The Meeker herald., 1919-03-01
CENTENNIAL STATE l4s..s.

Ford to Investigate the city manager
form and the commission fOrmO of gov
eminent and to report mt the next
meeting to be held March 4. There
are II number who are In favor Of
decided change In the city manage
ment who believe that action should
he taken at once In season to get the
proposition before the people at the
coming election in April. who have al
ready taken the situation In hnnd, ana
q charter 10 embrace the needs OF
city the size Of Rocky Ford Is being
prepared.
la Sale. Mead, Fort Lupton and
Milliken are prospective locations for
the sugar factory which II In said the
Industrial Sugar Company will locate
some plnce In Weld county. The In
dustrial company wnx recently organ
lied nj Fort Morgan and has filed nr.
ticlcs OF Incorporation with q capital
stock Of $4.OOO,OOO for the purpose F"
building and operating factories In
Morgan. Logan. Weld and IArimer
counties.
Plans for paving the Denver road
north from Colorado Springs through
Palmer Lake were outlined In Colorado
Springs by 7. J. Ehrhnrt. state high
way commissioner, and J. F.. MalOney.
engineer for the commission. Federal
and stat. aid Will he combined with
county funds and work is to start ms
soon Ms the weather will permit. Traf
| fic records show this rOnd receives the
heaviest travel of any In the Pikei
Peak region.
John Capra. Iialinn. who quit the
business of tilling II truck garden on
the outskirts of Denver lust April IL
go over There" ms II member of I'm
Gle Sans expe,lItionary forces.
coming back II hero. Al present he !:
in dcbarkation hospital, New Iorl
City, rccuperating from wounds In.
nic,ch by particles OF n high explosive
shell, which tore away II section OF his
left shin bone.
| Colorado's SlG,ND,OOO Investment In
Wnr Savings Stamps last year was
most excellent showing. according tn
Associate Director W. Ward Smith OF
the savings division Of the United
States Treasury Department. who WINS
| In Denver on Il tour to study OrgnniZA'
ton methods and results.
III. magnificent Hotel Colorado, ut
Gienwood Springs, together with Its
ample and beautiful grounds and hot
and cold mineral springs may he pur
chased by the United States govern
l a.. f..,. la tlr xyspRt
army and navy Officers recuperatlon
camp in the world.
The skeleton of II full grown man,
with II large slab of rock lying on
top nf the homes WAS found near Nuc-
In in the Big Bucktnii gulch. The
skeleton was found OH the edge of
ledge of rock. Apparently. the nas
had been crushed by a fall OF rocs
while asleep.
The vaStness of COlOradO'x mann
featuring interests, as reported by FIX.
ccutive Secretary l.. IL. Lewis Of the
Colorado Manufacturers Association
ut n national conference OF Inanufact-
urers In St Louis was n surprise TO
delegates from other parts Of the
United States.
Miss Jeanette Lesser Of Pueblo Is
probably the only woman railway mall
clerk IN the United States. She re-
ceived her appointment from the Post
office Department and now 10
awaiting assignment.
Three Mexicans living In the silt
district are III jail charged with the
murder Of John Breuss, 70, wealthy
Garfield county rnnrher. last Novc'n'
her, following the discovery OF the
body In his barnynrtl.
The Mesa Verde and the Rocky
Mountain National Parks Of Colorado
are among n dozen scenic wonders OF
the West which the rniirOnd admins
iratiOn has elected to advertise in
time table folders.
Monte Vista will have a big stock
show Feb. 20, % and IS. 1919.
There SIN remains another bill pro-
viding for the repeal ~ the law Great
ing the consiabulnry, hut this bill liz In
the Senate. Here, II the Democrats
show the same ~OIi,!i,y of sentiment
against The police body hs they did In
the lower house, the fight for It's pas
sage promises to he even more strsnu,
GUS than that waged In the lower
house. The SENATE bill WAS introduced
by DE Busk Of Trinidad. In the Senate
the Democrats are in the majority.
But the Republicans hope to win over
II sufficient number Of Democrats to
save the cOnStabulary when the test
| comes.
From all sections Of Colorado come
reports Of new building, industrial
development, road work, home con
structiOn. new factories, paving, mu-
nicipal light and water plants, park
improvements and kindred develop
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