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Show COLORADO NOTES. J. R. Kennel, a farmer near Thurmsn, has twenty nine acres of rye measuring feet 3 inches iu height. Tho biggest crop of alfalfa ever harvested har-vested in the Arkansas vailev is now being be-ing cut by the fanners of La Junta. E. 1). Chetioweth of Delta, his Sold bis ranch 011 the Caliloruia loefa to a Dem er man who expects to engage iu lruit growing. The trial of the case of the people vs. tfaroes Duckitt charged with cattle stealing t amo to an cid a'tcr four dnvs bearing at Silver ( lilt with a verdict of guilty. I'rtish, only nine miles from Tort Morgan, thu county seat, has three general stores, a drug store, blacksmith shop, livery", tuo restaurants and a brick achoof bouse with two teachers. From Florence goes annually nearly l.lKHI.OOO tous of coal, 10,000,000 gallons of illuminating oil, about the same quantity of fuel oil, mid hundreds of barrels of lubricating oil, also gasoline. A. M Olds of Delta. Mesa county, liuiuii ins przicu viojj iioiii et-u ncirs ai ftoouo. This is equal to a return of $(100 an acre and a land value of SM00 an "1lvWrt!fS?roei,s'?ir nge, vvWT found '-"""''T near the Denver & Uio (irando tracks, two miles south of Bessemer. The back of his head was mashed iu and tho nose broken. The Castle itock creamery is now turning out about J500 pounds of choice butter per week and it linds it dillicult to keep up with the daily orders from all parts ofthe country for more of the same kind. For the peach crop as it now stands on the trees of the Eoso orchard, near Fruita. in Mesa county, an offer of S iOOO cash was made and refused. Mr. Kose expects to net fron $000 to f 10,- 000 thisyear. Five trail herds of "X I T" cattle from Texas have passed through Brush enroute for Montana. Four other herds which are now on tho trail, have not yet arrived. Each herd consists of 2000 1 and 2-year-old steers. A sample of rye grown by A. L. Pearson, southwest of Akron, is ou exhibition ex-hibition at Dole's store, the sample shown, fifty-two stocks, is the product of a singlu seed, stands erect and is four and a half feet high. Another bundle, brought in later by Mr. Pearson, Pear-son, has seventy-two stocks from ouo root. , The Platte bottoms near here are being be-ing rapidly settled up by fanners who are bnyinir or leasing ICO-aere farms from the holders of lame tracts. Fanning Fann-ing iu this section of Morgan county is n success under irrigation, potatoes, Hubbard squashes and cabbages attaining attain-ing a heavy growth, soma of the latter last year weighing thirty pounds and mora. A heavy rain Thursday night ugain delayed alfalfa cutting. An electric car in Pueblo causes a serious se-rious accident by jumping the track de- npite the elforls of Koiier, the tnoter-mau tnoter-mau to stop it. It bowled down the sharp inline and dashed into a small brick building. The car struck the I building with fearful force, knocking in j two walls and burying half the car in j the debris. Holier was seriously in- j jured; H. W. Kankin had his ankle tiro- j ken and a small child of Kev. Mr. King J and Perry Spurgeon were also badly iu- j jured. |