Cheyenne Wells record., 1921-07-28
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

southwest part or "elu COUNTY ~
turns in figures showing loss oi
1854 800 to property along twel'e iiiiies
of the course of the river. one thou-
sand acres of land is damaged 1or
total of S11T,5OO. On this land prop
prty loss of $1,000 is given, includihs
q total loss of $50 acres of beets. S33,-
800: 80 acres of cabbage. SlOUo; ZoV
acres OF wheat, 5000; 200 acres OF
corn, $4,000; 100 acres of oats, s2'ooV.
Tired of waiting for the state hlsh-
way commission to build the Drldees
damaged or washed out by the flood OF
June ., the Iarimer county commis-
sioners have started TO build three
bridges without state or national help.
The bridge across Little Thompson,
south of Berthoud, will be put in first.
| 7, will he Il wooden bridge. The bridge
| At Bird dump. where the approach was
| washed so badly that another span Will
| be required, will also be started. anu
the bridge over the Big Thompson Is
the third.
| Colorado Springs doesn't Intend
that it shall be known as heaven Oh
earth, though its streets are 10 De
paved gold. This gold Will be poureu
into cement mixtures and used TO In
ish a 100000 paving Job. The rock
which will be used to make the paving
is to come from the dump OF the ola
VindicatOr mine at Cripple Creek. Ill
this dump, according to reports made
by mining engineers and assayors, may
he found thousands Of dollars worth
of pure gold.
John Morgan, 9-year-old son OF
Frank Morgan, sheepnan. was in
stantly killed on Barlow creek, ten
miles north of Rico, when he was
caught by rock slide. His head was
crushed and his body badly bruised.
Members of the family and friends
from the Morgan sheep camp on
Lizard Head were spending the day
fishing and picnicking. The children
were rolling rocks down the mountain
when the rock slide caught young
Morgan.
Mrs. Alvrettie Miller has been ar
rested at Fort Collins on the charge of
being accessory before the fact in Il
burgarizing of several cabins in the
Big Thompson canon last winter, fol-
lowing the report of the jury in the
district court convcting her two sons,
J. IL. Miller and George Miller, of bur
gIary on the charge of stealing various
articles from the cabins. The court
granted the brothers fifteen days in
which to file a motion for new trial.
Owing to the inability Of the men,
bers Of Greenwood Post, q. A. r., to
climb the stairs to their old meeting
quarters in the Odd Fellows building
at Canon City, the county commission
ers have given them a room on the
first floor of the courthouse opposite
that of the county superintendent of
schools for their use in holding their
meetings. Since the first of the year
Greenwood Post has decreased in num-
bers from forty-five to thirty-scven.
Fully 10000 trade uniOnisls are eX-
pccted to march In Denver's annual
Labor Day parade. Monday, September
). members of the joint Labor Day
committee of the Denver Trades and
Labor Assembly and the Building
Trades Council said yesterday. Far
more than this number will gather in
the afternoon and evening. they pre-
dict, for the picnic which the organized
labor bodies of the city will promote
at Lakeside.
Troop headquarters of the Colorado
rangers have been transferred from
Pueblo to Denver, and In the future all
reports made by the state officers will
be sent there, according to announce
ment made by Col Patrick Hammock,
superintendent of the ranger force.
The last of the great plains cattle
herds Is to pass into the realm of
memory when Bill Shanahan, George
Baxter and Vern Simpson move their
herds from the Seibert country to
homesteads which they will take near
Meeker, Colo.
| One of the finest mountain parks In
the state will soon be the property of
the city of Fort Collins ms the result of
action taken by the City Council in
approving application to the forestry
bureau for a park site mile and Il
half above the junction OF the Little
South Fork with the Poudre river.
According to city commissioners, the
site is the prettiest piece Of cafiOn
scenery up the river
Twelve small experimental fields of
| hubam, or annual white sweet clover,
are growing in Saguache county this
year. This is n new crop for this val
ley, and the experimental fields were
planted under the direction of the
Saguache county farm bureau This
crop is very scarce in the United
States, and last year the seed sold for
SIG pound.
Five Golden telephone girls have
been made members of the Golden fire
department as result of the installa-
tiOn of an automatic fire alarm system
by the city. Under the new order the
telephone operators, by an automatic