The Colorado statesman., 1919-01-18
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
Western NeMspaper Union News seryIce.

COMING EVENTS.
Ian. 2O-21-Mid- winter meeting OF
Colorado Editorial Association AT
Ian. 2I-Meeting Colorado County Com
missioners at Denver.
Jan. 22-Colorado stock Growers AS
soctation meeting at Denver
Jan. 22-Meeting Farmers Ecucatlonal
Cooperative Union at Denver.
Jan. 2l-23-Mountain states bunnper
Dealers Association meeting In Dem
yer.
Ian. 2s-24-Hardware and Implement
Dealers meeting at Denver. -,
Jan. 2324-Western Shorthorn Breeu-
ers' Association at Denver. ,
Jan. 23-24-Meeting Oldtime Cowboys
Association at Denver.
Jan. 24-25-Meeting Colorado Horse
Breeders Association at Denver.
Jan. 25-Meeting Colorado Auctioneers
Jan. 21-26-Western stock Show at
Jan. 2i-23-Meeting American National
Live Stock Association at Denver
A big memorial service for Theo-
dore Roosevelt was held at the Con-
gregational Church in Grand JUNG
tion.
The resignation of Colonel Frank
Adams as superintendent of the State
Department of Safety was accepted
by Governor Gunter Monday morning.
Certificates of honorable service
will be given men leaving the naval
service before the expiration of their
terms of enlistment.
o. NJ. James, d. B. Wright and~F !:
NJ. Stout have shipped carload OF
alfalfa seed worth nearly $4,000 from
Whitewater.
About 400 Colorado wool growers
and stockmen attended the three days
session of the Wyoming Wool Grow
ers' Association held at Lander.
General" Charles w. Gordon, 81,
the oldest resident in Colorado
Springs, is dead. Gordon was vet
eran of four wars-Punjab, Sepoy,
Crimean and Civil.
Under the direction of the City
Federation of Women's Clubs Wig
orous campaign will soon be started
for the establishment of a modern
hospital in Sterling.
Telluride is battling a new wave of
influenza and a number Of new cases
have been reported lately. The city
authorities have requested discontin-
uance of public funerals.
Neglect is charged to the Portland
Gold Mining Company in coroner's
verdict returned on the death of Emil
Palmquist at the Victor crusher mill
of the company November 10.
The new issue of War Savings
Stamps, costing $412 this month, are
on sale at the postoffices and other
agencies. The stamps are redeemable
January l, 1924. Colorado's quota is
S20,000,000.
After seven years of successful op-
Grafton Longmont today owns, free
from debt, its municipal electric light
plant, the last $4,000 bonds having
been paid by the city during the year
1918.
The state auditor has notified Mary
C. C. Bradford, state superintendent
of public instruction, that there is
available for apportionment among
the school districts of the state out
of the public school income fund the
sum of 1923, ,928.a2.
The first train on the Denver &
Salt Lake railroad since the recent
tie-up in traffic has gotten through.
This tie-up was the result of a large
cave-in at tunnel No. 16. Sufficient
repairs have now been made on this
tunnel to allow traffic to proceed.
The appointment of Mrs. frankie
W. Eagan of Denver as policewoman
of Colorado Springs was announced
by Mayor Charles E. Thomas, acting
commissioner of public safety. Mrs.
Eagan comes to the police department
with record of several years of COM
petent service in welfare work.
Charles Yetter, bigamist, will not
take unto himself any more wives for
more than a year. Judge John H.
Denison in the West Side Court
Wednesday sentenced Yetter to from
eighteen months to two years in the
penitentiary, after Yetter had pleaded
guilty. Although only 27 years old,
Yetter has been married at least five
times.
Colorado will be able to use 1880
unskilled soldiers and sailors on road
construction and repair work during
1919, according to reports received by
the department of agriculture from
the highway department
To aid farmers IN increasing the pro-
duction and improving the quality of
butter fat, the Colorado Creamery
Manufacturers Association has estab-
lished permanent office in conjunc-
ton with the agricultural and live
stock bureau of the Denver Civic and
Commercial Association.
Denver.-Western stockmen have
contributed 5000 head of calves to
be auctioned during the Denver live
stock show, worth on an average of
$50 apiece. The stock now is being
assembled to be shipped in carload
lots to Denver Union Stock Yards,
where it is to be housed in the great
sheep barn and pens, having a ca
pacity of $4,000 head. The auction
sale is to be held on Wednesday the
goth in the arena of the stock show.
Because of recent storms some of the
calves contributed will never reach the
show grounds, but will be auctioned
locally in the region where raised and
the money sent in by the local chap
ters of the American Red Cross. 1t
now is believed that $150,000 will be
secured by the sale.
Tho r,nr price of S1Q q ton Ant for.