Cheyenne record., 1919-04-03
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

Michigan. was caught by the Huerfano
county sheriff in possession Of an auto
mobile which he had stolen from the
chief Of police at Colorado Springs.
The sheriffs office was notified to be
on the lookout for Tiff, and deputy
caught him up a short distance north
of Wafsenburg. From Colorado
Springs he drove to Pueblo, where he
stole q new spotlight and a set of
new side curtains from an accessory
dealer. Driving along the street he
Inquired from a Pueblo policeman the
road to Valsenburg. The officer men
toned the fact that he was driving
without a tail light. He took the hint
and stole a red lantern few blocks
further on. Reaching Rye, Tiff broke
into garage and stole some gas and
oil. His next stop was at the ciate
Hill store at Green Horn. He broke
into this store and stole cigars, to-
baccO, candy, crackers, canned goods,
a couple OF watches, some other small
articles and few dollars in cash.
After having successfully worked
his graft in Denver, Cheyenne and
other cities without detection. James
Young, claiming to be deaf and dumb.
who has been begging. on the trains
and In the towns, was forced to talk
by Jailer Edward Grimm of the Weld
county jail at Greeley when the jailer
refused him anything to eat, after be-
ing convinced that he was a fraud.
For sixty hours the fellow held out
MI h,,A Rsr>
overcame his determination and he
cried for food, which was furnished
him. After that he talked freely and
told that he had been working the
graft for three years.
Anticipated attacks ON the Colombo
National Guard and denial Of needed
legislation to strengthen the organise
Senate when two bills affecting the
guard were called up for third read
ing vote. Both were passed, including
the emergency clauses. One Of the
measures, the Lake House bill, pro-
vides for the use Of what remains Of
the fund Of $2.5OO.OOO appropriated
two years ago for eQuipping and plac-
ing the National Guard on a war basis,
in the maintenance Of the guard for
the next two years. The amount ID
approximately $1,5OO.00O.
A whisky-ladsn automobile. which
was taken by the sheriff when its
driver fled, was confiscated with the
liquor by County Judge Hood at Brigh-
ton when the case came up. Alice May
Richards, MORTGAGE of the car, will
carry the case to the Supreme Court
in an endehvor to get possession Of 1t.
When the car was abandoned by its
driver bloody coat and smashed
windshield showed the effects of the
sherifrs buckshot.
/ Reports from fifty-one school dis
tricts out of total of 10 in Weld
county show that twenty-seven nation
alities are represented in the schools,
and that twenty-One of these are found
in Greeley. In the sixty-one districts
LII children were reported as being
Of foreign parentage, and 3,185 of
American native born parentage. Rus
SLAMS lead the foreign group, with IA
per cent.
Tomey Kitzer, employed at the Cres-
son mine, was crushed flat as piece
Of paper at Victor when sixteen tons
of rock fell ten feet, catching him un-
der it. The rock was used as cOun-
terweight on the Cresson mine tram
way cable and the cable parted while
Kitzer was standing under the weight.
A fellow workman who was on top of
the counterweight sustained a broken
leg when it fell.
A. G. Ridgway, vice president Of the
Rock Island Railroad Company, with
headquarters at Chicago, and Col. D.
b. X. Sellers Of Albuquerque, have
made tour of inspection throughout
the San Juan basin, securing data as
to possible tonnage that could be fur
nished if there was railroad con-
Meeting the San Juan basin with trans
continental lines to the south or west.
Mayor F. F. Smith has been renom-
mated on the Citizens ticket, which
will be the only one in the field. Last
year wns n prosperous one for Hud-
son, Colo, with the new Farmers' Co
operative grain elevator, general
store, Libby, McNeill & Libby pickle
factory and the plant of the Boulder
Creamery Company. The town coun-
Gil has passed an ordinance for q
bond issue of $4,000, $1,000 to be
used in extending water mains and the
rest on electric lighting, the town hav-
ing a contract with the Fort Lupton
Light and Power Company. nine miles
away. Land is changing hands at
from 500 to $3.50 an acre, and beet
and wheat prospects are excellent.
County clerks are allowed to reco.i
discharge certificates of returned sol
diers without charging a fee, accord
ing to an opinion rendered by AttOr-