Cheyenne record., 1920-02-12
COLORADO
STATE NEWS

Western Newspaper Union News usssics.
COMING EVENTS.
Denver Automotive Show will be held
In Denver. March to s. ut Stock
yards Stadium.
The Rio Grande railroad is storing
1000 tons of ice in the big ice houses
ut Delta. They have bought 800 tons
from Frank II. BOsler's private ice
ponds at Montrose.
The foundations of q big building
and loan association for OIathe have
been laid. A committee has been ap-
pointed to solicit for probable stock
buyers.
Delta is to have new motion pic
ture theater. Denver parties are ne
gotiating for its erection and 1t is to
cost between $4,000 and $4,000, 1t is
stated.
While playing tag with her sister
at Rockvale, Rose Bacerella, 2 years
old, fell down the cellar steps at her
home and was almost instantly killed,
her skull being fractured.
A big mountain hunt ID being
planned for Gunnison county with de-
signs on the three mountain lions
which have been getting 20 much
stock this winter on Beaver creek.
L. H. Easterly Of Gunnison has tax
en- a good portion Of the census
enumeration on sn0wshOes. Upper
Ohio creek was 30 deeply buried all
other modes Of locomotion are out Of
the question.
Already 1900 sacks Of cement have
been ordered for use in erecting the
immense new canning plant to be built
at Delta this year by the Colorado
Packing Company. Machinery is to
be ordered at once.
The miners Of Aspen are beginning
to prepare for the early spring work
and many prospect0rs are getting
lined up for earlier trips to the hills
than ever before in hopes Of finding
silver leads while silver 10 high.
The Liberty Bell mine ut Telluride
is dumping its ore In the bins now in
stead of sending it to the mill, as the
mill has been closed down temporarily.
The unreliability Of electric power is
given as the reason for the shutting
down of the big mill.
: Edward Bell Field, Jr., vice presi-
dent and treasurer of the Mountain
States Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany and widely known clubpan Of
Denver, died at Hot Springs, Ark, ac-
cording to word received in Denver
by his sister, Mrs. Floyd Walp0le.
Finding glass containing = power
full tonic prescribed by a physician for
his father, mother and two sisters,
who were Ill from influenza, the 49,
months-old son of Charles Wilcpx OF
Burns drank the draught and died
from its effects before q physician
could be found.
Early indications are that Greeley
will equal or outdo its building record
of 1918 this year. Last year the city
issued building permits in excess Of
$75O,OOO. The building inspectors e.
timated that the actual value of build
ing constructed during the year was In
excess Of $1,25O.00O.
With one-fOurth Of the army re.
cruiting campaign time limit gone and
only one-tenth of the quota enlisted
Colorado and Wyoming must speed up
to reach the goal Of LAOS recruits BY
March n. The drive begun on Jan
10 has netted 1877 accepted recruits
for the regular army.
The number Of other cattle on
hand in the state this year is esti-
i mated at 1855, 600, compared with l.
425,OOO last year. and the average val.
ue per head is $48. TO- compared with
$54.4O last year. The number Of
other cattle In the country at large
this year Is estimated at 44,3S6, 900,
compared with 45OS5. 900 on January
!, 1919. - tf t,.'f ~ -A
Greeley's municipal water works
earned $77,2S7.7O in 1919, according to
the annual report Of Milton Seaman,
superintendent Of the water. works
system. In 1903, the first year the
mountain water system was used, II
earned only $43. 3.l2284. As rates have
remained stationary, the increase rep
resents the growth Of the eity's popu-
iation. One hundred and forty.eight
new houses were connected with the
system this last year. The entire sys-
TEN represents an investment OF &508.
57l.43. tT1,) r.-agll ;ig1 g'f'
Owners Of the famous Victoria mine
at Summerville have organized the e.
100000 Lincoln Silver Mining Com
pany in Boston and plan extensive DE-
velopment Of this lode and of a TIM
mel site at Salina. The Lincoln Oon
pany Is planning development work o.
the Victoria by an extension eastward
Of t'te 40O-foot level, by an. extension
of the No. 2 incline to the 40O-fo0t