Cheyenne record., 1917-09-20
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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COMING EVENTS.
Nov. 12-1s-Automobile Show At Dem
Sept 1o-21-Pine River Valley Fair at
Sept; 90 -si-rhillips County a. Hol-
Sept a5-ss-coiorado New Mexico at
Club Federation at Boulder.
sept; y, s,2s-Las Animas County At
Sept. zs-7s-Annual Fair at calhan.
sept. zS-2s.-Yuma County. at Yuma
sept. z7-29-Lincoln County at Hugo.
sept. 27-zs-Grand County at Kremm-
Oct, i-s-Ki. Carson County at Bur-
Noy. s-s-Live Stock Show at Grand
Manager of Denver & Salt Lake rail-
road resigns.
A new church is to be built by Meth
odists Of Montrose.
Senator Thomas, who has been i'll
for some time, is in Denver, recupe-
rating.
N. C. Nelson of Ault sold his 120-
acre irrigated farm to Marion Petit
for $4,000.
Nail machines at Pueblo steel works
forced to close down because of short
age in kegs.
farmers at Hotchkiss has been formed
to build a flour mill.
The shaft house of the Good Hope
mine at Vulcan, Gunnison county.
burned. LOSS $4,000.
The Third Field Hospital corps of
Colorado arrived at Camp Mills. Mine
ola. Long Island, New York.
A federal market bureau will be con-
Quoted in Greeley during the Weld
county potato shipping season.
The road from Somerset to Crested
Butte is being rapidly built, but can
not be completed this season.
A recent check of state lands shows
the value of lands Of the public
schools to be about $2OO.0Oo.OOO.
Thieves and "yeggmen" in Denver
in one night burglarized home and
a jewelry shop and blew safe.
Denver's first recruit for the sur-
frage picket line in Washington, Mrs.
Margaret Wood Kessler, left for the
national capital.
In order to supply the demand for
coins of the smaller denominations it
soon will be necessary for the Denver
mint to work overtime
James J. Clancy, a guard of Com
pany B, Third Colorado infantry, sta
toned at a water company pumping
station, died from hemorrhage.
Officials of the Colorado Springs
Light, Heat and Power Company an
nounce an increase of ten per cent in
the salaries of all its employees.
Contracts have been given out by
| the City Council of Colorado Springs
for erection of an observation hospI.
tai, the building to cost $19,77O and
the plumbing $4.776.
mine at Aguilar include a new fan
engine, new escape and air shaft
building, new water system. and re-
modelling of the office.
Horace M. Albright, acting director
Of all the national parks in the United
States. placed Colorados Mesa Verde
park in the front rank of the worlds
most magnificent scenic wonders.
Eight La Junta bootleggers contrib
uted freely to the justice courts when
they were asked for $100 each for vio-
lating the bone-dry law. Most of the
men had plenty of money to pay their
fines.
Two sets Of lessees-Frank Galley of
Littleton and the Cripple Creek Deep
Leasing Company, Denver corpora
tion-are operating the Jerry johnson
steadily.
One thousand exhibits of vegetables
and flowers grown in Denver war gar.
dens, and of canned vegetables put
up" in Denver kitchens were in place
when the Denver Parent-Teacher As
sociation war garden exhibit was
opened.
When the city Of Denver opened the
doors of the municipal coal depart
ment for the first time, many resi-
dents were waiting to avail them
selves Of the opportunity to purchase
lump Ignite at the cost Of $4.15 a ton,
! delivered.
Damages for breach of promise to
marry and for assault and battery are
demanded in one complaint filed in
the District Court in Denver by Miss
Vera M. Tiedman against Ray Cham
berlain. A total Of $14,500 is asked by
the plaintiff.
Members of the French mission, be-
fore leaving Denver. expressed the
opinion that the Rocky Mountains sur
pass, in beauty Of scenery, anything
Switzerland can offer. The mission
was taken for a motor trip over the
| Genesee road and through the noun