The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1919-05-02
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

10 TO make up the program '"r '"'
summer include the $l5O.UO court
house. the $4,000 city hall. the s''.'
900 Main street paving. the $l''o"
residence street paving. the $oO'Ooo no
tel, the $4,000 hospital. the $aD.U'
dehydration plant. the $4,000 c"nxre'
gational Church. the $1,000 Christian
Church. some $4,000 in new resi-
dences. and added 10 this the $l',uo
now being expended In new buildings,
the amount In sight for probable 1919
construction makes total Of $49'.'
600. The erection of the $4,000 fed
eral building Is slated for 1870. nnd
possibly the erection Of $l.OO.Un
sugar factory In 1870.
Among the attractions at the Rocky
Ford fair will be miniature horse
show. Attractive purses will be Of
fered for a number Of events In the
fancy class and already the axsocia-
ton Is promised number Of fine ani.
mails from Pueblo. Colorado Springs
and other places. For the past few
years there has been some trouble In
securing the quality Of melons that
the association desires to give TO pa.
irons. but this year some twenty-five
acres will be grown In different parts
Of the valley on the best melon land
to be found. from selected seed. aud
there IL reason to believe that the big
pile will be the most attractive that
has ever been offered.
The resources Of the banks Of Colo
RADIO have increased $2,5S8, 782.Oi
since Dec. 81. 1918. according to alb.
stracts In the office Of Grant Meier.
son. state bank commissioner. The
figure covers the aggregate gain In N.
sets Of 2l5 state and savings banks.
eighteen trust companies snd eight
private banks. The total resources Of
the banks amounted to Sl0o, 00i. 07iSa
Of which savings banks held 4S3,202,.
0SS.c9. trust companies $@0.2l0.ao430.
and private banks 81 .3Ol .i2i.7O. The
average reserve was 1888 per cent.
Archibald Cowie. former manager OF
the Beaver Park Land and Water com.
pany. editor aud publisher Of the Pen.
rose Press and the head Of many other
organizations and projects connected
with the town Of Psnro~c and the Bea.
yer Park district, aud who pleaded
guilty TO the charges Of embexxiement
and Of padding the pay rolls Of his
company. WAS sentenced BY Judx.
James l.. Cooper Of the Fremont coun.
~ District court to q term Of from
two to three years In the penitentiary.
Potato acreage will be cut about IS
per cent Of the 1918 acreage this sum.
n'er. according to dealers and farmers
around Greeley. This years potato
shipments will total 5000 carloads,
while the 1910 crop probably will run
under 1000. Much Of the potato acre.
age ID going into sugar bee,s, while
other potato land II being seeded to
alfalfa. The value Of the 1918 crop
I" the farmer was about $2,2jO,0OO
A lone armed bandit held IN and
robbed Conductor F. w. Schulz md
Brakeman l.. +. Horton Of a Colorado
southern freight train at Louisville
Junction. The robber secured two vain.
able watches, a fine Elks fob charm
ana $lO IN money. Schulz and Hor.
ton were unarmcd and therefore could
not resist.
Confessins to the shooting Of Jacob
Ae'linser. proprietor Of a store a,
lso'o' Earl and Tom Combs, cousins,
are IN the county Jail at Colorado
springs, where they will face charges
y! oe''oerate murder. The two men,
0ttemptlpk to NH thu sfaro shaa At