The Keota news., 1921-10-14
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
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Aen's and w0sscn's wearing apparel
valued NJ &aOlO was stolen from the
store Of the Cable Hroa Mercantile
Company ~ Windsor.
Essin,ates by the Durango city co0-
tnissioners place the coat Of running
the city government next year At -.
500 lees than the flgurc for this year.
The commjssion has appropriated -.
$40 for the l0.s: budget.
Frank OLSON Of Telluride has
large number Of large. ripe xtrawbsr.
r1es grown on his farm near the city at
an altitude Of 1000 feet. TIE berries
are delicious and re has been picking
then every day for about . week.
Hiram Croft. 70 years old. OF La.
Sale. employed By J. l.. Bisss. mo-
tor truck frsighter. WAS killed at Gree
iey while at work when his neck was
broken. Croft either fell from motor
truck or Was hit By . plank which
hro,ee 10 two while he and Rlera we're
tranaIeerlng . safe from one truck to
another.
Joseph Rission Powell. pioneer coal.
snine operator Ut Weld county. died At
bis hnme In Greeley Of heart failure.
Mr. Powell was Is years old and had
lived In Colorado for f1fiy.lhrre yearM
In addition to bis activities In Weld
county Nr. Powell at different times
Was associated with undertakings In
Central City and In Routt county.
senator aud Nra I'hlpps have sailed
far New Yosk on Q sea voysss that
viii take them to cuba. Panama aud
Costa Rjca. They expect to return 10
Washlagaoa about Oct. - Senator
Phippa. who rerenily underwent an
operation. II making the trip to recu-
pesate frUn bis illnesa. lie II making
. satlsfaetory recovery.
TIE large mili aud elevator at O,uey
Spsinks, owned by Mccullough Z Son,
Was destroyed By firr. causing Q los
Of &sAOm. The MILL was partially In.
sersd. u II undesssood Mccullough
4 Soa will rebuild. The Fowler fire
department respontied tn = cnll for A.
slstanee In flxhtlnx the fire. hut ar.
rived at O,ney Springs too late.
d. X. Harvey. former cnshier OF the
Farmers and Merchants Hank At Jar.
oao. In southern Costlila couaty, who
disappeared . week aen. is charged
wlth the esntexxlement Of funds which
may amount to $4,000. The hank
hss been closed hy Drputy Hank Com.
missioner CLARK, who has been making
IN investigation for the past week. No
cicw to Harvey's whereabouts has
been discovered. though q warrant has
been issued for his arrest.
The United States Civil Service Com
mission announces an examination for
United States forest rangers TO be
held 90 Oct. III 1901. at the headuuar.
ters Of MI forest supervisors. The es.
trance salary Is from 400 to 3l,22O
per year and ls open to both men snd
women. Al persons interested In the
examination should write directly to
the Civil Service Commission, wash.
ingtou, ID. c., or eet Ia touch with the
local forest supervisor.
A wage dispute Of several months
standing will be hearl by the State
Industrial Commlssion at Grand juno.
tj0n. The building contractors Of Ne.
- county have asked for 20 per cent
reduction 10 the wages OF carpenter,
bricklayers. piasterers, painters, pipe
filters. hodcarriers and common labor.
err. Tho workmen filed q protest with
the state cosnmission. Chairman J. c,
Bell aud william I. Reilly will hear
evidence from both parties. The com.
mlssioners on Tuesday granted q n.