Cheyenne record., 1919-05-01
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
The miners strike has been settlel
at Leadville on the basis of q mini
mum wage Of 81, a cut of SO cents a
day.
Fifty-one Seniors will be graduated
from Colorado college at the com
mencement exercises in June, accord
ing to the official list reported by the
registrar.
The town of Byers, in Arapahoe
county, Is enjoying an unprecedented
building boom. Several new business
structures are being built, as well as
number of homes.
AS result Of woodtick's bite re-
cefved about two weeks ago, Fred
Yale. farmer residing near Collbran,
became infected with blood poisoning
and died at Grand Junction.
James H. Chatfield, for many years
Justice of the peace in Littleton and
widely known throughout that district,
Is dead In Hoquiam, Wash, according
to information received from there
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
oil Of the buildings of the Sunnysidc
mine at Eureka except the transform
err house, with loss estimated at
$25O,OOO, that is partly covered by in
surance.
A most ambitious project for the ex
termination of 100000 prairie dogs
in territory including about 5000
square miles in Fremont, Teller, Park
and Chaffee counties has been orgau-
lied in Canon City.
In 1918 there were 14,12S,3 ,3O7 acres
of patented land in Colorado assessed
us grazing area, of which a very small
amount is in cultivation. Much of this
land, perhaps 40 per cent, will ulti-
maeely lie farmed
The San Juan basin will have from
fifteen to thirty days longer tourist
season than usual, as the people of
Durango, Pagosa Springs, Del Norte
and Monte Vista are planning to open
Wolf Greek pass the latter part of
May.
Las Animas has had q visit from
burglars. They entered the office Of
the Las Animas Lumber Company and
robbed the safe of S75 in cash and Il
certificate containing twenty war saw
ings stamps, besides So In postage
stamps.
Robert Burnett, farm labOrer, liv-
ing at Eaton, shot his wife seven times
without causing death, and then shot
himself In the head. Burnett died in
fn to, In, tla np~on Low,
hospital. There Is no chance for her
recovery.
The total area Of patented land in
Colorado, according to reports Of
county assessors, is 28,40O,156 acres,
while the total area of government
homestead land, national forests, state
land and national parks and monu-
ments is 26,997 ,O2O.05 acres
There are 1858, 800 acres of patent
ed land in Colorado assessed rs dry
farming area. Less than I,OOO,OOO
ncres of this is In cultivation and per-
hnpS 4,WW.OOO acres more of it might
be cultivated successfully under prop
er dry farming methods.
Howard NuShaum, 4-year-old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter NuSbuum OF Mont
rose, ran away from home with his
twin brother, Harold and little La
Verne Williams, and wandered to a
place two miles east of the city. There
Howard fell from Il plank ,rn sing an
irrigation canal and was drowned.
State officials have estimated that
the inheritance tax from the Werner
Il. Reed estate. which is Nariuusly
placed at from $1S.OOO,OO0 to $2OOOO,-
900, will double the amount of any
previous single inheritance tax paid
into that department. The tax is ex-
pected to be in the ncighborhood of
$75O,OOO.
Delta is to have new $G5.MW fac
tory soon. 1t will be mill for max
ing potato flour. The company has
been Incorporated rs the Farmers Pro-
duce and Milling Company. \ half
block of city lots on Kellogg avenue
has been purchased for $2l.OOO, and
ground is to be broken inside of three
weeks.
Werner Il. Reed, one OF Colnrado's
wealthiest citizens, an oil magnat0,
mining man, phlanthropiSt and author,
died nt Coronado Beach. Calf, follow
ing long period of i'll health. Pneu-
mOnin developing caused hls death, but
not until three hours before the end
did his physicians consider his cOndi-
tiOn serious
Charging his former partner in the
automobile business not only with
stealing his wife and breaking up his
home. but also with attempting to
steal his youngest son, W. J. Woods,
rs. stepped out of his garage door In
Sterling and shot George Dykes 81,
five times, firing once. it is said, while
Dykes lay on the ground. Three Of
the bullets took effect in the right leg,
one In the hndy and ON, pon of I'm Tod an