The Raymer enterprise., 1912-03-07
Small Happenings Occurring Over the
State Worth While.

oeoIsetoWn 1or thlrty years, Is dead.
Construction work has been started
on new Catholic church at Meeker.
Col. A. W. Jones, a resident of
Greeley for twenty-eight years, is
dead.
On the ranch of Joe Kunzman, near
kersey. there is six.legged yearlng
lamb.
Arbor day Erie will plant tree for
every man, woman and child in the
town.
A railroad will be built from Meek.
er ten miles south to tap the coal
fields.
Forty.two miles of the Old Santa Fe
trail from Denver will be twenty.
foot pike.
At the Wilson park saw mill, 20
miles from Meeker. snow eight feet
deep is reported.
Mrs. Marian c. Gilbert, who was &C.
cused Of killing her husband in Pueb.
10, was acquitted.
For the first time pea acreage will
be contracted for in the Fort Lupton
district this season.
In June Grand Junction will cele.
brate the thirtieth anniversary of the
Incorporation of the town.
The Windsor creamery has been
opened for business. Cream will be
furnished from $50 cows.
El Paso, Boulder, Weld and Pueblo
counties have decided to hold presi.
dental preference elections.
Members Of the Kersey Commercial
Club are going out among the farm
ers and soliciting membership.
Many people who attended church
supper In Greeley were taken violent
ly Ill with symptoms of poisoning.
The Routt county extension OF the
Laramie, Hahn's Peak & Pacific rail.
way will be commenced April l.
Lieutenant General Sir Robert Ba.
den.Powell, X. c. B., C. V. o., founder
of the Boy Scouts. is in Denver.
Grand Junction is preparing to hold
a Chautauqua similar to those held at
Boulder and other Colorado cities.
Chas. Fl. Lasche, Of Valverde
sneezed and broke a blood vessel in
his side and is now in a serious con.
dition.
Seven thousand two hundred eighty
sheep, all raised in the San Luis val
ley. were shipped from Pueblo re.
Gently.
At the close Of the winter term of
the State Teachers college in Greeley
twentv.three young women received
diplomas.
The Milliken Commercial Club has
been organized and will conduct an
active campaign in the interest OF u
canning factory.
A second stampede of deer and elk
from the preserves in Wyoming has
begun, and the country around Hahn's
Peak Is overrun.
Adjutant General Chase has re.
quested the State Land Board to
loan $l5O,OO0 for the erection of
an armory at Denver.
The Greeley Hydro-Electric Compa-
ny will ask that city for franchise
to furnish current for heat, light and
power purposes.
Tom Ryan Of Colorado Springs won
two out Of three falls from Frank Du.
cray o. Grand Junction, in wrestling
match In the former city.
Trinidad merchants and shippers
have taken steps to reduce the rates
charged by railroads and express com.
panies hauling out Of that city.
Ira Z. Brown, a prominent mining
man OF Telluride, was killed when he
fell fifty.five feet In an upraise In The
Nellie mine, four miles from that city.
Burglars broke into the hardware
store Of Ellis & Hood at Florence and
stole $500 worth OF goods. Three men
were arrested and put In jail at Canon
City pending investigation.
The Rocky Mountain Baseball Lea.
que, composed OF clubs from Pueblo,
Colorado Springs, Rocky Ford. La
Junta and Canon City, has been or.
ganized. The salary limit was placed
at $1,000.
Stockmen Of Moffat county have or.
ganlzed wolf bounty association and
$50 each will be paid for grown wolves
and SO for pups. this amount being
in addition to the bounty paid by the
county.
The Aurora State bank was entered
by a lone robber recently who secured
between $500 and 5000 In cash. While
the bandit was attempting to make
his escape he was shot and mortally
wounded.