Cheyenne record., 1920-02-26
COLORADO
STATE NEWS;
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COMING EvENTs.
Denver Automotive Show will be held
Is In Denver. March to 8. at Stock
.fards Stadium.
" J. A. Robbins, one Sf the e.esrly set
tiers who planted one Of Paonia's first
orchards, is dead Mt the age Of 81
years. He Is survived bys!his widow
and three daughters.
The Ford assembling plant in Den
yer, closed during the war will be re,
opened on March 15, according to
Emory Alton, the Ford Manager. The
plant will give: immAdiats employment
to 225 men.
se The oil shale laboratory being erect
1 ed at the University Of Colorado will
ibe ready for operation by March Is, ac-
cording to an announcement made by
William GarsiR Of Washington, D. c.,
who is to have charge. A temporary
building has been completed and some
Of the equipment is to be Installed.
Mrs Josia L. Woodbury., 81, a resi-
dent Of Greeley for nearly fifty years,
died at her home there of q complica-
stion of diseases. She had been Ill for
Several months. Mrs. Woodbury. went
To Greeley from Vermont in 1871 and
was one of the first graduates from
the Greeley@N Normal sscheoA= A=in.1 asaas,s
Work on the Loveland-Estes Park
road is progressing fast and one Of the
finest roads in the state will be open
to the public by June l., according to
Contractor Dooling. Five road gangs
are now at work and pushing the grade
from higher to a grade of Z per cent
all the distance from Loyelapd into the
park. ~ tS-a '}s'..st' .
The value of all crops grown In
Colorado has Increased from about
$16,9OO,OOO in 1899 to moro. than $191,-
OOO,O in 1919. During this period Of
twenty years agriculture has advanced
from fourth to first position among
the states Industries. and 1t is today
developing more rapidly than any
other state industry. 4 f5i .ss l.,
Colorado is the seventh state In
size, with an area of CASA, ,120 acres
about twelve times the area Of Massa-
chusetts. Its greatest length is about
3S7 miles, east and west, and its great
est width is about 276 miles AT the
present time it ranks about thirtieth
in population. with something more
than 1000, 600 people.
A very rich vein of silver ore has
been found in the Early Bird group OF
mines, located on the divide between
Animas Forks and Ouray. The owners,
A. Il. Mccormick, George Gardner, Clay
Ashley and James Bass. purchased the
mine from Pueblo company last fall
t4and they hegah atye breaknthsst1affsto
their mine in December.
Theodore s. Smith, 81, farmer.
committed suicide at the home of
his mother, Mrs. Belle Harper, who
lives on Ralston avenue, just outside
of Arvada, by s1fdoting 6 himself in 1fle
head with a revolver. Harper had
been despondent for. several, days, He
is survived by hiss widow and baby
and - fnotfIter; 80 Az III a
Desegftes of the sKfwaants sUupA III
the Eastern Htat$S are to aakeaas, tour
of the Pixies Peak region on June %.
THE visit ID to tHs' but part .ot.x-Huon:
mile tour. of the country that the dele
gates are to make in which they win
visit st. Paul, Banif, Alberta, Cana
dian National park, Salt Lake City,
Denver and Kansas City.
Carl Howelson, well known profess
sional ski jumper, is directingsa crew
Of workmen in preparing the Steam
boat ski course for the midwinter
/ Sports Carnival to be held on March
ahd5 Among those practicing on
/ the course are several amateurs not
oyer Is years old and some have sue
ceeded in riding" it well over 100
feet.
The body of sCharles Lindberg, 55
years old, was found, frozen and full
Iy dressed, lying on his bed in his
home, seven miles southwest Of Gree
Sfey. Coroner w. H. Woods declared
he had been dead for more than a
week.
.'In the. national forests Of Colorado
alone more than 100000 persons
spent their vacations in 1919" A. HI
Carhart Of the local forestry offices
!, told the delegates to the conference of
foresters and engineers. More than
fS5,O0O automobiles toured the forest
highways.
Two youthful highwaymen, who fled
before they could be identified, held
up Miss Florence Clark in Denver as
she was walking east on East Sixteenth
avenue, near Sherman. and at the
points, Of two7leveled revolvers forced
her to surrender her purse. The purse
contained only 90 cents.
Despite the success of Delta county
in putting the damper on the local eff
forts to obtain an independent sugar
factory for Montrose, local interests
are confident that factory will be