The state herald., 1919-07-25
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
Newspaper Union New. Service.

isiator, capitalist and one Of the found
ers of Grand Junction, died ut his hom,
In PalO Alto, Calf, according to mes
sages received.
A team composed of seventeen mer
OF ColoradO's National Guard will rep
resent the State at the national rifle
matches to be held ut Caldwell, N. j.,
the week Of August 20.
William Wise, years old, son OF
Robert Wise, rancher living -four
miles from Paonia, was instantly killed
as result Of being accidentally shot
by his sister, Mary. years old.
Washington County is harvesting
the largest wheat crop in its history
The yield is going from ten bushels
To thirty bushels per acre and 1t Is
testing as high as 81 per cent. to the
bushel.
q. 5. kelch, superintendent Of the
American Refrigerator Transit Com
pnny is In Grand Junction making ar
rangements for handling approximate
~ $500 cars of fruit and 500 cars of
iotatoes.
All the Jefferson county men who
served In Uncle Sans military or nav
III forces during the war were guests
of the city of Golden and people came
from all section of the county to at
tend the welcome Home" day cele-
bratiOn held there.
When Mrs. Hannah L. Walpole, wild
ow of the late Richard G. WalpOle,
one of the most prominent of Kansas
City's pioneer business men. died in
Denver as the result OF burns inflicted
when defective electric warmer set
fire to her bed in hotel, q Fremont
tion Of her son, Herbert A. Walpole,
became realized sorrow.
What is believed to he the first case
Of typhus fever ever recorded in Dem
YER caused the death Of Harley Will
son, n decorator Wilson, who was 81
years of age and has been employed
by the Denver Omnibus and Cab Com
pany. became Ill June %. The attend
ing physicians recognized the disease,
hut were unable to stop its progress.
Mrs. Guy U. Hardy, wife Of Repre-
sentative Hardy Of the Third Congress
sional district OF Colorado. has accept
ed an invitation to sponsor n 9.G0Oton
steel steamer, which is to be launched
In Seattle Aug. 10. Mrs. Hardy will go
to Seattle with her husband to attend
the convention of the National Edi.
torial Association, of which her hus.
band is president
Colorado will produce this year 49,
S21, 900 bushels Of wheat, compared
with production OF Is, ,335, 900 bushels
last year, according. to estimates just
completed by the Colorado Co-Opera-
tive Crop Reporting service. The pro-
duction of corn, II conditions remain
favorable until harvest, will be approx
imntely 23.1IS,0O0 bushels, compared
with 23,5S5.00O bushels for 1918
An auto accident which resulted In
the death Of Emil Hedstrom, widely
known rancher, and caused injury to
three others, occurred when the auto
In which the four were riding turned
over. The car was travelling Mt high
rate Of speed. when one Of the tires
hurst and flew off. The car turned II
complete somersault. This is the see
ond fatal accident that has occurred
near Haxiun recently.
The old cnr barn on Colfax avenue,
near Aurora, which thes tate highway
commission recently purchased from
the iramway company In Denver. In
being repaired for the storing OF some
of the army trucks now being received
from the War Department. Forty.sey.
On trucks have been received thus far.
and Will he sent to the counties for
use on county roads as soon as they can
lie replaced with the dump bodies.
The Western Colorado Power Com.
pany was granted n twenty-one-year
franchise by the new city council Al
ouray. The vote was unanimous.
The reni estate bureau OF the Civic
yer has been asked to present recon.
mendntions to the board OF directors
with regard TO the proposed "Prcsi.
dents summer home" on Mount Fnl.
con. This action WIS tnken after re-.
quest was mnde by John Brisbcn
Walker for consideration OF further ne
iion.
The public school fund for the first
SIX months OF 1919 amounts to $685..
s0s55. according To figures given out
nj the office OF Mrs. Mary G. G. brad.
ford. superintendent Of public instruc.
iIon. The amount represents the lnrg.
est Income fund ever received by the
educational department. the highest
amount previously being last January.
when S:s23. 900 was received. The fund
Is to be npportionei TO the sixty.thrco
counties In the sintc. according to the
school population. The income repre-.
-ents interest from bonds. warrants,
farm loans and lenses on lands owned
Icy the department