Cheyenne record., 1919-05-29
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STATE NEWS

| Cut worms have done thousands of
dollars worth Of damage to farm and
garden crops in parts of Weld county
Is the report.
Lawrence c. Phipps has become Of
ficially senator of Colorado. A tele
gram to his son, Lawrence c. Phipps,
Jr., announced that he had been sworn
i'll and taken his seat
| A widow with four children was ar
| rested at her home in Walsenburg,
charged with bootlegging. She was
arrested on the same charge about a
year ago and convicted.
The average county tax levy in Colo
RADIO Is 6.23 mills, which on an as
sessed valuation of $1,424 4,S1l, ,2SS
should produce a county revenue from
direct taxation of $s,Ss6,S51.71.
| 10 buy business and then close it
out was the way one man managed to
| get u room In which to carry on his
own business at Castle Rock, there be-
ing no VACANT room available.
| A mOrtuary to cost $4,000 is to be
| built in Greeley this summer The
building will be of Gothic type of
architecture. The mOrtuary will be
the largest building of it's kind north
of Denver.
According to A. l.. Bailey, city at
torney of Glenwood Springs, the heav-
lest tourist traffic in the history of
Colorado is expected to visit or at
least, pass through the resort during
the present season.
| AT meeting of the Ouray CONNER
| clay Club, it was decided to have IL
| thrre-day Fourth of July victory cele
bralion. 1t is the intention of the
| committee to make this the largest
| celebration ever held on the western
slope
Louis Morrow. 81, and a stranger.
committed suicide at the county ward
in II Grand Junction hospital by shoot
| ing himself in the head. He used an
| old-faShioned .3S bulldog revolver.
| Illness is believed to have prompted
| the act.
The Colorado pcnitentiary, which
| has been closed to visitors since last
| October, is again open to those who
| care to make Il visit to the institution.
| 'Th" restrictions were put on during
| the c\niencr of the Influenza cpl
demic
0. S. Parker, of, Denver, and John
| Hancock of Avondale, were both per-
hups fatally injured when an auto in
| which they were driving cOllided with
Il street car ut the intersection of G
street and Union avenue in Pueblo.
Both men were catapulted from their
| II Inn hnir
| The hotelkecpcrs and business men
of Estes Park are anticipating the big
gest tourist business this season that
| the park has ever known. More reser-
vntionS than usual at this early stage
are being received by all IF the hotels.
and cottage renting has already passed
previous years records by big per
cent
Denver took $13,947 900 in the Vic
tory loan, or more than $4,000 above
the total, according to the announce
ment of the Denver Liberty loan COM
mittee In this total is not included
IL subscription from the banks. this
amount representing the actual sub
scriptions solicited by the army work
rrS in the drive.
An appropriation of S2O'hW has been
| asked Congress for an addition to the
Denver mint. The secretary Of the
| United States treasury sent Il recon-
mendation to Congress for this apprO-
priation for the extension and improve
mcnt of the sweep cellar" in the mint.
Superintendent Thomas Anncar re-
Gently recommended the addition, and
| ,l.,t;
proved
The total production of coal in
Colorado was 12.61SDll tons. the larg-
| est annual production in the history of
the state. This is approximately one
third of per cent of the total avail
able supply.
While the owners were absent on
! fishing trip. fire destroyed The Storm
| Alfalfa Meal and Feed tnmpnny's mill
in Longmont The mill waS the larg-
est alfalfa mill in northern Colorado.
The mill was owned by .. G. and y.
| II. storm. Until seven months ago the
mill was protected by insurance, but
| 1T that time the insurance was
dropped making the estimated loss of
Sl>.Mn complete.
Marshall pass. Colorado, has been
made II pn>t"ffire. and thereby takes
over the distinction of being the high
est yu>iuffirr in the United States.
| MARSHALL pass has an altitude of 1O,-
ST; feet and what town is there has
| been in existence thirty years or more,
81 the designation as pOstOffice
comes to ii late in life. Corona, on the
| Muffat line. is higher up in the air
than is ParShall pass, but it has never
asked for an office. r. Haley Is post
master of the new "highe up