The Keota news., 1920-02-20
COLORADO NEWS NOTES

commission. held In the Senate cham.
i'er IN the state capitol In Denver. re-
Gently. II was decided 10 invite tn a
meeting to be held In the House OF
Representative at 1880 Saturday,
Fen. ~, representatives OF taxpaying
organizations, farmers organizations.
ana chambers Of commerce who would
be- asked To present their views con-
cerning the best plan to secure In.
creased efficiency In the schools, bet
ter training for teachers. and TO take
up the question OF better salaries for
trained teachers. Notifications OF
this meeting are being sent To repre-.
sentative organizations of property
owners, but any organization will be
welcome whether notified or not.
Forty stamps Of the new Gold King
Extension mill at Gladstone have been
started to pounding the accumulated
ores Of the Gold King Company. and In
a short time will be running sixteen
hours out Of every day. Manager ". 4.
Kinney states that the company will
now be shipping constant stream Of
hlgh-grade concentrates. which will be
hauled To the railroad cars for trans.
pOrtation To the smcltcr, as we'll ms the
regular shipments of gold bullion made
to the United States mint ut Denver by
this company.
Misgnusing the distance he had as.
cendcd with u eur In nn automobile clc-
vator ut II gnrngc In Denver. Lawrence
Huff. IS. IL mechanic employed nj the
garage. backed the car off the plat
form aud plunged twenty feet into the
elevator pit below with II resulting
fracture Of The skull nnd other injuries.
The xomcrsauliing machine hurled him
against the edge of the pit. nnd only
the support given II by the pit walls
prevented instant crushing of Huffs
body.
W. r. Van Eaton. n rnncher living
eight miles northeast Of Nunn. Colo.
IL dead us the result of injuries re-
ccIvcd when he was struck by Union
Pacific passenger train No. lO1 NJ no
was crossing the rnilroad tracks near
Nunn In heavy touring car. He was
carried over 1000 feet on the locomo'
tive pilot. but was apparently unhurt
when picked up. lie was rushed 10
hospital In Greeley. Internal Injuries
were the direct cause Of death.
Enos A. Mills. Colorado naturalist.
and author. nnd proprietor OF tue
Longs Peak Inn. In Estes Park. lost
cusc before the State Utilities Com.
mission IT, which he sought rcltet
through the powers Of the commission
from what he alleged rs d'scri'n''
nntory changes made the Rocky
Mountain Park Transportation Com
pnny In It's routinss Of motor service
through the park.
Using a hack saw furnished him oy
his wife, Louis q. Martin. wanted pS
the police In Flint, Mich. on charge
~ grand larceny. escaped from the
county jajl ut Colorado Springs wh''e
D,puty Sheriff G. W. Minto OF Fliht
WAS making preparations to take MN
buck to the Michigan city on h's"t
train. The saw. together with P"'
Of pliers and wire nippcrs. were
found in his cell after the escape.
Nick Chizick. an overseas fighter
who contracted tuberculosis wh'!e
fighting in France, died mt 81. MaIS"
hospital ut Grand Junction. n""'"s
ono more name to the long list OF
ca .,,nltics from that bitter struggle.
~, c,mo back to American territory
some months ago in very poor hea'!"
Mrs. w. r. Holbrook. O: years o'u'
Wis ,,,, p,lisntie fruit