Cheyenne record., 1921-02-24
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
(w...ru N...p.p.r Union Nevs ssr,,c..)

grocer OF Pueblo, was round dying IN
a neighbor's yard In the rear of his
store from knife wound alleged to
have been inflicted by an unidentified
negro bandit.
The Arkansas Valley Railway, Light
and Power Company is considering
reconstructlng and improving the cleo
trio power lines between Pueblo and
Rocky Ford.
Notice of a 20 per cent reduction in
wages of all crafts employed in the
building industry in Denver, to become
effective on March II, was filed by the
Denver Master Builders Association
with the State Industrial Commission.
Robert G. Thompson, 90 years old,
the Oldest resident at the Union Print
ers' home and in membership, is dead
at Colorado Springs. Mr.. Thompson
entered the home "a years ago, from
Denver. He was born in New Bruins
wick, N. j., Oct. Z, 1928.
The sale of several tracts of land
near Haybro, Moffat county, Colorado,
the property of the Juniper Coal Com
pany, ordered by the United States
District Court to satisfy $47O352
mortgage, has been reported to the
court by Albert G. Craig, special mas
ter.
Jack Parr, overseas war veteran and
well known in Durango, is believed to
be the victim Of a pack of wolves on
the Dawson trail in Alaska, according
to word received. A watch and chain
found near the bones of man and six
dogs have been Identified as the prop
erty of Jack Parr.
Appropriations for the maintenance
of forest service experimental stations
in the state have been increased from
$4,000 to $115,0OO under the provi-
'ons of the agricultural bill, largely
through the efforts of Senator Law
renee G. Phipps, according to Wash
ington dispatch.
Since the big rush for auto license
plates has subsidized 1t was announced
by Secretary of State Milliken that
hereafter the motor vehicle depart
ment will be open from 8 a. m. to 5 80
p. M, as formerly. 1t was also said
that the force of inspectors employed
by the department has been enlarged
to six who will assist in apprehending
tax dodgers and auto thieves.
The body of man whom the police
have identified as Carlo Balance, an
Italian labOrer, 85 years old, was found
In the bottoms" of the southern part
OF Pueblo. The man had evidently
been murdered and his body hauled to
the bottoms" in an automobile by his
slayer or slayers. His throat had been
cut, his left arm broken in two places
and the body riddled with bullets.
An expenditure of approximately
$225,OOO within the next few months
for rebuilding the Argo mill, providing
additional equipment and carrying on
development work at the properties of
the Gem Mining Company, near Idaho
Springs, which recently purchased the
mill and the famous Newhouse tunnel
the greatest mine transportation
tunnel In the wOrld-was announced
by the company.
The State Highway Commission sub
mitted plans and specifications to the
United States bureau of public roads
for federal aid in the proposed con-
struction of one and one-tenths miles
Of concrete road in Boulder county be-
tween Longmont and Denver. The to-
tai cost Of the project has been esti-
mated at $5O,O7O66. The federal gov
ernment is requested to cooperate to
the extent of $22,34O. The stretch
,t,h hale
south of LOngmont. is to be covered
with concrete eighteen feet in width.
A petition to raise the fares in Dem
yer to 10 cents was filed in the United
States District Court by Ernest Stem
ger, receiver of the Denver street rail-
way. The present fare is 6 cents. I'm
less the company is permitted to in
crease its fares to 10 cents, it will be
unable to maintain service, Mr.. Stem
ger predicted.
After statewide search lasting four
months, Russell A. Gordon, former
Walsenburg railroad man, was ar.
rested by Sheriff Harry J. Capps of
Huerfano county on charges of rifling
mail pouches, stealing n registered let
ter which contained $1,000 in currency,
and burning the railroad station,
valued at S3O,5OO, in Walsenburg,
Sept. IA, 1920.
A statement Of the operations of the
postal savings system for 1920 just re-
ceived by Postmaster b. F. StapletOn
of Denver, shows a total of 1O2 postal
savings offices in Colorado, represent
ing 5.195 depositors. The total de-
posits amounted to $1,617 800. Mr..
StapletOn said that postal savings ac-
counts in Colorado now equal the
record held by the state before the
world war.
The value OF farm land and build