The Springfield herald., 1912-08-23
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring over the
State Worth While.

state Worth while.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
SiNerton is making preparations to
celebrate Labor day.
The Ouray Pioneer association will
hold a picnic September End.
During friendly wrestling match at
Evans, William Hill received broken
leg.
More than 1000 gallons of oil will
be used on the downtown streets Of
Greeley.
The state treasury has been en-
riched by the addition Of $3.496.35 in
inheritance taxes.
A bandstand costing nearly 1000
has been erected on the courthouse
lawn In Boulder.
Three men were hurt when engine
No. of the Moffat road jumped the
track at Willow station.
Johnnie Carver. nine. fell under a
heavy ore car at Pueblo and had both
legs cut off at the knees.
Mrs. Ella Celeste Adams. a we'll
known newspaper woman of the state,
| uiCu Al SUlOTduO springs.
The mayor of Colorado City has or
dered the police to close all gambling
places and houses of Ill repute.
The Young Peoples Christian En-
deavor convention of the Colorado
Presbytery, was held in Cahon City.
Colonel C. F. Meek. president of the
Colorado Yule Marble Company, died
ct Marble as result of an accident.
William Brand, the "bee man." Of
LaSalle. was driven nearly crazy when
a bee stung him on the tip of his
tongue.
Work will be commenced on three
irrigation projects in Routt county in
the near future, involving over 200. 900
acres Of land.
Seventy-nine residents of Ell Paso
county are seeking nominations for
county offices at the coming primaries.
September 10.
The good roads fund being raised
by the Chamber Of Commerce is still
growing rapidly. and is now nearing
the $4,000 mark.
Miss Ruth Shepherd of Eaton has
received word that she has been
awarded one of the Henry Strong
scholarships at Colorado College.
The International Supreme Council
Of the knights of Columbus, held In
Colorado Springs recently. attracted
enc thousand visitors to Colorado.
Charles Bowman, well known cat
tie man of Grand Junction, has
bought an automobile which he will
use in rounding up his cattle.
cowgirls of Colorado and adjoining
states will contest for the champion
ship of the world at the State fair, to
be held in Pueblo Sept. 16 to 81.
Mrs. Antoine Crosse of Grand juno
ton. whose weight is only ninety
pounds. is the mother of young
baby who weighed eighteen pounds at
birth.
A fine Jersey COW, the property OF
Walker Grayson, rancher of Louis
Vile. was found absolutely uninjured
1T the bottom Of an abandoned mine
shaft. eighty feet deep.
Milliken has a fine potato crop in
the heart Of the city and the aldermen
expect to reap a rich harvest from the
tive-acre tract which eventually to be-
come its municipal park.
While her husband, who is rural
mail carrier. is away enjoying three
| of La Sale is daily delivering mail
over his route that covers forty miles.
While on his way to the police sta
ton in Pueblo. to report the robbery
of his residence, Lee Culbertson, pro-
prietor of a lunch counter, was struck
ever the head by footpad and robbed
of $40 and gold watch.
Lewis Williams, an employee of the
Boulder city water works department,
while returning from the reservoir,
was seriously If not fatally injured
when he collided with an automobile
as he rode his bicycle down hill.
Fleeing before Robert Freeman OF
Glenwood Springs. his employer, with
whom he had ben engaged in fight.
Robert Roberts. negro ranch hand.
ran half mile before he reached the
the Grand river, into which he went
headlong and was drowned.
Daniel and Lester Baker, two for
mer Boulder children, seven and four
years old, were seriously injured near
Estes Park village when an automo-
bile driven by Denver man crashed
into the rear Of a spring wagon driven
by H. A. Baker.
The government has filed three
suits for judgment amounting to 3d.
900, against the Colorado G. Southern
Railway Company. alleging the rail-
way has violated the statute. provid.
ing that no railway employee be al
lowed to work more than sixteen con.
secutive hours.
Yields that break all records in
wheat In Jamestown vicinity were
recently recorded on the Robert
Taylor ranch when 2.016 bush.
els of fall wheat were thrcshed
from 2S acres. an average Of seventy
two bushels an acre and 1904 bushels
from twenty-five acres. an average Of
cixty-four bushels to the acre.
At the close of business for the
quarter ending June IA. figures show