The state herald., 1912-08-09
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring Over the
State Worth While.

vice.
Colorado was thirty.slx years old
August 1st.
Rocky Ford's new system of street
lighting has been finished.
Mrs. Jean Hooper Page, writer and
poet, died recently at her home in Den.
yer.
The beet and potato crops in the vi.
cinity of Hardin have been destroyed
by hail.
Hail did severe damage in some in
stances destroying crops. around Hugo
recently.
Miss Ethel Butler. twenty-n.ne.
teacher of Pierce, committed suicide
by shooting.
The Northern Colorado Power
Company has established headquar-
ters in Boulder.
Colorado Springs has been damaged
thousands of dollars by the overflow
ing of Fountain creek.
Arrangements are being made for
the celebration of Rocky Ford's silver
anniversary, September 3rd.
A heavy wind and rain storm swept
the Virgins country. causing great
damage to crops and roads.
Over two miles of track near Well
ington on the Colorado & Southern
was washed out by a cloudburst.
Fred Tiller, a miner working at tho
Aduddell mine in Russell district, was
severely injured by cave-in at that
property.
1t is now believed that five people.
one woman and four men, lost their
lives in the recent Rock Island wreck
at Pueblo.
The First National bank of Lafay.
ette, Colorado, has been made U.
depository for postal savings banks in
that district.
A representative of Morris & Co. Is
in Denver looking over the situation
with a view to establishing a pack
ing plant there.
Christian Maniatis. Greek restau.
rant keeper in Denver. has received i
black hand letter ordering him TO quit
business and leave the city.
Thirty-two persons were killed in
Colorado mines during the first four
months of 1912. according to the Bu
reau of Mines in Washington.
With their town taxes at So mills,
the people OF Platteville at mass
meeting refused to assume any addi.
tional burden in the way OF bonded in.
debtedness.
Van Fields. nineteen. OF Pueblo. ls
mentally unbalanced by trip 10 the
summit OF Pixies peak Sunday, when
he experienced high altitude for the
first time.
The flow OF water from the Roose
Welt tunnel at Cripple Creek has in.
creased to 10000 gallons per minute OF
more. as against 5000 gallons two
weeks ago.
Benny Chavez. the Trinidad MexL
can prize fighter. has been matched
for twenty.round bout with Monte
Attel of San Francisco. at Santa Fe.
Labor Day.
Maldartz Gomez OF Fort Collins was
arrested for beating his slxteen.year
old wife with a knotted ''blacksnake'
until blood drlpped from her shouL
ders and back.
All records for gain in acreage. quail
nd la.
valley have been broken during the
past month by the strides the beet
crops have made.
i. ]. Bawden. treasurer of Sau
Juan county. and a Socialist, has re
fused to collect the military poll tas
in that county. His political vlewi
caused him TO take this action.
Believing they were administering
EPSON salts. the parents OF Frank
Brock. age eighteen. OF Denver, gave
him large quantity OF cyanide o,
potassium. which caused his death.
The first pest district formed under
the new pest law for fighting grass
hoppors. prairie dogs. weeds aud 9th
er pests. is now being operated to
good advantage In IN Atwood section
Failing from the roof OF three
story building upon which he wns1
working In Pueblo. John Abrams mad
the good fortune 10 alight upon
clothes line and then upon u dog
thereby saving his life.
Andrew Mckay. the third man to 10
cate u claim In Cripple Creek twenty
years ago and u, one time one OF the
richest mining men In Colorado. was
arrested In Grand Junction recently
upon n charge OF drunkenness.
The Senate public lands comml,,o,
has decided TO lot the Taylor bill
which passed the House. TO grant the
use Of forest reserve lands ON pixies
peak slopes TO Colorado sprinsn and
Mnnitou for municipal water supply
purposou. 40 over until December.