The state herald., 1912-01-12
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring Over the
State Worth While.

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The total valuation of property in
Ell Paso county is s22,209,220.
A factory to make stock food will
soon be established at Greeley.
w. II. Gleason, county treasurer OF
Clear Creek county, has resigned.
John Miller, recently convicted of
insanity at Pueblo, has been re-
leased
The city authorities of Rocky Ford
have abolished the office of heal n
officer.
Station A postoffice at Pueblo was
recently robbed of $500 in stamps and
money.
Twenty miners of the Alpha coal
mines at Fort Lupton went out on a
strike recently.
At Williamsburg 1875 men employed
at the Ocean Wave mine have gone
out on strike.
Grand Junction will make strong
fight for the Republican state conven-
ton next summer.
Armed guards are patroling the Al
pha mine near Fort Lupton, where riot.
ing has occurred.
Joseph H. Harrison, former senator,
it is reported, viii be the next post
master of Denver.
A total of l,224 civil cases and s21
criminal cases were filed in Colorado
Springs last year.
A modern sanitarium for tubercu-
losis will be established in the near
future at Greeley.
The government is now ready to be-
gin the construction of the Grand Val
ley irrigation project.
James Gruis of Sterling is reported
dying as the result OF terrific en-
counter with skunks.
George tombstone. a pioneer and
veteran of the civil war. died at La
Sale. aged II years.
John X. Hogan, employed at the
Smuggler-Union mine at Telluride,
died suddenly recently.
Reports from Hugo state that while
stock is suffering from the cold; the
loss will not be great.
The olathe Produce Association has
been Incorporated. The association Is
capitalized at $4,000.
Chief of Police Hutchinson of Grand
junction has ordered that all slot ma
chimes and gambling be stopped.
Cattle are reported TO be dying by
the hundreds in southern and eastern
Colorado as a result of the severe cold
and snow.
An interesting program has been
arranged for the Farmers Institute,
which is to be held In Longmont Jan
20. &c and 81.
The State Board of Health has In.
structed the Denver City Tramway
Company to pay more attention to the
heating of their cars.
The contract for the construction
Of the West canal. the last important
work In the ditch system OF the I'm.
compahgre project. will be let during
the month OF January.
A huge mountain lion. which had
been killing deer. cattle and dogs In
the Glenwood Springs community. was
recently killed. II weighed 252 pounds
and was nine feet long.
Farmers in the Romeo vicinity are
making extensive preparations for tn
organization OF an irrigation district TO
build the Magote reservoir. This dis
trict will include 10000 acres.
The body OF an unidentified man
was taken to Trinidad by Sheriff Pot.
ter OF otero county. The body was
found near Ayers. II Is believed the
man WAS killed by Santa Fe train.
J. p. Sweeney. justice OF the peace
at Grand Junction. has announced that
he will marry free the first leap year
bride; that Is. the first bride OF the
year who will admit that she pro.
posed
The United Hydro Electric Company
has brought into service the new and
splendidly constructed power line
down Clera Greek valley from the gen.
Grating plant nj Georgetown to Idaho
Springs
Frank Murata. the Japanese tried
and convicted at Greeley OF murder in
the second degree for shooting |. IBID
snkl at Ptalttovillo July Z. 1907. was
sentenced TO fourteen 10 twenty years
IN the ponitontlay.
To end the constant annoyance OF
public officials who have recently bcel
flooded with letters from people WIN
are looking for western wives or hus.
bands, a matrimonial bureau will DO
established In Grand Junction.
william stnnly OF Greeley. Bruce
O. Eaton OF Eaton. John u. Law o.
Windsor, A. h. lIocl OF Sterling. at,
the six men chosen from northern Col
orado To appear before the House com.
mil,co In Washington investigating tho
sugar business for tho puruoao a,