The new era., 1912-04-25
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS,
email Happenings Occurring Over the
State Worth While.

State Worth While.
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Idaho Springs is to have a new $780,.
900 hotel
On Arbor Day over 10000 trees
were planted in Denver.
The President nominated Walter ].
Burke as postmaster at Sterling.
NJ. c. Mckenzie, a rancher of Yuma
county, died at a hospital In Denver.
The work of putting In the new sys.
TEN Of street lighting in Rocky Ford
is under way.
Forty suspects arrested in conec.
tion with the Globe Express robbery
at Grand Junction have been released.
Plans are being made for the install.
lation OF an automobile truck service
between Collbran and Grand Junction
John Hofmund. a pioneer of Love.
land was found dead in bed. He was
sixty-fiye and died from heart disease.
The Wuodmen of the World held a
largely attended smoker in Rocky
Ford recently. Several OF the state Of
ficers were present.
Subscriptions to date to the Com.
merce Investment Company for the re-
lief OF the destitute farmers OF East
ern Colorado total $S.2G1.50.
Fred Schaeffeldein, u miner, was
killed in Il cave-in iu the entry OF the
Henrietta mine on Battle mountain
near Red Cliff.
Work on the excavation and founda
tion OF the new opera house at Idaho
Springs is progressing rapidly with a
big force of men and teams.
The Senate public buildings commit.
tee reported ravorably Senator Gug.
genheim's bill appropriating $4,000
for public building site at Monte Vista.
Fruit prospects in the Canon City
district wcr never better at this sea
son OF the year. Every indication
points to a bumper crop OF practically
all kinds o! fruit.
DR.. Oliver Ebert. one OF the most
prominent physicians OF Mesa county.
was found dead OH his homestead
twenty-scvcn miles southeast OF Grand
Junction by cowboys.
w. H. Edwards and Frank Rolf we're
arrested and are being held in con.
ncctiOn with the murder OF Jim War.
ford. whose body was found recently
on Battle mountain. Cripple Creek.
E. L. Brown. vice president and
general manager OF the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad. has been elected Z"
the directorate Of that company. sue.
ceeding Howard Gould. resigned.
With 5000 acres pledged for bcets
growing. an Independent sugar fac.
tory probably will be established IN
the Greeley district. Tho proposed fac-
tory will cost 100000.
The opening OF 10000 acres Of rich
farming land on the Fort Lewis mesa
near Durango. recently. caused nc
rush of homcscekcrs as the govern.
ment had not advertised the opening.
Because she refused to permit q
tramp to rob the store OF which she
was in sole charge. Mrs. John L. Puck
cit was probably fatally beaten with
steve poker by IA tramp at Nyburs.
fourteen miles east Of Pueblo.
Former County Commissioner r. W.
d. vinny OF Greeley. who recently
plp AIDED guilty to the charge Of mai.
fcasancc In office. was fined 5000 and
costs. the maximum. by District Judgr
Graham.
Solicitors for packing company
who have been canvassing the Der
;houd district for acreage for the grow.
ing OF peas have contracted for $50
acres, enough to insure the erection OF
hulling plan; for that town.
That the National Guard Of Colora'
do has been ordered to mobilize and
be in readiness to respond immediate.
iy to orders expected from the War
Department at Washington Is the sub
stance Of reports curren; in Denver.
Th" City Council OF Colorado Springs
will Join with FL Paso and Otero ccun.
ties and the school districts In the two
counties In their fight TO compel the
Santa Fe railroad to pay the tax as-
s"ssrd against II by the State Board OF
Equalization.
i.uN Gland feeders have received the
highest price ever paid. 1t Is said. for
COW in the Denver market. Al Gov
| Of l.uveland got II. Cows fed In his
lots It the sugar factory sold at SG.3a
per hundred. averaging i.i5S pounds
each
Th" federal authorities have just
brought about the arrest Of NJ. T.. and
l.. \ fill-known as G. l.. Lee 4 Co.
in Salidn. Colo. They are charged
with using the mails TO sell marked
card loaded dice. "holdouis" and
waved palms.
Denver Is to be the gathering place
durii the next few weeks of member
ot the Industrial Workers of tho
World who are bound for San Diego
10 ike hand In the war being