Cheyenne record., 1920-06-03
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

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but 191, $50 acres Of privately owned
land in Moffat county. or little more
than 6 per cent Of the total area. On
Jan. /, 1919, there were 1871 acres
Of unappropriated state land in the
county. There are 81. .5S5 acres Of for
est area and q large acreage withheld
from homestead entry under the Carey
act. On July l, 1919. there were l.
728,663 acres Of government land open
to homestead entry. Through the pat
snting Of 2OS claims. 64,137 acres Of
government domain were added to the
taxable area Of Moffat county In the
last year. Local land officials say
that the present year will break all
records in the number Of final proofs
which will be filed, and look for more
than 100000 acres to be patented.
Restoration to homestead entry of
II, ,8O7 acres Of land formerly listed
under the Cary act project in San Mi
guel and Montrose counties, has been
announced by Clay Tallman, commits
sioner of the general land office,
Washington, D. c. From June 10 to
and including Aug. II, officers, SOL
diers and sailors and marines who
served in the war with Germany will
have preference right to enter this
land. all of which has been designated
as subject to entry under the 32O-acre
enlarged homestead act.
The bodies of Arthur Dean, 25 years
old, and William Lavery, SO, employees
NJ tho TYnffoH S1, hot trhn in,
Park county, were found floating In
the huge Antero reservoir beside an
overturned rowboat by two small boys
who visited the hatchery to deliver
mail. The two men, who had both
been connected with the federal hatch
cry for several years, had been at the
reservoir during the past month gath
ering spawn for Matching.
The National Guard Club. an organ
ization Of local business men to coop
crate with the National Guard unit
which is to be formed, has been organ
lied In Montrose. This club will spon-
sor the formation of the local guard
unit, and after it Is organized will as
sist the guards in the way Of better
club rooms and as an advisory board,
to which the members Of the guard will
always be free to appeal for assist
ance.
That Ivan De Wald, public school
teacher at Eads, Colo, who died in
hospital at Greeley, was not assaulted
by unknown persons. as at first be-
lieved, but was q victim of a hemor-
rhage caused by rupture of blood ves-
sells while he was working on his auto
mobile is the theory advanced by W.
r. Jones, head Of the public schools at
Eads and secretary Of the Y. NJ. c. A.
at Canon City, after an autopsy had
been held.
Harold Jensen, II, Of Denver, was
stabbed just below the heart during
an encounter with young opponent,
and lies painfully injured from the ef-
fects. The story as told by the youth
Indicated that he had been fighting
with lad about his own age, when
the latter drew knife and plunged it
into his ribs near the heart. Police
Surgeon Campbell attended Harold.
Henry Crasant, ten years old, was
shot and seriously wounded by a Mex
lean near the Crasant home ats Johns
town, according to story told to the
Greeley authorities by two younger
brothers who were playing with the in
jured lad when the shooting occurred
Two Mextcans are In Jail at Greeley.
The Denver livestock market is now
leading all the big livestock markets
of the country, paying the highest
prices for cattle, hogs and sheep. The
high prices on the local market have
sent thousands of cattle and hogs
there that otherwise would have been
sent to an eastern market.
John kowalik, former soldier, con-
victed week ago of second degree
murder in connection with the killing
of Helen Smith in Denver hotel
March II, was sentenced to term Of
ten to twelve years in the penitentiary
at Canon City.
Citizens of Fort Morgan have con-
tributed more than $1,000 for the up
keep Of municipal and county band
for 1920. The band will give an open
air concert Friday evening of each
week for fifteen successive weeks. In
addition to this they have agreed to
render their musical charms for any
special occasion asked for by either the
city or county.
Representative farmers of virtually
every community in Morgan county
met at Fort MiSSrrgan and effected the
Organization of the Morgan County
Live Stock Cooperative Shipping AS
sociation. The purpose of the move
ment is to give the local farmer di-
rect market where he can make the
last dollar possible for every head of
livestock he sells.