Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1920-04-08
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

Reports from all the banks in the
state, complied by the State Immigra-
tion Department, show that but six of
the sixty-one counties in tho state hav-
ing banks within their borders showed
decreases in their bank deposits dur
ing the year 1919. In the remaining
counties increases were shown ranging
from per cent to 1856 per cent. The
largest percentages of Increase were
shown by the following counties Chey-
enne, 1S5 per cent; Kit Carson county.
Is per cent; Baca county, 10 per cent;
Archuleta county, IS per cent: Logan
county, "a per cent; Yuma county, IS
per cent. The increase in bank dspos-
its fer the state ~ a whole was In ex-
cess Of Is per cent for the beginning
Of 1917. Increases were shown In all
the agricultural counties, while some
Of the mining counties showed de-
creases, the largest being for Teller
county.
The depth of snow ut Ward Lake
March 31st was 1T inches on . level.
or ten feet seven inches, a visit there
by Forest Ranger Robinson disclosed.
The ranger cabin was about buried out
Of sight. The deepest snow ever re-
ported in the state before, 1t IL said.
was on Cumbres Pass, where 128
inches was reported in 1915, following
one Of the worst storms in the states
history. The rangers found the fol-
lowing depths near Ward Lake: Kiser
Greek, 90 inches Upper Surface Greek,
81 inches; Lower Surface Greek, IS
inches; West Muddy, 48 inches; Hub
bard Creek, 88 inches; Upper Big
Creek, 60 inches; Lower Big Greek,
81 inches Mesa Lake, "a inches; Coon
Creek, go inches; Upper Divide Creek,
80 inches.
Colorado's school fund has passed
the $6,OOO,OOO mark. On April 1 the
books of the state treasurer show the
fund has reached $6,O17 ,516.91. On
April 1, 1915, the fund stood at $3,-
136,77O35. In other words, the fund
has nearly doubled within five years.
The fund is invested in bonds and
other securities which net little bet
ter than 4 per cent, giving an income
Of about a quarter of a million dol
lars annually. This income Is divided
among the counties for school pur,
poses.
Mrs. Ora Woolery, 35, mother Of
three young children, fell down a
freight elevator shaft ut the Acacia no.
tel at Colorado Springs, where she was
employed as domestic, and died
shortly afterward az a result of her
injuries. The elevator il automatic.
As she stepped from the cage at the
third floor, which she mistoOk for the
fourth floor, the elevator continued up
ward and she fell backward into the
shaft. She was badly crushed in the
fall.
| BY the accidental discharge Of his
| .38-caliber revolver when it slipped
from its holster at the police station
at Trinidad, Archie Mccoy, night cap
tain of police, was shot through the
ankle, inflicting an injury which may
keep him out of service for several
months. w. e. Waller will serve as
night captain.
A letter to Postmaster Charles NC
| Cormac Of Crestone, Colo, Boosting Of
his escape from federal authorities
following the theft of $638.49 and
other securities from the postoffice
safe, led to the arrest of Ernest Boyd,
20 years old, 1t Spokane, WASH, ac-
cording to a telegram received In Dem
yer.
One thousand dollars an acre Is the
record return in Montrose County
among the potato growers reported for
1919. Frank F. Heath, one Of the
| farmers of the Bostwick Park district,
has completed his marketing and said
that on twelve acres the return will
average approximately $1,000 an acre.
The beet acreage for the Longmont
section has passed the 10000 mark,
and 1t is expected that before plant
ing season arrives a total Of approx
mately 1900 acres will have been
reached. This will be one of the larg-'
est acreages ever grown for the Long
mont factory.
Eleven and three-quarters per cent
of the school children in the Greeley
district are of Russian parentage, ac-
cording to school census just COM
pleted. The census shows that there
are 1854 persons Of school age in the
district, and fourteen foreign coun-
tries are represented. Seventy-two
gave Mexico as the birth Of their par
ents, and sixty-three Sweden.
Found guilty Of stealing $3,91O from
q cache buried in pigpen at Durango,
Henry Lance was sentenced to an in
definite term in the reformatOry. Will
liam Lance, the boys step-father, was
found guilty of receiving stolen prop
erty. The money was taken from a
hoard of $4,000 buried by Reinhold
Thomnson dairyman, for whom