Cheyenne record., 1920-02-05
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.


Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.
Denver en- n.aans AutomSttvs @ show wiii bs s held
yards Stadium.
The shortage Of cars. which has
held back the shipment Of potatoes in
the Carbondale district, leaves hun
dreds Of tons of the valuable tubers
still unmarketed.
The school board Of Golden Is to be
asked to call Z special election on the
question Of voting bonds to the amount
Of @180,O00 for building new high
school in Golden.
After celebrating twenty-five min
utes, the Jury In the case of Giacomo
Corriente at Trinidad found him not
guilty of the murder of his brother,
Sam Corriente, ON Oct. p. 1910.
The Farmers' Union Is considering
erecting flour mill at Rifle. A big
meeting held there brought out eighty
two members and the determination to
build mill seemed almost universal.
II. A. Gitz, farmer near Monte
Vista, died, the victim of the Influenza
epidemic, which has caused Monte
Vista authorities to place ban on all
public congregating and public amuss-
ments.
@. d. Jackson, station agent for the
Colorado, Wyoming & Eastern railroad
at Walden, has figured that 422 cars
Of cattle and thirty-four cars Of sheep
have been shipped from Walden, He
bron and LaRand, Colo, between Aug.
9th and Dec 31st.
The purchase of six locomotives from
the Colorado Midland railroad by the
Mexican government has been completed
for price reported to be $3.50, 900. The
engines are to be delivered as soon as
possible for use on the federally oper-
ated roads in Mexico.
The government il now building a
splendid road from thompson
Springs, Utah, to Moab. Utah, the To-
cation of the recent OIL strike. The
road is to cost 500, 600 for the thirty.
seven miles when completed and will
be twenty-four feet wide on the flats,
eighteen on hillsides and sixteen feet
in deep cuts. 1t is being pushed rapid.
ly.
Sending his attendant on q false
pursuit by declaring another patient
had planned escape and had just fled
around a corner Of the building az
they walked from the dining hall to
ward, Don P. Blackwood, former
r>.r~o> ro,v,ar x.,H,D xr,o . <,ovvnvvlktod m
the state hospital for the insane last
month, escaped from the state institu.
ton at Pueblo.
Denver. time will he set ahead one
hour ON May l as a result Of the City
Council passing the daylight saving
ordinance on final reading. The bill
carried by q vote of to 3 and 1t d
understood that Mayor Dewey @
Bailey, who favors the move, will sign
the ordinance. Under the terms Of
the ordinance the clocks will be
turned back to standard time Oct 1.
Leon NJ. Hattenbach, member Of the
Senate Of the Colorado Assembly AND
city Industrial commissioner, died at
the steering wheel Of his automobile
while he was driving on Wadswortf
street, Jefferson county, coming to
ward Denver. Mrs. Hattenbach and 8
year-old son, Leon, Jr., were the only
other occupants Of the car. Heart fail
ure was said to be the cause.
The construction of the consolidates
school building at Monument will be
gin with the coming Of spring weather
according to an announcement made b.
the school directors at the office Ol
the county superintendent Of schools
Plans for the building are now being
! drawn and the school board is prepar
ing to advertise for bids on the build
ing contract in the near future.
A report comes from Cripple Creel
that the Lincoln Mining and Millint
Company, which recently opened 9
large gold ore reduction plant there, i.
now negotiating for the purchase Of
the Cripple Creek Short Line railroad
In the interest of better Highways
and more attractions for tourists Q
movement is under way to annex tc
Pueblo county portions Of Custer
county, in the vicinity Of the Rye and
Beulah districts. 1t is said that Gus
ter county favors ceding the district
to Pueblo county and 1t is likely that
bill will be presented at the next
Legislature changing the boundaries
Of both counties.
Colorado National Guardsmen, wht
were called for federal service along
tile Mexican border, may receive
claims against the federal government,
totaling $175,OOO as result Of Adjt
Gen. William A. Spangler's successful
efforts to have the cases reopened al
Washington. The claims were origi
nally disallowed, because Of misun
derstanding, according to . message
received nv the State Military Depart