Eastern Colorado times., 1912-04-05
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring Over the
State Worth While.

State Worth While.
Western Newspaper Union News Service
The state has taken over the Estes
Park fish hatchery.
Dependency, due to i'll health,
caused Lee Skinner, aged As, to kill
himself at Rocky Ford.
two cases of ptomaine poisoning
from canned tomatoes.
Mrs. Catherine C. Forquer, a pioneer,
died at Greeley, aged sixty. She came
to Colorado thirty years ago.
Work on the main line of the Mis-.
souri, Pacific between Pueblo and Kan
sas City will begin at once.
May Day celebration will be given
May 4. on the university campus of
the University Of Colorado at Boulder.
Mrs. E. p Fink will build the new
ctate armory at Fort Lupton, to be
leased to Company l at cost of $s,,
900.
A, new electric light system for Gree
ley will be installed If the franchise
asked from the City Council April 16
is granted.
Farmers around Windsor have be.
gun series of meetings with the OBJ,
Ject of promoting the dairy industry
of that district.
A. T. Stewart of Pueblo has been
chosen president Of the State Insane
Asylum Board and DR. Louis Haugh of
Denver. secretary.
J. w. Ewing received record price
for fat lambs shipped from Greeley
this season when he topped the Chi
cago market at $S.25.
E. H. Abbott, an original Union Col
onist, resident of Greeley for forty
one years. and the city's first mayor,
died at his home in that city.
The growth of Oak Creek during the
last year is clearly shown by the regis
tration for town election, which is 1868,
compared with 210 year ago.
w. c. Winbourne of Fort Luptol.
will pioneer corn growing and plant 100
ceres of corn on his dry farm east of
that place, If he can rid it Of prairie
dogs.
Interest is already aroused over
postcard day in Colorado when on May
1S thousands Of postcards viii be sent
out advertising the resources of tho
state.
1t las been decided to hold the JEFF
ferson county Democratic convention
at Arvada on Saturday, April 20, 1912.
The convention will have 100 dele
gates.
The work Of raising $4,000 in Pueb-
lo to buy seed grain for the destitute
farmers of Kiowa county has been COM
pleted and the grain will be shipped
to the settlers at once.
One of the largest eagles in captivi.
ty was taken to Mayor Speer's office
in Denver J. w. Davis, a Byers,
Colo, ranches. 1t Is said to be a per-
feet type of the American eagle.
Both batteries of the Colorado Ma.
tional Guard have been invited AMI
will attend the joint camp of instruc-
tion to be held under the direction OF
Uniteu States army officers at Fort
Riley, Kan, June 15 to June "a.
The Fort Lewis Indian school, for
which the last Legislature appropriat.
ed $50 900 for maintenance, may be
able to collect the entire appropriation
Immediately on account Of its relation
with the United States government.
Following an operation for enlarged
tonsils and adenoids, which had not
been regarded as dangerous, Kathleen
Seaman, the threeyear-old daughter of
X. e. Seaman of Idaho Springs, died
in Boulder at the University hospital.
w L. Lawson, district manager for
the Great Western Sugar Company,
has sent circulars to beet raisers for
the Fort Morgan, Brush and Sterling
factories announcing that prizes aggre.
eating $4,000 will be given by the COM
pany this year to the most successful
growers. Each factory offers $1,000 in
prizes.
About 400 acres have been contract.
ed for growing peas for canning in the
Greeley district Nearly as much has
been secured ut Johnstown for the
Longmont cannery. Hulling plants will
be put up in Johnstown and Ault at a
cost oe $4,000 each.
That the affairs Of the Union Trad
ing Company Of Colorado, which went
into bankruptcy several months ago,