The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1921-12-24

marked with a great big circle on the
calendars of all the live stock mon OF
the West for great deal of Interest
to them Is being crowded into those ten
busy days. From all over the United
States, delegates to American National
Live Stock Association are coming to
Colorado Springs on q fare and one
third rate that gives them q stopovef
privilege on the return trip In order
that they may attend the National
Western Stock Show In Denver. Jan.
1927. On the sixteenth Of January the
annual meeting Of the Colorado Stock
Growers Association viii be held In
Denver. and with the fare and half
open rate from all states west OF the
Missouri river on tickets 10 Denver ana
return. good from Jan. IA to Jan. 10.
Inclusive, all indications point TO the
largest attendance Of prominent stock
men Of the West that the National
Western Stock Show has ever had.
More than $4,000 was derived by
the State Board Of Land Commission
ers in the sale of 5000 acres Of state
lands to actual settlers. according to
Registrar George Stephan. The lnnd
Ii located in nine counties and the
price averaged Sl2.11 an acre. Sixty
one thousand acres Of lands Will he
auctioned to the highest bidders by
the commissioners Dec. 10. The sale
will be conducted on the county court
house steps at Las Aninias, Colo. The
land will be sold In tracts varying
from forty to 100 acres. The minimum
price per acre has been SGT at SO. M.
Stephan said.
Plans for the construction OF $1O,-
OOO, 900 electrical smelter on the site OF
the old Hardy ranch In -Arapahoc coun-
ty, near the city limits Of Denver. were
mnde public by Charles Il. Hnvener,
president of the Utah Colorado Mining
and Milling Company, and also presi-
dent of the Colorado Utah Mines Hold
Ing Company of Kansas City, which is
backing the proposed smelter. The
plants daily production is estimated at
$4,000 to $1,000 tons OF ore daily. and
1t Is estimated that 1t will give employ
ment to about 5000 men.
Superintendent Thomson of the Es-
ties Park fish hatchery, has pet Wen
sci that 10 the sole survivor of n family
OF one mother and three little ones,
the mother being shot several months
ago and the two other wcnsels being
killed by Its companion. After shoot
ing the mother. he put the three little
ones In box and tried to raise them.
1t was survival Of the fittcst and the
other two were killed by the one he
now has, which has developed into =
pet that he plays with As II 1t were
little kitten.
James Yuger Hamilton, who attained
the rank Of major In the World War,
aud who served In the Spanish-Amer.
lean War, hus been elected commander
Of the Spanish-American War veter-
ans post In Pueblo. w. G. Porter was
chosen senior vice commander; Ber-
nard Greenwood. Junior vice command
er: II. ]. Spar. chaplain. and Walter
RnIney, officer Of the day. Records Of
the post were lost In the flood md re
Mobilization Of the post IL to begin at
once.
State Treasurer Stong has appealed
to the State Supreme Court for re-
view OF District Judge Charles c. But
ler's recent decision directing him TO
abide by the instructions of the Colo
RADIO Industrial Commission In the use
OF state compensation insurance funds
The dispute arose between the commits
sion and the state treasurer several
months ago over the investing Of 500.
900 available funds in the insurance
department In government bonds.
The safety vault Of the First Ma
tional Bank Of Mead, Colo. was brok-
en- into and 500 In cash and securities
the value OF which has not been de-
termined, were taken. Finger prints
on the door Of the vault were positive.
ly identified as those of Joe Clark,
convicted bank robber, and Reverto
Martinez, n Mexican, who escaped
from the Weld county jail after saving
their way through a quarter inch
steel wall.
Three days on bread and water was
all that Cy Check Of LOvelnnd could
stand, and then he notified City Mar
shol Williamson that he was ready to
20 to work on the street lie had been
fined $50 and costs for disturbance and
refused to pay the fine and went to
Jail. He then refused to eat unless the
marshal carried meals to him. His ac-
ton brought about rule to work ev-
erybody in the city jail. for my causc
whatever, on the streets Of the city.
The Rocky Mountain National Park
enjoyed the largest travel this year OF
any of the national parks In the
United States, Stephen 4. Mather, d.
rector OF national park service, an
nounced. He gave the total number
Of visitors to the Rocky Mounain park
as 273,737, against 24O,966 in 1920.
Mesa Verde National Park had 3,003
visitors. A. compared with 1880 In
1920.
Denver stands twentieth In a list OF
forty.four representative American cit