The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-04-26
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado

forests in the United States, of which
seventeen lie wholly and two partly
within the limits of Colorado.
Mike Stelier, arrested for shooting
ut John Carson in a mine stockade at
Superior, is held under 81 900 bond on
charge of attempted murder.
La Junta again went over the top,
this time in the old clothes drive. La
Junta's quota was 2,400 pounds, which
was shipped to Denver. Swink added
to the quota by giving 315 pounds and
Timpss twenty pounds.
With the death of Samuel Hunt, a
cowboy at Colorado Springs, injured in
cattle feud which developed into
battle on the morning of Dec. 20, 1918,
four sattlemen are locked up In the
Ell Paso county jail, on charges of first
| degree murder.
The 10 months old son of Ben X.
Wood of Syracuse, died from the eff
fects of eating some pills which he
found while playing about the house.
He was taken to a hospital and despite
the strenuous efforts to save his life
only lived three hours.
Hay in some parts of Colorado has
sold this spring as high as $40 ton,
the highest price that has prevailed for
a great many years. The high price
has been due to shortage in some
sections, but most of this shortage has
been supplied by Colorado hay from
other sections where there has been
no shortage.
A big business transfer was made at
Meeker when the J. w. Hugus store
was turned over to A. Oldland & Co.
The Bank of Meeker, controlled by the
Hugus company, has been taken over
by the First National Bank and by the
consolidation of the two the First Ma
tional comes close to being $1,000,000
financial institution.
A bomb explosion which tore hole
in a concrete house, blew down trees
and fences and shattered windows a
block away has given the Pueblo po-
lice the deepest mystery the depart
ment was ever asked to solve. AL
though the outrage is attributed to a
Black Hand plot, there is not the
slightest evidence of a motive or cause.
"Victory Road" one of Pueblo's
memorials to her soldiers, sailors and
marines, has been formally dedicated.
Two rows of elm trees, extending from
Fifth Avenue to Elizabeth street, a
distance of five blocks, have been
planted, and the name for these, as de-
cided upon by the originators of the
idea, the Pueblo Chapter, d. A. r., is
| Victory road.
The chimes of the midnight bells
had not ceased their echoes in Duran
go Sunday night when Durango and
La Plata county went over the top"
in subscribing their allotment of S245,-
100, establishing a record for prompt
ness than can be equaled, but cannot
be excelled, La Plata is the first coun-
ty in Colorado, if not the first in any
state, to raise its quota.
Among the attractions at the Rocky
Ford fair will be a miniature horse
show. Attractive purses will be Of
fered for a number of events in the
fancy class and already the associa-
ton is promised a number of fine ami
| mails from Pueblo, Colorado Springs
| and other places. For the past few
years there has been some trouble in
securing the quality of melons that
the association desires to give to pa
irons, but this year some twenty-five
acres will be grown in different parts
of the valley on the best melon land
to be found, from selected seed, and
there is reason to believe that the big
x~g1o tn la thn ncf fro rtt yrn
has ever been offered.
While eating his lunch in the Wolf
Park mine, near Canon City, ]. Quin-
by Walker leaned against high power
electric wire, was electrocuted and
died almost instantly.
With the summit of Pixies peak
within reach and the tank repaired
and ready to continue its trip, the
climb of the peak was abandoned by
order of Samuel d. Nicholson, state
director of the Victory Liberty Loan
campaign.
Colorado's quota in the Victory loan
has been placed at $2S,5OS,95O by the
federal reserve bank of Kansas City.
OF this amount Denver will be asked
to raise nearly half-$13, 433, 500
which is 100000 less than was
asked of the city in the Fourth Lib
erty Loan drive. That Denver and
Colorado will so over the top in char
ncteristic fashion is the firm convic-
ton of the members of the Colorado
state and Denver committees. In the
last drive Colorado piled up total of
approximately $4O,OOO,OO0 for Uncle
Sans use in one of the most enthus-
Iastic campaigns waged in the state
The nearly $30,000,000 now asked for
will be forthcoming as promptly, de-
| clare Liberty Loan workers