The Meeker herald., 1919-05-03
Pithy News Notes
From, ANPayts of
Colorado

Western Newspaper Union News Service
The miners strike has besn settled
at Leadville on the basis Of mini
mum wage Of -, 4 cut Of 80 cents
day.
Fifty-One Seniors will be graduated
from Colorado college ut the COM
mencement exercises In June. accord
Ing to the official list reported by the
registrar.
As II result Of q woodtick's bite re-
ceived about two weeks ago, Fred
Yale Y farmer residing near Collbran.
became infected with blood poisoning
aud died at Grand Junction.
James II. Chatfleld. for many years
Justice of the peace in Littleton and
widely known throughout that district,
IL dead in Hoquiain, WASH, according
to information received from there.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
all of the buildings of the Sunnyside
mine at Eureka except the transform
er house, with loss estimated ut
$3.50. 900. that is partly covered by In
surance.
A most ambitious project for the ex-
Termination Of 1.OOOOOO prairie dogs
In territory including about 5000
square miles In Fremont. Teller, Park
and Chaffee counties has been Orgail-
lied In Canon City.
In 1918 there were IA. 128.3O7 acres
of patented land In Colorado assessed
us grazing area, of which very small
amount Is In cultivation. Much OF this
land, perhaps 10 per cent, will ulti-
mately he farlned.
A veteran Of the Mexican war Of
18A8, of the Civil war of 81, and Of
Various Indians wars OF more recent
years. Joseph Harris, cOiOred, Of
Canon City, aged 81, Ii still able to do
days work In field. street or garden
that would discount that Of many a
man younger by score Of years.
State officials have estimated that
the Inheritance tax from the Werner
r. Reed estate, which is variOusly
placed at from $18.OOO.OOO to 10000
100. will double the amount OF any
Into that department. The tax IL ex-
pscted TO be In the ncighborhood Of
$4,000.
Delta IL to have new $05, 600 fac
tory soon. 1t will be IL mill for mnk-
ing potato flour. The company has
been Incorporated as the Farmers Pro-
duce and Milling Company. A half
block Of city lots on Kellogg avenue
has been purchased for $25.OOO. and
ground In to be broken inside OF three
weeks.
ConfessinE to the shooting Of jacob
Mellinger. proprietor Of store ut
Hush. Earl and Tom Combs, cousins.
are In the county jail at Colorado
Springs, where they will face charges
of deliberate murder. The two men,
attempting to rob the store, shot Mel
lingcr through the back und then tried
to escape.
The chimes OF the midnight bells
had not ceased their echoes In Duran
go Sunday night when Durango and
La Plata county Event over the top
In subscribing their allotment Of S245.-
100, establishing n record for prompt
ness than can be equalcsl, but cannot
be excelled, la Plata Is the first coun-
ty In Colorado. II not the first In any
state. to raise Its quota.
John W. Spencer, supervisor of the
Battlement forest, with headquarters
Grand Junction, has made rcquisi-
lion ,,vpn,, tho foflaruI ,,nc.,rumont for
lO5.OO black spotted trout which will
be distributed In the streams of this
section of the state. Another requisi-
tion. about One-fourth as large, will be
made upon the stnte government. The
hntcherIes at Gicnwood also will make
volunteer contribution.
The town OF Byers. In Arnpahoc
county, is enjoying an unprecedented
building boom. Several new business
structures nre being built, ms well rs
IL number of homes.
Charging his former partner In the
automobile business not only with
stealing his wife and breaking UP his
home, but also with attempting to
steal his youngest son, ". j. Woods.
30, stepped out OF his garage door In
Sterling and shot George Dykes, ~,
five times, firing once, It is said, while
Dykes lny on the ground. Three of
the bullets took effect In the right leg.
one In the body and one penetrated an
ear and grazed Dykes face. None. 1t
Is said. will prove fatal.
Archibald COwie, former manager of
the Beaver Park Land and Water com
pany. editor and publisher OF the Pen
rose Press and the head of many other
organizations and projects connected
with the town of PenrOse and the Bcn-
yer Park district, and who plended
guilty TO the charges of embezzlemcnt
and Of padding the pay rolls OF his
company, was sentenced by Judge