The state herald., 1912-05-31
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small happenings Occurring Over tho
State Worth While.

| All the rural SCHOOLS In GueDlC CouH-
| ty have closed for the season.
The Elks Of Grand Junction have
decided to erect $4,000 home.
The International Association of Auc.
tioneers will meet in Denver June 8.
The contract for water works at
Miliken, to cost Sl2,9S5, has been let.
School census shows that Mesa
county has 6,242 children of school
age,
Water is running into the Milton
reservoir near Eaton, for the first
time
The estate of Robert A, Austin will
pay $4,000 Inheritance tax to the
state.
Grand Junction sugar factory has
secured the largest acreage OF beets
in its history.
May "a Lamar celebrated the TWEEN
ty-sixth anniversary of the sale of its
first town lots.
The highway from Boulder to Estes
Park has been opened and is in per-
feet condition.
Fire destroyed the Big Bear stamp
mill at Telluride The plant was val.
ued at 100000
Grand Junction is building a $780,
900 mountain water system to be conf
pleted in June.
The Idaho Springs baseball team de-
reated the Gilpin Mines team of Cen
trail City, 6 to 3.
Robert l.. Thasteen, one of the early
SETTLERS OF Loveland and pioneer OF
Colorado, is dead.
Wednes day, June ;, has been set for
the observance of Pixies Peak Day at
Colorado Springs.
The largest class in the history OF
the Colorado School of Mines was
graduated this year
a new state anthem has been writ.
ten for Colorado by Miss Marie Anne
Singletary of Denver.
Improvements planned to cost $685..
300 for the state insane asylum at Pu-
sblo have been started.
The acreage pledged for the pro.
posed La Sale Independent sugar fac
Tory has reached G,OO0.
The 1000 laborers at work in the
Weld county beet fields are in.
sufficient to handle the crop.
At a cost of $4,000 Greeley has
completed flltratioV basin at the
head OF its water works system.
Delivuk, the Austrian wrestler, de-
icated Tommy Ryan OF Colorado
Springs. getting two falls out of three.
Millikens City Council has planted
the City park. consisting of several
acres, with tomatoes in place OF grass
Warm weather has caused a rapid
rise OF the White river. until IL is
now on the verge OF breaking its
banks.
SiXty.iiye men have been enlisted
during the month OF May at the Den.
yer United States marine recruiting
station.
The preferred creditors OF the long,
since defunct State Bank OF Rocky
Ford will soon have their claims set.
tied In full.
The Redland dam. two miles south
OF Grand Junction. is threatened with
destruction by high water in the Gun.
nison river.
David II. Wilson. a prominent Den
yer newspaper man. editor OF Munich
pal Facts. died suddenly In his home
in that city.
Potato planting has been started
throughout the Greeley district. Al
least $4,000 acres OF potatoes will be
planted in the county this season.
From now on every rail turned out
from the Pueblo iron works viii un.
dergo thorough inspection before be.
ing accepted by railroads.
j. +. Coulter. bird iancier of Meeker,
Is undertaking to raise for game pur.
poses in that section the Chinese
ringed.ncck phoasants.
Before 1000 spectators. the annual
May Day frollc at the Teachers col
lego at Greeley too place. 900 students
participating In the Greek festival.
Petitions for submission OF the con.
Htitutional amendment that will give
elites In the state commission govern
mcnt have been circulated Ia Pueblo.
A call for a charter convention has
boon signed by citizens OF Delta To
nominate twcniy,onc members OF
charter committee to be voted for AZ
an election later
Twenty-Five miles Of the Rio Grande
Southern railroad IL washed out and
the town OF Rico Is entirely cut of
fran communication with the outer
world except by wire.
Charles burning was fined 500 In
Rocky Ford for boollcgEng with
costs. the penalty amounted to tiii.
lie has begun the serving OF the tfty.
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