Cheyenne record., 1919-05-22
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STATE NEWS

! Capt: Harold Shoup, eldest fson of
Governor and Mrs Shoup, who has
been In service overseas for two and
one half years. has sailed from. France
for New York: ...4 =.
The final settlement of the estate
Of Winfield Scott stratton, multi-mll
li6naire mining man who died in 1902,
will be, .Ainde, in the: county court Of
~ raso County. ~ u, j.
Dr.: Livingstone Farrand, former
president of the state university and
now head OF the Red Cross in Wash
ington, will he in Boulder for COM
mencement and deliver the address on
June 25th.
Advance reports INDICATE that the
cultivated acreage in Colorado in 1919
vii! he the largest on, record for the
state, the most substantial increase be-
ing in acreage devoted to- sugar Beets
and wheat. r.'.." g" ," 'i'E:. -
Denver schools will close for the
summer vacation on. June 9th! A de-
lay of several weeks was caused in the
closing Of the schools because of the
enforced vacation of two months last
fall on account of the influenza cpl
demic ..., 49,.
The recent development. of Kiowa
county in eastern Colorado is forcibIy
illustrated by the increase in bank de-
posits from S24i, i,330.l1 on December
81, 1917, to $4s9,s49.93 on December
81, 1918, an advance of approximately
100 per cent.
Frederick Fromln, a farmer living
near Wellington, Colo, is dead and
Herman Webber, a neighbor, is in bad
shape in. the Fort Collins hospital as
the result of an automobile accident
four miles north of Wellington on the
Cheyenne road.
Maj. Alfred Brown of U. S. army,
stationed at Camp Dodge in the in
fantry service, has accepted a. call to
the University Of Colorado as secre-
tary Of the Y. NJ. c. A. The call was
sent by the student board and the
majors acceptance received.
Having failed to receive any bids
on the project for widening the grade
in the Big Thompson canon on the t,>-
les Park road the State Highway Com
mission has decided to undertake the
Improvement on its own initiative by
letting the contract to several par
ties '''
An estate of $SOO,OOO, mostly cash
and bonds, is divided into thirty-nine
bequcsts by the will of Asa Sterling,
late president of the First National
Bank of Greeley. Half goes to his
widow and the rest to one brother,
three sisters and thirtyfour nieces and
nrphrwS.
The sales of school land in Colo
RADIO during the biennial period end
ing November 30, 1918, We're 2.24 ,OO5
nrrrS. and the total price was S3,21S,-
SIT. Most of this sum goes into the
permanent school fund Of the state,
and the interest 1t earns is used for
the support of public schools.
Prof Roosevelt z. Walker. for the
last three months field organizer for
the extension department of the Uni
verSity of Colorado, has resigned and
will go to Athens. Ga, TO become pro-
feSsor of English at the University Of
Ge"rgn. He Is returning to II position
he held for several years before COM
ing to Colorado.
Onc-hnlf of the buildings in Fraser,
Colo, We're destroyed by a fire Only
four buildings were left on the north
side of Main street. and the saving of
these was due to quick trip by a
Moffn, road train from Tabernash,
bringing fire fighters. How the fire
started is not known, for it was under
good headway in a small building when
discovered
The third trail to the summit of
Pixies Peak, said to excel both the
present trails in scenic attractions, will
be completed in time for the summer
tourist season.
There are now more than $500 Op-
portlniticS for the establishment Of
factories. business enterprises and for
professional people. I'm the smaller cit
les and towns of the state, according
to the annual opportunity survey con-
Quoted by the State Board of Immi-
grafton. which is now nearly complete.
Marie Green. . years old. fet from
the second story window of her home
ut La Juntn. and outside of IL severe
shaking up. suffered no serious in
jury. The child was leaning against
n screen when 1t gave way. She
struck on an electric light wire which
broke the fall.
Harold Monroe of MOntrOse is a
member of the crack gun crew which
captured the championship honOrs of
the Pacific coast. This crew. IT'S a
result of this record, received Il bonus
of $1,4OO and IS month extra pay
for period of two years, for the in
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