The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1921-08-20
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
COMING EVENTS.
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COMING EVENTS.
Morgan County Fair. Fort Morgan.
Aug. 2l-2s: W. J. OFT. secretary.
Ar Aan ,os S,t'y FIJI M Mpssy . sers
washington County Fair. Akron. Aug.
31-Sept. ,: Joe X. Powelson. secre-
Teller County Fair. Cripple Creek. Sept
5: d. J. Upton. secretary.
s-s: J. WIN Sonpson. seerstasy. 1''
Acff 4S County Fair at A.yeeli' Sept
Framton Russell was crankinG his
machine at Loveland when 1t Kicked"
and he was hurled ten feet and
through the window Of a barber shop.
His right arm was broken.
Ralph J. Mockett, who lost his life
In the wreck Of the steamship Alaska
off the coast of California, was Colo
RADIO boy. He was resident of Red
Cliff, where his father, J. H. Mockett,
il q prominent mining man.
During terrific thunder storm, the
din Of which drowned out the, sound
of their activities, an unknown num-
Der Of bandits entered the Garfield
County State bank at Grand Valley.
blew the safe and vault doors to de-
bris with dynamite. and escaped with
approximately $4,000 worth Of secur-
tiles and cash.
william Tlmm Of Nontrose has
completed the Waunita Hot Springs
club house, and the addition will ena-
BILE this resort to accommodate more
people. The cost Of the structure was
$4,000. The club house is 125 feet
long and thirty-fice feet wide, IL two
stories high and ut one end there ID
an auditorium which will seat 600 per-
sons.
The country population Of Colorado
has been increasing for the past twen-
~ years, although the per cent Of the
population that is from the, country
has not increased oil the time. The
rural population Of Colorado In 1900
was 202, $50; In 1910. 207, 427; In 1890,
7S7, eoS. In 1900. 30 per cent Of the
people Of Colorado lived In the coun-
try in 1910. 81 per cent; and In 1870
50 per cent.
Bronco busting. horse racing and
baseball games will be the daily fea-
lures Of the annual fair Of the Desr
Trail Fair Association Aug. Is, 10 and
20. The ball games will be between
the Deer Trail team and those Of
strssburs. Bysrs and Hugo; and .
bucklng mule, mule race and buck.
ing steer will be specialties during
the fair. The general exhibit Of agri-
cultural products, cattle, hogs, sheep
and hsrses psomisss to b the best
ever shown at the fair.
Al least $500 cars will be required
to move the wheat crop In that section
Of northeastern Colorado served by
the Burlington railroad. according to
a report made to the State Public
Utilities Commission by william Reid
one Of It's inspectors. after a trip
through Logan and northeastern Weld
counties. The wheat crop. Reid re-
ports. is one OF the best ever hnrvest'
ed In this section Of the state. The
commission will make every effort to
assist the farmers In obtaining cars
and getting their crops to market.
There now ID In the hands Of the
American Red Cross $35O.OOO for the
relief Of the persons rendered homeless
by the flood which swept down upon
Pueblo, Colo. early In June. This
amount consists Of the original $685.
900 contributed by the National Red
Cross when the first news Of the serI-
Gus situation was flashed over the
country, $4,000 contributed by Amer
lean Red Cross chapters In response to
appeals from President Harding and
National Red Cross officials. and ap-
proxi,nately $4,000 contributed by
Colorado cities.
Dry land wheat that has just been
threshed on the c. A. Jeffries firm
ran forty-five bushels. machine meas
ure, to the acre. and weighed out
eixty.two pounds to the bushel, which
is almost record for dry land wheat
In Larimer county. The Showalter
wheat In the same district averaged
forty bushels to the acre.
Mrs. Amelia CachInes, IS, wife Of
Tony CachInes, q farmer northeast OF
Broomfield. was killed when n horse
hitched to buggy ran away and she
was thrown out, her neck being
broken. She was the mother Of five
children. She and her husband were
returning from Lafayette and she had
stepped out Of the buggy to look In
his rural post box for mail when the
borss became frightened and ran.
After being tossed about in ths
waters Of the Platte river within the
limits Of Denver since the morning OF
June IS, when he was drowned while
geing to the rescue Of his brother.
who had been caught In the swollen
food waters at that time. the body Of
Charles Bryont, Jr. S-yenr-old son Of
M. and Mrs. Charles Bryant. was re-
...,>.>d Sro,v, tho river In n hadIv de-