The Colorado statesman., 1921-11-05
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
mr.lru Newspaper Union Nv. service. )

Mr.. Mccullough and sons plan to re.
build the grain elevator at Olney
Springs. which was recently destroyed
hy fire. The building will cost APP
proXimatcly $4,000
Tile cnbhnge season has closed In
Adams county. During the summer
S2G2 900 worth of cabbage was han.
died by the Brighton exchange, and
more than 5000 carloads shipped out.
Ten CARS OF crushed marble nre to be
shipped daily from the works near
villa Grove, Colo, for an indefinite
period. The Colorado Marble Corpor-
alton, owning the property, reports
one order for 100 carloads OF crushed
stone. Many ears of block marble all
so will be shipped each week The
crushed marble is to he used in max
ing tcrrazo work, or the new idea IN
hard surfaced flooring.
Robbers entered the First National
Bank of Wellington but failed In an
attempt 10 enter the vault, according
TO report to the sheriff ut Fort Col
lins. They had gained entrance TO the
bank by means of crowbar and had
attempted to break their way into the
vault, but evidently hud given 1t up
when they encountered reinforced con
crete which they were unable to pen
citrate easily.
A cOrOner's inquest over the body OF
young Housman, who was killed at
the factory of the American Beet
Sugar Company at Rocky Ford, was
held and number of witnesses ex
amined by Deputy District Attorney
Wallis, but the verdict was an exoner
alton of the company so far as any
responsibility for the accident wai
concerned and the cause will probably
always remain u mystery.
Mai. Victor w. Hungerford, retiring
state commander of the American Le-
gion, will represent the Colorado Le-
gion in Washington on Armistice day,
Nov. IL, at the funeral services for the
unknown American soldier at Arllng
ton cemetery. Major Hungerford, in
company with Representatives of the
other state lesions, will be part of
guard of honor which will escort the
soldiers body TO the grave.
The congregation of the United
Presbyterian church of Loveland voted
at congregational meeting at Love
land, 10 to 6S, to ask the Colorado
Presbytery for permission to adopt the
rotary plan of electing ruling elders.
In place of the present plan of life
membership. The Rev. Rex Lawhead
of Greeley presided at the meeting
and it was agreed that the new terms
should be not less than four years fol
| the elders.
Councilman II. w. Rlsley Of Den
| yer has received assurance from the
Denver water commissioners and the
state game and fish commissioner that
waters from the Whale mine, near
| Webster, in Hall valley, which were
said to have been pollutlng the Platte
river Will be shut off soon. Rlsley
complained that the mine talllngs not
| only were making the water unfit for
human consumption but were killing
| fish in the stream.
Adoption of United States potato
| grades in Colorado has increased the
amount of the crop marketed on this
| basis by more than 100000 bushels
according to n recent estimate of the
Bureau of Markets and Crop Esti'
mates, United States Department OF
| Agricultude, and raises to eleven the
number of states that have made the
United States grades official, says the
Department of Agriculture bulletin
| Although the use of the federal stand.
ards has been optional since the days
of the United States food admlnlstra
tion. they are now used officially fol
grading 30 per cent of the total crop
and unofficially for 80 to 45 per cent
more
Three business houses of Brighton
were entered by burglars and ran
sacked, but only few dollars stolen
| The places were the Il. p. Jones cloth.
ing store, the Harry Dodge photo
graph gallery and the Gem pharmacy.
In each case the men entered the
buildings through the skylights and
opened the cash registers.
After n chase over the greater part
of the state Robert Foster, alias Rob
ert Lewis, was arrested in Walsenburg
by Rangers and arraigned on charge
of safe cracking at Missoula. Mont, to
which he pleaded guilty. He also con
fessed TO having participated In a mum
ber of similar crimes in the East and
to being one of a gang Of ten outlaws
some of whom are still at large.
Major Williamson is suffering with
two fractured ribs and badly
sprained wrist. the result of an auto
mobile accident on the paved highway
south of Loveland when his car col
lided with that of an unidentified Den
yer driver, while both were going at a
rapid rate. The Denver car was prac
tically unchanged and continued on
its way under its own power, while
the Williamson car was put out OF
commission. Williamson was thrown