The Springfield herald., 1912-04-05
Small Happenings Occurring Over the
State Worth While.

May Day celebration will be given
May 4. on the university campus OF
the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Mrs. E. p. Fink will build the new
state armory at Fort Lupton, to be
leased to Company l at cost of $S,'
600.
A new electric light system for Gree
| ley will be installed if the franchise
asked from the City Council April 16
is granted.
Two valuable elk belonging to the
Boulder city zoo at the Chautauqua
grounds escaped. jumping over the
high wire fence.
Farmers around Windsor have be.
gun series of meetings with the OBJ
Ject of promoting the dairy industry
of that district.
A. T. Stewart of Pueblo has been
chosen president Of the State Insane
Asylum Board and DR. Louis Haugh oil
Denver. secretary.
Ben Lundstrom, miner. was shot
in Telluride as a result OF intercedins
for friend who quarreled with e. ].
Charest, bartender.
]. w. Ewing received record price
for fat lambs shipped from Greeley
this season when he topped the Chi
cago market at $S.25.
Elijah Salmon, one of the Meeker
valleys earliest and best known pio
neers and a cattleman of prominence,
died in Denver recently.
Transportation rates on lemons from
California points to destinations In
Colorado, Utah and Montana must moi
exceed 81 per 100 pounds.
The growth of Oak Creek during the
last year is clearly shown by the regis
tration for town election. which is 1853,
compared with 210 year ago.
Henry CODY, who came to Colorado
in 1859. and fought in the battle of
Sand Creek in 1864. died at his home
III Colorado City. aged seventy-nine.
w. C. Winbourne of Fort Luptof.
will pioneer corn growing and plant 100
ceres of corn on his dry farm east of
that place, II he can rid 1t of prairie
dogs.
The hope of a municipal election in
Lamar this spring was lost when the
Supreme Court granted the writ of su-
persedeas prayed for by the city ad
ministration.
A commercial invasion of southern
Colorado and portion of New Mexico
has been decided on by Pueblo jobbers
and manufacturers to start April %
and last week.
The work of raising $4,000 in Pueb-
10 to buy seed grain for the destitute
farmers of Kiowa county has been COM
pleted and the grain will be shipped
to the settlers at once.
The cattlemen's banquet. which was
set for Friday, April 5, at Gunnison,
has been postponed one week. The
committee believes that the roads will
then be in better condition.
One of the largest eagles in captivi-
ty was taken to Mayor Speers office
in Denver ]. w. Davis, a Byers,
Colo, ranches. 1t is said to be per-
feet type OF the American eagle.
The society "Sons of Colorado" has
presented to the cruiser Colorado"
Colorado state flag Of silk, in honor OF
her splendid achievement of becoming
Queen of the United States Navy"
Both batteries of the Colorado Ma
tional Guard have been invited AMI
will attend the joint camp of instruc'
ton to be held under the direction Of
United States army officers at Fort
Riley Kan, June 10 to June "a.
The Fort Lewis Indian school, for
which the last Legislature appropriat,
ed 100000 for maintenance, may be
able to collect the entire appropriation
Immediately on account of Its relation
with the United States government.
AS he leaned from his cab window
to signal the crew of another train,
near iulesburg. Walter Hinkley, I'm
ion Pucific fireman, was struck on the
head by coal chute which his engine
was passing at that instant, and killed.
About 400 acres have been contract
ed for growing peas for canning in the
Greeley district. Nearly as much has
been secured at Johnstown for the
Longmont cannery. Hulling plants will
be put up in Johnstown and Ault at
cost os $4,000 each.
The first smelter to be erected on
the Moffat railroad is now being con-
structed by the Mollie Groves Mining
& Milling Company on its properties
near Parshall The smelter. which will
cost about $4,000, will have a cape
city Of thirty tons daily.
Another large order for steel rails
was received at the Minnequa plant OF
the C. F. G. l. Co. in Pueblo and con,
tract has been signed with the Rock
Islanu railroad fer 100000 worth of
steel to make some of the improve
ments planned by that company.
That the affairs of the Union Trad
ing Company of Colorado, which went
into bankruptcy several months ago,
will be Strengthened out when the
present stockholders pay rs cents on
the dollar for the property and assets
not disposed of, has been decided.
| w l.. Lawson, district manager for
the Great Western Sugar Company.
has sent circulars to beet raisers for
the Fort Morgan, Brush and Sterling
factories announcing that prizes aggre-
eating $4,000 will be given by the COM
pany this year to the most successful