Gilpin observer., 1912-05-02
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring Over the
State Worth While.

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Prices of meats have practically
doubled within the last week in Den
yer.
Moffat county officers are after
hunters who are killing elk for their
| teeth
Five carloads of seed have been dis
'tributed among the farmers in Logan
county.
Swat the fly, is the slogan of the
women OF the Civic league of Colorado
Springs.
One of the worst windstorms Tor
years visited the Rocky Ford valley
recently.
| The Christian churches of Northern
Colorado held their conference In
Boulder.
The upper section of the Uncom.
pahgre will be stocked with trout this
summer.
New Orleans is likely to adopt the
Grand Junction commission form of
government.
Albert A. Ives of Hiawatha has been
arrested on the charge of selling liquor
without license.
Sebastian Marriaker, well-known
mine carpenter of Central City, was
found dead in his cabin.
OF late many assaults have been COM
mitted on non-union men in the coal
camps in Boulder county.
There is S9,9S9. .44511 on deposit in
the six banks of Colorado Springs, ac-
cording to official statements.
DR.. II. w. Kirby of Georgetown las
been appointed to the state board of
health by Governor Shafroth.
Dick Cameron of Ault, Colo. was
killed with putty knife by fellow
prisoner in Decatur. ILL.,, jail.
Leroy Pearcy. seven years old. son
OF A. r. Pearcy, was drowned in a
bathtub in his home in Loveland.
The department encampment Of the
Grand Army of the Republic will be
held in Boulder May IA. 15 and 16.
John Hansen of Strawberry gulch,
near Meeker. one of the best known
cattlemen in the White River valley,
is dead.
Loss and damage. estimated at $4,-
900. was caused by fire at the Cedar
Hill mine. eighteen miles north Of
Trinidad.
The two boys who confessed to the
robbery of the Globe Express Compa-
ny in Grand Junction Of $4,000, will
not be prosecuted.
Owing to disagreement, all but
one of the trustees of All Souls Uni
tarion church in Colorado Springs.
have resigned.
Mrs. Margaret Delo. aged seventy
nine years, pioneer Of this state, died
in Tacoma. Wash, recently. Her home |
was at Salida
At special election held in Carr. |
$4,000 bonds were voted for the pur-
chase of site and the erection of a |
new school building.
John Weese, a well known ranch |
man living near Hygiene, and who was
one Of the first settlers in the ST. |
Vrain valley. is dead.
Greeley may add woman to its |
police force as the result of the sIe- !
gestion of many mothers, who declaI |
that a woman could best deal with |
girls.
1t is expected that between forty |
and fifty auto owners of La Junta will |
join the auto club organized there to |
promote interest in good roads and mo-
toring.
wreck occurred on the Rio Grande |
Southern narrow guage, two miles
from Ouray, the second within a week |
on the Ouray -Salida division. No one |
was seriously injured.
Inheritance Tax Appraiser o. Z. Col |
Inns of Colorado Springs reported 10 |
the attorney general that the estate |
of Edward West at Trinidad will pay |
$500 into the state treasury.
Colorado has more divorce courts
than has England, Germany and |
France combined" was the statement |
made by DR.. William S. Friedman in
his address on the divorce evil at |
Temple Emanuel in Denver.
Announcement has again been made
that the Uintah railroad is to be broad. |
gauged its entire length and made |
part of the present transcontinental |
system. Five tunnels will be bored,
one Of which will be 5000 feet long.
La Junta is soon to become one OF
the best lighted cities in the state. A
Pueblo company is building u high.
power line from Pueblo to Arkansas
valley points and will put in an orna.
mental street lighting system in La
Junta.
State Engineer Charles w. Comstock
in decision upholding the prior
claims of the town of Palisade to water
for its municipal supply. declares that
water for domestic purposes has pri-
ority over all other claims under the
constitution of the state