Cheyenne record., 1919-06-05
COLORADO NEWS NOTES,

home in Denver after eleven months
OF service In France, tells tale of un-
remitting labor and danger that can
scarcely be exceeded by those related
by the men who carried the guns. Ser
geant Whiles was member of the
Fourteenth Engineers and ran an en-
gine which carried supplies from Rat
/ tentout, near Verdun, to the front
lines. During the Argonne forest fight
he and his crew were on duty for sew
Ell days and nights without relief and
were able to get only such rest as they
could snatch between times. Sergeant
Whites wears wound stripe, the re-
suit of having been injured in the leg
with high explosive shell, which, on
January 10, 1919, exploded under the
! engine he was running, utterly demol-
ishlng 1t and wounding all the crew.
Plans for the Fourth of July celebra-
j ton in Steamboat are rapidly taking
shape and the affair is growing in i'm
portance. The sports committee has
been especially active, and already
many of the best riders of northwest
ern Colorado are lined up for attend
ance 1t is planned to make the rough
riding feature of greater interest than
ever before. Some of the recent con-
tests have been rather tame, but
George Long, on trip to the lower
country interested some of the best
riders in the contest They are anx-
i"us to try conclusions with the crack
riders Of the Art-O-Graf Film Com
pany, who will be there
Fifty students, all Of them newly ar
rived soldiers from France, have been
enrolled by the Denver branch of the
federal board for vocational training
to attend the classes at the Opportun-
ity school. These are the advance
guard Of about $50 students who will
/ be enrolled at the Opportunity by the
federal board this summer Many sub
Jects will be taught to these men,
among them automobile repairing in
all its phases, sheet metal work, Eng
lish show card writing, commercial
branches, salesmanship. drafting, al
zebra and other branches of mathe-
matics
/ The final statistics on May travel
! to Colorado will equal that of Junes in
the past, said Frank A. Wadleigh, pas
Senger traffic manager of the Denver
X Rio Grande. "'rhe May travel has
kept pace with the June travel and
Sholl not be surprised If the final re
turns show that May was ahead of the
usual June" said Mr. Wadleigh AS
II rule, May travel is light to Colorado.
the summer tourist rates becoming eff
| fnctjvn I hn;,
month when people start for their
summer vacations"
Colorado crop planting, which is
| completed, indicates tho acreage under
cultivation this year will he the larg
| est in the history of the state, accord
i'll" 10 reports compiled for tho Coop
rrative Crop Reporting service by
county assessors. In addition to the
large increases for wheat and sugar
br"t> previously reported, there is said
to be II large increase in the acreage
devoted to corn. Completed reports
Indicate lhnt the acreage of pinto
brnnS this year will not exceed that
planted in 1918 by more than 25 per
cent.
The largest amount of government
land open to homestead entry in any
land district in Colorado is 4,G6G, 800
acres in the Glenw"od Springs dis
trict, in Eagle. Garfield, Gunnison
Mesa, M"ffat, Pilkin, Rio Blnnco and
ROutt counties. More than twO-thirdS
of this is in Moffat and Rio Blanco
| counties.
The Beaver PenrOse & Northern
railway is now past history. f. c. Hall
completed the contract of disInnnting
the road after twenty-threc days work
with force of fourteen men. The
material was shipped to Utah to the
Goshen Valley Railroad Company,
where it will be put into use.
Robert W. Cummings 36, we'll known
Archulcta county rancher, committed
suk.id" at his home nine miles north
OF Pag"Sa Springs by shooting himself f
through the head with a 30-3O Win
chester. Mr.. Cummings had been in
| rather poor health of late and had
acted very melancholy. He placed the
gun under his chin and completely
shattered his head while his wife was
in an adjoining room.
The state highway commission has
received word that the snow blockade
on BerthOud pass has been broken and
the road is now open for travel. In
formation also reached the commits
sion that n crew of men is working to
get through the snow on Battle noun
tain to open the road between Fairplny
and breckenridge, with good prospects
that the task Will he completed
shortly.
Grand county commissioners have
recommended the Rabbit Ear road,
from krcmmling to Martin, for I'M
provement by the state highway COM