Gilpin observer., 1912-09-05
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring Over the
State Worth While.

"e'eTn Newspnper Union News Service.
Otto Haflstrom who was kicked tc
death by horse was buried at Gree
ley.
A large crowd was present at the
Bent county fair at Las Animas on
Thursday-Santa Fe trail day.
An effort is now under way to Sc
cure the pledge of $50 COWS for the
proposed creamery at Kersey.
Labor Day was generally observed
in Colorado. and thousands enjoyed va.
rious forms of amusement and recrea-
ton.
Mayors from a score of Western
slope towns met at Grand Junction
and discussed plans for civic better.
ment.
Falling head-foremost down a scale
pit and alighting upon a concrete
floor, Mrs. Mary Barbrick of Pueblo,
was killed.
Estimates by sheep feeders place
the number of sheep which will be fed
this year in the Fort Collins district
at 100000.
Arthur Reese, twenty-four, living at
Colby, sixteen miles west of Delta,
committed suicide by shooting himself
through the heart.
Idaho Springs has become Mecca,
to which scores of sufferers from hay
fever from Denver and other parts of
the state are flocking.
A Meeker dispatch says the new
line-the Provo and Lastern Utah rail-
way-which proposes to enter that Sec
ton, is now an assured fact.
The new Union Pacific round house
which has been unused since it was
constructed at Fort Collins, is to be
put into service on September 18th.
Watermelon was served as dessert at
the Pickle Day feast at Platteville, aft
er the dinner of barbecued meat, sand
wiches, coffee and other good things.
Memorial services for the late. Gen.
William Booth, founder of the Saliva
tion Army, were held at Greeley the
Presbyterian church, Mayor Mayher
presiding
Work on the construction of the 49,.
power project, which is TO water 100,
900 acres in Routt county, will be
started Immediately.
Mss 'Katharyn Hess, twenty-three
years old, stenographer, was run
over and seriously injured in Denver by
an electric runabout driven by Mrs.
E. L. Jessup, a society woman.
The last stone which the D. A. R.
will erect to mark the old historic
Santa Fe trail will be triumphantly
unveiled Thursday, September IL. on
the site of Fort Bent in otero county.
Superintendent William w. Tweed
dale and Alfred Rubin, assistant pit
boss of the Rocky Mountain Fuel CON-
pany. were killed by an explosion of
gas in the Frisco mine, near Piedmont.
The Colorado Kennel Club is to con-
duct a bench show in the auditorium
October oath to 26th. and more than
100 entries have been promised by dog
fanciers in Colorado and neighboring
states.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Pollock Of
Denver received the compliments OF
fifty of their friends and relatives at
golden wedding celebration of their
marriage half century ago in Fall
brook. Pa.
The assessed valuation OF property
in the City and County of Denver as
recorded in the abstract filed with
State Auditor Leddy by Assessor
Pitcher. is s133.S35. 1870 for the cur
rent year.
Struck by Santa Fe switch engine,
as she was picking up coal along the
Colorado & Southern railroad tracks at
Pueblo, Mrs. Mary Gallo. forty, was
ground beneath the wheels and will
probably die of her injuries.
Charles Ledingham. nine, received
1900 volts OF electricity through his
arm at the top of a high power pole
at Fort Collins, extricated himself and
descended to the ground in safety. The
flesh was burned off to the bone and
the boy suffered intense agony, bu:
will recover.
A fire at Cucharas Junction, forty
miles north of Trinidad. destroyed ths
Rio Grande station, postoffice and the
general mercantile store of William
Stevens. Mail and express packages
valued at several thousand dollars
were burned. The total loss is esti-
mated at 100000 to 100000. partial
ly insured.
The funeral Of Mrs. II. b. McClel-
land, widow Of DR.. w. F. McClelland,
who died in Denver, was held from the
family residence. Mrs. McClelland was
seventy-three years old and a pioneer
Of Dntaunr Shn cnma fn Cnlorad do with