The state herald., 1916-10-01
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

Oct. ls.-Odd Fellows Annual State
Convention At Colorado Springs.
Red Cliff win be lighted by cleo
.ricity.
An Adventist church is being built
At Klink. H
salida has a new brass band Of
twenty-five pieces.
Glenwood Springs musicians are or
sanizing q choral society.
Petty thieves have been bothering
business houses OF Trinidad.
Work has begun on Craig's new
100000 waterworks system.
Telephone connection between Mack
and Cisco has been completed.
Enrolment at the Colorado Agricul-
.ural College at Fort Collins. $50.
A good many blocks of new cement
sidewalk are being laid in Gunnison.
The stockmen's Bank has been or
yanized at Collbran with $4,000 capi-
tai.
The Greeley Tribune ne-Republfcan re-
ports an epidemic Of hog cholera In
Weld county.
The Platteville waterworks bond
election carried for the proposition BY
about ~ to 1.
One acre Of ground in the city Of
Monte Vista produced twenty-six tons
Of sugar beets.
Twenty-one cars Of grain and six
cars Of potatoes were shipped from
Center last week.
The September term Of the Delta
County District Court had no criminal
cases to consider.
A farmer near waverly had q field
Of barley which averaged seventy-six
bushels to tho acre.
w. H. Bannister Of Palissde shipped
5000 boxes or twelve carloads OF
pears from twelve acres.
Otto and Alvin Hubbs, near Johns
town. threshed over 10000 bushels
from 750 acres Of dry land.
The body Of Harry Wilcox. aged 20
l 4AVWhSA tn teAOs hO&t ohSs
ling. was found by searchers.
John Wolf. one Of the Oldest ol
Mesa county pioneers. aged 8S year,
and month. died at his home neal
Molina.
| Morton Hartman OF Longmont had
. field OF eighty acres Of wheat that
Yielded an average Of 81 bushels to
the acre.
Niwot's ghost mystery has beer
solved. Scientists find marsh gas Il
cause Of lights that have scared ths
villagers.
A. p. Smithers Of Denver, who wal
injured when pinned under an auto
mobile ON the Morrison road. died o.
his injuries.
The Commercial Club Of Wiley has
designated October IL a. Buttermilk
Day. 1t is proposed to make It an
annual event.
George L. Roberts was appointed re.
ceiver OF the Elitch.Long Gardens
Company BY Judge Allen Of the Den.
W. chnthiSt SOuIt-
The State W. c. T. U. convention,
sitting In Denver. has announced its
determination to fight the cigarette
to It's determination In Colorado.
Sixty Italian reservists left Trini.
dad for the war front at home. This
Is the fourth detachment to answer
the call from southern Colorado.
Trains between Durango and Silver.
ton have lately been compelled to
slow down on several occasions to
prevent killing deer on the track.
The I7.months-old child Of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. p. Ostermiller. near Fort Nor.
gan. was drowned while trying to
cross the Morgan ditch on = plank.
Tho Rocky Ford sugar factory will
begin Its campaign October 4th.
Beets In that section are reported un.
usually good In yield and sugar con.
tent.
Otto Frantz OF Rocky Ford amused
himself on September goth by picking
two Jars of strawberries. He hopes
TO develop the strain to bear most Of
the year.
The three English.spcaking churches
Of wellington will combine as the
Western Federated church and will
supersede tho present Methodist.
Congregational and Baptist congrega.
tions.
Rico Lodge No. 70. A. y. 4 A, NJ.
assisted by Rico Chapter No. 81, Or
der OF the Eastern Star. celebrated the
twcnty.fifth anniversary Of It's charter
with appropriate exercises and fes
| tIvitics.
Prof. Junius Henderson. curator OF
the museum OF the University OF
Colorado Mt Boulder. has returned
from the coast. where he secured u
very fine collection OF molluskp. fos.
sils and shells which will be added TO
the museum.
The Montgomery ranch near Derby
produced over 40 bushels Of wheat TO
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