The Colorado statesman., 1912-05-04
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring Over the
State Worth While.

| $4,000 "a AhSdto
doubled within the last week in Den
yer.
Moffat county officers are after
hunters who are killing elk for their
teeth.
Swat the fly" is the slogan of the
women of the Civic league of Colorado
Springs.
One of the worst windstorms for
years visited the Rocky Ford valley
recently.
The Christian churches of Northern
Colorado held their conference in
Boulder.
The upper section of the Uncom.
pahgre will be stocked with trout this
summer.
After being a dry town for four
years, three saloons have been opened
in Evans.
quarter of million new trees,
mostly cherries, are being planted in
Otero county.
New Orleans is likely to adopt the
Grand Junction commission form of
government.
The new union depot for the Rock
Island and Union Pacific roads at Lii
mon has been opened.
Sebastian Marriaker, a well-known
mine carpenter of Central City, was
found dead in his cabin.
OF late many assaults have been COM
mitted on non-union men in the coal
camps in Boulder county.
Ranchmen report that many dead
cattle, victims of the long and hard
winter, are being found.
Arrangements have been made for
the celebration of the thirtieth ami
versary of Grand Junction.
The three-year-old son of William
Kruger of Pueblo died from the ef-
| fects of drinking gasoline.
Dick Cameron of Ault, Colo, was
killed with putty knife by fellow
prisoner in Decatur, ILL.,, Jail.
Leroy Pearcy, seven years old. son
of A. r. Pearcy, was drowned in
bathtub in his home in Loyeland.
The citizens of Sugar Loaf have de-
cided to build a new school house, the
proposed structure to cost $4,000.
John Hansen of Strawberry gulch,
near Meeker, one of the best known
cattlemen in the White River valley,
is dead.
Loss and damage, estimated at s4,-
| 900, was caused by fire at the Cedar
Hill mine, eighteen miles north Of
Trinidad.
The two boys who confessed to the
robbery of the Globe Express Compa-
ny in Grand Junction of $4,000, will
not be prosecuted.
Owing to a disagreement, all but
one of the trustees of All Souls Uni
tarion church in Colorado Springs,
have resigned.
Mrs. Margaret Delo, aged seventy
nine years, pioneer of this state, died
in Tacoma, Wash, recently. Her home
was at Salida.
S. u. Schneck formerly manager of
the Union Trading Company, arrested
in Denver recently has been released
on bond of $4,000.
At special election held in Carr,
$4,000 bonds were voted for the pur-
chase of site and the erection of a
new school building.
The annual track meet of the Rocky
Ford and La Junta High schools re-
suited in victory for the Rocky Fo.d
team, with a score of 81 points to 80.
No records were broken.
The residents of the San Juan coun-
try have taken stand toward the
building of an independent line from
Pennington, N. NJ, to Gallup, N. NJ,
to serve as southern outlet.
wreck occurred on the Rio Grande
Southern narrow guage, two miles
from Ouray, the second within week
on the Ouray- -Salida division. No one
was seriously injured.
The City Council of Boulder has en-
ployed John ]. Wilson to draw plans
for municipal lighting plant, $4,000
in bonds having been voted for that
use. 1t is expected that this will cover
all expenses.
Announcement has again been made
that the Uintah railroad is to be broad
| gauged it's entire length and made a
part of the present transcontinental
system. Five tunnels will be bored,
one of which will be 5000 feet long.
La Junta is soon to become one OF
the best lighted cities in the state.
Pueblo company is building a high
power line from Pueblo to Arkansas
valley points and will put in an orna-
mental street lighting system in La
Junta.
Mike Malone of Denver, and Phil
knight, the Kansas City lightweight,
INDUCED in a whirlwind ten-round con,
test before the Pueblo Athletic Club
| In Pnnhin Althnn oh no decision uaS