The state herald., 1920-07-09
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
we.tern Newspaper Union New. Service.

year. The call for the new catalog IL
Is per cent In excess Of any previous
year.
Marriage licenses issued in the
month Of June passed the 800 mark
In Denver. This breaks all records fol-
the month Of June, according to statis'
tics prepared by Harry f. Dowd, mar.
riage license clerk
j. o. Ingram, the superintendent OF
the Laramie plant Of the National Sup
ply Company, whose district offices
are at Casper, has been made man.
ager Of the Denver office Of that COM
pany, which has been opened in that
rity.
G. N. Shepherdson, who has been
connected with the University OF
Wyoming rs animal husbandman, In
the extension division, has rendered
his resignation to accept position
with the Colorado Agricultural College
vt Fort Collins.
Petitions bearing more than 22,OOO
names have been returned on the trl'
tunnel project, according to state
ment by W. G. Evans, chairman of the
State Highway Commission. The peti
tions have been filed with the secre
tary Of state.
A modern, 1JO-rOOm hotel, and cot.
tages with nearly as extensive accom-
modations, are to be erected on the
Williams ranch at the junction Of the
Roaring Fork and the Cache Ia Poudre
river, fifty miles from Fort Collins, In
the Poudre canon.
Colorado bought S2T0,220 worth Of
War Saving stamps Ia the five months
from Jan. 10 TO May 81 of this year,
according to an announcement by the
Treasury Department. This is an nv
erage Of 20 cents for every man, WON
m and child in the state.
A very severe hailstorm visited the
western end of Grand Valley. doing
100000 worth of damage to the fruit
crop in the Fruitdale section. Young
fruit and leaves were stripped from
thousands of trees. Some damage to
livestock and poultry was also done.
J. NJ. Cameron, age 6l, Greeley
clothing merchant, committed suicide
by hanging himself from water pipe
In the basement Of the home of his
daughter. Mrs. Harold Eas,erday. He
left IA note saying he had been
troubled by III health and business
Worries
The Maxwell block, the largest Of
flee building In Steamboat Springs, has
been sold by Senator ]. p. Maxwell of
Boulder, To ID. Chamberlain OF Des
Molnes. Iowa. The purchaser is the
founder OF the Chamberlain Medicine
Company. He purchased the building
AZ an investment.
One hundred md thirty different
varieties OF wild flowers were found
by a botanical party of seventeen
members OF the Mountain Club, which
made nn expedition 10 Tollnnd from
Denver under the leadership OF Mrs
George A. Stahl and Miss Catherine
Bruderlin.
The hearts OF forty orphan children
and eight residents of the State Odd
Fellows Home It Canon City were
made happy when over 500 representa-.
tiyes OF the triple link from all parts
OF the state assembled there to ccle-
orate the first annual homecoming of
he order In Colorado.
Colorado being the chief producer
Of radium In the world. and the only
producer while the war was In prog.
ress, II is OF local interest TO note
thnt the total supply of radium In
the world today Is estimated to be four
ounces-an amount hardly sufficient
20 fiji coffee cup.
Cllnging to their wagon ns II was
washed down stream On the crest Of
fiood.waters near Hudson. Earl Lcnkc.
Mrs. II. U. Tucker and the lniiers
little child gained the bank aud safety
quarter of mile below where they
drove into a deep hole while trying 10
ford stream. The horses broke loose
from the wagon, hut We're drowned.
Heavy losses have been sustained
by the feeders this year. 1t IL partly
due to the hirh.prlccd feed. according
10 II. ", Clark of the Colorado Agrl.
cultural College. Inst winter hny sold
In most pnrts of the state ai enormous
figures. To win next winter the feed.
rrs should begin 10 provide feed now
mud keep the mniter definitely In mind
NIL the time.
The Weld County Credit MEMS As.
soclniion. which was originally com.
posed entirely Of Greeley business men,
Is rapidly extending Its activities To
other counties. A brunch office has
been established AT Brighton nnd nm,
other office win be opened at Fort
Morgan. AZ the present time the ns
sorinilon hns mare Than 800 busines,
firms NJ members. SIXTY towns ar,
served by the association.
Contents Of senlcd letter sent b,
Mayor Dewey e. Bailey 10 sir u. y
Cooper, lord mayor Of London, IL