The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-01-25
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring Over the
State Worth While.

Ice at thirty inches thick on the
Poudre river at Zimmerman.
The Second Baptist church has just
been organized at Colorado Springs.
Edward F. Highland, prominent rail-
road man and Mason, died in Denver
Frank Vance, noted gun-man, was
shot and killed at Kokedale recently.
The knights of Pythias Of Rocky
Ford have dedicated their new build
ing.
John F. Morgan has been appointed
to a third term as postmaster of Colo
rado City.
The Rock Island railroad is contem-
plating numerous improvements in
Colorado.
A masked robber entered saloon
at Leadville recently and carried
away $3.50.
A vanadium alloy manufacturing
plant is in prospect for Denver IN
the near future.
AS a result of mistaking strychnine
for cough syrup. Oliver NJ. Hill, OF
Meeker. is dead.
The Montrose Chamber of Com
merce has been e-organized with sew
enyt-one members.
Beginning February 1, the mint at
Denver will coin nickels for the first
time in it's history.
The Lamar High school defeated the
Wiley team in game of basket ball
by score of % to s.
The "Old Time Cowboys reunion
was held in Denver recently and
closed with big banquet.
Thirty persons who have lived in
Denver twenty-five years or more,
have died SO far this month.
The County Commissioners of ou-
ray county are seriously contemplating
establishing county farm.
The Eaton High School basketball
team defeated the Denver Y. NJ. c. A.
team by a score of 35 to 16.
The ninth annual convention of the
Colorado-Wyoming Lumber Dealers
Association was held in Denver.
Harold F.. Henwood will be placed
on trial in Denver for the killing OF
Tony Won Phul. February -.
Boulder Troop D. Of the Colorado
National Guard has begun campaign
for an increased enlistment.
John F. Moore, for fifteen years
manager of the Grand Junction Fruit
Growers Association, has retired.
Mrs. Fred Hummer, formerly Of
Johnstown, died at Keota, following
the birth of her eleventh child.
John M. Dunn. one OF the old-timers
of Meeker and the White River val
ley. died recently at Goldfield. Nevada.
Richard McCloud of Durango. has
been appointed county Judge OF La
Plata county to fill the unexpired term.
Two hundred thousand dollars will
be paid into the state treasury by the
estate of the late Charles B. Kountze.
Joseph Magnetic, an employe OF
the Colorado & Southern at Silver
Plume. was suddenly stricken blind.
Newell w. Banks. champion check
er player OF the United States, will
visit Denver the latter part OF jan
uary.
The $4,000 Methodist church at
Trinidad was recently dedicated,
Bishop Quayle OF Oklahoma City pre-
siding.
Within the last two months about
twenty men have been convicted in
Greeley for selling liquor without H.
cense.
The jury in the case Of Clark Hol-
comb. charged with murder. at Grip
pie Creek, returned a verdict Of not
guilty.
A manual training department is to
be established in the new high school
now under construction in Steamboat
Springs.
C. C. Doyle. who confessed to oper-
ating a lottery, was fined 500 and
sixty days in Jail. by the District
Court in Denver.
Oral arguments on the Grand juno
ton freight rate case before the In
terstate Commerce Commission has
been set for February 5.
Rio Blanco county commissioners
have appropriated money for the pur-
pose of changing the course of White
river distance Of mile below
Meeker. thinking this will prevent fur
ther damage from ice gorges.
Commercial clubs in northeastern
Weld county advocate that thirty
townships be cut off and made into a
new county. 1t is said the income in
the proposed new county will be suf.
,in hn
The establishment of a cooperative
creamery at Gill, to be controlled by
| farmers, has been made almost GER
tain. Cream from 500 COWS has been
pledged. The creamery will cost
$1,000 and will probably be in opera