The state herald., 1919-02-28
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts Of
Colorado
western Newspaper Union New. s-rvlc,.

Ne"h otutcs Ieleliiioue anu lele-
graph Company, is dead At his Den
yer home.
AS soon as the frost is out Of the
ground work will be started on the
electric light plant which Ii to be the
latest addition to Craig.
Government reports show that there
are now 100000 hogs In Colorado,
worth $685., 900, us compared with
1924 in 1910, worth $l,58s, ,15s.
Eaton's town board is the first of
the Weld county towhs to grant the
Union Pacific railroad officials re.
quest for universal speed limit for
oil towns In the country.
The acreage Of wheat harvested In
Colorado In 1918 was 742,OOO, as com.
pared with 34O,728 acres for 1909. The
Increase has been largely in the acre.
age devoted to winter wheat.
Julio ChavOn, n Mexican, pleaded
guilty to killing mountain sheep in
Glen canon near Glenwood Springs,
and was fined slOO. This Is the first
conviction of its kind In number
Of years.
At the city election April LIST the
taxpayers will vote on bond issue
of $4,000 for the building of n new
city hall at Longmont, and an issue
OF $4,000 for the improvement OF
city parks.
Beavers are blamed for Impurities
In Boulder's drinking water and state
officials will be asked for permission
to slaughter colony Of them at the
Lakewood intake TO the water system
in the mountains.
Willford Burwell and Morey Good
man Of La Junta have been awarded
buttons by the United States Treas
ury Department for their work In wui
savings and thrift stamp sales. They
will also each receive u letter of com.
mendatiOn from officials In Washing.
ton.
Louis Rachofsky, past exalted ruler
of the Loveland lodge OF Elks, re.
ceived word from the state executive
committee Of the order that the an.
nual state convention would be held
in Loveland this year, the last week
In August, during the Larimer county
fair.
The mystery surrounding the disap
pearnnce Of John Breuss, 5S. wealthy
Garfield county rancher, last Novem.
ber, wns solved when his body was dis.
covered buried four feet beneath II
manure pile on his farm. Three Mex
leans Of the SILT district are In jnil al
Glenwood Springs charged with the
mans murder.
Corp. Henry Reddering OF In Juntn
~ years old. died In embnrkatIon hos
pItal No. at Hoboken. n. J. He ar
rived In Hoboken the first Of FcIsru.
AIRY. and was taken from the trans
port suffering from influenza. which
developed Into pneumonia. He Is sur
vived by his fnther and mother. and D
brother and sister.
At countrywide meeting OF the
farmers and stockmen Of I.arimer
county. the Larlmer county farm bu
rcau was organized with more than n
hundred members. Farmers and theii
wives from all sections OF the county
nre Joining this bureau daily. and II
promises TO reach n membership OF
several hundred before summer.
The hundredth anniversary OF the
Founding Of the Independent Order OF
Odd Fellows will be celebrated by
Colorado members In Denver In Octo
her. The selection OF Denver for tht
celebration and also the next conven.
tlon to be held at that time. was tho
main order OF business ut the clos
Ing session Of the Odd Fellows' con
vention.
The fossil remains Of an nntldelu.
vinn monster. half fish and hnif reptile
believed TO have lived millions OF
years ago when the great Uintnh In.
sin was an ocean, has been discovered
In the esaterite deposits Of Indian can
On. The snake fish fossil was found
completely embedded between two lay.
crs Of clnteritc, and Ind shiny. Jet.
blnck scnlcs of n diamond shape.
Authorities Of the United States I'm.
migration service have started to In
vcstiga,c the circulation IN Denver OF
pamphlets. said 10 PROFOUND fBolshe
visit principles The circulation Of the
pamphlets hns been under way for sev.
ernl days. Several of the leaflets have
fallen into the hands of the officials,
and they nrc now consulting with the
washington office with reference To
handling the situation.
Liquor interests In the hope Of re-
ycrsing the sinnd Of the nation on the
prohibition issue nrc seeking referen.
dun elections IN fourteen stntcs. OF
which Colorado X one. Announce
mcnt of the movement WIS mndc by
the National Association Of DIstlllcrs
and Wholesale Liquor Dealers IN Gin
einnntl. II is rumdred that the cam
pnlgn IN Colorado viii he directed by
\ locnl form II attorneys.