The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-03-01
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.

farming country eaSt VI Eatoii.
The nexrl tnunslitg lfl eHtipn in La
mar Will be held i1 April, 1918. H.
Georsetown Is to have plant for
the manufacture of concrete brick.
James H. smith, one IL tie yealthi-
est citizens IN Mesa codhty. issdead.
There WE'RE 1,e0N Seiyer deaths jn
Denver in 1911 than in the preceding
year. ..,....., ..,.,,.,,.,,,r,,
Eastern and southern Colorado are
suffering from the effects of the bliz-
zard. "'i1"Hs AoH az 80
b The cornerstone bf tie First Baptist
church at Grand Junction was recently
laid.
Richard RichafdJbn,. bne Of the
earliest settlers Of Cripple Greek, is
dead. ,,s,. ,,b,.,,,.oN ree
Jerome L. Terry, IAN employe. of the
d. & R. G. at salida. shot and killed
his wife. ""''n'N'f.' 'N''
The turkey trot ahd the bunny hug
dance hav been introduced, in Grand
Junction. ~sG,4i
The Mineequa steel works at Pueblo
haS IeCelFeu al OTuer lOT ol,VVV LUIS
of steel rails.inr sdt h9Jt>i' ''+.4
Not in several years. has Colorado
experienced as heavy a; SNOWFALL as
the recent one. 4.,, ......,
The twenty-first annual fair of the
Arkansas Valley will open at Rocky
Ford SeptemberS. 9rirroNi go -fl
Derricks are; being, erected in the
Gross oil field sixteen miles from
Steamboat Springs 3'''H
Rudolph Unholz,, the fighting Boer,
and Eddie johnson. fought ten rounds
to draw at Pueblo. t"=-
The state fish hatchery at Steam
boat Springs has lust t'i,atohed out
10000 brook trodt. ravf9t -,
Italian, Archuleta. county's famous
sub-chief, died recently at his home
near Pagosa Junction. haSsN sia 81
Ben Peck aged asiKty.three. at one
time county assessor 9f Routt coun-
ty. is dead at Hayden, No., :. 'h''''7
James A. King, weli-known pio-
neer of northern Cofdfado.'is dead,at
his home near Boulden,oi yer 10
Weld county'ss new Jail is completed
and has room for, 100 prisoners. The
cost of the building was 100000 t7-
Civil Service examinations will be
held March 10 aande ~ Nfor school
teachers in .the, Philippines. 10 .
The Fort Morgan high school de-
feated the Brush high school at bas-
ketball by score tof 50 to 10. SOL
Frank Du Cray of Grand Junction
threw Lars Olson OF indianapolis twice
in wrestling match at M NJ
Indications are that every locality
in Weld county VIII have a dairy as
sociation within, the next few months.
Fat lambs are being shipped from
Greeley to Eastern markets, several
carloads having already been shipped
Holly now has an Nanti-horsethief as
ISOLATION whose members are con-
stantly on the outlook for, evil-doers.
w. E.. Wilson. convicted of ID wife
beating at Pueblo, was sentenced to
pile. ~ usN aaa a4A3 }
AS result of an accident on the c.
& S. train at Lynn, twenty-one miles
from Trinidad, four persons were in
jured. So ''a'o''Ni
The three-year-old son Of Dan Van
derpool at Greeley, fell backward into
tub of boiling water and was fatal
ly injured
In the Greeley district tYenty-one
thousand five hundred acres have al
ready been pledged for the growing of
sugar beets. -.,.-,.....- -
The Colorado Whist League held
one of the most successful tourna-
ments in the history of the organiza-
tion in Denver. ~ g1sHrn
Evergreen has subscribed $1,000 to-
ward connecting the Bear Creek road
with the route connecting Idaho
Springs with Denver. so
In wrick on the Colorado Midland
recently at Niger. five coaches were
thrown into the Grand river. The en-
gineer was injured.
The city of La Junta has bought six
acres of land adjoining the town on
which wells will be sunk to increase
the city's water supply, 49,. .-'gsl,, o.
The new home and club building OF
the Canon City Elks was recently dedi-
Gated with appropriate ceremony. The
new building cost $4,000 sM !
An appropriation of $4,000 has been
made by the Trinity Lutheran church
at Grand Junction for the erection OF
church building In that city. 81
The new government tiver-testing
station at Meeker is said to be In bad
condition and the big iron bridge is in
danger of being carried away. 4,ls7 q,
AS a special feature Of the enter
tainmcnt of the Grand Army in Boul-
der next summer chorus of eighty
boys is being trained to sing.
The two Union Trading stores at
Meeker and Rifle. recently sold at Pu-
eblo will be restockeds enlarged and
operated on a broader scale than ever
before.
The bootlegging case of the town of