Cheyenne record., 1920-07-01
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

the basis of the number OF men fur
nished the army. These goods are to
be shipped to a central point in the
several states and from there be dis
tributed by each congressman in his
district. In the Colorado allotment
there are twenty-one field guns, how
ltzers and trench mortars; thirty-eight
vehicles, ninety-four machine guns anC
quite number of small guns and
thousands of small articles. Manager
]. L. Beaman of the State Fair has
written each congressman from Colo.
RADIO, urging that these goods be
shipped to Pueblo at thet ime Of the
State Fair, Sept. 1925, where they
may be placed on exhibition and then
distributed from there. By this ar.
rangement the visitors attending the
State Fair will have an opportunity OF
seeing the entire collection.
Partial reports from county asses
sors received by the State Immigration
Department show that the acreage de.
voted to beans in the state this year
is somewhat larger than early prelimi.
nary reports indicated it would be. In
QulIlcs uulihS tAS SpA ihS tShNSu
to show that the acreage devoted to
the crop this year would not be much
in excess of 85 per cent of last years
acreage, or about $4,000 acres, exclu.
sive of those raised for seed. Such
returns as have been made by county
assessors up to this time Indicate that
the acreage planted this year is at
least 80 per cent of that for last year,
and may run slightly above 10000
acres.
With the death of one member Of the
city fire department and property
damage estimated at more than 5000.
600, Telluride witnessed the worst fire
in its history. The fire, which started
in the new flotation mill Of the Snug
gler-Union mine, one and one-half
miles east of Telluride, consumed the
entire building. in addition to destroy
ing the residence Of Bulkeley Wells
president and general manager Of the
mine, the mine office building, the
company store, an oil warehouse, three
cottages, seven freight cars and an
enormous amount of lumber and coal
stored near.
The town of Ault has been exonerat.
ed from alleged contempt charges by
the State Utilities Commission. 1t had
been charged that Ault had violated
orders issued by the commission last
September in regard to the operating
Of a municipal light and power plant
Testimony Of witnesses appearing be.
fore the commission brought out the
fact that the town officials were in nc
| way responsible for citizens plugging
in" on the municipal power wires aft
er the order to restrain had been Is
sued by the commission. -
1t takes q courageous man to save
his burning house with buckets Of milk
| worth 10 cents quart wholesale, but
David Easterly and Martin Van voor
his, ranchmen on the Cornwall ranch
on Ohio creek, possessed the necessary
courage when their ranch home caught
fire. Twenty gallons Of lacteal fluid
sufficed to dOuse the flames, which
had started on the roof.
Pueblo post No. 2, American Legion
has established its headquarters in the
canteeI used throughout the war by
| the local chapter Of the Red Cross tc
serve hot lunches to soldiers passing
through the city. The building has
been moved from near the Union sta
tion to Court and Fifth streets, and has
been comfortably and costly fitted ur
as a clubhouse for the Legion.
Owing to the failure of materials tc
arrive, the ceremony Of laying the cor
nerstone Of the new $500 600 Sterling
hospital will not take place for a few
weeks. In the meantime, efforts tc
raise the remainder of the money tc
meet the cost Of thes tructure will be
redoubled, in the hope Of having the
fund complete when the cornerstone IL
laid.
Harry Falkner, so, town marshal OF
Brighton, and former deputy sheriff
was shot twice by bank robbers. Falk
ner was rushed to Mercy hospital, Den
yer. Farkner Ia believed to have been
shot by the lookout" for the bank
robbers, who were on the point OF
breaking into the American bank or
Bridge street, at Brighton,
The hearts of forty orphan children
and eight residents of the State Odd
Fellows Home Mt Canon City were
made happy when over 500 representa-.
tives of the triple link from all parts
of the state assembled there to cele-
brate the first annual homecoming of
the order in Colorado.
Struck in the face with flying
piece of jagged steel, the broken part
of an automobile fan, George Schaefer.
mechanic employed in garage al
Trinidad, sustained fracture Of the
skull, the loss Of his left eye and a
deep laceration extending from his left
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