The Colorado statesman., 1921-03-05
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
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ary each month.
The Walsenburg Building Company
has received from George w. Roe, Pu-
eblo architect, the plans for $4,000
apartment house to be erected ut
Walsenburg. The building will be OF
pressed brick and stone, and will con-
tain forty apartments.
Fred NJ. Myers, $40 South Logan
street, Denver, was killed when he was
thrown from a motorcycle side car
driven by II. N. Wood of Longmont,
when the latter attempted to prevent
crashing into an automobile truck ut
point five miles west of Fort Lupton.
Myers died OF fractured skull. Wood
escaped uninJured.
G. C. Engle, "A years old, was in
stantly killed at Grand Junction when
he was struck by heavy truck. The
aged man, according TO Donald M.
Rhoades, who was driving the truck,
was cutting across the street and was
almost in front of the truck when he
perceived 1t bearing down on him. Ha
leaped to escape it, but was too late.
Members of the Legislature were
given the producers viewpoint of the
cost of mining coal in Colorado at
dinner given by the Colorado-New-Mex'
leo Coal Operators Association at the
Brown Palace hotel in Denver, which
afforded evidence that there is a close
margin between cost of production and
the price realized for the product.
Senator Richard C. Callen's bill to
require railroads to maintain speed
of ten miles an hour between shipping
point and destination for all livestock
and perishable products was passed on
second reading. The measure gives
shippers power to collect punitive
damages from $1,000 to $1,000, besides
actual damages, for failure to ship
within the time fixed.
Bullet proof windshields, the first to
be used in Denver, have been ordered
from Philadelphia manufacturing
concern by Chief of Police Williams
and will be placed on the new armored
police automobile now under construc-
tion. The firm which manufactures the
new appliance declares that The glass
of which the windshield is constructed
let
Coal production in Colorado during
the month of January showed de-
crease of 10000 tons for the same
period in 1920, and more than 100000
tons under the total for December of
last year. The total output for last
month was 1,054, ,436 tons. Only four
counties in thes tate showed increases
over last year. They were: Las Ami
mas, Montezuma, Pitkin and Weld
counties.
United States Marshal Samuel ].
Burris at Pueblo destroyed 1,9O0
pounds of English walnuts which,
when inspected by the consignee were
found to be of inferior quality. In ac-
cordance with the United States pure
food law, shipments of any such COM
modify when found not to be up TO
standard are destroyed, Marshal Bur
ris complying with this act by dumping
the nuts into the Arkansas river.
Fort Morgans new lighting system
was put into service when lights were
turned on by Mayor Lockwood and
City Electrician w. III. Harold. The
great difference between the old light
ing system and the new was very
striking. What had, few years ago,
been looked upon as one of the most
modern and up-to-date systems for
lighting the town, appeared obsolete
and insignificant when the new 600
candle power lights were flashed on in
place of the eighty-candle power sin
gle lights.
A unique plan for relieving the H.
nancial stringency in Conejos county
will be given n trial by public-spirited
citizens An effort will be made to
get all the farmers, as well as other
interests in the county, to cooperate
in the "sell-a-little, pay-a-little" cam
paign. A great number of the farm
ers of the county have been holding
their products for n raise in price, and
In consequence the merchants of the
county have been extending credit to
the farmers, and now cannot collect
their bills.
Colorado will be represented in the
forest of states located in Exposition
park, Los Angeles, according to an
nouncement made by Governor Shoup.
In a few days young blue spruce
tree taken from the Denver mountain
parks will be forwarded to Los An
peles. This action will be taken in COM
pliance with a request received by the
governor from Frank Virgins, chair
man of the parks and Improvement
committee of the Los Angeles Chamber
of Commerce. The spruce is typical OF
Colorado's finest trees. sufficient
amount of native soil VIII be sent
along with the tree to insure Its
growth.
Attorney General Keyes was elected
president of the Colorado Society, Sons
of the American Revolution, at a joint
annual banquet and meeting of the or