The Keota news., 1919-03-28
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

ciiuS experience Wnlcn lie VIII NOT
soon forget. The company had car
os gasoline to unload aud In making
The connection with the pipe limo the
car valve did not work and 1900 gal
Ions Of gasoline were lost before the
connection could be made. Mr.. Mills
and car repalrer for the Burlington
were nearly drowned In the gasoline
while frnntIcally trying to make the
connection. The gas flooded the tracks
and ran down the alley. Bystanders
cautioned everybody In the vicinity AZ
to the danger of fire. which. had the
snsoline become ignited. would have
caused serious disaster. About $500
gallons 0f gasoline were saved. but the
loss Of 5000 worth of the liquid was
suffered by the company.
Because Of slOwness Of local beet
workers to sign contracts for the sea
sons work ut the prevailing price OF
$25 an acre. they demanding $50.
which the growers refuse to pay. the
Great Western Sugar Company will
import enough laborcrs to take care
Of the enlarged acreage Of beets
around Windsor. r. q. Walters, agrt.
cultural superintendent OF the COM
pany. says the laborcrs will be Mexi.
cans gathered from New Mexico and
Old Mexico.
The way Of the fake bootlcgger" II
destined To become harder and harder
IL this vicinity. james Martin. OF col.
or. Of Atlanta. Ga. charged with sell.
ing water colored with coffee. ana q.
icging II to I've whisky. At $l2 per quart.
was fined So for vagrancy and an cx'
irn fine Of SIG for bis gct.ricl,.quick
scheme under the charge Of selling
without q license. Numerous cases
have been reported Of "honcy" whis-
key being sold at from SO to $i2
per quart.
A bagsngc and malt express car on
q west bound Santa FL passenger train
caught fire while In motion cast OF
Baxter. and. with its contents. was de-
stroyeti. Tho touring car was switched
onto siding at Baxter and an engine
summoned from Pueblo to bring It to
Pueblo. The fire continued 10 burn
until the Cur reached Pueblo. by which
time Il was practically consumed. The
iosD to the contents Of the car will run
into the thousands, II II believed.
Tons upon tons Of potatoes raiscd
in the dry farm districts around Gro.
yer are being fed To hogs and cattle
because farmers refuse to haul them
ten or twelve miles to q railroad ship.
ping point when they are selling at
only 10 cents per 100. This condition
has brought about q renewal OF the
agitation for more railroads and
committee Is now actively at work en-
dcnvoring to induce the Union Pa
ciflc to extend It's Briggstialc branch.
With but one dissenting vote. a
drainage district embracing 1.2o
acres Of valuable land adjoining the
town Of Windsor was created mt spe'
ciai election. This Is the first district
Of its kind to he created In northern
Colorado and only the second one IN
the STATE since the passage Of the law
permitting formation Of such districts.
w. II. Teller. Charles Sorrcls and u.
W, HELMS were elected directors o.
the district.
The annual report Of the Buck Air
craft and Munitions Company OF Pu-
cblo has been cancelled by Secretary
Of Stnte james Il. holland for alleged
failure Of company officials to meet
the financial obligation covering cor
porution taxes. The company owed
elAO for tnxcs md for the filing OF