The Raymer enterprise., 1912-09-19
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring Over the
State Worth While.

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degrees above zero at Leadville Sun.
day morning.
The placing Of . dozen peaches in
the wrong box near Delta resulted in
walk-out of 100 Japanese fruit pick
ers.
After forty-eight years. a bullet has
been discovered in the chest Of Joseph
Blonger Of Denver, a veteran Of the
Civil War.
Ornamental side lights are to be
placed in the down town section of
Erie at once. There will be twenty.
four posts.
James Thomas fell from swiftly
moving Rio Grande passenger train
north of Pueblo escaped without brok-
en- bones.
The'new St. Philomena's Catholic
church In Denver was dedicated by
Bishop N. c. Matz, before congrega-
ton Of 600.
Melvin Blum, eighteen, son of ia
cob Blum and senior at Centennial
high school, died at Pueblo from spin.
al meningitis.
As an inheritance tax from the es.
tate Of the late Thomas S. Hayden the
state Of Colorado will receive the sum
Of $8,323.19. ..
The burial Of Richard John Van Val.
kenburg, pioneer and one Of the old
est Odd Fellows In the state, took
place In Denver.
M. Morris, a stranger at Pueblo.
committed suicide In jail a few min.
utes after he had been locked up on
charge of forgery.
Work at the Rocky Ford sugar fac
tory will begin Sept. &c, and orders
have been issued to beet growers to
begin hauling beets.
Heavy rains set back cantaloupe
picking in the Rocky Ford district and
have made the fruit soft and unfit tc
ship for several days.
Meeker has brand new curfew law
and a marshal who intends to enforce
1t. Eight O'Clock Is the hour set 70,
the children to be off the streets.
Rio Blanco county, in case the trans
continental automobile highway goes
through that section, will mike Seen
cry gulch' the show place Of Colorado
The body Of baby girl, which ap
parently had been dead but short
time, was found in q box floating In a
creek at the west end Of Colorado
City.
Many persons from Rocky Ford at
tended the exercises In connection
with the unveiling Of the monument
erected by the D. A. R.. at old Fort
Benton.
Newman Erb, controlling factor In
the Moffat road, has signed contrsc,
for 425 freight cars, most OF them fol
coal traffic. to be delivered at an
early date.
That the hair of Colorado women Is
brittle, faded and generally in poor
condition In majority of cases Is the
statement OF Paul Jergclot, French
hair importer. visiting in Greeley.
Lost on bleak stretch of prairie
miles from any human habitation. II
the severe storm that has swept tht
section near Trinidad, Porter Hover
and Harry Caldwell almost perished O.
|exposure.
The use OF scarf pin which sht
grasped while held In the arms OF al
unidentified man, saved Mrs. Margare
Waters Collins, bride OF three
months, at Colorado Springs from BIZ
Ing assaulted.
Following a raid on their apartments
in fashionable part of Grand juno
tlOn, Mrs. c. i. Middaugh and daugh
ter, Mary, twenty.one, two prominen
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were ordered to leave the city n
Hale and hearty, and still able to d,
days work that would fatigue the ay
crage young man, Marvin Mead, So
inventor OF a hay press, has Just cele
brated his anniversary surrounded b,
many OF his descendants at Pueblo.
Friday, the thirteenth, proved a hoo
doc at I.oveland when rain interferet
with the program Of fair attractions
In spite Of the inclement weathe
thousands turned out and declared tn,
fair the best In the history OF Larime
county.
The day Of the big cattle drives ha
not passed after all. despite the cur
tallmcnt year by year Of the opel
range. This was evidenced when on
of the largest herds In years was drIy
en- through Meeker. bound for tn
market In Denver. Chicago and Kar
SOS City.
The Great Western Sugar Company
In q suit filed in the United State
District Court by Assistant Unite
States Attorney Lacey. is accused @
fraudulently acquiring title to q trac
Of eighty acres In Laramie count,
Colorado. valued at $4,000 and rich 4
lime deposits.