Gilpin observer., 1912-04-11
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring Over the
State Worth While.

Work has begun on the new opera
house for Idaho Springs.
Mrs. James Moore. a pioneer of Col
den, Is dead, aged seventy.
The President re-appointed James l..
Moorehead postmaster at Boulder.
John R. Arms of Eaton celebrated
his ninety-second birthday recently.
A commission government charter
league has been organized at Durango.
Farmers of Carr have organized for
the purpose of operating a cheese fac
tory.
There is a rumor that the Evans
municipal election is to be contested
by the drys.
C. c. Acton, aged seventy-two. a
prominent placer mine operator of
Breckenridge, is dead.
The Cheyenne county citizens deny
the reports Of destitution among dry
farmers in their section
Burglars broke into the branch Of
flee of the Grill Lumber Company at
Lafayette and stole SIS.
The officers of the Colorado Nation
al Guard have been summoned to Den
yer to attend school of tactics.
]. E. Empson has purchased five
acres at Johnstown and will erect a
pea-hulling plant to cost $4,000.
The State Land Board sold eight
lots in Littleton recently. The highs
est price was $3.50 Tor one pair.
Work has begun ON the new SIS 5000
pea hulling plant at Johnstown, which
it is expected will be finished by
June l.
Cameron Stansberry, farmer of
Haxtun, aged fifty-eight, committed
suicide by hanging himself in a barn
on his ranch
Carlos F. Smith, who came to Colo
RADIO in 1869 and was one of the found
ers of Golden, died at his home in Des
Moines, Iowa, aged eighty.
]. Kersey Painter, formerly road
master of Julesburg branch of Union
Pacific and after whom the town Of
Kersey was named, is dead.
Judge w Hart, pioneer Of Weld
county, died in Ault of apoplexy. He
was fifty-nine years old and had re-
sided in Weld county thirty years.
Rev. J. R. RAIDER of Denver will not
be tried on the charge of election
bribery preferred by James Franklin.
at Greeley, the case having been dis
missed
The United Hydro-Electro Company
recently began installing the new light.
ing system in Georgetown, for which
it was awarded a six-year contract two
months ago.
The Antlers Hotel Company at Colo
rado Springs will spend several thou
sand dollars improving the handsome
grounds about the hotel, work to be-
gin at once.
With exhibition games scheduled at
Boulder, Greeley, Fort Collins. Long.
mont and Denver, the Pueblo Indians
baseball team is on an extended trip
through the northern part OF the
state.
F. B. Miller, superintendent OF the
Colorado Midland railroad, who sue
ceeded ]. C. Barney about four years
ago, has resigned to become division
superintendent of the Southern Pacific
in California.
The Colorado Fuel & Iron Company'5
plant at Pueblo is running to capa-
city, night and day. in order to turn
out steel rails for several western rail-
roads. All the orders have been re-
ceived this year.
The jury in the case OF Lauro Gar.
cia, charged with the murder of Night
Officer C. A. Brockman. Dec. II, 1911,
at Fort Collins, returned verdict
finding Garcia guilty of murder in the
first degree and imposing the death
penalty.
T. +. Dunaway, general manager of
the Nevada. California and Oregon
railroad. is in Denver for the purpose
of purchasing 100000 worth of mar.
row guage railroad rolling stock from
the Rio Grande and the Colorado &
Southern systems.
Railroads entering the Walsenburg
and Canon City coal districts are to
be brought before the Interstate Com.
merce Commission by Albert L. Vogl,
representing five coal mining concerns
of the district. The mining companies
declare that by the present system of
through rates from the districts the
shippers are being overcharged.
Governor Shafroth has taken official
cognizance OF the fact that. during the
year 1911 over $3.50. 100000 was lost by
fire throughout the United States. a
large portion of which is attributed di.
rectly to carelessness. Following a
custom inaugurated by the governors
of several other state. Governor Shat
roth. in a proclamation, asks the peo
ple to observe Thursday. Anril LIZ. as