.
when twelve men, including Thomas,
were killed.
Capt. w. N. Rogers died in Colorado
Springs from blood poisoning resulting
from slight scratch on finger re-
ceived few days ago. Capt. Rogers
owned the Sunnyside hotel at Manitou,
which he built about thirty years ago.
William Hall, twenty years of age.
an -employe Of the Great Western
Sugar Company, was fatally burned at
Brush, Colo, while painting the inside
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